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Priscilla Schneeberg, 100, Former Ossining Resident
OSSINING, N.Y. – Priscilla Schneeberg, formerly of Ossining, died Monday, March 7. She was 100.
She was born Oct. 27, 1915, in Montello, Mass., to Lithuanian immigrants, her mother, Elzbieta and father, Jurgis. Along with brothers Alexius, George and Joseph, and sister, Olga, the Rachun family moved to Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
She single-handedly supported the family through the Depression with her candy store and bathtub alcohol speakeasy. She worked days, most of every paycheck helping put her brother Al through medical school while attending Brooklyn College herself at nigh…
John Klinkowize Jr., 78, Ridgefield Resident
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – John Klinkowize Jr., of Ridgefield, died Saturday, April 9 after a battle with cancer. He was 78.
He was the husband of the late Jean B. (Gerstenkorn) Klinkowize. He was born March 1, 1938, in Washingtonville, N.Y., the son of the late John and Helen (Solanka) Klinkowize. He graduated from Washingtonville High School and entered the U.S. Air Force after marrying his sweetheart, Jean. After being discharged from the Air Force, he moved to Pelham Manor, N.Y. to begin his family and new career as a commercial display manufacturer.
A Ridgefield resident the past nine years,…
Rita Horan Specht, 91, Ridgefield Resident
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – Rita Horan Specht, a 44-year resident of Ridgefield, died Monday, April 11 at Laurel Ridge Health Care Center in Ridgefield. She was 91.
She was born March 1, 1925, in Port Chester. She was a 1947 graduate of the College of New Rochelle with a bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences. Subsequently, she worked for Beardsley Ruml, an economist in New York City, for Teleregister Corp. in Stamford and as an executive secretary at Boehringer Ingelheim in Ridgefield.
Following retirement, she volunteered to edit books for the blind at the Ridgefield Library, as well as being a…
Norwalk Breast Cancer Survivor Serves As Face Of Race For The Cure
NORWALK, Conn. – Susan G. Komen® Southern New England has selected Norwalk resident Erin Lavery, 33, as the campaign model for the 2016 Race for the Cure® Fairfield County, taking place Saturday, May 7 in Westport’s Sherwood Island State Park.
On Oct. 30, 2014, at age 32, Lavery was diagnosed with Stage 1A breast cancer. She describes her immediate emotions as scared, anxious and angry. A private person, Lavery was apprehensive to share her story with others at first, but she does so as a reminder “that there is no such thing as being too young, healthy or invincible to educate yourself and…
Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr. Play Ridgefield Playhouse
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – Seven time Grammy Award-winning couple Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., original stars and lead singers of the group The 5th Dimension, will perform Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Ridgefield Playhouse.
The 5th Dimension is known for pop hits such as "Up, Up and Away," "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In," "Worst That Could Happen," "Stoned Soul Picnic," "Sweet Blindness," "Wedding Bell Blues" and "One Less Bell to Answer." After leaving The 5th Dimension, McCoo and Davis recorded "You Don't Have to be a S…
Richard H. Blackmar, 88, Armonk Resident
ARMONK, N.Y. – Richard H. Blackmar, of Armonk, died Sunday, April 10 at his home of 54 years as a result of complications from a stroke suffered in 2013. He was 88.
He was born July 13, 1927, in Dobbs Ferry, to Arthur and Mathilda Blackmar and grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson. Upon graduating from Hastings High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a photographer until the end of World War II. He attended Columbia University, the New York School of Modern Photography and the New York School of Photoengraving. He went on to have a 50-year career in the photo engraving business. In a…
