Westport COVID-19 Cases Up 18; Surpasses 2,000 Total Cases since March 2020
The Westport Weston Health District reported 18 new COVID-19 cases for Westport since yesterday. The State’s daily test positivity rate was up to 4.22%, and hospitalizations were up 7.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 2,014 cases.
Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 31 deaths.
State Daily Test Positivity: 4.22% [up from 2.95%]
State Hospitalizations: 332 patients [+7]
Despite Damp Night Whelk Customers Indulge
Fine foods were shared as fine amounts of rain scattered the area today around 6:00 pm. Photo and words by Preston Siroka for WestportLcoal.com.
Morning Weather Report
Today
Isolated showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tides
High: 9:11 am - 7.14 FT, 9:34 pm - 7.86 FT
Low: 3:13 am - 0.31 FT, 3:30 pm - 0.55 FT
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
Tomorrow
Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. North wind around 7 mph.
Tomorrow Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 64. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
Dennis Ray Gibson, 77, Died; Beloved Grandfather, “always made time to connect with others”
Dennis Ray Gibson peacefully passed away at Norwalk Hospital on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 while surrounded by his loving family.
Denny loved people. He was a friendly man who always made time to connect with others, whether he was talking to you at a dinner party, a Staples football game, or on the sidewalk downtown. He was a proud Westporter and loved the friends he made in the town he called home since 1999.
Denny was born in Cadillac, Michigan, on November 17, 1943, to Charles Gibson and Jeraline Rowas, where he grew up with brother Lynn and sister Nancy. He liked to remind us that he spent the first few years of his life in a house with no toilet - only an outhouse. At 21 years old, in a Grand Rapids home with more modernized plumbing, Denny had his first son, David. His son Kevin and daughter Leigh Ann followed shortly after. He committed himself to fatherhood as he moved with his family from Indianapolis to Jacksonville to Bethel to Syracuse to Youngstown and then Manhattan.
Denny met the love of his life, Patty Burke, when they were both working at General Foods. He won her over with the twinkle in his eye and his sparkling personality. They married on April 17, 1982.
Denny was a salesman through and through. After 23 years at General Foods, he struck off on his own, building a business from the ground up alongside his son David. The same traits that made him a great father and husband made him a fantastic entrepreneur. Decades into running his successful company, if you asked him what he did, he’d still say, “I’m a salesman.”
29 years after having his first child, Denny had his next set of kids - triplets Jack, Max, and Bo. They will cherish his whippy one-liners and will treasure memories of stretching him before his weekly tennis games.
He became Grandpa Denny to eight grandkids - Bill, Jenna, Dan, Grace, Ellen, Claire, Daniel, and Delaney - who he loved dearly.
His wife, children, grandchildren, and friends loved him and will miss his smile, jokes, and easy conversation.
He is survived by brother Lynn (Mary Lou) Gibson, Grand Rapids Michigan; sister Nancy (Tony) Roberto, Cincinnati Ohio; son David (Sheri) Gibson, Coronado California; son Kevin (Kris) Gibson, Canfield Ohio; daughter Leigh Ann Dwyer (Bob), Fairfield Connecticut; son Jack Gibson, Westport, CT; son Bo Gibson, Brooklyn NY; son Max Gibson, New York, NY.
Calling hours will be held on Friday from 4 to 8 PM in the Lesko & Polke Funeral Home 1209 Post Road, in Fairfield Center. His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10 AM in the Church of the Assumption 98 Riverside Avenue, in Westport. His interment will be private.
Denny's family would prefer contributions in his name to: Tunnel to Towers (www.T2T.org).