William Richard Carson Jr.

Connecticut, passed away on the 20th of November, 2022 peacefully with family by his side

after a long battle with illness. Born on 31st of July, 1937 in Yonkers, New York to his late parents Catherine McEnroe and William Carson previously residing in Yonkers, NY, Tarrytown, NY, Ridgefield, CT before settling in Madison, CT with his devoted late wife Dale de Sauve Carson.

He is predeceased by his sisters, Eileen Foti and Linda Carson. He is survived by his sister, Delores (Lori) Fernandi, nephew Joseph Fernandi, nephew Lenny Foti, niece Linda, niece Dawn, cousin Susan Kagan and his children, Christine Purcell, James Carson, Daniel Carson, Rachel Schemmerling, and Gustavo Garcia as well as their current and former spouse(s)/partner(s) Kevin Purcell, Kurt Schemmerling, Liz Carson, Lauren Carson, Thomas Comer and his nine grandchildren, Mitchell Comer, Tristan Schemmerling, Zoe Schemmerling, Bella Ferraiolo, Haley Carson, Ellie Carson, Zoe Schemmerling, Lane Carson, Daisy Carson and Mikaela Garcia.

Bill was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather who cherished time spent with

his family. A master at making holidays magical and giving the perfect toast and blessing at

meals. He loved lively gatherings of family and friends and could spend hours talking about

everything. As he was a man with many unique interests, his passions like many of his

possessions reveal his love of the past. He was a craftsman, a historic home lover, vintage car

enthusiast, a historian and Revolutionary War reenactor. He was wise, self educated and very

creative.

He painstakingly spent the majority of his time restoring his nearly 300 year old antique Madison

home while raising his family and working full time for Southern New England Telephone and

later Bell Atlantic where he started as Switching Systems Technician and Systems Troubleshooter. In his later years he drove a limousine as side work, really enjoying meeting new people and the conversations they would have driving to airports and various places.

Bill was also a lifelong expert in restoring vintage Jaguars. And was an active member of the Jaguar

Club, winning several awards for his restoration work over the years. He derived much joy from

restoring his vintage cars. It all started when he was featured in Hot Rod Magazine for his

excellent restoration work on his vintage cars in the mid to late 50’s and 60’s.

Bill proudly served in the US Navy as Second Class Petty Officer and Engineman Diesel

dedicating his time on several destroyer naval ships, most notably the USS Fulton and USS

Antietam from 1955 to 1963.

Also an avid history buff, he spent many years in muster for the 5th Connecticut Regiment in

Ridgefield, CT reenacting the Revolutionary War battles with Dale at his side, while she was

cooking over a fire serving food dressed in full skins regalia. As Dale expanded her knowledge

of her indigenous heritage, Bill supported her in all her endeavors setting up at various

powwows and festivals selling her art and cookbooks and assisting with her demonstrations on

open pit fire cooking and teaching native lifeways.

He spent many years pursuing his ancestral lands of Kingston, New York and Ulster County

New York, researching his family lineage that traced back to two forebears that served in the

American Revolutionary war of which he was very proud to learn.

Bill Carson was a man in love with life, his cars, and his family and he will be dearly missed. And

most of all he loved his late wife of 60 years. They are now reunited.

Private services will be held graveside at Hammonasset Cemetery in Madison, Connecticut. In

lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Friends of Hammonasset

https://hammonasset.org/donate/

The Carson Family would like to express their deep gratitude to Connie Goodwin, the family’s

long time caregiver, the staff at the Madison Senior Center, The Whitney Rehabilitation Center,

The Madison House and The Yale Smilow Center for their wonderful care and to the many

friends, family and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and support.