Jay Barros Gold age 45 of Stratford, passed away suddenly in Santos, Brazil on Saturday June 21, 2008. Jay, a senior ship operator for Stolt-Nielsen USA Inc was born in Providence, Rhode Island beloved son of John F. Gold and the late Shirley Golish Gold and has been a Stratford resident for eight years prior to that living in Riverside, RI. He was a 1986 graduate of the Mass Maritime Academy and was an avid fisherman and loved camping. Survivors include his beloved wife Kerrie Hastings Gold, his 3 cherished children Linsey, Mackenzie and Ian, his father John F. Gold and his wife Dorothy of Hudson, Florida, his father and mother in-law Lee H. Hasting III and Rosemary Hastings of East Providence, RI, many close friends, and several nieces and nephews. Friends may greet his family on Friday June 27th from 4-7 p.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford, CT. 06614. A prayer service will take place at 6:30 p.m. with Monsignor William Schultz officiating. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations to the Gold Children's Education Fund.