Obituary: Cynthia Anne Stamps, 81
The former Westport resident, who had been active in the Westport Community Theater, also owned a gift/antiques shop in Virginia and was an artist.
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The former Westport resident, who had been active in the Westport Community Theater, also owned a gift/antiques shop in Virginia and was an artist.
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The lifelong Westport resident was a lawyer at local law firms more than six decades, served as chairman of the town’s Board of Finance among his civic activities and lived his life according to his Staples High School yearbook quote, “Upright as the cedar.”
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Friends are invited to greet the family of Monica C. Wilson, the mother of three young sons, at a service Friday at the Raymond Funeral Home in Norwalk.
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The Staples High School graduate had a long career in nursing, which took her to several states, and included posts as nursing director at the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield and concluded with becoming a certified diabetic educator in New Jersey.
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The life-long Westport resident was a local police officer for 35 years and active in a range of community groups, including the PBA, Kiwanis Club, Boy Scout Troop 39, American Red Cross and the YMCA. As a kidney recipient, he was a strong advocate for organ donations.
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Born in Italy, the former Westport resident worked on tunnels through the Alps mountains before immigrating, and here was a longtime Pepperidge Farm employee.
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The longtime Westport resident and Staples High School graduate had a decades-long relationship with the American Red Cross that began with serving in its mobile unit during WWII. She later was a human resources director for Young & Rubicam and worked as an agent with Helen Benson Real Estate.
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The longtime Westport resident served in the Army Air Corps during WWII, worked on award-winning documentaries and commercial films, and was active in community groups including the Westport Arts Center, the Y’s Men and the Unitarian Church in Westport.
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The longtime Westport resident worked for Sikorsky Aircraft more than four decades before retiring, was a Marine Corps veteran, and a member of the Frank C. Godfrey American Legion Post and the VFW.
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A life-long Westport resident, she had a long career in banking, from Westport Bank & Trust to Fairfield County Bank. She was active with a range of community groups, including the Republican Town Committee, Sunrise Rotary and Westport Center for Senior Activities.
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After traveling the world, the Westport resident established and ran Pathfinder’s Travel for four decades, and among her community activities, served as president of the local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women.
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The longtime Westport resident was an editor in the book publishing field many years; an honored member of the Westport Center for Senior Activities, and held leadership roles in organizations that promoted literacy and cultural causes.
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A former executive in the stocks and commodities field, he served on the boards of numerous philanthropic and community organizations, was an avid golfer, and “had a big heart, a warm soul and was fiercely loyal to his family and friends.”
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An executive with several financial-services firms, during his years as a Westport resident his many community activities included boating, Little League, Sunrise Rotary, Westport Historical Society and Green’s Farms Church.
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After finding “a true calling” in landscape design, she later worked as a municipal planner in Westport’s Planning and Zoning Department and as the webmaster for the town and nonprofit organizations.
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The lifelong Westport resident was a Staples High School graduate, Navy veteran and a Westport firefighter for 20 years.
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The longtime Westport resident was a psychologist with a private practice, director of special services for New Canaan’s public schools and adjunct professor at several area universities. An activist for liberal causes, he also wrote several books and “loved music and throughout his life was passionate about drumming and singing”
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The victim of a May 23 auto accident on Saugatuck Avenue, he attended Staples High School and was the executive chef at the Field Club in Greenwich at the time of his death. His culinary career started at Viva Zapata in Westport; he was a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, and worked at well-known restaurants in this area and New York.
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The Staples High School graduate and Navy veteran worked for Southern New England Telephone Co., and later retired to build his “dream home” in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.
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The former owner of Boccanfuso Bros., he “took pride in his work and built his entire life with his own two hands.”
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