Consuelo Meloy Nussbaum, 91, died peacefully Dec. 4, 2018 at Edgehill in Stamford. She was 91.
The daughter of Thomas and Claire (Libby) Meloy, she was born Feb. 8, 1927, in Bronxville, New York. She graduated from Bronxville High School in 1944, Smith College in 1948 and received her master’s degree in sociology from Columbia University in 1950.
Consuelo “Connie” began a career in research at NBC-TV, then moved to the Radio-TV Research Department at McCann-Erickson, and later, BBDO.
In 1954, she married John S. Nussbaum and eventually settled in Darien, where she lived for 53 years with her husband, who predeceased her in 1998. After raising two children, she continued her career in consumer research, principally at General Electric in Bridgeport, in their Housewares and Audio Business Division.
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— This obituary previously was published by the Norwalk Hour.
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A past president of both the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum and the Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk, she was an active local volunteer and lifelong blood donor to the American Red Cross. She was a member of the Wee Burn Country Club in Darien and the Eastward Ho Golf Club on Cape Cod, where she resided in Orleans, Massachusetts.
She is survived by her daughter, Lise O’Haire, and her husband, Tony O’Haire, of Atlanta; her son, John S. Nussbaum, Jr., of Greenwich; and her granddaughters, Marguerite E. O’Haire and her husband, Mitchell Zischke, of West Lafayette, Indiana, Chelsea C. O’Haire of Newport Beach, California, and McCrea M. O’Haire of Atlanta.
A private service in her memory will be held for her family. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850. Remembrances may be sent to Lise O’Haire, 3856 Paces Lookout Drive, SE, Atlanta, GA 30339.