Obituary: Thomas Stephen Seligson, 78
Apr 8, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
The former longtime Westport resident was an Emmy Award-winning producer for CBS News, author and print journalist, who credited advocacy for a death-row inmate as one of his life’s most meaningful experiences.
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Obituary: Peter Michael Gish, 98
Mar 20, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
The Staples High School graduate pursued a career in the military and art, rising to the rank of Marine Corps colonel whose paintings documenting combat and refugees in war zones have been exhibited at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the Smithsonian.
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Obituary: Margaret Labbance DeMace, 91
Mar 19, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
The longtime Westport resident was a member of Church of the Assumption prayer network and “instilled the importance of family through the dedication and unconditional love that she showed each day of her life.”
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Obituary: Jill K. Wellner, 69
Mar 19, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
The Staples High School graduate had “an insatiable love of learning,” was an educator in the health-care field who taught at several colleges, and loved travel and the arts.
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Obituary: Sybil J. Steinberg, 90
Mar 18, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
The longtime editor and critic for Publishers Weekly, who interviewed many well-known writers and whose work was nominated for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, also was known locally for her annual “Sybil’s List” of recommended reading at the Westport Library.
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Obituary: Jane Ellen Bradford, 89
Mar 18, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
The former Westport resident was a math teacher who later transitioned to computer programming, and is remembered by family as an “active, independent and open-minded woman, especially for her generation.”
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Obituary: Melvin Katz, 92
Mar 18, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
Over a long legal career, he was considered a dean of the New York Securities Bar, and also was passionate about classical music, the New York Giants and skiing.
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Obituary: Stewart Reifler, 69
Mar 10, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
He was a partner in a New York City law firm, and locally was an EMT and officer with Westport Volunteer EMS; had served as a Westport Library trustee, and was an official with the Minuteman Yacht Club.
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Obituary: Nancy A. O’Neill, 72
Mar 10, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
She was a devout Catholic and an avid reader who also loved music and film.
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Obituary: Ira S. Greene, 1946-2024
Mar 9, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
He was a bankruptcy attorney and a longtime, honored member of the Food & Wine Society.
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Obituary: Samuel Frank Bell, Sr., 94
Mar 1, 2024 | Obituaries | 3
He was a residential and commercial builder/developer in the Westport area and later in Florida, known for constructing more than 200 homes in the region identified by the real estate community as “Bell Colonials.”
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Obituary: Margaret Streifler Barton, 89
Feb 14, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
She taught kindergarten in New York City; co-founded and spent many years with Quintessence Interiors, and later worked as a travel consultant.
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Obituary: Robert E. McGrath, 93
Feb 5, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
He established an executive search firm, Robert E. McGrath and Associates, and was a member of the Westport YMCA and the Y’s Men.
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Bill Vornkahl, who championed local veterans for decades, dies at 93
Jan 28, 2024 | Community, Obituaries | 1
Active in numerous community organizations, the Korean War veteran was noted in particular for organizing the town’s annual Memorial Day parade and Veterans Day ceremonies.
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Obituary: Patricia Ann Palmer, 79
Jan 24, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
She worked more than four decades as a registered x-ray technician and manager at Norwalk Hospital, enjoyed Westport’s beaches, and “her two favorite activities were dancing and travel.”
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Obituary: Claire Marie Sansone, 85
Jan 19, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
She worked for more than a decade as a state social worker who “lovingly placed foster children in safe homes and arranged adoptions for caring families,” and loved to spend time with her own family most of all.
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Obituary: Barbara G. Kidney, 95
Jan 12, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
An administrative assistant in Westport public schools, she also was active in the Y’s Women, the Westport Center for Senior Activities and Saugatuck Congregational Church, and lived “a life full of family, friends, love, laughter and purpose.”
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Obituary: Theresa Zapata, 1941-2024
Jan 8, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
A Westport resident for 25 years, she enjoyed cooking for family, who were at the core of her world, and also had an unwavering love for animals.
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Obituary: Bruce Charles Beatty, 1954-2023
Jan 8, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
He loved traveling and cooking with his wife, “lived for his family,” and was an avid skier, golfer and New York Mets fan.
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Obituary: Charles R. Nagel, 73
Jan 7, 2024 | Obituaries | 0
He attended Staples High School, worked three decades as a carpenter/builder, and had a love of motorcycling that took him on treks around the state and cross-country.
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