03.15.07
Posted in Friends & Family at 7:45 pm by Steve
So I had a long talk with a very good friend last night…and it’s amazing how sometimes it’s those who know us best that have the ability to put things into perspective and remind us of who we really are. What is even more amazing is that for such intelligent animals, we seem to forget or misinterpret a lot of simple truths about ourselves at a frequency that makes me think that maybe we aren’t as intelligent as we would like to believe.
I guess over years of changing and growing there are some basic truths that never change, no matter what we want to believe or who we mistakenly listen to…we are who we are. The problem seems to be when we forget those truths and imagine that we are something (or someone) else.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said:
a friend may be well reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Thanks again Bro’…and yes…the title means what you think it means 
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01.17.07
Posted in Friends & Family at 11:02 am by Steve
James R. DeMott
James R. DeMott, 89, a resident of Wilton for the past forty years (formerly of New Canaan and Norwalk), beloved husband and family man, died at Norwalk Hospital on Monday, January 15, 2007.
Mr. DeMott, born February 17, 1917 in Stamford, was a son of the late Michael and Josephine Camparata DeMott. He was the popular proprietor of Esquire Barber Shop in Wilton, which he founded in 1959, and from which he retired in the early 1980’s. Previously, Mr. DeMott had been principal caretaker of the New Canaan estate of world famous illuminator and political artists Arthur Szyk.
Mr. DeMott, whose interests included wine making and gardening, was an avid follower of the New York professional sports teams, especially the Yankees, Giants, and Rangers, and was also a lover of opera. He was a parishioner at Sacred Heart Church in Georgetown, and long standing member of the Sons of Italy Order in America.
Mr. DeMott is survived by his wife of 67 years, Colletta; a son, Robert of Athens, Ohio; a granddaughter, Elizabeth of Miami, Florida; a brother, Joseph of Darien; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. DeMott was predeceased by six brothers and sisters.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, January 19, 2007 at 10:30 AM in Sacred Heart Church, Church Street, Georgetown. The interment will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Wilton.
There are no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in James DeMott’s name to the Whittingham Cancer Center at Norwalk Hospital, 24 Stevens Street, Norwalk, CT 06856.
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