CHARLES SCHWANDA ’42

CHARLES SCHWANDA, who had been executive vice president and treasurer of the Stafford (Conn.) Savings Bank, died Mar. 20 2013, at age 92. A member of Delta Upsilon, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a Boy Scout executive and partner of the former B. Schwanda & Sons button company, which closed in 1967. He then started to work for the Stafford Savings Bank where he had been a Trustee and retired as Trustee Emeritus in 1992. He was also a Trustee Emeritus of Johnson Memorial Hospital, having served the hospital in many capacities, including as President, and he was one of the founders of the Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Stafford. His wife, Jean Cooley Schwanda, predeceased him. He is survived by five children, 15 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.