OLD LYME – Richard “Rick” George Bugbee, of Old Lyme, died Saturday July 19, 2025, after a long battle with lymphoma. He was 68. Born Oct. 26, 1956 to Richard C. Bugbee Jr. and Jane E. (Patch) Bugbee, he graduated from Old Lyme High School in 1974 and proceeded to explore the country, where he developed a lifelong love and appreciation for the West. He returned to Connecticut in 1980, where he met Ann Turkington of Manchester. They married in 1984, and had three daughters before divorcing in 1996 …
Survivors include, his mother; his three daughters, their spouses and grandchildren: Jane and Nicholas Lano and their children, Claire and Henry of Hamden; Mary Bugbee and Aaron Apmann of Leadville, Colo., and Ellen Bugbee and Trevor Lundeen and their son Thomas of Somerville, Mass.; his aunt Carol Carlson of Cromwell; and his two sisters, Carol Cieszynski of Naperville, Ill., and her family and Laurie Willis of Lyme.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Charitable Partner of the National Parks (nationalparks.org).
A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 25, in the First Congregational Church, McCurdy Road, Old Lyme.
Editor’s Note: Visit this link to read the full obituary published on July 23, 2025 by ‘The Day.’