LITCHFIELD – J. Arthur Coffill, 75, died on June 7, 2024, at Hartford Hospital. He was the husband of Nona R.
(Hagenbuch Cournean) Coffill. Art was born in Torrington on Jan. 30, 1949, a son of the late Edith Baldi Coffill and Wilbur A.
Coffill. He lived in Litchfield from childhood until 1991 when he married the love of his life, his beautiful wife Nona, and moved to Falls Village. In 2016 he and Nona moved back to his beloved Litchfield after finding their “Dream House.
” In 2012 he retired as a vice president and mortgage officer with The National Iron Bank in Salisbury. He graduated from Litchfield High School in 1967. He graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.
He also was a graduate of The New England School of Banking at Williams College, as well as many banking-related courses through out his career. He was a past member of the board of governors of the Waterbury Chapter of the American Institute of Banking, also serving on the education committee; he also served on the Litchfield Ambulance Service; was a member of the board of directors of the Litchfield Chapter of the American Red Cross; St. Anthony’s Parish Council, St.
Anthony’s Parish Finance Council, St. Anthony’s choir; past member of the board of the Bantam Lake Authority and the Litchfield Republican Town Committee. In 1995 Art was a co-chairman of the host town program for Special Olympics (along with his good friend Evan Will.
