PETER D. CHABRIS

CHABRIS--Peter Daniel Peter Daniel Chabris, husband of Grace Amaral Chabris, died May 19, 2011, at his home in Cincinnati. He was 93. Born in New York City on August 11, 1917, he was the son of Italian immigrants Luigi and Esterina Caciagli. Mr. Chabris attended the College of the City of New York and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. While stationed in North Carolina, he met and married his first wife, Anne Lee Butler, currently of Wilmington, NC. They had four children, Margaret Chabris of Dallas, the late Thomas Louis Chabris; Paul Chabris of Midlothian, VA, married to Dale Theriault Chabris, and John Chabris of Washington, NC. He later married Melody Richardson of Cincinnati with whom he had a son, Peter Chabris Jr., of Cincinnati, who is married to Lynn Rielly Chabris. He and his third wife, Grace, lived in Montclair, NJ, before the couple retired to Cincinnati. Mr. Chabris' professional life included executive positions in human resources and industrial relations with AT&T, W.R. Grace, Xerox, Travelers Insurance Company and Interpublic Group of Companies. He was Renaissance man, fluent in several languages, an international traveler, accomplished chess player, musician, sculptor, expert swimmer and devotee of opera and classical music. He also acted in little theater. In additional to his children, Mr. Chabris is survived by two brothers, Daniel D. Chabris of Madison, CT; Anthony Caciagli of Oceanside, CA; and three grandchildren, Krista Chabris, 20, of Midlothian, VA, and Sophia Chabris, seven, and Christopher Chabris, three, of Cincinnati.