Hospice Lights of Life

Hospice Lights of Life

We cherish the memories of those who are no longer with us as we share stories and speak their names. In doing so, we illuminate the past and brighten our own lives.

Each year, many also choose to celebrate the lives of loved ones they have lost by making a gift to VNA Hospice Lights of Life. Through this memorial giving program you can honor the memory of those you have loved. At the same time, you will provide essential support for VNA’s extraordinary hospice program. Your gift will enable us to continue caring for patients and their families who are in need of the physical, emotional and spiritual support that VNA Hospice provides at a most sensitive and difficult time.

Tell us the name of your loved one and we will be pleased to honor him or her throughout the year on this Hospice Lights of Life webpage. With your gift of $40 or more, we will also send you a lovely hanging crystal that will catch the light and reflect back memories of those you love.

Please join us in honoring your loved ones, as you help ease the journey ahead for so many other hospice patients and their families.

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2019 LIGHTS OF LIFE

GUIDING LIGHT
In memory of Honi Weiss from her husband, Alvin Weiss and daughter Betsy Bresnick
In memory of my parents, Yetta & Benjamin Rosen from Myrna Block
In memory of Stephanie & Harold Douglass from her children Kate and Chet and grandchildren Erin, Scott & Douglass
In memory of my sweetheart Abby, Love Roxy
In memory of Athena Smilios from her son, Michael

STARLIGHT
In memory of Joyce Ann Croom from Evan Ebinim
In memory of Maddie Sanford from Thomas Sanford
In memory of Roy C. Gelber from Susan S. Gelber
In memory of Ellin Cohen from Fred L. Cohen
In memory of Rosa Morales from Peter & Aleida Hauptman
In memory of Elsa Facchin from  Gerard Facchin and Lawrence Facchin

SHINING LIGHT
In memory of Ben J. Urban from Louis J. Urban & Arturo Galvez
In memory of Kevin Kloberg from Sue Ann Kloberg

FIRE LIGHT
In memory of Deborah Burnette from Michael Burnette
In memory of Amy Cohn from Heath Cohn
In memory of Shirley Gottilla from Susan & Mark Fahy

CANDLELIGHT
In memory of Dorothy & Margaret Storms from Kathleen Storms
In memory of Daniel Caspi from Barbara Caspi
In memory of Patricia Ann Schrier Prenoski from Harry R. Prenoski
In memory of Dolores M. Jackson from Denise & Bill Boglioli
In memory of Bernard F. Boglioli from Denise & Bill Boglioli
In memory of Mary Ann Gerahty from Denise & Bill Boglioli
In memory of Caroline Bodmer from Carolyn Bodmer
In memory of Thomas H. Anderson from Barbara E. Anderson
In memory of Usha Garg from Brijendra Garg
In memory of Patricia Philips from Stephen Philips
In memory of Peggy Tesorriero from Patrice Ruggiero
In memory of Marion Ruggiero from Patrice Ruggiero
In memory of Helen Dragositz from Diane Dragositz
In memory of Olimpio DiGiovanni from Laura Kielar
In memory of Judith Hardin from John Hardin
In memory of Andy & Terry Chencharik from Andrew Chencharik
In memory of Donald Quattrocchi from Karen Quattrocchi
In memory of Dorothy & Margaret Storms from Patricia Reilly
In memory of Barbara Prisco from James Prisco, Jr.
In memory of Christine Jones from Pamela Taylor
In memory of Gregory R. Christian from Cynthia O’Rourke
In memory of Doris D. Young from Lisa Young
In memory of Joseph A. Kanarkowski from Edward J. & Carol Ann Kanarkowski
In memory of John Connolly from Mary Connolly
In memory of James Britton, Jr. from Nina Britton
In memory of Honi Weiss from Linda Weiss
In memory of James B. Grosenstein from Barbara Grosenstein
In memory of Irwin Traurig love, Julie, Stuart, Michael and Jayne

