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Brian Peoples passes away. November 27, 2019

December 4, 2019 /

Brian Peoples

William Charles Brian Peoples
04/10/1934 to 11/27/2019 William Charles Brian Peoples, 85, of Darien CT, passed away on November 27, 2019 after a battle with cancer and Parkinson’s Disease.
Brian was born on April 10, 1934 to John and Nancy Peoples on Staten Island NY. After graduating from Staten Island Academy in 1951, he went on to study math at The University of Rochester and received an MBA in Accounting from Rutgers University Business School.
After graduation from college he went into the Army, then attended graduate school and then secured his first job as an accountant for Arthur Anderson, beginning his 38-year career in accounting as a CPA. He was the Managing Partner for Arthur Anderson-New York Metro for 6 years.
In 1946, he met Marguerite (Peggy) Lorey at Staten Island Academy. They wed in 1958, going on to have two children, Brian Jr. and Jeffery Peoples.

After retiring in 1996, Brian spent time with family, grandchildren, playing tennis, golf, and paddle tennis as a member of Wee Burn Country Club. He was on the boards of the Darien Library and the Darien Historical Society.

Brian was predeceased by his brother Dennis Peoples. He is survived by his wife Peggy, his brother John Peoples, his sister Nancy Joyce Benjamin, his two sons Brian and Jeffery, their spouses Priscilla and Liz Peoples, and four grandchildren: Emilie Peoples, Willie Peoples, Katy Peoples, and Charley Peoples.
A Memorial Service will be held at ST Luke’s Episcopal Church at a later date.
In lieu of flowers please send donations to Post 53, the Darien Historical Society or the Darien Public library.

 

Memorial service January 11th, at St Luke’s Church, at 11:00am.

Bill Nolte passes away. December 2, 2019

December 4, 2019 /

Bill Nolte

William D. Nolte Jr. 09/24/1936 to 12/2/2019 William D. Nolte Jr., a resident of Norwalk, passed away at Norwalk Hospital on Monday, December 2, 2019. Born in New York City on September 24, 1936, he was the son of the late William Devereux Nolte and Margaret Brennan Nolte. William attended Georgetown University and was a graduate of Fordham University. He had a long career in management consulting with Arthur Andersen, Coopers & Lybrand and eventually his own firm. He is survived by his wife Susan F. Nolte, son, William D. Nolte III (Elise) of Westport, CT, daughters Anne E. Nolte (Thomas A. Dippel), of Westport, CT, Kathleen B. Nolte of Tulum, Mexico and one granddaughter Ava Dippel Nolte. He is also survived by a sister Mary Elizabeth Wein (Robert M.) of

Bronxville, NY. A Mass will be held on Friday, December 6, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Matthew Church, 216 Scribner Ave., Norwalk, CT 06854. Burial will follow at St. John’s Cemetery in Norwalk. In lieu of flowers, prayers for the family would be appreciated.

Thompson, Roy

November 21, 2019 /

Roy Thompson

Roy Thompson was born in Corning, N.Y., in 1946 and grew up in Marietta, Ohio. He spent the summers on Nantucket Island. He attended The Taft School and graduated from the Sterling School in Vermont in 1964. Roy graduated from the University of Denver in 1968 with a B.A. in mathematics.

He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea.

He spent 15 years, mostly with Wang Laboratories, selling computers and office automation equipment followed by 13 years as a general contractor for high-end homes in the Darien/Rowayton area. For the last 11 years (and counting), he has been selling real estate in this area in partnership with his spouse. Roy lives in Rowayton with his wife Christine and has two children and four grandchildren. He is a member of the Rowayton Yacht Club and the Darien YMCA. He enjoys spending his free time sailing and powerboating, skiing and woodworking. Sponsored by Bud Bain

Hike Greenwich Point Park, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2022, 10:30

November 21, 2019 /

“HIKING” GREENWICH POINT PARK

6 TOD’S DRIFTWAY

OLD GREENWICH

      

Greenwich Point is a beautiful peninsula surrounded by Long Island Sound and Greenwich Cove. The walking trails are flat and well maintained which is a bonus because the scenery is just spectacular. For half of the hike the skyline of New York is clearly visible and the Greenwich shoreline and magnificent water views complete the circuit. This has always been our most popular hike of about 2.5 miles which should take us no more than one and a half to two hours. An optional lunch will follow at Applausi Osteria Toscana at 199 Sound beach Avenue in Old Greenwich, a hit with past hikers.

 

DIRECTIONS: GOOGLE GREENWICH POINT 

 

Take Exit 5 off southbound I-95 and make a sharp right onto US 1 north. At the first traffic light make a right onto Sound Beach Avenue. Follow Sound Beach through Old Greenwich for 1.8 miles and turn right onto Shore Road at the T intersection. Shore Road becomes Tods Driftway and enters the park past the guard house. Park in the first lot on the right where we will meet at 10:30. Spouses and guests are invited and dogs on a leash are permitted in the park after December 1.

