Stanley Cassar, 73, engineer for Navy

Stanley Joseph Cassar, a retired quality control engineer who supervised work on naval aircraft, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Danbury Hospital after a brief illness. He was 73 years old and the husband of Delano Barbour Cassar.
Mr. Cassar was born in New York City on Jan. 11, 1929, a son of the late George and Iris Cassar. He studied engineering at the City College of New York, and entered the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, serving aboard the destroyer escorts USS George (DE-697) and the USS DeLong (DE-684).
After the service, he became a civilian employee of the U.S. Defense Department. As a representative of the Navy, he oversaw the work of private contractors, such as Grumman and Sikorsky, which were building aircraft for the Navy. He worked at first at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, then at Grumman on Long Island and finally, as the naval plant representative at Sikorsky Helicopter in Stratford.
Over the years he received many commendations from the government for his work. He retired in 1989 after more than 30 years with the Defense Department.
A Ridgefielder for the past 28 years, Mr. Cassar was a member of the AARP chapter here, and was a volunteer for the Visiting Nurse Association here and for Literacy Volunteers in Danbury. He had also been a volunteer in the industrial arts department at Ridgefield High School.
He was a member of the Bridgeport Council of the Navy League of the United States, the Destroyer Escort Servicemen’s Association, and the American Legion. He also belonged to the American Society for Quality Control.
Mr. Cassar was also a Eucharistic minister at Sacred Heart Church in Georgetown.
For relaxation, he enjoyed building electronic kits and was an amateur meteorologist, who maintained daily records of Ridgefield weather.
Besides his wife of 28 years, Mr. Cassar is survived by his daughter Liana Maria Cassar of Barrington, R.I.; a son, Steven J. Cassar of Watertown; a sister, Helen Shears of New York City; two brothers, Edward Wilson of Lake Charles, La., and Benjamin Wilson of San Diego, Calif.; two grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
The Rev. Mark E. Grimes, parochial vicar, celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday in Sacred Heart Church, Georgetown. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ridgefield.
Contributions in memory of Mr. Cassar may be made to a cancer charity of one’s choice.
The Bouton Funeral Home, 31 West Church Street, Georgetown, was in charge of arrangements.