Groton Teacher's Unexpected Loss Spreads Sadness
A Connecticut community is preparing to say goodbye to a beloved elementary school teacher and mother who died unexpectedly last week.
Kerry Ann Nystrom, 63, of Mystic, died Dec. 17 at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London. She is survived by her husband, son, daughter, father, and brothers.
Her family did not disclose a cause of death.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, at Sacred Heart Church, located at 56 Sacred Heart Drive in Groton. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic, according to her obituary.
Nystrom was a first-grade teacher a…
Virginia Navy Sailor, Coach, Young Father Dies Suddenly: 'Will Hurt For The Rest Of Forever'
In the span of a single night, a life defined by service, laughter, and showing up for others was gone.
US Navy sailor and beloved father Michael Campagna died unexpectedly on Friday, Dec. 12, leaving behind a family and a community still trying to understand how someone so present could be taken so suddenly.
He was 36.
The loss has rippled far beyond his home in Suffolk, touching fellow sailors, coaches, parents, teammates, and friends across Virginia.
He was a devoted husband to his wife, Alyssa, and a proud father to their two young children, Raelynn and Jamison, loved ones …