 

ATTIRE; It will likely be quite windy and cool on this exposed sprit of land so layer up! 

 

CONTACT: David McCollum

Write up:

The US Postal Service has nothing on the DMA hikers—“neither rain nor snow…” oh, wait a minute, the day did not turn out badly after all! The overnight snow was still evident at 10:30 in the morning but not a footing issue and the sun came out later on the hike. A good size group of 17 including three spouses walked just short of 3 miles in an hour and a half around the spectacular property. It’s easy to see why Greenwich keeps it pretty much to residents for most of the year!

About half the group stayed on for a delicious lunch at the Beach House Café in Old Greenwich. 

Again this hike, as others, give us DMAers a chance to walk and talk in some really nice places!

Next hike—Sherwood Island Park in Westport Thursday, January 12 at 10:00 AM

Dave McCollum

Bob Plunkett

Wheeler, Michael

November 13, 2019 /

Michael Wheeler was born in Oak Park, Ill., in 1949 and grew up in Greenwich (CT.). He graduated from Brunswick School in 1967. He earned a bachelor’s and M.A. degree both from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

He began his broadcasting career at WGCH Radio in 1965. From 1977 to 1982, he was station manager for WGST in Atlanta, Georgia. Next, he was with MTV Networks as regional vice president, Affiliate and Ad Sales. Other positions followed, including senior vice president, National Accounts at Showtime; president of the Financial News Network; executive vice president at NBC New Media; and president of CNBC/Dow Jones Desktop Video. From 2001 to the present, Mike has been founder and managing director of Westerly Partners, where he invests and advises early-stage technology companies.

Mike and his wife Ann live in Darien and have three children and five grandchildren. He is a member of the Darien RTM, chair of Board of Advisors of the Darien TV79, member of the Weekapaug Golf Club, head coach of the Westerly Wildcats Special Olympics Golf Team, and an ESL teacher at Literacy Volunteers. His hobbies include golf, reading, travel, and babysitting.

Sponsored by Bob McGroarty and Dan Benton

Jaques, Peter

November 7, 2019 /

Peter Jaques was born in London in 1951 and grew up in Wembley/Harrow. He graduated from Kingsbury High School and received a degree in town planning and economics from the University of East Anglia, where he was active in rugby, football and athletics. Peter’s work history is with Hilton International in London as vice president of Global Business Travel at the British Consulate in New York and CityLife Hotel Group in New York as chief financial officer and vice president, Asset Management. Peter and his wife Susan live in Rowayton and have four children and two (soon to be three) grandchildren. He belongs to De Laune Cycling Club in London. He enjoys cycling, football, rugby, winter sports, cooking, wine, reading and travel. Sponsored by Patrick Steele

Goodman, Douglas

November 7, 2019 /

Douglas Goodman was born in Bethlehem, in 1944, where he grew up and graduated from Liberty High School. In 1967, he received a B.S. degree in marketing from Pennsylvania State University, where he was active in Delta Tau Delta and the university choir.

After graduation, Doug joined Armstrong Cork Company and worked in the Packaging Materials Division. He moved to Richardson-Vicks in Wilton and worked for eight years in the TLB Plastics Division. He then started his own sales and marketing company in Fairfield, selling plastic components primarily in the cosmetic industry. After 39 years, he dissolved the company last July.

Doug and his wife Katie live in Fairfield and have three daughters and seven grandchildren living in Darien. He belongs to the Institute of Packaging Professionals, Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers, Penn State Southern Connecticut Alumni Chapter and the Gaelic American Club. For leisure, Doug likes pickleball, paddle tennis and choral singing. He is a volunteer at the Connecticut Food Bank, the Bridgeport Rescue Mission and the Carousel Thrift Shop. He is a member of the Southport Congregational Church. His favorite pastime is cheering for the grandkids at Darien sporting events. Sponsored by Frank Zaino

Book Club: Thank You for Being Late by Thomas Friedman, January 8, 2020

November 4, 2019 /

KIRKUS REVIEW

The celebrated New York Times columnist diagnoses this unprecedented historical moment and suggests strategies for “resilience and propulsion” that will help us adapt.

“Are things just getting too damned fast?” Friedman (Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America, 2008, etc.) cites 2007 as the year we reached a technological inflection point. Combined with increasingly fast-paced globalization (financial goods and services, information, ideas, innovation) and the subsequent speedy shocks to our planet’s natural system (climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, geochemical flows), we’ve entered an “age of accelerations” that promises to transform “almost every aspect of modern life.” The three-time Pulitzer winner puts his familiar methodology—extensive travel, thorough reporting, interviews with the high-placed movers and shakers, conversations with the lowly moved and shaken—to especially good use here, beginning with a wonderfully Friedman-esque encounter with a parking attendant during which he explains the philosophy and technique underlying his columns and books. The author closes with a return to his Minnesota hometown to reconnect with and explore some effective habits of democratic citizenship. In between, he discusses topics as varied as how garbage cans got smart, how the exponential growth in computational power has resulted in a “supernova” of creative energy, how the computer Watson won Jeopardy, and how, without owning a single property, Airbnb rents out more rooms than all the major hotel chains combined. To meet these and other dizzying accelerations, Friedman advises developing a “dynamic stability,” and he prescribes nothing less than a redesign of our workplaces, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and communities. Drawing lessons from Mother Nature about adaptability, sustainability, and interdependence, he never underestimates the challenges ahead. However, he’s optimistic about our chances as he seeks out these strategies in action, ranging from how AT&T trains its workers to how Tunisia survived the Arab Spring to how chickens can alleviate African poverty.