LIGHT OF LIFE
In memory of Lorraine & Armand Desruisseaux from Elia Desruisseaux
In memory of Ted Van Pelt from Anna Van Pelt
In memory of Joseph Illuminati from Florence Illuminati
In memory of Larry C. Mooris from Joyce Morris
In memory of John N. Masucci, Sr. from JoAnn Masucci
In memory of Sister Audrey Furman from Sister Beverly Policastro
In memory of Carole J. Gorman from George Gorman
In memory of Mary Romano from Donna Scuderi
In memory of Maria G. Rodriguez from Carmen Rodriguez
In memory of Theresa Gordon from Adrian Gordon
In memory of Joesph A. Cuozzo from Janice Fracassi
In memory of George Fisher from Jean Fisher
In memory of Carmella Kunze from Richard Kunze
In memory of Ben Urban from Elizabeth Urban
In memory of Alice Schildknecht from Robert Schildknecht
In memory of Josephine Faruolo from Jennifer Bruzzio
In memory of Evelyn Lamken from Barbara Gebhardt
In memory of William E. Pfeiffer from Marguerite Pfeiffer
In memory of Martin Bakels from Nora Bakels
In memory of Stephanie Chmielewski from Doris Hinkelbein
In memory of Richie Sullivan from Arlene Sullivan
In memory of Fay Talarico from Linda Brown
In memory of John W. Hertling from Hannah Hertling
In memory of Alan Gurwich from Shirley Gurwich
In memory of Madelleine McCarthy from Nancy McCarthy & Jack Bloodgood
In memory of Gussie M. Berry from Phyllis Berry
In memory of Stanley George from Myrna George
In memory of Dominick M. Iannelli from Betty Iannelli
In memory of Erico Pizarro from Elena Pizarro
In memory of Pierce Wheeler from Charlotte Wheeler
In memory of Wilhelm Bidinger from Christine Bidinger
In memory of Kathy Keleher from William Keleher
In memory of Evelyn Livsey from MichelleLi Livsey
In memory of Angela Barbera from Anne Pacifico
In memory of Peter Paul Perla from Angela Perla
In memory of Grace Beeh from Brian Beeh
In memory of my parents, Monyik and Gucia (Gittela) Lasker from Marsha Lasker-Detrano
In memory of Muriel Rogers from Cheryl Greer
In memory of Jacquelyn Dakss from Cynthia Held
In memory of my nephew Jardae Figueroa from Ivonne Ramos
In memory of Eleanor R. Haglund from Denise M. Leinker
In memory of Harriet Fish from Lisa Zwerdling
In memory of Edward Fish from Lisa Zwerdling
In memory of Murray Zwerdling from Lisa Zwerdling
In memory of my mother, Louise K. Hopkins from Mary Susan Hopkins
In memory of the Simonelli Family from June M. Simonelli
In memory of Dorothy McDonald from Kathleen Vecchione
In memory of Alice Schoeneberg from Lynn Schoeneberg
In honor of Louis Urban from Rabbi Dennis Tobin
In memory of Patricia McDermott from Colleen Palme
In memory of Dorothy Maritz from Jeanne Fitzgerald
In memory of Amy Blume Eberhart from Sharon Saeed
In memory of Janet Pierre from Sherry Phillip
In memory of Gloria Garcia from Rosa Garriga
In memory of David N. Dunn from Arlene Dunn
In memory of Natalie Rotker from Alvin Rotker
In memory of Barbara Sue Scheiner from Stanley Scheiner
In memory of Jack Kenny from Mary Kenny
In memory of Ida Scheuplein from Peter Scheuplein

IN MEMORY OF
Maria Guseppina Di Rosa
Howard Linwood
John Smit
Bonny Torre
Bernard Fischer
Darilyn
Michael Zuppa
John J. Buksar
Yakov Glaz
Susan Katz
Edward Thaisz
Anthony De Carlo
Ann Kramberg
A. Michael Choworcoff
Mary T. Bender
Edna Madden
Steve Rea
John “Jack” Mailot
Mary M. Breslin
Rosario Calderon
Rita Corio

DONORS
Susan Garruto
Randall Confer
Dorothy Pickett
Janet Richichi
Greg Siciliano
Jeanne Harrison
Robert B. Smith
John Chamberlain
Sanford Feld & Gail Jaffe
Stefanie C. Rotsaert
Alice Raeford
Leela Ramachandra
Lori & Mickey Etkin

2018 Lights of Life

Guiding Light
Susan B. Stearns

Starlight
In memory of my parents, Miriam and Robert Fisher from Margaret Fisher
In memory of Ruth M. Torpey from Carite Torpey
In memory of Ben Urban from Louis Urban

Shining Light
In memory of Frederick Cichowski from Elizabeth Cichowski
In memory of Donna and Gene Freiburg from Lisa G. Walling
In memory of Helen Rubin from Deborah Wallach
In memory of Cynthia Smith from Dr. Robert Smith
In memory of Magdelene Zuchowski from Clare Noll

Fire Light
In memory of Marie Babbitt from Walter Babbitt
In memory of Pamela Dodsworth from Zaria Page and Rowena Crawford-Phillips
In memory of Susan Simms from Lawrence Simms
In memory of Joy and Chick Tether from Steven Sugar and Sally Tether
In memory of Donald J. Wieder from Ms. Carol Wieder
Edgar Coffin
Edward W. Davis Jr.

