Dorothy Reynolds Cogswell, native

Dorothy A. Reynolds Cogswell of Blakely, Pa., a teacher and Ridgefield native, died on Jan. 29, 2004. She was 85 years old and the widow of Charles A. Cogswell, who was killed during World War II.
Mrs. Cogswell was born in Ridgefield on Sept. 21, 1918, daughter of the late Clinton and Dorothy Brady Reynolds. She graduated at the age of 16 from Ridgefield High School in 1935 and received a teacher’s degree from Normal School (now Western Connecticut State University) in 1939.
Mrs. Cogswell was a teacher in the Newtown School system for 31 years. She taught at both Hawley and Sandy Hook Elementary. She was a past parishioner of St. Joseph Church in Danbury.
Mrs. Cogswell is survived by her children: Catherine F. Coer, of Pa.; Elaine Cogswell, of Blakely, Pa.; Charles A. Cogswell, of Shelton; and Dorothy E. Cogswell, of Newtown. She is also survived by three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Her daughter, Joan Cogswell, who worked in the Credit Department at Ethan Allen in Danbury for more than 25 years, died on Feb. 2, four days after her mother.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for both Dorothy and Joan at St. Joseph Church, Danbury, on Friday, Feb. 6.
Burial was in St. Mary Cemetery, Ridgefield.
Memorial Contributions in the memory of Dorothy Cogswell may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Cornell Memorial Home, 247 White Street, Danbury, was in charge of arrangements.