Dr. Richard J. Fleming, 71, radiologist

Dr. Richard Joseph Fleming, a retired physician and former chief of radiology at Stamford Radiologists Associates, died Thursday, Feb. 6, at his home in Ridgefield. He was 71 years old and the husband of JoAnna Benedetti Fleming of Ridgefield.
Dr. Fleming was born on March 31, 1931, in Waltham, Mass., the son of the late Harold and Irene Fleming, and grew up in Waltham and Newton. He was a graduate of Boston College and Tufts University School of Medicine.
During the Korean War, he served as a captain in the U.S. Army and chief of radiology at a military hospital in Puerto Rico.
Dr. Fleming then became an associate professor of radiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and full professor of radiology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, also in New York City.
Later, he helped establish Stamford Radiologists Associates in Stamford Hospital, where he served as chief of radiology for more than 25 years and where he was well known for his diagnostic skills.
He was a past member of the Fairfield County Medical Society, and was a member of the Wee Burn Country Club of Darien and the Terravita Golf and Country Club of Scotsdale, Arizona, where he and his wife enjoyed spending their vacations.
The Flemings had lived in Wilton for 15 years before moving to Ridgefield a year ago.
Besides his wife, Dr. Fleming is survived by a son, Douglas J. Fleming, and a daughter, Pamela Horan, both of San Francisco; and two stepdaughters, Jessica Hoffman of Vienna, Va., and Gillian Hoffman of Danvers, Mass.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Wilton. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery in Wilton.
Memorial donations may be made to the Richard J. Fleming Foundation Fund c/o Stamford Health Foundation, 2015 W. Main Street, Stamford, CT 06902-4536.