Doris “Dee” Maggiori, 94, of Trumbull, Conn., died June 2 in St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn.
She wrote feature stories for the Catholic Transcript of New Haven, Conn. and for the former Bridgeport Sunday Post for 12 years.
In 1984, Maggiori became one of the co-founders of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport’s Fairfield County Catholic, based in Bridgeport. For 13 years, she was assistant editor there before retiring to become a columnist in 1997.
Maggiori’s column, In the Spirit, appeared in the Fairfield County Catholic and the Catholic Journal of Edgewater, Fla., for more than 10 years. She was also a freelance reporter for the Catholic News Service of Washington, D.C.
Maggiori was on the board of directors of the Fairfield County Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, a group of writers, artists and composers, and was its membership chairwoman. She co-produced and was a frequent host of a television program, “Creative Women, Today.”
She leaves two nieces, Michele and Sharon; a grandniece, Nina; a godchild, Lisa; several members of her adopted families.
The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.