Elena C. Chew

Elena Clark Chew died February 3, 2012 in the comfort of her home and surrounded by family and friends. Born November 27, 1928 in Havana, Cuba, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Lucas A. Clark, formerly of Coral Gables, FL, she married Robert P. Chew in 1954 and became a permanent resident of Greenwich in 1960. Elena was an active member from 1966 to 1992 of the Greenwich Garden Club and the Audubon Society. She was a strong advocate for conserving Greenwich’s open space and received the Greenwich Conservation Award in 1985. The Town of Greenwich dedicated a Dogwood tree in her name at the new Town Hall as a sign of appreciation for her efforts to preserve the town’s natural resources.

Elena is survived by her sister Maria Antonia Lopez and her husband Humberto Lopez of Coral Gables, FL and their daughters Toinette Lopez, Alina Lopez, Mariana Lopez, Christina Lopez of Coral Gables, FL and Patricia Lopez of New York, NY, her brother Lucas A. Clark Jr. and his wife Anita Clark of Key Biscayne, FL and their four children Lucas A. Clark III and his extended family of Media, PA, John Clark and his extended family of Kingsport, TN, Anna Marie Clark-Hoffman and her extended family of Fairfax, VA, and Charles Clark of Media, PA, her three sons John Aldridge Chew ll of Greenwich, CT and his partner Lisa Forrow, Robert Preston Chew Jr. of Salvador, Brazil and his wife Patricia Neeser Chew and grandson Peter Neeser Chew and step-grandson Felipe Neeser Barbosa, Thomson Clark Chew of Rochester, NY and his wife Anne Elisabeth Chew, and grandchildren Sarah Jane Chew and Thomson Maxwell Chew.

A memorial service will be held in Greenwich at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church at 954 Lake Avenue on February 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM with a gathering afterwards at the church for family and friends. A separate burial service will occur the following week at the Old Chapel Cemetery in Boyce, VA, Clarke County.

In lieu of flowers, a donation can be given to either the Audubon of Greenwich, 613 Riversville Road, Greenwich, Ct 06831-2698 or the Greenwich Land Trust, 132 East Putnam Avenue, 2 East, Suite-D, Cos Cob, CT 06807.