Foundation receives $1.4M bequest

The Valley Community Foundation in Derby has been named a beneficiary of the estate of Raymond P. Mackowski and received a bequest totaling more than $1.4 million in unrestricted funds.

Alan Tyma, foundation board chair, said the money will be invested “to generate enough income to respond to the community”™s current charitable needs and to provide for the long-term development and well-being of the foundation”™s endowment.”

Raymond Mackowski died in March 2016. His hometown was Ansonia. He named the foundation as a beneficiary to his estate in memory of his parents, John and Amelia Mackowski.

“He was a private man, but he enjoyed life to the fullest,” said nephew, Richard Mackowski. “He was ready to help anyone in the community. He gave much of his time and talent to helping others.”

Raymond Mackowski was a volunteer at Yale-New Haven Hospital for more than 30 years, was a member of the American Legion and the Knights of Columbus, a lifelong communicant of St. Joseph Church in Ansonia, and was a devoted history buff.