William R. Hornibrook, 73, builder, golfer who died on the course

William Richard "Dick" Hornibrook of Heritage Village, Southbury, a Ridgefield builder and former Kiwanis Club president, died Sunday, July 16, after suffering a heart attack while playing golf. He was 73 years old and the husband of Anita Styles Hornibrook.
"Golf was his life," his wife said Monday. "He always said he wanted to die on the golf course."
A native of Stamford, Mr. Hornibrook was born on Oct. 25, 1926, a son of the late George and Helen Wood Hornibrook. When he was just barely 18, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving in World War II aboard the battleship U.S.S. Alaska. Just two weeks ago he attended a reunion of his shipmates in Newport, R.I.
The Hornibrooks moved to Ridgefield in 1956, living at first at the Ridgefield Lakes, then on Ridgecrest Drive and finally on Lounsbury Road. Mr. Hornibrook was a builder who erected a number of homes, particularly in the Lounsbury Road area, and also operated an electrical contracting business.
For the past 12 years, he had been an assistant building inspector for the Town of Newtown.
He was a member of the Ridgefield Kiwanis Club for many years, and served as its president in the early 1970s. He also also a longtime member of the Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department and had served as a chief.
He belonged to the Ridgewood Country Club in Danbury and later the Newtown Country Club.
Mr. Hornibrook was also a boating enthusiast, and was a former member of the Wilson Cove Yacht Club in Rowayton. For many years the Hornibrooks had a winter home in Naples, Fla., and there Mr. Hornibrook was active in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
In the late 1980s, the Hornibrooks moved to Brookfield and 10 years ago to Heritage Village.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Sharyn Eber of Brookfield, and three grandchildren, Sandra, Alison, and Robert Eber.
A son, George, died in 1988.
Visitation and services took place Wednesday evening at the Kane Funeral Home.
Contributions in Mr. Hornibrook's memory may be made to the Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut, 30 West Street, Danbury CT 06810.