EDWARD T. FERGUS JR.: The Sporting
Life
Every Saturday, the first thing Edward T. Fergus Jr.
did was drive to Dixville, N.Y., to tinker with his
parents' boat and do some chores. Returning home to
Wilton, Conn., he would go fishing on Long Island Sound
with his 10- year-old son, Tom, and 11-year-old daughter,
Shannon. Then, before dinner, he would work on the nearby
house he was renovating. The question was: how?
"On-tap energy," said Allison Fergus, his sister.
Working at Cantor Fitzgerald, he was home early enough
for picnics in the boat with his wife, Linda, and the
children. The winter sports were skiing and snowboarding,
usually in Vermont.
Mr. Fergus, 40, organized the annual seaside vacation
with his parents and two sisters, and coaxed his sisters
out of Manhattan for events like the Norwalk Oysterfest.
He was hard to miss, even in the church balcony. The
priest always picked him out &emdash; a head above
everybody, with red hair that nearly glowed.
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