Sameer Mathur

MATHUR Sameer Mathur, beloved son of Aparajita and Alok Mathur of Westport, lost his battle against an infection of the brain Wednesday, April 30, 2008 and took his leave of us to go to a much better place. Sameer was a brilliant young man who has been torn from us at the early age of 19. Sameer loved music, played the guitar exceptionally well, composed poetry, and excelled in foreign languages having lived more than 10 years in in Switzerland and India and traveled to more than 20 other countries. Sameer was a superb student of mathematics and science. He was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Siemens-Westing-house Mathematics, Science, and Technology Competition. Sam's project dealt with molecules that regulate genes and Sameer did part of this research at Yale University. Sameer excelled at expository writing and was an avid snowboarder. Sameer was a boy scout for seven years and attained the rank of Life Scout at Troop 100 in Westport. Sameer had a very large circle of friends throughout the globe, the dearest among them was Kira Kim-Fredell, with whom he enjoyed a special relationship. His best friend was Trevor Morris, also of Staples High School, who was a constant companion. Sameer is survived by his 21-year old brother, Mohit of Westport, a Junior at University of Connecticut from whom he was inseparable. Sameer was treasured by his grandmothers, Mrs. Krishna Mathur and Mrs. Padam Bhatnagar, both of whom wrote poetry about Sameer. He was dear in the hearts of his uncles, Umesh, Ashok and Anil Mathur, Dr. Vibhay Bhatnagar, Vinay Bhatnagar, and the late Major Vijay Bhatnagar. His aunts, Alka Kapur, Lata Kumar, and Kavita Lal, will miss him terribly and mourn his passing. He leaves behind a host of cousins on both his mother's and father's side, all of whom were devoted to him. Of these, Drs. Shantanu and Kunal Lal and Gaurav Bhatnagar were at his bedside throughout. Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the The Lesko & Polke Funeral Home, 1209 Post Road in Fairfield Center. Services will follow in Mt. Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport (until our permanent Post Road driveway and signage is completed, please access our new facility through either the Brick Walk or Patriot Plaza Driveways). Friends may greet the family Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service.