College mourns passing of retired professor Benjamin Wigfall

It is with sadness that the College shares the news of the passing of retired professor Benjamin Wigfall on Thursday, Feb. 9, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 86.

Wigfall taught courses in the Art Department at SUNY New Paltz from 1963 until his retirement in 1991. He later opened the Watermark Cargo Gallery in Kingston, N.Y.

Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Mary E. Carter of New Paltz, N.Y.;  son, Gino Wigfall of New Paltz, N.Y.;  daughter and son-in-law, Gia and Dr. T. Peter Oke-Bello and grandsons, Benjamin, Kayode, Elijah and Moses Oke-Bello of Raleigh, N.C.

Condolences may be made to the family at www.copelandfhnp.com. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.