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Edwin “Ed” LeGard, Jr., 82

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Edwin “Ed” LeGard, Jr., 82, of New Canaan passed away suddenly on September 23rd at Norwalk Hospital.  He was the beloved father of Whitney LeGard Williams of New Canaan and Prescott  LeGard of Mission Hills, Kansas.  He was preceded in death by his adoring wife of 51 years, Betsy, in 2016.  

Ed was born on November 12, 1939, in Virginia to Pauline and Edwin F. LeGard, Sr.  He was raised in Abingdon, Virginia and was a standout athlete in both baseball and football.  He was the quarterback of the team and had his number retired.   After high school he was awarded a full athletic scholarship to the University of Virginia to play on the football team and graduated in 1962 from the McIntire School of Commerce.  While at UVA he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Known as a brilliant investor, Ed began his career in Hartford, CT and then joined Connecticut General in 1968.  He also worked at Putnam Investments in Boston before joining E.M. Warburg Pincus in 1980 where he became the President of the Investment Management division.  At the time of his death, he was a partner of Neville, Rodie & Shaw and was still actively advising and investing until his passing. Ed was a proud member of the Union League Club of New York and served as president for three years; a member of the Woodway Country Club in Darien; and was one of the founding members of the Quail Valley Club in Vero Beach, Florida. In addition to his passion for golf and all things related to the University of Virginia, he loved reading P.G. Wodehouse books and was a member of the Drones Club.

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Richard ‘Dick’ Wayne Ettinger Sr., 89

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Richard Ettinger, age 89, formerly of New Canaan, CT passed away the evening of September 9, 2022, in Tequesta Florida. 

Richard was born and grew up in Schenectady, NY and graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1952. Richard worked for the General Electric Company where he met his life love Joan Audrey Korniak. Richard and Joan were married in 1953. Richard served in the United States Air Force in 1953 and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan until 1957. Richard and Joan had three children Jill, Laurie, and Richard Jr.
Richard lived in New Canaan from 1963 until 2020.

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Patricia Lovejoy Stoddard, 91

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Patricia Lovejoy Stoddard died peacefully in her sleep at home on September 10, at the age of 91. A New Canaan resident since 1956, she was married to Hudson G. Stoddard for 63 years, until his death in 2017.  

Born in Detroit, Michigan on December 2, 1930, Pat was the second of four children of Elijah Parish Lovejoy III and Jane Howell Lovejoy and is survived by a sister, Gail Neale, of Middlebury, VT.  She was predeceased by her sister Cynthia Underhill Robinson and her brother, Elijah Parish Lovejoy IV. She graduated from the Liggett School in Detroit in 1948 and went on to receive a B.A. in English from Cornell University in 1952.  She moved to New York after graduation and became an editorial researcher at Time Inc.  While there, she met her future husband, who was a special assistant to Publisher Henry Luce.  Following their marriage, Pat taught briefly at the Dalton School before moving to Connecticut in 1956. In 1968, she earned her MS in Education at Western Connecticut State College and worked at New Canaan Country School for the next decade. She taught 7th and 8th grade English, History, and Anthropology and served as Academic Dean.  One of the great joys of Pat’s life was seeing her former students grow up, and hearing from them that those classroom years together had made some small difference in their lives.  Pat went on to work in the corporate sector, as Assistant to the Chairman of Champion International Corporation (now International Paper) in Stamford, CT — and in that capacity served as speechwriter and oversaw employee and shareholder communications.

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Alva Matthews Solomon, 88

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Alva Matthews Solomon, a pioneering engineer, accomplished teacher, beloved friend and mother, passed away peacefully on August 24th, in New Canaan, CT, 5 days shy of her 89th birthday. 

Alva grew up in Great Neck, Long Island where her father was the head of Brown & Matthews Inc, an engineering and construction firm. She was deeply influenced by her father’s career and followed him into the field of engineering. She attended both Middlebury and Barnard Colleges, graduating with a B.S. and M.S. in Science. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Science from Columbia University, where she was the only woman in the civil engineering department. During her time as a graduate student, she began teaching classes and became Columbia’s first female engineering instructor.

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John Beresford Lanaway, 72

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John Beresford Lanaway, 72, of New Canaan, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family at home on September 7, 2022 following a brave and inspiring journey with pancreatic cancer. He was predeceased by his mother Muriel, father Kenneth and brother Martyn Lanaway. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 36 years Janet (née Morris), children Scott (Magdalena), Samantha (Josedomingo), Ian (Sian) and Andrew. Cherished grandfather to Stella, Lilah, Emilia, Rowan and Quinn. 

John was born in the UK and emigrated with his family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1957, finally settling in Aurora, Ontario, just north of Toronto.  After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts, John became a Chartered Professional Accountant. He started his career with Deloitte in Toronto, becoming a partner at the firm at age 30.  He then moved into senior financial and executive roles in a variety of industries (packaging, aerospace, technology in Toronto, and most recently, advertising in New York City).  He also served on the boards of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC and CNH Industrial.  Those who knew him know that he never drew attention to those aspects of his life.