ROGER S. HANFORD ’50

ROGER S. HANFORD, an estate and trust administrator, died Aug. 19, 2015, at age 90. A member of Sigma Nu, his father was Jay Hanford of the class of 1921, his father-in-law was Frederick F. Lovejoy Jr., of the class of 1923, his brother was Gerald H. Hanford of the class of 1964, his uncle was Eric V. Sandin of the class of 1919, and his brothers-in-law were Frederick A. Lovejoy of the class of 1950 and Jonathan Lovejoy of the class of 1953. During World War II he served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He devoted all 41 years of his professional career to the Norwalk, Conn., law firm of Lovejoy, Heffernan, Rimer & Cuneo as a professional paralegal. Active in his community, he was a member of the Norwalk Kiwanis Club where he was elected lieutenant governor for southwestern Fairfield County. He was president of the Laura Raymond Homes for seniors, and had a longtime membership and one-term chairmanship of the Norwalk Historical Commission, plus a a six-year directorship on the board of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion museum. He served on the Norwalk Board of Education and the Norwalk Common Council, and he chaired the Norwalk Concert Hall restoration. He was also president of the Norwalk YMCA, as well as serving on other boards and committees. Predeceased by his wife, Martha Lovejoy Hanford, and by a son, survivors include two daughters, a son, two grandchildren, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.