May God bless you and your...
RIP good friend. You were a big influence on me.
Joe Callahan
April 25, 2013 | Fairfield, CT


Stratford, Connecticut
DeGroff, ByronByron DeGroff,of Stratford, passed away on March 13th 2013 in Bpt.Hospital.He was born in Bpt,on Aug 13 1935.His lifetime achievement was to become a pilot.He spent nearly all of his adult life doing exactly that,He spent many years as a corporate pilot,and as a Flight Examiner for...
Read MoreRIP good friend. You were a big influence on me.
Joe Callahan
April 25, 2013 | Fairfield, CT
We have lost one of the best pilots and also one of the best men that I have ever known.
james Lloyd
April 11, 2013 | Bpt., CT
BYRON WAS ONE OF A KIND.
HE ISSUED MY PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE IN OCTOBER 1977.
HE WAS A LOCAL AVIATION LEGEND.
P.R. MATHEWSON-STRATFORD, CT.
April 11, 2013
I WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BYRON IN HIS FLYING CAREER, BUT WAS VERY ACTIVE DURING HIS WATER SKIING DAYS AT SUN AND SURF IN DERBY ON THE HOUSATONIC.THOSE WERE THE DAYS. GOD BLESS YOU BYRON, IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS BUT I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU.
FRANK DERAK
April 09, 2013

Dear Doug, John, Jim and Family, My heart is heavy as I learned of your Father's passing. God has a new Chief Pilot for certain. Byron will have filed a great flight plan and will soar with the Eagles forever. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your Father. Judith DeGroff Titus
April 09, 2013
Dear Doug, John and Jim- We are saddened to hear of your Father's passing. We have never forgotten him. He was a good man, a good Father to me for many years of my life and a wonderful Grandpa to Jimmy. May he rest in PEACE.
Our thoughts are prayers are with you-
xoxo Nicole (Thomspon)Vesel and Jimmy Thompson
Nicole (Thompson) Vesel
April 09, 2013 | Hayward, WI
Jim
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Gary and Marie
April 09, 2013
Dear Doug.
So sorry for your loss. Be strong and always know he is with you!!
Steve & Vickie De Lorenzo
April 08, 2013

Byron was quite a guy, he excelled at everything he did. Pilot, ping pong, or partridge hunting. My condolences to all his family.
Russ Palmer
April 08, 2013 | Ansonia, CT