Author: TBS Member

We’re here today to mourn the passing but also to honor the life of Richard Adler, beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather and cherished friend. It isn’t a platitude to say that Dick’s passing has spared him a lot of suffering and agony. But we are saddened that this has happened and this is all very hard.

Dick was born in the Bronx on October 5, 1932, the son of the late Benjamin and Sarah, the younger brother of Alvin, who has always been a wonderful brother, and we mourn with Al and Vita on this sad day. He graduated Morris High School and eventually obtained an Associate degree in Civil Engineering from SUNY Delhi. The graduation was in June but it was in the snow. (more…)

We’re here today to mourn the passing but also to honor the life of Naomi Singer, beloved wife, mother and grandmother

Naomi was born in Waterbury on July 3, 1929, the beloved daughter of Morris & Rae Grabow. She graduated Bryant and in her career worked for the Yale Alumni Fund for 27 years. She not only enjoyed but also loved what she did. She was so good at her work that after 25 years, when she retired, they then called her back to work for another two years.
You could say that, as Staff Secretary, she did a lot of the paperwork for donations. I would say: She was involved in a very important enterprise that helps to finance one of the greatest intellectual centers in the world. (more…)