A Memorial Service will be held at the Noroton Presbyterian Chapel, 2011 Post Road, Darien on Monday, Sept. 26, at 11 a.m. A private family interment will be held at Spring Grove Cemetery, Darien. Contributions in her memory can be directed to the Alzheimer's Association, 2075 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 100, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 or the Arthritis Foundation, Northern & Southern New England Chapter, 35 Cold Spring Road, #411, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. A memorial service will take place Saturday, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 132 Glenbrook Road, Stamford.

Elaine Marie Ruggiero, a Greenwich resident, died Aug. 31. She was 68. Mrs. Ruggiero's greatest enjoyments in life came from her beloved family, who was with her at the time of her passing. Mrs. Ruggiero is survived by her husband of 47 years, Anthony W. Ruggiero; two daughters, Alicia Ruggiero, of Darien and Audrey Kallassy, of New Canaan; and four grandchildren. A private family service was held Sept. 3 at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in New Canaan.

B.V. Brooks dies; Westport News co-founder, publisher and real estate developer During World War II he spent three years at Kings Point Maritime Academy and saw sea duty as a junior officer on merchant marine ships in the North Atlantic and South Pacific. Starting his business career as an investment banker in Boston, he moved to New York City as a security analyst with Value Line Investment Advisors for five years before joining Booz, Allen & Hamilton management consultants. When his father became ill in the early 1960s, Brooks returned to Westport to join his father in the family real estate firm, Brooks, Inc. The company had developed Westfair Shopping Center, Westfair Village and Compo Shopping Center in Westport. Following the death of his father in 1967 Brooks changed the name of the company to Brooks, Torrey and Scott, Inc., and went on to purchase and develop commercial real estate in New York state, other locations in Connecticut and St. Croix, V.I. During my years with him, the paper was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles on domestic abuse in Westport and Weston. In recent years he took up the hobby of creating crossword puzzles and self-published two books of puzzles that he gave to friends.

Terhune served on the Board of Directors for the Middlesex Club; was a Darien Junior Football League Coach and on the Board of Directors for five years; served as Fairfield County Swim League Diving Committee Chairman; and was a Darien Little League Coach. Mr. Terhune was a member and publicity advisor for the National Ski Patrol System; a member of the Darien R.T.M. for 12 years; a member of the Darien Republican Town committee; one of the co-founders and president of the Darien Republican Club; a member of the Republican State Central Committee and served on the public relations Committee; and a member of the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Committee. In lieu of flowers, please direct memorial gifts to Middlebury College for Financial Aid in Memory of Phillips G. Terhune, Jr., Class of 1956, Gifts Administration, 5 Court Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 or online at middlebury.edu/giving.

Returning home, Mr. Brooks entered advertising and worked for Scripps-Howard Newspapers in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York before retiring as director of promotion and research, capping a 35 year career. A graveside service with military honors will be held at Spring Grove Cemetery in Darien on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 11 a.m In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, Connecticut Affiliate, 5 Brookside Drive, P. O. Box 5022, Wallingford, CT 06492. To leave an online condolence, visit www.lawrencefuneralhome.com

Prior to residing on Sea Island, she lived with her husband for 20 years in Darien, where she was a member of the Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk. Corneill is a graduate of both Saint Mary's Junior College in Raleigh, NC, and the University of Georgia where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. In leiu of flowers donations may be made to the Human Society of South Coastal Georgia, 4627 N. Highway 17 Brunswick 31525 and the American Cancer Society 3011 Hampton Ave. Brunswick, Georgia 31520.

The Barbara Harrington Fund, established by DAEG in 1984 to honor her many contributions, provides grants to teachers to enrich students' classroom experiences in all fields. [...] Mrs. Harrington was a current member of the Education Committee of the Representative Town Meeting. erving as a trustee of the Darien Library and chairman of a Red Cross Fund Drive were other strong commitments. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Mrs. Harrington's memory to the Barbara Harrington Fund of the Darien Advocates for Education of the Gifted, the Science Education Center in Old Greenwich, and Guide Dogs for The Blind in San Rafael, Calif.

Mr. Blomgren graduated from North Carolina State University in 1954 and spent his career in the textile industry. After leaving the textile industry he took his love of sports and started his own company, ICP, of which he was owner and producer of celebrity golf and tennis events from Florida to California. The first event he produced was a celebrity tennis event in Monte Carlo attended by the royal family and Prince Albert Rainier. Mr. Blomgren was an avid golfer and expert skier. Memorial donations may be made to Diane Blomgren, 88 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY 12572, for an education fund to be established for Mr. Blomgren's children, Hannah and Jackson.

Mrs. Fiske was an avid Yankee fan, and loved watching sports on TV, especially basketball and tennis. Cynthia Scace and her husband, Jim, of Greenfield and Dana Fiske, of Westminster, Vt., a grandson, Andrew Scace; and two sisters, Betty S. Eslick, of N.Y., and Carol Sharp, of Pa. Arrangements are under the direction of Walker Funeral Home, 14 High St., Greenfield.

William A. Frate Sr., a lifelong Darien resident, died at Honey Hill Health Care facility in Norwalk on Thursday, July 28. Mr. Frate was a standout athlete in football, basketball and baseball while attending all three schools. Memorial Donations may be made to the Darien Lions Club, P.O. Box 144, Darien, CT 06820, or the Piedmont Association, Attention Scholarship Fund, 152 Hecker Ave., Darien, CT 06820.