Required reading for a generation that’s “going to be asked to dance in a hurricane.”

Book Club: The Overstory by Richard Powers, February 12, 2020

November 4, 2019 /

Powers’ (Orfeo, 2014, etc.) 12th novel is a masterpiece of operatic proportions, involving nine central characters and more than half a century of American life. 

In this work, Powers takes on the subject of nature, or our relationship to nature, as filtered through the lens of environmental activism, although at its heart the book is after more existential concerns. As is the case with much of Powers’ fiction, it takes shape slowly—first in a pastiche of narratives establishing the characters (a psychologist, an undergraduate who died briefly but was revived, a paraplegic computer game designer, a homeless vet), and then in the kaleidoscopic ways these individuals come together and break apart. “We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men,” Powers writes, quoting the naturalist John Muir. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” The idea is important because what Powers means to explore is a sense of how we become who we are, individually and collectively, and our responsibility to the planet and to ourselves. Nick, for instance, continues a project begun by his grandfather to take repeated photographs of a single chestnut tree, “one a month for seventy-six years.” Pat, a visionary botanist, discovers how trees communicate with one another only to be discredited and then, a generation later, reaffirmed. What links the characters is survival—the survival of both trees and human beings. The bulk of the action unfolds during the timber wars of the late 1990s, as the characters coalesce on the Pacific coast to save old-growth sequoia from logging concerns. For Powers, however, political or environmental activism becomes a filter through which to consider the connectedness of all things—not only the human lives he portrays in often painfully intricate dimensions, but also the biosphere, both virtual and natural. “The world starts here,” Powers insists. “This is the merest beginning. Life can do anything. You have no idea.” 

A magnificent achievement: a novel that is, by turns, both optimistic and fatalistic, idealistic without being naïve. 

Hike Pomerance Park, Tuesday, November 19, 2019

October 31, 2019 /

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2019

 HIKING  POMERANCE/MONTGOMERY PINETUM PARK

GREENWICH     10:00 AM

This 100 acre property is now owned by the town of Greenwich but was originally the estate of Ernest Seaton and later the home of financier Maurice Wertheim. The estate house was demolished by the town after falling into disrepair but the stone walls remain. Mr. Seaton is credited with starting a boys group called “The League of Woodcraft Indians” which evolved into the Boy Scouts. Wertheim’s daughter, Barbara Tuchman, lived on the property and wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning book “The Guns of August” there.

This hike is really more of a walk in the woods as the trails are wide, relatively flat and well maintained. It is a very scenic property with mature trees, rock outcroppings and moving water in addition to the historical features. As the property is relatively small, our hike will take approximately 2 hours after which we will enjoy an optional lunch at Louie’s Restaurant (136 River Road Ext.) nearby in Cos Cob.

DIRECTIONS: On Google Maps, enter Montgomery Pinetum on Bible Street in Cos Cob.  There is another entrance to the park but parking there is limited. Go to the Bible Street entrance. We will gather in front of the Greenhouse building at 10:00 AM.

Take I-95 south to Exit 5 and stay in left lane on the ramp to turn left at the light onto US 1 south. Proceed .8 miles across the Mianus River Bridge and turn right into Nassau Street and then a quick left onto Valley Road. After .2 miles turn right into Orchard Street and then a quick right onto Bible Street. Drive .8 miles to a left turn into Montgomery-Pinetum Park. 15-20 minutes from Darien with average traffic.

Contact: David McCollum

 

Gentile, Patrick

October 30, 2019 /

Patrick Gentile was born in Flushing, Queens, N.Y., and grew up in Middle Village, Queens. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School and Queens College, City University of N.Y., in 1982 with B.A. in accounting.

From 1982 to 1986, he worked at BDO as a senior auditor. From 1986 to 2013, he worked at American Banknote Corporation as executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer. From 2014 to 2017, he operated as Patrick Gentile CPA (consulting).

Patrick and his wife Teresa live in Darien and have two children. He belongs to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPAs. He is a board member of the Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust. He volunteers as an income tax program coordinator and is an AARP tax aide coordinator for seniors. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, cycling and travel. He is a diehard Mets fan and watches the games on TV. Sponsored by Harry Bergen

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