Charles Francis Xavier "Charlie" McBride, 77, of Westport, Connecticut, died on October 9, 2026, at Norwalk Hospital after a brief illness, according to the family's death notice. McBride spent 44 years at Pitney Bowes, where he was promoted in 1999 to vice president of investor relations, the role he retired from in 2016.
Charles McBride, Pitney Bowes investor relations vice president, dies at 77
Charles Francis Xavier "Charlie" McBride, 77, of Westport, Connecticut, died on October 9, 2026, at Norwalk Hospital after a brief illness, according to the family's death notice. McBride spent 44 years at Pitney Bowes, where he was promoted in 1999 to vice president of investor relations, the role he retired from in 2016.
McBride was born in Norwalk on August 15, 1949, to Francis Xavier McBride and Mary Nichols McBride, and grew up on Wilson Point. He lived in Norwalk until 1989, when he moved to Westport. He attended Catholic schools, including St. Joseph's grammar school, graduated from Fairfield Prep in 1967 and from Boston College in 1971 with a BA, and earned an MBA from Iona College in 1982. He was a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, and after college served six years in the Connecticut Army National Guard in artillery, rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
McBride began his career at Pitney Bowes in 1972 in the tax department, spent a large part of his career as head of pensions, and was promoted in 1999 to vice president of investor relations. He also served for many years as chairman of the board of the Pitney Bowes Employees Federal Credit Union, having previously been a board member.
McBride met his wife, Judith "Judy" Anderson McBride, through a bowling team and they married in 1978; they had two children, Meredith and Chuck. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Judy; his daughter, Meredith Frances McBride, and her husband, Jonathan Hack, of Westport; his son, Charles Carten "Chuck" McBride II, and his wife, Hannah Elizabeth McBride, of Needham, Massachusetts; his grandchildren, Xavier Jonathan Hack-McBride and Quintin Brooklyn Hack-McBride, and Lily Loretta McBride, Owen Thomas McBride and Dylan James McBride; his sisters, Theresa (Chris) Levy and Eileen (John) Margherio of Charleston, South Carolina; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, his sister, Mary McBride Konrad, and his black labs, Bogart, Char and Digger. The notice said that from the time his twin grandsons Xavier and Quintin were four months old until June of this year, he cared for them, stopping when he was no longer physically able.
Relatives and friends may call on Friday, October 23, at Harding Funeral Home in Westport from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, October 24, at 11 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Fairfield. Burial will be private, at a later date, and the notice asks that donations in lieu of flowers be made to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, or a charity of choice.
- The source does not state the year of the October 23 viewing or the October 24 funeral Mass.
- The source does not state the cause of the brief illness.
- The source does not state where the burial will take place, saying only that it will be private and at a later date.
- The source does not state when McBride's service as chairman of the Pitney Bowes Employees Federal Credit Union board began or ended.
- The account comes from a family death notice; the source does not cite independent confirmation of the death.
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