John David Creedon

John David Creedon, beloved husband, father and grandfather was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 28, 1929. He was the son of Judge Alex W. Creedon and Grace Walker Creedon and was educated in Hartford public grammar school and the Kingswood School. He graduated from Yale University and received his M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1953. Mr. Creedon was employed by Scovill Manufacturing Company in various sales and marketing positions in Chicago and Waterbury Connecticut. In 1962 he joined Simplex Lock Company and later became President of the successor firm Simplex Security Systems Inc. that created the patented Simplex pushbutton combination door lock now seen on doors around the world. Mr. Creedon was married to Mary Gay Huffard Creedon of Darien, Connecticut in 1964. They have two children: John David JD Creedon Jr. living in Weybridge England and Hillary Huffard Lyons living in Holliston, Massachusetts as well as four grandchildren. Mr. Creedon was a member and past director of the Hartford Golf Club, former trustee of Kingswood-Oxford School for many years, trustee of the Greater Hartford Easter Seals Association and Rehab Center and a director of the Canton CT Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Church of Saint Timothy Church in West Hartford. As a youth he spend many summers on Long Island Sound and continued his love of the sea and boating throughout his life. He spent many enjoyable hours on the golf course without ever endangering any Club records. He leaves his brother Alex W. Creedon Jr. of West Hartford, his sister Sally C. O?Hare of Farmington, along with his wife, children and grandchildren who will all miss him a great deal. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 18, 2009 with the Celebration of a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am in the Church of St. Timothy 1116 N. Main St. West Hartford. Burial will follow in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Cancer Society P.O. Box 22718 Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 www.cancer.org. Molloy Funeral Home, West Hartford has care of arrangements.

John David Creedon

May 28, 1929 - June 13, 2009