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Longtime WestConn Professor Who Lived In Ridgefield, Redding, Danbury Dies At 94
A retired professor at Western Connecticut State University where a math scholarship is named in his honor has died.
Edwin Arthur Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science died Saturday, May 25 in Natick, Mass. He was 94.
Rosenberg lived in Ridgefield, Redding and Danbury, and most recently was a resident of Whitney Place in Natick, Massachusetts.
Born Sept. 4, 1924, Rosenberg was a meteorologist during World War II. He married Carol Eichberg Corn in 1946, graduated from MIT in 1947, then earned an MBA from NYU and a master's in teaching at Columbi…
Brookfield's Harald Kukk, Private Investigator, Ex-nypd Detective, Dies
A former New York Police Department detective and private investigator from Brookfield remembered as a "great cop" and "legend" on social media, has died.
Ret. Det. Harald Kukk, NYPD, a husband, and father, died Monday, May 27 at Danbury Hospital. He was 75.
Kukk was born on May 25, 1944, in Parnu, Estonia, son of the late Verner and Fronelly Kukk. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He attended CCNU and was a graduate of Charter Oak State College.
Kukk was a 24-year veteran of the New York City Police Department. He was a member of Tactical Patrol Force, Street Crim…
Ann Moore Swanton Of Cold Spring Harbor, Big Believer In 'Five-Minute Vacations,' Dies
A Cold Spring Harbor woman who was an artist and proponent of so-called "Five-minute vacations" has died.
Ann Moore Swanton died Thursday, May 23. She was 83.
Swanton was a lifelong, passionate artist with impeccable style and taste. A big believer in “Five-minute vacations” she encouraged everyone to stop and see the everyday beauty that surrounds us.
She loved her children, her pets, sailing, her Cold Spring Harbor home and working in her garden.
Swanton leaves behind two brothers, four children, five grandchildren, two nieces, a nephew, and many relatives and close friends.…
Matthew Ward Of Rye, Student At Purchase College, Dies At 21
Purchase College student Matthew Michael Ward of Rye died Friday, May 31. He was 21.
He was the son of Michael and Vivian Ward and is also survived by sisters, Marguerite, Miriam, Mary-Kathryn, and Meredith.
According to his obituary, he was the happiest young man who loved making everyone laugh, gifted with many talents including making music, jamming with his friends, and playing timpani at St. Augustine's Church on major feast days with his father who is the longtime music director there.
Ward was pursuing a degree in communications.
The family will receive friends Monday, …
