Walter A. Bishop

Walter A. Bishop, 86, of Fairfield, a retired vice president with National Distillers, and formerly with the Bridgeport Brass Company, died November 9 at the Caroloton Chronic Convalescent Hospital.

He was the father of Richard Bishop of Newtown.

Born in Bridgeport, Mr Bishop had been a Fairfield resident for the past 39 years. He was a graduate of the Bridgeport Engineering Institute and New York University. He was a former member of the Patterson Club in Fairfield and the Bridgeport Rotary Club.

Survivors include his wife, Ethel (Case) Bishop of Fairfield; two other children, Deborah Passeck of the Southport section of Fairfield, and W. Robert Bishop of New Jersey; a brother, F. Howard Bishop of Trumbull; a sister, Marilyn Bishop of New York; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held on November 13 in the Spear Funeral Home, 39 South Benson Road, Fairfield, and in St Pius X Church, Fairfield, with a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment followed in Lawncroft Cemetery, Fairfield.

Contributions in the name of Mr Bishop may be made to St Joseph High School Scholarship Fund, 2320 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, CT 06611.

The Newtown Bee      November 17, 2000