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1 SW bris SITI' (10, TU 1u: Dir DiL Janaury 25, 2000 The Journal News RK ROCKLAND www.nyjournalnews.com Crime victims' bill in introduced MURDER, from 18 1987 and again in 1993. He was denied parole both times. D'Alessandro and her family fought to keep McGowan in prison, a painful effort that repeatedly forced them to relive Joan's final agonizing minutes of life. The ordeal was supposed to have ended Dec. 2, 1998, when the New Jersey state Parole Board ruled that McGowan would have to serve 30 more years before being eligible for parole.

Then D'Alessandro learned that McGowan was appealing his 1993 Parole Board denial for the third time. She is worried that eventually a judge may hear the case who will interpret the law in McGowan's favor and set him free. He is appealing to the New Jersey Appellate Court on the grounds that the Parole Board's decision was unfair because he was eligible under 1973 rules for parole. D'Alessandro was determined that her daughter's death become a catalyst for change throughout the nation regarding child molesters who kill their victims, and her efforts have brought success. New Jersey Gov.

Christine Whitman signed Joan's Law on April 3, 1997. It states that anyone who molests and murders a child under the age of 14 will never get parole. President Clinton signed a federal version ofthe law on Oct. 30, 1998, making parole impossible for anyone who murders a child under 14 in connection with one of 14 crimes, including sexual assault and carjacking. D'Alessandro also formed a memorial foundation in her daughter's name to help pay expenses associated with fighting McGowan's parole efforts and with getting Joan's Law enacted in other states.

She continues to seek volunteers willing to help with her efforts. She can be reached at 201-664-9140. Donations can be made to the Joan Angela D'Alessandro Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 336, Hillsdale, NJ 07642. Tappan Zee Bridge concerns turned South Nyack man into busy activist BRIDGE, from 18 the Tappan Zee Bridge, if not something larger on the bridge itself.

A Thruway spokeswoman yesterday said the board would not be voting on a proposal to raise tolls during peak driving times to help ease traffic congestion. That was one of the recommendations that came out of the study of the I-287 corridor, and Conway, the head of the I-287 Task Force, had said he wanted a final report DEATH NOTICES CHESTNUT RIDGE Price, Lester Norman Died January 21, 2000. Arrangements by Hellman Memorial Chapels, Spring Valley. (914) 356-8600 CONGERS Hutton, Thomas 64, died January 14, 2000. MONSEY Littlefield, Maree Barlow 90, formerly of Monsey.

Died January 19, 1999. PHILADELPHIA Sachs, Debra Kirsch Of Philadelphia, PA, died January 22, 2000. Arrangements by Hellman Memorial Chapel, Spring Valley. (914) 356-8600. SUFFERN Castelle, Robert S.

Died January 23, 2000. Arrangements by Wanamaker Carlough, Inc, Suffern. (914) 357-0423. Warbrick, Mary Elizabeth 82, of Suffern. Died January 24, 2000.

Arrangements by Wanamaker Carlough Funeral Home, Suffern. (914) 357-0423 SPRING VALLEY Ackerson, Lillian (White) Died January 21, 2000. Dumas, Wendell 46, died January 22, 2000. Arrangements by Hannemann Funeral Home, Inc, Nyack. (914) 358-0573 SPARKILL McCarthy, Sister Denise, OP Of Sparkill, NY, died January 2 22, 2000.

STONY POINT Eger, Albert, of Stony Point died January 22, 2000. Arrangements Michael J. Higgins Funeral Home, (914) 786-3500. TUXEDO Ruiz, Margaret Died Janaury 23, 2000. Arrangements by Wanamaker Carlough, Inc.

(914) 357-0423 OBITUARY DIRECTORY CHESTNUT RIDGE Price, Lester Norman CONGERS Hutton, Thomas MONSEY Littlefield, Maree Barlow PHILADELPHIA Sachs, Debra Kirsch SUFFERN Castelle, Robert S. Warbrick, Mary Elizabeth SPRING VALLEY Ackerson, Lillian (White) Dumas, Wendell SPARKILL McCarthy, Sister Denise, OP STONY POINT Eger, Albert, TUXEDO Ruiz, Margaret Environmental group will try to get Rocklanders to clean up their act GAP, from 1B thority and another $45,000 from the state Department of Transportation, Rockland is poised to become the first county in the state to have such a program. Rockland was approached by state officials as a pilot because it is mostly residential and has the highest percentage of single-occupancy cars commuting to Manhattan, said David Markowitz, a state DOT planner in Poughkeepsie. The GAP plan would give people a financial incentive to use public transit or to car pool by providing them with discount cards that can be used at a range of national chain stores in the county, Markowitz said. Information on the stores was unavailable yesterday.

The county's recycling rates vary widely and are often difficult to track because some municipalities use private waste haulers while others use public facilities, said Ron Delo, executive director of the Solid Waste Management Authority. But records show that some more densely populated places, such as Spring Valley, consistently have a lower ratio of reconstituted waste to what is generated, making the village a perfect candidate for one of the first GAP models in the county, Delo said. Spring Valley Mayor Allan Thompson agreed. "We have different people from dif- Obituaries For more information, Call (914) 694-5147 EGER, ALBERT Albert Eger of Stony Point died on January 22 at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born on September 6, 1920 to Albert and Katherine Schneider Eger in Brooklyn, NY.

