David Rosenfield, 91

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WARWICK, R.I. – David Rosenfield died Jan. 18. Born in Woonsocket to the late Hyman and Bessie (Russian) Rosenfield, he was the husband of Lois (Stutman) Rosenfield. 

He graduated from Woonsocket High School (1944) and after serving in the army with the Garrison Forces in Saipan during WWII, he graduated from Rhode Island State College (now the University of Rhode Island) in 1950 and received a master’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. 

He belonged to the Institute of Traffic Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and also was a registered Professional Engineer in Rhode Island. He worked for the Federal Highway Administration (formerly the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads) in Albany, New York, and Providence, and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, Providence. He also worked for Daniels, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall on the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge in Rhode Island. In addition, he was employed by Charles A. Maguire and Associates in Providence and Boston as well as Clarkeson Engineering Co., Boston; Metcalf and Eddy, Boston during the construction of the Thule Air Base in Greenland; and J.E. Greiner Co. of Baltimore during the construction of the Delaware River Bridge in Trenton, New Jersey and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Nebraska. 

David is survived by his wife, Lois, of 62 years, his son Michael and wife, Beth, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, and his daughter, Elaine, and husband, Jonathan Gillim, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, and four grandchildren, Matthew, Bradley, Sarah and Pierce. He was preceded in death by his brother Zolman of Connecticut, and his sister Gloria Stearn of Florida. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, 555 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, CT 06511.