Reenie Brown Makowsky of Redding, a former Westport resident, died Nov. 9 at Meadow Ridge in Redding. She was 82.
The wife of the late Roy Makowsky was born Jan. 29, 1935, in New Jersey, and grew up in Darien.
She attended UConn and received a masters from Manhattanville College. She lived in New York City until 1970, when she moved to Westport and began working at Business Journals, in Norwalk.
Over 30 years with the company, she became publications director and vice president.