They were teachers and volunteers, veterans of Vietnam and World War II. Some had lived their entire lives in Verona, some had come here late in live to live with new families to our town. They were current and former Verona business owners, medical professionals, and the matriarchs and patriarchs of well-known Verona families. They were as old as 100 and as young as 15. Some families experienced more than one loss in 2016. Here are all of the Veronans we lost in 2016:
Gwendolyn “Lynn” Acocella, 73
Timothy M. Bannon, 61
Matthew BeneduceMcGrath, 59
Richard J. Bevilacqua, 73
Anthony Buonomo, 98
Pearl Burns, 84
Vanya Citrano, 15
William J. Columbo, 87
Frank Joseph Covello, Jr. “Footer”, 44
Thomas J. DaRin, Softball Coach
Anna S. Denora
William A. Dewar, 82
Eleanor G. Dormont,100
Mary Ellen Double
Michael Fabrizio, 82
Thomas Alexander Federico, Former Banker
Mary E. Feeney, 91
Kathleen Basil Flores, 49
Joyce Gamble, 86
Sheila E. Gemmell, 79
Joseph Grieco, 81
David E. Hathaway, 87
Paul Healy, WWII Veteran
Marie Heaslip, Active OLL Parishioner
Dr. Irwin Honigfeld, 99
Dorothy F. James, 92
Geraldine Bannon Kolich, 88
Rosalind Mehr Krupp, Former VHS Teacher & Avid Gardener
Vincent P. LaStella, 62
Sr. Ann Marie Lennon, OP
Ting K. Leung, 60
Stanley J. Lutz, 67
Anna F. Mannion, 87
Adelina Marrese, 92
Richard U. Mascera Sr., 86, Former Dentist
Robert J. Masiello, Sr., 85
Craig C. Maziarz, 69
Mary E. McClellan, 87
William P. “Billy” McEnroe, 67
James A. McEvoy Sr., 82
Roseann McEvoy, 48
Sr. Margaret Thomas McGovern, OP
Carol Anne Morris, 77
Ethel Walworth Mulcahy, 83
Thomas A. Murray Jr., 93
Jean O’Brien, 88
Florence A. Oliver, 89
Antoinette Onorato, 71
Frank A. O’Toole, 59
Dorothea W. Palmer, Lifelong Resident
Frank A. Palmer, Jr., 68
Victoria Pawlyna, 95
Igor A. Pelse, 65
Phyllis A. Pierro, 79
Harry G. Pritchard, Sr., WWII Veteran
William F. Pritchard, Sr., ‘Bunky’
Frank M. Prout, Funeral Director & C.P.A.
Lucille R. Quinones, 73
Barbara J. Simon, 77
Christel Schneider, 75
Leonard Shriber, Verona Realtor
Elaine J. Sona, 88
George W. Stiefbold, ‘Steppy’
Lydia H. Suarez, Former Educator
Frederick A. Sutterlin, 76
Frances C. Tenuto, Dedicated Volunteer
Maria Wannemacher, 98
Joan P. Zebrowski
