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Kevin G. Fox
Kevin G. Fox of Greenwich, 55, a retired sergeant in the Greenwich Police Dept., passed away on Nov. 23, 2010 after suffering a severe heart attack on Nov.6.
He was born in Greenwich on May 17, 1955 to Richard and Susan Dickson Fox. He was raised in Greenwich and attended St. Mary's Catholic School and graduated from St. Mary's High School.
He served in the Greenwich Police Dept for 22 years while working side jobs at Manero's Steak House Restaurant and the Castiglione Funeral Home. He was employed for 16 years at the former Greenwich Drug Store, and for the past 10 years he worked for the Regency Limousine Co. of Wilton as a driver and dispatcher.
After living in Stamford, for 16 years, he and his wife returned to Greenwich to live in 2002.
He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Karen; his brother, of Richard Fox of Illinois and a sister, Karen A. Fox Atty of New Fairfield. He is also survived by his brother-in-law Mark and his wife MaryLee Nielsen; his mother-in-law, Sharon Piro; five nephews and three nieces, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins.
A memorial service was held at the Castiglione Funeral Home in Greenwich on Dec. 7.
William G. Gallagher
William G. Gallagher of Riverside, died on Dec. 4, 2010 at his home in Greenwich of congestive heart failure.
Gallagher was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in New Rochelle, N.Y. He attended Iona Preparatory School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduation. Gallagher completed naval flight school and then attended the College of the Holy Cross.
After his graduation Gallagher began his marketing career. He worked for 40 years in the municipal bond business. He was a marketing officer at Vance Sanders/Massachusetts Investors Trust, Chemical Bank and MBIA. He retired in 1997.
Gallagher was an active member of Riverside Yacht Club and the Retired Men's Association of Greenwich. He spent his winters in Naples, Fla., where he enjoyed sitting on a few favorite beachside benches while watching the sunlight bounce off the Gulf of Mexico.
Gallagher is survived by his wife of 42 years, Elizabeth Scully Gallagher; his daughter, Laura Gallagher McLean, of New York City; and his son, Gregory, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
A funeral Mass was held on Dec. 2 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Riverside.
Donations may be made to Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, N.Y., or St. Catherine of Siena in Riverside.
Christine Stiassni Gerli
Christine Stiassni Gerli, 83, a Greenwich resident and founder of the Feffi Stiassni Dance Studio in Port Chester, N.Y. and Helping Hands, which recruited nannies from the Midwest to work in New York and Fairfield County, died peacefully on Dec. 2, 2010 after a stroke.
She was born Christine Mary Holden Illingworth in Bournemouth on Sept. 14, 1927, England near her Yorkshire ancestral home. Her mother, an American, and father, a British naval captain, shortly decamped Hanlith Hall for Shanghai China, where Gerli began a lifelong love of travel and adventure, her family said.
Striving for greater opportunities beyond war-torn Britain, she boarded a Cunard liner in 1951 for what became a six-decade romance with America. She made fast friends onboard, which led to her being an innkeeper at Stowe Vermont's Foster Place, started by the J.P. Morgan girls. Many lifelong relationships were formed at this weekend ski haus, including bon vivant Charlie Stiassni. After having inadvertently smashed his prized car, a romance quickly ensued, and they were married
in Knightsbridge, London, in 1953. She moved from Manhattan to suburban Rye, N.Y. to oblige her husband's passion for sailing, and threw herself into many community activities. One became a 40-year commitment to Carver Center, which serves Port Chester's after-school community.
This culminated in 2009 with her plan to underwrite and create the Feffi Stiassni Dance Studio at Carver Center, named for her deceased daughter, who loved to dance.
While she was a housewife raising four children, Gerli resumed her college education, which had been interrupted by war. She graduated in 1968 with a bachelor of arts degree from Sarah Lawrence Collge, and earned her first master's degree from Manhattanville College in 1972.
Gerli taught high school for several years, and also organized the 1976 American Bicentennial events as Director of Rye Historical Society.
After her husband's death, she married
a longtime ski friend, Greenwich-based John Gerli, in Stogumber, England in 1983.
As her offspring married
and had children, Gerli sensed the innumerable challenges faced by working women, her family said. In 1989, she started Child Care Connexion, renamed Helping Hands, which recruited young women from the Midwest to be New York and Fairfield County nannies, and her infant granddaughter Soffi became her business photo logo.
For the next decade and a half, she served with distinction in many capacities with International Nanny Association.
After husband's passing, at age 94, Gerli continued to devote herself to family, friends, travel and education. Recognizing a global need for modern, affordable housing, Christine helped build a block of homes with Habitat for Humanity in Budapest.
In 2009 Gerli became Manhattanville's oldest graduate to be awarded an master of fine arts degree in writing. Her fellow students and professors fondly recall her infectious enthusiasm, mastery of detail, and literary authenticity. In one of her short pieces, she wrote how a smile was her signature trademark, a refuge from many lifetime tribulations, and what conveyed exactly her essence to the world.
