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[June 22, 2018]   Paul Dooley, an active land preservationist, public servant, and successful businessman, died May 26, 2018 after a long struggle with GIST cancer.

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Paul Dooley, an active land preservationist, public servant, and successful businessman, died May 26, 2018 after a long struggle with GIST cancer.

Paul was born in New York City, the son of Raymond Nelson Dooley from Blooming-ton, and Lovilla (Frederick) Dooley from Walnut. Paul’s mother passed away in 1946, and then his father remarried Florence (Adams) Dooley. He grew up in Bronxville, NY, and Bloomington. Paul attended Illinois State University’s Lab School for a year or two, and later attended Lincoln Community High School in neighboring Lincoln, and gradu-ated in 1955. During this time Paul’s father assumed the presidency of Lincoln College. Paul received his Bachelor of Arts in English in 1959 from Missouri’s Westminster Col-lege, where he had played tennis, acted in theatrical productions, and was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. After serving in the Air National Guard in Northeastern France, Paul moved to Kent, CT, where he taught science at a private elementary school, before going into the real estate business.

Paul met and married his first wife, Mary Anne Downer, in 1969. In 1982, he married his second wife, Beth Helene Dammerman, who had been his high school and college sweetheart. She was born and raised in Lincoln, the daughter of the late Herman and Eloise Dammerman. Together, Paul and Beth started a real estate company, Dooley Real Estate, in Kent, CT. As a land preservationist, Paul was a director of the Housatonic Val-ley Association and helped with rerouting and purchasing land for the Connecticut sec-tion of the Appalachian Trail. He was an incorporator of Kent’s Pond Mountain Trust and its first executive director for more than 45 years. Pond Mountain Trust covers more than 800 acres and is open to the public for educational, scientific and cultural purposes. In addition, he was a founding director of the Kent Land Trust.

Paul was also involved in public service. He was a member of Kent’s Board of Select-men and a long-term member of the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission. He was also a founder and president of Kent’s Lions Club and a member of the Affordable Housing Task Force. For two decades, Paul ran the Local Grievance Committee for Realtors. In addition, Paul was an officer of the New Milford Board of Realtors and was awarded Realtor of the Year. He was chosen to lead the local Office of Realtors.

After spending many years vacationing in Green Valley, AZ, Paul retired and became a full-time resident in 2017. In his free time, Paul enjoyed playing tennis, racing Formula Fords at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, CT, sailing in the British Virgin Islands with fami-ly and friends, and playing golf. Paul will be sadly missed by his brother Raymond; wife Beth of 36 years; son Kenneth; three stepsons John, Mark, and Stephen; two stepdaugh-ters Caroline and Anne; and eight grandchildren. Paul was predeceased by his sister Virginia.

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