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Verplanck Resident to be Inducted into Westchester Senior Citizens Hall of Fame
She's one of 47 members of the 'Class of 2014'
Verplanck resident Rosemarie Fonti is among the 47 seniors from 26 county municipalities who will be inducted into the Westchester County Senior Citizens Hall of Fame at its annual luncheon Dec. 5.
“The Senior Citizens Hall of Fame is a Westchester tradition that recognizes seniors who have generously given their time and talent to improve their home communities and the county at large,” County Executive Robert P. Astorino said. “Their leadership has enhanced our quality of life, and we are fortunate to call them our friends and neighbors.”
The event takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown.
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Ninety-five-year-old Seymour Scharf, a retired fiduciary and long-time volunteer, fundraiser and supporter of programs throughout Greenburgh, will be the top honoree, and four seniors will receive Special Recognition: Ralph Damiano of Yonkers; Bernice Smith of Yonkers; Rose Virgilio of Pleasantville; and Barrington N. Wright of Bronxville.
Here’s the Westchester Senior Citizens Hall of Fame – Class of 2014
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Briarcliff Manor: Seymour Stanton, Fredric C. Westendorf
Bronxville: Barrington N. Wright
Croton-on-Hudson: Josephine Burns
Eastchester: Jo-Ann Moccio
Harrison: Rocco Turso
Hartsdale: Judith Connolly, Seymour Scharf
Hastings-on-Hudson: Ann Marie Chinnery
Irvington: Ruth Gursky
Katonah: Lynda O’Hanlon
Larchmont: Rosemary Parandelis
Mount Kisco: Nancy Gould Ralphs
Mount Vernon: Edna Bringer, Sandra Conton, Olivia O. Dickens, Joyce Fairey, Joe Petriello
New Rochelle: Shirley Oakley
North Salem: Thomas L. Purdy III
Peekskill: Jeni Schutrick Vitiello
Pleasantville: Rose Virgilio
Rye: Lee Katz, Ph.D., Kathleen T. Shields
Scarborough: The Most Rev. John A. Herzog, Selina Ann Herzog
Scarsdale: Jane Nusbaum
Somers: Jade Lew, Jane Pepino, J. Donna Sullivan
Tarrytown: Marcia Klein
Tuckahoe: Denzil Francis
Valhalla: Joan-Clare Ahern
Verplanck: Rosemarie Fonti
White Plains: Malcolm H. Baehr, Sari Berliner, Jim Berliner, June Castleberry, JoAnne Futrell Lee, Theodore Jay Lee, Jr.
Yonkers: Gail Baxter, Helen Boylan, Angela Campanaro, Ralph Damiano, Esther “Terry” Ferrara, Bernice Smith, Richard Weis
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