Legendary Greenwich Golfer Louise Munro Passes Away at 89

Louise Munro, a legendary golfer who was well-known in local and international golfing circles, died Sept. 26, 2015, of natural causes. She was 89.

She had been a resident of Greenwich for over 50 years, residing at 40 W. Elm Street.

Born in Venice, Italy on Nov. 17, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Prof. Vincent DeVivo and Lina Ferria.

She is survived by a sister, Betty Fecci of Branford, and a brother, Victor DeVivo, of Darien, as well as nieces and nephews and a step-grandson, Sandy Munro, of Aspen, CO.

She was predeceased by her husband, Alexander Finlay Munro and her sister, Irene Medwed.

Mrs. Munro was a 30-year member of the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda and a lifetime member (over 65 years) of the Innis Arden Golf Club in Old Greenwich. Among the championships she won, included the Tri-state (MA/CT/RI) Endicott Cup, Women’s Tri-county Golf Association, four-time Connecticut Women’s Senior, six-time Connecticut Women’s Legends, nine-time City of Stamford, five-time Town of Greenwich, and three-time Bermuda Ladies’ Amateur.

Because of Mrs. Munro’s outstanding golf achievements through the years and her 27 Club Championships at Innis Arden —including 15 straight wins — the club at its Centennial celebration in 1999 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich honored her with the title of “Pre-eminent Athlete of Innis Arden’s First 100 Years.” On Nov. 20, 2007, in a ceremony also held at the Hyatt, she was the first woman to be named a Local Honoree by the Greenwich Old Timers Athletic Association.

Active as a lay person in the Catholic Church, she served as Lector and Eucharistic Minister at Sacred Heart in Byram, at St. John in Stamford, and at St. Mary in Stamford. She also occasionally served as lector for the 10 a.m. televised Mass “Eucharist” on Channel 20.

Mrs. Munro also spent more than 30 years as a volunteer at Greenwich Hospital giving more than 7,600 hours of her time. She also worked many years with the Stamford Services for the Blind.

Friends may call on Sunday, Oct. 4, at Knapp & Son Funeral Home, 267 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich from 2 to 6 p.m. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at St. John’s Church, 279 Atlantic St. Stamford, at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 5,. Burial will follow at Fairfield Memorial Park Cemetery in Stamford.

In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Munro has requested that an act of kindness be performed on a one-to-one basis.

Photo from the Connecticut State Golf Association.