Rye Residents Inducted into Westchester Senior Citizens Hall of Fame

Lee Katz, Ph.D. and Kathleen T. Shields were among the 47 seniors from 26 county municipalities 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 took place from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown.

Ninety-five-year-old Seymour Scharf, a retired fiduciary and long-time volunteer, fundraiser and supporter of programs throughout Greenburgh, was the top honoree, and four seniors received 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

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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