Gerli is survived by three children: Kate Nunes and son-in-law Ned; Sandy Stiassni; and Margot Sieracki and son-in-law Chris; and five grandchildren: Max Nunes, Soffi Stiassni, Francesca Nunes, JC Stiassni and David Sieracki. She is also survived by Sandy and June Illingworth, her brother- and sister-in-law; and Martin and Elisabeth Savage, her half-brother and sister-in-law.
In lieu of flowers, Gerli's family asks all donations be made to the Feffi Stiassni Dance Studio at Carver Center, 400 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573-3604 (914) 939-4464, www.carvercenter.org/. A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm, Friday December 17, 2010 at Round Hill Community Church 395 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, CT 06831-2617, (203) 869-1091
Joseph Washington Hotchkiss
Joseph Washington Hotchkiss, 91, a World War II veteran, former executive editor of Reader's Digest Condensed Books and Greenwich resident for 61 years, died peacefully from natural causes on Nov. 27, 2010.
He was born on Nov. 22, 1919 in his family's home at 55 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven to Henry Stuart Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Wyndham Washington.
He graduated from the Foote School, Phillips Andover Academy, and Trinity College in Hartford.
During the war, at the age of 24, he was the captain of an LST 210 (landing ship tank), transporting men, vehicles and arms to the beaches of southern France. As a returning veteran to New York City, he started his career writing short stories for Redbook and Blue Book magazines; later he became the fiction editor of Redbook. Over the next 38 years, he worked for Reader's Digest Condensed Books, rising from copy editor to executive editor and vice president.
After retiring from Reader's Digest, Hotchkiss was an enthusiastic volunteer for Meals-on-Wheels and The Mews, his family said. He also served on the vestry of Christ Church of Greenwich and St. Barnabas, and he was on the board of trustees of both the Greenwich Red Cross and St. Andrews Presbyterian College.
Hotchkiss will be remembered for his love of family, his generosity and his sense of humor.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Eugenia Whitney Hotchkiss, and four children: Polly Hotchkiss Boynton and her husband, Perry of Pottersville, N.J; Anne W. Hotchkiss of Greenwich; Jody Hotchkiss and his wife Kristin Tennent of Darien; and Hannah Hotchkiss-Seely of Ann Arbor, Mich. He is also survived by his 10 grandchildren: Jason and Sam Hotchkiss, Rachel Murphy, Meiko and Suki Boynton, Sophie, Graham and Leah Hotchkiss and Fin and Charlie Seely; seven great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son, Noah W. Hotchkiss.
A memorial service in celebration of his life will be held in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Foote School 50 Loomis Place New Haven, CT 06511 or Compassion & Choices, PO Box 101810, Denver, CO 80250 www.compassionandchoices.org..
Paul Kolok Jr.
Paul Kolok Jr., 69, a former Greenwich resident of Wolcott, died unexpectedly on Dec. 3, 2010.
Paul grew up in Byram where, in his youth, he was a member of the Sokol Gymnastic Club and Sea Scouts. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Kolok was stationed at Camp Lejune, Parris Island and Okinawa. After his time in the Marine Corps, Kolok embarked on a career in banking that lasted nearly 30 years. He worked for several banks, including Lincoln National Bank, Danbury Bank and Trust, New Milford Bank and Mattituck Bank & Trust Company, along the way developing relationships to customers that continued as long-lasting friendships, his family said.
Kolok was a member of the Connecticut Jaycees, the American Banking Association and several community-oriented organizations. He was an avid golfer and a member of the Watertown Country Club for many years. His most cherished times were spent with family: his children, grandchildren, his friend, Cathy Daigle, her children and grandchildren and his nieces and nephews who all knew him as "Uncle Bud".
Kolok is survived by his four children: P. Jefferey Kolok and his wife Natalie of Jericho, Vt.; Kimberley Ortakales and her husband Paul, of Belmont, N.H.; Kurtiss Kolok of North Adams, Mass., and Kristey Allen and her husband David, of Bethel, Vt.; and 13 grandchildren: Heather, Jeffrey, Jennifer and Anya Ortakales of New Hampshire; Naomi, Johanna and Nicholas Kolok, and Madeleine, Bradford, Harrison, Wesley, Connor and Claire Allen, all of Vermont. He is also survived by a brother, William Kolok of Greenwich, two sisters, Alice Fudale of Brookfield, and Barbara Tiriolo and her husband, Pat, of Trumbull; eight nieces and nephews, and his friend Cathy Daigle and her family of Wolcott.
He was predeceased by his parents, Paul Kolok, Sr. and Mary Gillespie Kolok, formerly of Greenwich.
Interment took place with full military honors in Gate of Heaven cemetery in Trumbull on Dec. 8.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at 175 Ammon Drive, Suite 20, Manchester, NH 03103, in the names of Johanna Kolok and Nicholas Kolok. To light a virtual candle, visit www.abriola.com.
