After expanding his family’s vending machine business, he established Seligson Properties, a real-estate development firm that advanced projects that transformed Norwalk. Active in community groups, he also received civic and business honors, and was an avid golfer.
Read MoreThe longtime Westport resident worked in the local real estate field and was an avid scuba diver, tennis player and skier.
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She worked as a hairdresser more than 50 years, was a devoted member of Assumption Church and a talented chef who specialized in cuisine from her Italian hometown.
Read MoreThe lifetime Westport resident with her late husband co-owned Westport Electric, was a longtime member of Assumption Church, and is remembered “for her sense of humor and zest for life.”
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The lifelong Westporter was a talented athlete at Staples High School, served with the Marines’ presidential honor guard, was a Westport PAL coach and worked in the publishing field for several magazines.
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The former Westporter had worked as a stockbroker, loved to travel and with her husband helped found “a longstanding social club in Westport known as the Turkeys.”
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The lifelong Westporter was a fourth-generation leader of Gault family companies; active in the community with the YMCA and Rotary; world traveler, and remembered as “a hardworking, kind-hearted man who lived a life true to himself and had family at his core.”
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He grew up in Westport, became an architect whose projects included area residential, commercial and institutional buildings, specializing in historic restoration for which he received awards in Westport and elsewhere.
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He had a career in private equity and business consulting; cherished his roots in Kansas City and a cappella singing at Yale, and was a Westport soccer commissioner, but particularly valued time spent with family.
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The Staples High School graduate held executive positions in the printing and HVAC industries, and is remembered for “living large” in everything he did, “never hesitating to speak his mind, sing loudly or laugh heartily. He truly brought joy and authenticity to every moment.”
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Formerly a longtime Westport resident, she was a social worker, volunteered at Earthplace, loved reading, the arts and skiing, and is remembered as someone who “lived life to the fullest.”
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Formerly a longtime Westport resident, she had moved to northern Virginia.
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The longtime lover of art and music, which influenced her travels to destinations worldwide, is remembered as someone whose “greatest joy came from spending time with her family and celebrating her daughters’ every accomplishment.”
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The couple, who both died earlier this year within a short period of time from each other, formerly were longtime Westport residents.
Read MoreThe former Westporter, who grew up here playing baseball and football, retired as a golf superintendent and is remembered as someone who “had an insatiable curiosity and knowledge about many things … and connected easily with people.”
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Devoted to environmental causes, she was an entrepreneur in the sailing field, an ocean-sailing crew mate when that was rare for women, and among her community activities, helped create the Mill Pond Preserve, led a pioneering Ban-the-Bag initiative, co-founded the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and helped found the Westbridge Coalition.
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The former Westporter was a professional in the payments field who worked for several financial institutions; loved to travel, and is “remembered for her grace and compassion, and for the strong and positive examples she set for so many.”
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A longtime Westport resident, she had worked as a convalescent home CNA and at Coleytown Elementary School’s cafeteria; loved to cook, fish and garden, and is remembered as someone whose “absolute favorite thing to do was to bring people together and make others happy and feel cared for.”
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The former Westporter had been a maitre’d at local restaurants including Chez Pierre; was an officer and investor in gold mining firms; had a keen interest in history, and was an avid runner.
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The longtime Westport resident was a member of Saugatuck Congregational Church and is remembered as someone who “relished time spent with friends and family, and was loved by everyone who knew her.”
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As the War for American Independence rages on, General George Washington must depend on his trusted spy network for key intelligence about British movements. In our brand-new Escape Room experience […]
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As the War for American Independence rages on, General George Washington must depend on his trusted spy network for key intelligence about British movements. In our brand-new Escape Room experience […]
As the War for American Independence rages on, General George Washington must depend on his trusted spy network for key intelligence about British movements. In our brand-new Escape Room experience […]
As the War for American Independence rages on, General George Washington must depend on his trusted spy network for key intelligence about British movements. In our brand-new Escape Room experience […]
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Westport Country Playhouse stages the world premiere of “Ken Ludwig’s Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Napoleon at Pemberley,” written by Ken Ludwig and directed by Emily Mann, October 20 - […]
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Westport Country Playhouse stages the world premiere of “Ken Ludwig’s Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Napoleon at Pemberley,” written by Ken Ludwig and directed by Emily Mann, October 20 - […]
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