H. Bacon Collamore, Jr.

H. Bacon Collamore, Jr., of Naples, Florida passed away on February 13 at his home in Moorings Park. Born on June 25, 1928 in Hartford, Connecticut, he was the son of Dorothy Rowe Collamore and H. Bacon Collamore. He attended local schools in West Hartford before graduating from St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire in 1946 and Princeton University in 1950. He later earned an MBA from the University of Hartford and a Certificate in Pastoral Counseling from St. Joseph College. At the beginning of his professional career Bacon worked briefly for Arrow Hart & Hegeman before joining the American Leasing Corporation in Hartford. He enjoyed a long career at American Leasing, serving as its president. He was also president of the American Association of Equipment Lessors, a prominent national trade association. Active in civic affairs in Hartford, Bacon was a Corporator of both Hartford Hospital and St. Francis Hospital and served on the Board of the American School for the Deaf. He was a member of the board of the Church Home of Hartford and spearheaded the planning and building of the Seabury retirement community in Bloomfield. Bacon was an ordained Deacon of the Episcopal Church, serving at Trinity Church, Hartford, Old St. Andrew’s in Bloomfield and Trinity by-the-Cove in Naples, Florida. In recent years he had been active in the Residents’ Association at Moorings Park, serving as its president, and in the minor League of Naples and the Princeton Club of Southwest Florida. Bacon was predeceased by his loving wife of 71 years, Elizabeth (Betty) Jones Collamore in 2022. He is survived by their three children: Harry of Napa, California; Bruce and his wife Laurie of Centennial, Colorado; and Tom and his wife Jacqueline of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren: Mira Collamore of San Anselmo, California; Sean Collamore, his wife Katie and their sons Jamie and Cooper of Waterville, Massachusetts; Tim Collamore, his wife Hillary and their daughter Charlotte of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Tommy Collamore, Pauline Collamore Mitchell and her husband Colin Mitchell, Sallie Collamore and Katherine Collamore from Chevy Chase, Maryland. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity by-the-Cove Episcopal Church in Naples, FL, with burial following at the Moorings Park columbarium. A Memorial Service will be held at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Moorings Park Foundation Scholarship Program in Naples or the Seabury Charitable Foundation in Bloomfield.