David Kulo, New York Life executive

David Paul Kulo Sr. of 51 Remington Road, a retired executive with the New York Life Insurance Company who had been a member of the town’s Pension Commission, died on Saturday, Dec. 28, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. He was 71 years old and the husband of Josephine Carney Kulo.
A Connecticut native, Mr. Kulo was born in Rockville on April 4, 1931, a son of the late Stanley and Sophie Sienski Kulo. He graduated from Fordham University in 1953 and served in the U.S. Army during part of the Korean War.
While stationed in France, he took a vacation trip to Ireland where he met Josephine Carney. They fell in love and the two were married in 1957.
In 1956, Mr. Kulo joined New York Life Insurance Company, retiring in 1995 as a corporate vice president. One of his last tasks at the company was to organize its sesquicentennial celebration, a weeklong event in 1995 that included programs at Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall, and for which he hired such stars as Liza Minelli, James Earl Jones and Hal Holbrook, and at which General Colin Powell spoke.
At New York Life one of his areas of expertise was pensions, and during the 1980s into the mid-1990s, he served as a member of the Ridgefield Pension Commission, the volunteer agency that oversees town employee pension programs. He was also active in the Fordham University Alumni Association, assisting with fund raising for the school.
The Kulos moved to Ridgefield from West Islip, N.Y., in 1976.
For relaxation, Mr. Kulo enjoyed golf and collecting postage stamps, specializing in the stamps of Ireland, his wife’s native land.
“He loved life and he loved his family,” said his son, Carl. “He was generous with his time — he would go out of his way to make sure people were happy, and to help them.”
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons: Carl Kulo of New York, N.Y., and David Kulo Jr. and his wife Louise and their son Thomas of Brewster, N.Y.; two sisters: Nancy Pinard of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Rita Scruggs of Dennis Port, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.
A brother, Father Carl Kulo, and a sister, Lucina Kulo Kohler, died before him.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday in St. Mary’s Church. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Road, Branford, CT 06405 or to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 710 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.