Candlelight
In memory of Carolina Araujo from Margaret Canica
In memory of Mary M. Breslin from David Breslin
In memory of Deborah Burnette from Michael Burnette
In memory of Harold Chlup from Marilyn Chlup
In memory of Cheryl Dellaira from Bill Berdan
In memory of Helen Dragositz from Diane Dragositz
In memory of Thomas Fahey from Ann-Marie Fahey
In memory of Marilyn Fisher from Jill Drummond
In memory of Howard D. Franklin from Malka Grinkorn
In memory of Samuel Garden from Eleanor Garden
In memory of Patricia Geller from Susan Garruto
In memory of Bonnie Giarlo from Frank Giarlo
In memory of my husband Jerald Krauthamer from Elizabeth Carson
In memory of Margot Mason from Joyce Paolantonio
In memory of Laurette Podell from Judith and Howard Podell
In Honor of Patricia Prenoski from Harry Prenoski
In memory of Sara Shiffner from Patricia M. Shiffner
In memory of George W. Sterner from Douglas Sterner
In memory of Dorothy Storms from Margaret Storms
In memory of Dorothy M. Storms from Kathleen Storms
In memory of Dorothy S. Villapiano from Carolee Villapiano
In memory of Peter Walicky from Mrs. Peter Walicky
Mr. Edward J. Kaiser
Ms. Patrice McDonough
Ms. Kathleen McCarthy
Dr. Andrew Stiber
Guy M. Troy

Light of Life
In memory of Wayne Anson from Marlene Anson
In memory of Janet Esposito Bonk from Anthony Bonk
In memory of Donald and Esther Briant from Debra Briant Miller
In memory of Joan Bulvanoski from Chester J. Bulvanoski
In memory of Charles P. Callaghan from Marjorie Callaghan
In memory of August Calvanico from Judith A. Calvanico
In memory of William G. DiSomma from Rosemarie Giordano
In memory of David Michaels from Stephanie Carr
In memory of Natalie Bruno Squassi from Kim Caton
In memory of Lucy Morgan from Priscilla Corcoran
In memory of Shelley Cole from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cullen Jr.
In memory of Philomena DePalma from Andrew DePalma Jr.
In memory of Thomas J. Donahue from Maureen Donahue
In memory of Edward Durkin from Mary E. Durkin
In memory of Jacob Edelstein from Judy Edelstein
Mr. Bill Faas
In memory of Regina Gangemi from Thomas Gangemi
In memory of Gloria Garcia from Rosa Garriga
In memory of Randy G. Gazzanigo from Louis Gazzanigo
In memory of Charles Daniel Goldberg from Rita Goldberg
In memory of Jeannie and Audrey from Jill Holland
In memory of Ralph Jaakobs from Mariette Jaakobs
In memory of Anna Jankoski from John Jankoski
In memory of Marie “Scuffy” Johnson from Samuel Johnson
In memory of Jack Kenny from Mrs. Mary Kenny
In memory of Kenneth Kociela from Donna Kociela
In memory of Ellen Krawiec from Stanley Krawiec
In memory of John A. LaRocca from Kathleen LaRocca
In memory of Antoinette Laskowski from Laurie Loftus
In memory of Rose Lucciola from Emilio Lucciola
In memory of Richard P. McCartney from Eugenia McCartney
In memory of Gail O’Rourke from Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McSorley
In memory of James Mekovetz, Sr. from Vita Mekovetz
In memory of Robert W. Meyer from Doris Meyer
In memory of William Petrie from Rita Petrie
In memory of Helen Tumulty from Maria and Andrew Polansky
In memory of Denise Reddington from Tara Reddington
In memory of Daniel M. Rogan from John J. Rogan
In memory of Bruce Ross from Leslie Ross
In memory of Henry K. Paasch from Denise Scanga
In memory of Gertrude Sherman from David Sherman
In memory of Carolina Sinibaldi from Gloria Dittman
Mr. George L. Thompson
In memory of Ruth A. Johnson from Patricia York-Turner

