- Date Of Birth: January 25, 1933
- Date Of Death: March 8, 2016
- State: Connecticut
NEW HARTFORD – LEWIS – David Lewis Childs, 83, of New Hartford passed away peacefully on March 8, 2016, at Hartford Hospital in the loving company of his wife, Ellen, and daughter, Alison. David was born in Nice, France, on January 25, 1933, to parents Prescott Childs and Roberta Lewis Childs. His father’s career in the U.S. Foreign Service brought the family to France, Germany, Barbados, New Zealand, India and Belgium. David attended the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA and graduated from the Westminster School in Simsbury, CT. He attended Cornell University, and earned an economics degree from Mexico City College. It was there in Mexico City that he met his future bride, Ellen Cowgill. The couple enjoyed 55 years of marriage. David began his career in the family shoe business, Childs for Shoes in Massachusetts and Simmons Shoes in Connecticut. He continued with a successful career in commercial real estate with the firm now called CB Richard Ellis until his retirement. David was an outstanding tennis and platform tennis player, and was inducted along with his brother William into the platform tennis hall of fame, having won many senior national championships. In his leisure time he also enjoyed many worldwide travels with his wife. His lifelong commitment to community service was expressed through his activities in support of the town of New Hartford, where he served for many years as the chair of the Economic Development Commission; his church, Saint John’s Episcopal Church of New Hartford; and his alma mater Westminster School. He was the recipient of multiple awards for his service, including the 2002 Charlotte Dufour Lifetime Service Award for Commitment to Saint John’s Episcopal Church, the 2003 Commercial Realtor of the Year by the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors, and the 2009 Distinguished Leadership Award for Community Service to the Town of New Hartford. David is predeceased by his daughter Katherine Cowgill Childs, and survived by his beloved wife Ellen Cowgill Childs, brother William Prescott Childs and his wife Sheila Childs, daughter Alison Prescott Childs, son Porter Lewis Childs, grandchildren Sadie Childs Cora, Celia Pearl Childs, Milo Childs Campolo, great-granddaughter Alice Cora, brother in law William Cowgill, and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
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