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FAIRFIELD Conn. -- George C. George C. Cartwright, Jr., a Fairfield resident, died Saturday, Jan. 10. He was 87.
He was born in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 22, 1927 and raised in West Hartford, Conn. He served as a Navy corpsman in World War II and the Korean War.
He started his business career as a sales trainee for the Ford Motor Company at a dealership in Meriden, Conn. In 1950, he joined the Glens Falls Insurance Company and became a special agent, managing the companies affairs in Tennessee and, later, was responsible for the Company's affairs in southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
He later became vice president and manager of the commercial liability underwriting department and was also responsible for the company's outgoing reinsurance program.
In 1977, he joined North American Reinsurance Corporation/Swiss Reinsurance Corporation, where he was chief underwriting officer, account executive and became a senior vice president. He was instrumental in the founding, organizing and operating Western Atlantic Reinsurance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company where he was executive vice president and director. He retired in 1993 and became a consultant with Towers Perrin Reinsurance Division for a year.
He is survived by Nan, his wife of 64 years, a daughter, Eve, and her husband Frederick Church of Chatham, Mass.; three sons and their families, David and Ellen of Old Lyme, Conn., Andrew and Patricia of Ridgefield, Conn., John of Fairfield, Conn., and 11 grandchildren.
His sister, Nancy Whittier of Cotuit, Mass., died in 2013.
A memorial service will be held Friday, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Matthew Calkins, rector, officiating.
Donations may be made in lieu of flowers to St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 4670 Congress Street, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, or Connecticut Audubon Society Statewide Offices, 2325 Burr St., Fairfield, CT 06824, or the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, 180 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06610.
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