In Memory Of
Vincenzo S. Abrusci from Antonietta V. Abrusci
John and Annette Armenia from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cacciapalle
Cathy Balasic from John P. Balasic
Dennis Barbier, Jr. from Dennis G. Barbier
Faye Barrueco from Mercedes Christ
Elenor Breslow from Russell Palmeri
Robert Edward Brown from Brigid M. Brown
Caroline Bodmer from Carolyn Bodmer
Catherine Cardinale from The Gargano Family
Marianne Casper from Chester J. Bulvanoski
Anne Catanese from Mr. and Mrs. George Verdaguer
Mary Chunta from Bernard Chunta
Nicholas Clemente from Rosemarie Clemente
Robert Coddington from James Coddington
Edgar D. Coffin Jr. from Liz Yule
Lois Cohen from Jill Cohen Kolb
James J. Conway from Maryellen, Joe and Eileen
Charlette B. Crain from Mr. and Mrs. Russell Crain
Edward M. Cramer from Ethel Cramer
Larry Craven from Mary Beth Craven
Marge Cullen from Mr and Mrs. Edward Cullen Jr.
Donna Curry from Lucy Leahy
John Cuzzolino from Concetta Cuzzolino
Evelyn Deaney from The Gargano Family
William Devin from Miriam Devin
Joseph Dolac from Judith Burton
Edward J. Dunning from Barbara L. Dunning
Irene Dytyniak Rainey from Helen Dytyniak
Joseph Fernandez from Madeleine Fernandez
William H. Forsyth from Rosemary Forsyth
Patrick and Brendan Gallagher from Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher
Rita and James Giovagnoli from Shirley Bocan
Carol Glatstian from Mark Glatstian
Alexander Joseph Gulino from Barbara Gulino
Michael Graci from The Gargano Family
Fannie Graham from Diane and Frank Vigilante
John Graham from The Gargano Family
Raymond J. Grant from Mr. and Mrs. Russell Crain
Vera Gravatt from Shirley Kays
Woody Green from Jan Green
Hyman Gross from Madeleine Fernandez
Lillian Gross from Madeleine Fernandez
Marx Hager from Madeleine Fernandez
Eugene J. Handler from Beatrice Handler
Mathew Hawn from Shirley Hawn
Harry D. Herbert from Joan Herbert
Harold Herring from Marie Herring
Mary Hurley Finke and Cristina Corsini from Anonymous
Paul F. Jessen Sr. from Carolyn Zomer
Walter Johansen from Mr. and Mrs. Hank Hartmann
John W. Kersey from Arlene Kersey
Joseph Kessler from Sylvia Kessler
Helen Kiley from Mary Dill
Mr. and Mrs. Krivda from Dr. Hope Blecher
Cecelia Kuhn from Francis H. Kuhn
Eugene Leahy from Lucy Leahy
Edward Lee from The Gargano Family
Dominick Macaro from Bernice Macaro
Diane Macera from Judith A. Calvanico
Mary McGee from Wayne McGee
Jim McGinniss from Frank McGinniss
Karen Merse from Ring 23, LLC
Angela Michalski from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cacciapalle
Ruth Nichols from Nancy McCarthy
John and Mary Novak from Marlene Flemer
Chris Nowlin from The Gargano Family
Josephine Occhiuto from Coran Marsico
Daniel Ochs, MD from Arlene Spark
The Honorable Daniel J. O’Hern from Barbara O’Hern
George L. Polasky from James Polasky
Vita Rebecca from Coran Marsico
John E. Renals from Tena Renals
Agnes Riss from Carol Dorow
Pearl Robbins Bernstein from Saralinda Lichtblau
Muriel Rogers from Cheryl Greer
Matilde Roman from Jose Roman
Edward F. Ryan from Rosemarie Ryan
Helena Sabotka from Robert Sabotka
Phyllis J. San Antonio from Louise E. San Antonio
Ozzie Schlegel from Dorothea Schlegel
Martha Seelagy from Frieda Gregg
Marie P. Serrino from Marianne Zavaglia
Mr. Rolando A. Smith from Lorna Smith
James Stavola from Luann Stavola
Dorothy M. Storms from Patricia Reilly
Goldie Taynor-Poll from Michelle Gross
Mr. and Mrs. Tennyson Moore, Sr. from Brenda Moore Logan
Jay Timko from Michael Timko
Janet L. Torpey from George Torpey

Donors
Mr. Paul T. Cheponis
Mr. Dominick Cioffi
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Drager
Ms. Barbara Frank
Carol Lee Hammond
Ruth Horning
Mr. Harry A. Kalish
Mr. Marvin C. Makler
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. McIntyre
Ms. Ingrid O. Niklas
Mr. Walter Rusnak
The Tarziers Family
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Tighe