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James E. Petrini
James E. Petrini, 80, of Wilton and former Norwalk resident, died Dec. 31, at Norwalk Hospital. Born in Norwalk Aug. 15, 1929, he was the son of the late Ferdinand and Mary Lombardi Petrini. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during the Korean War and was a retired electrician with Union Local 208.
Survivors include a brother Fred Petrini and his wife Catherine of Norwalk; nephews Fred Petrini of Danbury, Jerry Petrini and his wife Gigi of Norwalk; and great niece and nephews Cathy, Jason, Matthew and Jerry Petrini.
Contributions in Petrini's name may be made to the Whittingham Cancer Center, 30 Stevens St., Norwalk, 06856, or to Sacred Heart Church, 30 Church St., Box 388, Georgetown, CT, 06829-0388. The Magner Funeral Home, 12 Mott Ave., Norwalk, handled all funeral arrangements.
Joseph P. Wirsing Jr.
Joseph P. Wirsing Jr., 58, of Wilton, the loving husband of Karen Schlegel, died on Jan. 2. Born in the Bronx, N.Y. on April 8, 1951, the son of Joseph P. Wirsing Sr. and the late Patricia Harrison Wirsing, he was a Wilton resident for 30 years.
He worked in the entertainment production industry with some of the biggest names in the music business including Prince, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Pat Benatar, Chic, David Johansen, Wham!, Buddy Miles, Band Of Gypsys and Aerosmith. He was also involved in many special events including the Grammy Awards telecasts, the Pope John Paul II Masses in New York City, The U.S. Bill of Rights tour, WOMAD, the Amnesty International "Conspiracy of Hope" tour, Live-Aid and Woodstock 94. When not working, he enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, skydiving and woodworking.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his father Joseph P. Wirsing Sr. and his stepmother Pauline Wirsing of Tucson, Ariz.; his sisters Patti Wirsing-Gutierrez and her husband, Dennis of Albuquerque, N.M. and Teresa Wirsing-Brooks of Tucson, Ariz.; his brothers, Richard Wirsing of Derby and Matthew Wirsing and his wife, Chong of Beacon Falls; his former sister-in-law Ellen Hanisko Wirsing of Beacon Falls; his many wonderful nieces and nephews and his beloved dog, Max.
Family and close friends are invited to attend a graveside service at Hillside Cemetery, Ridgefield Road, in Wilton on Saturday, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Center For Hope, 590 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT 06820. Arrangements are being handled by the Shaughnessey-Banks Funeral Home in Fairfield.
Wesley R. Bobletz, 68, resident's brother
Wesley Raymond Bobletz, 68, of Danbury, Conn., formerly of Pound Ridge, died on Jan. 21, after a brief illness. Mr. Bobletz is survived by his brother James of Vista.
Born June 19, 1937, he was the son of the late Samuel C. and Florence Raymond Bobletz. Growing up in Pound Ridge, he attended Pound Ridge Elementary School and graduated from New Canaan High School.
In addition to his brother James, survivors include a son, Darryl Bobletz of Stuart, Va.; a daughter, Leslie Bennett of Rio Rancho, N.M.; a brother Samuel Bobletz of Pound Ridge; a sister, Edna Pierce of Villa, N.J.; sister-in-law Pat Bobletz of South Salem; and many nieces and nephews. Also surviving is his extended family, Don and Cathy Miller and their sons, Donald and Morgan of Carmel, and his coworkers at Marshall Oil Company in Pound Ridge. Mr. Bobletz was predeceased by a sister, Doris Moore Croughwell of Georgetown, Conn., and a brother, Robert W. Bobletz of South Salem.
Services were held Thursday, Jan. 26 in Bouton Funeral Home in Georgetown, Conn. The Rev. Lynn Harrington, rector of St. Paul's Chapel in Vista, officiated. The burial is to be private.
Contributions in memory of Mr. Bobletz may be made to St. Paul's Window Restoration Fund, P.O. Box 394, South Salem, NY 10590.
Mary Keeler, 99, South Salem native
Mary Ann (Scofield) Keeler, 99, of Boise, Idaho, passed away on Monday, Dec. 26.
She was born on Aug. 18, 1906, in South Salem to the late Ezra B. and Violet C. Scofield.
She was married
to Joseph H. (Joe) Keeler on June 19, 1926, in South Salem.
The couple had two children, Virginia and David. They lived in South Salem in the home originally owned by Ms. Keeler's grandparents and parents. In 1978, Mr. and Ms. Keeler moved to Idaho to be near their children.
Ms. Keeler was a homemaker all her life and especially loved being outside in her yard as long as her health allowed. In her later years, she took great pleasure in watching the birds and squirrels come to the feeders in her yard.
She is survived by her daughter, Virginia James of Donnelly, Idaho; her daughter-in-law, Eldeane Keeler; grandchildren Karen (Clint) Smith, Kimberly Echevarria, and Mary Jane Keeler, all of Boise, and Katherine (Richard) Coonts of McCall, Idaho; four great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her sister, Violet M. Scofield, her son, David, and her son-in-law, J. N. (Jesse) James.
Memorial contributions may be made to Boise Samaritan Village, 3115 Sycamore Drive, Boise, ID 83703, or charity of choice.
Helen Kalvaitis, 87, of South Salem
Helen A. Kalvaitis, a resident of South Salem, formerly of Port Chester, died Jan. 2. She was 87.
