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Elmire Hammock, Of Stamford
STAMFORD, Conn. – Elmire "Sam" Hammock, of Stamford, died on Sunday, Sept. 6, after a two-year battle with cancer.
Hammock was born in Staten Island, N.Y., holding degrees from Bryant College, the University of Bridgeport, and Mercy College.
She worked for several law firms as a legal secretary and as the executive assistant to the CEO of several firms, including Playtex Products, retiring in 2010.
Hammock was a member of the Board of the Friends of the Ferguson Library, the Kingswood Association, a choir member and a lector at St. Maurice RC Church, and co-founder of the St. M…
Carolyn Ann Skeen Eggleston, 77, Of White Plains
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Carolyn Ann Skeen Eggleston, of White Plains, died on Monday, Sept. 7. She was 77.
Eggelston was born on April 13, 1938 in Lexington, Ky. to Jasper T. and Anne Catherine Holland Skeen.
She worked as a project manager for IBM Global Systems.
Eggelston is survived by three children, Robert III of Clinton Corners, Laura Eggleston-Morgan and her partner Bert Toulotte of Crozet, Va., Todd of Coral Springs, Fla., eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and brother C. Thomas Skeen and his wife Toni of Paris, Ky.
Visiting hours will be on Friday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at …
Allen Shanen, 84, Of Stamford
STAMFORD, Conn. – Allen “Al” Shanen, of Stamford, died over the Labor Day weekend. He was 84.
Shanen was born in Stamford on Jan. 12, 1931, attended local schools and served in the Army during the Korean War.
After his service, he graduated from the University of Dayton in 1957.
Shanen was an accomplished athlete and coach, winning the Stamford city heavyweight boxing title in ninth-grade, earning All-Gulfstream honors as a sophomore football player when his family moved to Miami for a year, and All-American Scholastic honors while playing with Dayton's football team.
He returned to Stamf…
Donald DeBardinis, Formerly Of Ossining
OSSINING, N.Y. – Donald A. DeBerardinis, of Fishkill and formerly of Ossining, died on Thursday, Sept. 3, after a brief illness.
He was known to friends, co-workers and young athletes as Don DeBar, graduating from Ossining High School in 1950.
After serving in the Air Force, he worked as a manufacturing superintendent at P.R. Mallory Battery in North Tarrytown until 1968, moving on to the title insurance business and working as a title examiner.
DeBerardinis helped found and operate youth athletic programs in Ossining, including the Town of Ossining Junior Basketball League, along with L…
Rita B. Rivera, 84, Of Southport
SOUTHPORT, Conn. – Rita Bianco Rivera, of Southport and formerly of Stamford, died on Sept. 6 after a long illness. She was 84.
Rivera was born in New Canaan on Aug. 2, 1931, to Carlo and Teresa DeCotis Bianco.
She was class valedictorian for New Canaan High School, and went on to work as a legal secretary and paralegal at local firms such as Morse, Marvin & Walker of New Canaan; Silver, Golub & Teitell, and Wofsey, Rosen; and Kweskin & Kuriansky.
She is survived by her husband Jesús Rivera; four children, Mariya and her partner John Block, John, Robert and his wife Nancy of N…
Bridgeport Diocese To Offer Bus Rides To See Pope Francis
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Diocese of Bridgeport, which covers all of Fairfield County, will partner with Rally Bus to take parishioners to Pope Francis' Papal Mass Sunday, Sept. 27 in Philadelphia.
“Many people have contacted the diocese to ask if we are planning transportation to the Papal Mass, and we’re very pleased to make Rally Bus available to those who will make the pilgrimage,” said Bishop Frank Caggiano,
Tyler Lomnitzer, a parishioner of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Trumbull, helped organize the transportation.
No tickets are needed to attend the Mass, and Lomnitzer said addi…