Ms. Kalvaitis was born June 18, 1918 in Port Chester to the late Gerardo and Isabel Carino. She was raised and educated in Port Chester, graduating from Port Chester High School in 1936.
On Aug. 31, 1946 in Port Chester she married
Karlo Kalvaitis. Mr. Kalvaitis died Sept. 22, 1992.
Mrs. Kalvaitis was an employee of Avon Incorporated in Rye, until her retirement in 1982. She was a former parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy Church in Port Chester.
She enjoyed spending time with her family and will be greatly missed by her friends and family, her family said.
Mrs. Kalvaitis is survived by her daughters, Marianne Greiner of Gilbert, Ariz., and Isabel Silvestro of South Salem; brother Gerard Carino Jr. of Danbury, Conn.; grandchildren Anthony Ballantoni, Kristi Ballantoni, Joseph Silvestro, and Laura Silvestro; great-grandchildren James Gagnon, Blayne Whitt, Joseph Silvestro, Zachary Silvestro, Tyler Silvestro, and Amelia Maiorana. Besides her husband, she was predeceased by her brothers Carmello Charles Carino and Gabriel Carino, and sister Anna Carino.
Visitation was Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Craft Memorial Home Inc. A Mass of Christian Burial was the following day at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Port Chester, with entombment following at Saint Mary's cemetery in Rye Brook.
The Craft Memorial Home in Port Chester handled the arrangements: 939-0131.
Grace Chiocco, 91, Katonah native
Grace C. Chiocco of Batavia passed away on Jan. 3 at New York State Veterans Home there. She was 91. Mrs. Chiocco was born on Jan. 21, 1914 in Katonah to the late Michael Vuotto and Matilda Salvia.
Mrs. Chiocco was a member of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Batavia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis J. Chiocco in 1976, and her brothers, William and Joseph Vuotto, and sisters Veronica Bartone, Helen Musolino, Kathryn Matteson and Rose Rockwell.
She is survived by her son, Richard Chiocco and his wife Lillian of Batavia, her daughter Dolores M. Chiocco of Batavia, and a sister, Matilda Congdon of Bedford Hills. Mrs. Chiocco is also survived by two grandchildren, Stephanie T. Proulx and Stephen R. Chiocco; four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Katonah, on Friday, Jan. 5, at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Mrs. Chiocco was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery in Somers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Western New York State Veterans Home Association Inc., 220 Richmond Avenue, Batavia, NY 14020, or to a charity of the donor's choice.
John "Jake" Bates
John "Jake" Bates, previously of Greenwich, died on April 21, 2010 in North Carolina.
A Mass of Christian burial was offered on April 26. Interment was in Middle Patent Rural cemetery in Banksville.
Arrangements were made with the Bates & Anderson-Redmond & Keeler Funeral Home in Hudson, N.Y.
Jack Franklin Bennett
Jack Franklin Bennett, 86, World War II veteran, economist and corporate executive of John's Island, Vero Beach, Florida, died peacefully in Greenwich on April 25, 2010 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Bennett had lived in Greenwich on and off for nearly 50 years before moving to Florida. He also maintained a summer residence in York, Maine.
Bennett was born in Macon, Ga. on Jan. 17, 1924 to Andrew and Mary Eloise Franklin Bennett. He graduated from Yale University in the war-shortened Class of 1945 and served as a U.S Navy Lieutenant on the destroyer U.S.S. Boggs in the Pacific during World War II.
He worked in post-war Germany alongside his father who, as a financial advisor to the U.S. Military Commander of Germany, was the principal administrator of the Deutschemark currency reform that reignited the German economy.
Upon his return from Germany, Bennett earned a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1951. He later moved to Washington, D.C., where he served in the War Department, the State Department, and the Executive Office of the President, and as the economist on two Presidential Commissions, including the Fairless Committee on Mutual Security, which focused on U.S. - foreign economic policy.
In 1955, Bennett joined the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) and worked for its successor Exxon Corporation for more than 30 years in New York, London, and Houston.
From 1971 to 1975, Bennett served at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C. under Secretaries John Connolly, George Schultz and William Simon.
He succeeded Paul Volcker as Undersecretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, serving in that role from 1974 to 1975.
His work was instrumental to the implementation of the global movement to currency exchange systems based on floating exchange rates and the dismantling of U.S. controls over international capital flows.
He also introduced the use of Dutch auctions in the sale of U.S. Treasury securities (still used today). He was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal by Secretary Schulz.
Bennett was an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Bilderburg Group, where he also served as Chairman of the U.S. Friends of Bilderberg.
He was also a member of the University Club in New York City, the Stanwich Club, the Blind Brook Club in Purchase, N.Y., the John's Island Club in Vero Beach, Fla. and the York Harbor Reading Room in York, Maine.
Bennett will be remembered for his devotion to his family, his sense of humor and his innovative approach to business, economic and monetary issues. He loved to play golf and horseshoes with his family and friends. While working on his personal memoirs, he also published in 2009 a book, Physics Doesn't Need to be That Difficult.
He is survived by three sons and a daughter, and their spouses: Jackson Goodwin and Rosanah Bennett of Greenwich; Philip D. and Lisa Bennett of London, England; Hugh F. and Kim Bennett of Winchester, Mass.; and Fraser Bennett Beede and Robert Beede of Greenwich; and seven grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Shirley Elizabeth Goodwin of Sunderland, Mass.
Funeral arrangements were private. A memorial reception is planned for a future date.