He married Anna Lang in 1943. During World War II he was a sergeant in the 47th Bomb Squadron of the 7th Air Force and was stationed in Okinawa. After the war he moved to Rockland County where he lived for over 50 years, first in Haverstraw and then in Stony Point. He was active in a variety of community organizations including coaching at the Haverstraw Little League and serving as a Commissioner for the Rockland Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He worked for 33 years for Lederle Laboratories in Pearl River, first as a welder, then as an estimator and finally as a scheduling supervisor.

He retired in 1983. Al was probably best known for his band, which he led for about 25 years. He and his band played throughout the county at numerous dances and weddings. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Anna, his son Paul, of Woodbury, Minnesota, his three granddaughters, Petrina, Andrea and Heidi, his brother Gene of Ft. Pierce, Florida, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Michael J. Higgins Funeral Parlor in Stony Point. A memorial service and celebration of Al's life will be held on Wednesday at the Stony Point Presbyterian Church at 10:30 am. Burial will follow at the Frederick Loescher Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Monsey NY MICHAEL J. HIGGINS FUNERAL SERVICE Route 9W, Stoney Point, NY (914) 786-3500 HUTTON, THOMAS Orangetown Supervisor Thomas Kleiner, who had planned to go to Albany on Thursday to monitor the board's vote, said he may still attend since the topics to be discussed can change until the morning of the meeting.

"I would consider going, just to introduce our issue," Kleiner said of the need to slow any decision on the Tappan Zee Bridge. "The issue hasn't gone (because the decision is delayed). I want to wait and see the printed agenda says anyway." Thomas Hutton of Barefoot Bay, Florida, formerly of Congers NY in Rockland County died January 14, 2000, at the age of 64 in Everett, MA. He was the beloved husband of Catherine R. Keefe).

He was born in the Bronx, NY and he was a 36 year resident of Congers, NY. He was a retired warehouseman for the Orange and Rockland Utility Company and formerly worked as a warehouseman for Supermarket in Elmsford, NY. He is survived by his three children Deborah Keane of RI, Thomas Jr. of Stoneyport, NY and Partricia Abbate of Franklin Square, NY. Also survived by! seven grandchildren.

Thomas was a Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Italian American Association, and the Moose of Barefoot Bay where he has lived for the past four years. A memorial service will be held on Saturday January 29, 2000 at St. Luke's Church at 10AM in Barefoot Bay, Florida. MURPHY O'HARA-ROMANO FUNERAL HOME 519 Broadway Everett, MA (617) 387-0506 LITTLEFIELD, MAREE Maree Barlow Littlefield, a former Rockland resident, died January 16, 2000 in Windsor, VA at the age of 90.

Mrs. Littlefield was born January 19, 1909 in Mahanoy City, PA to George W. and Anna Skeath Barlow. She married John Littlefield on January 19, 1933 in Mahanoy City. A 10 year resident of Australia, she lived in Monsey from 1945 to 1970.

Mrs. Littlefield and her husband retired to Virginia, then emigrated to Australia. In the 60's she studied with Hudson Valley artist John Gould of Central Valley, NY. Her works were exhibited in NY and in VA. Her husband, John, died in 1998.

She is survived by her sons, John of Windsor, VA, and George of Marietta, GA; her daughter, Louise Castelluccio of Monsey; nine grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. Memorial contributions may be sent to Sentara Hospice Program, 2713 Magruder Suite Hampton, VA, 23666. MCCARTHY, SISTER DENISE, OP Sister Denise McCarthy, OP, died at Dominican Convent in Sparkill, NY on January 22, 2000. Born in Brooklyn in 1908 to James and Josephine Kline McCarthy. Mary McCarthy entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in 1927 and received the name Sr.

Denise. She made her final vows in 1935 and earned a BA degree from Manhattan College in the Bronx. Sr. Denise was a teacher in many schools in New York City. She taught in St.

Rose of Lima School in Manhattan, Saint Theresa School in Woodside, Queens, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Brooklyn. She served as principal of the former Thorpe Secretarial School in Manhattan and principal of Mary Queen of Heaven School in Richmond Hill, Queens. She was the coordinator for New York State Textbooks at Saint Edmund High School in Brooklyn from 1972 to 1992. Sr. Denise is survived by her sisters, Helen Browning of Brooklyn and Betty Grady of New Port Richey, FL, and by her nieces and nephews.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Dominican Convent Chapel, Sparkill, on Wednesday, at 10:30 am. Visiting is at the Convent, 175 Route 340, on Tuesday from pm. Interment will be at Saint Agnes Cemetery, Sparkill. Arrangements are by Higgins Funeral Home. ZION MEMORIAL CHAPEL Funeral Services Exclusive to the Jewish Community, NOT Affiliated with Any conglomerate.

Centrally located on 785 East Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck 914-381-1809 Cost inquiries invited Pre-Planning explained OBITUARY NOTICE The Journal News publishes paid To place a paid Obituary Notice, Obituaries of people who have lived, Card of Thanks, In Memoriam, worked or have family in Special Notice or Lodge Notice, Westchester, Putnam or Rockland please call (914) 694-5147 prior to Counties. the day of publication. Hours: Funeral homes may submit to Monday through Obituaries until for the next Saturday. Sunday: to day's edition. ferent walks of life who live here, and some of them are familiar with (recycling) practices and some aren't," Thompson said yesterday.

"We've sent out newsletters, we've posted fliers. It's not that we haven't tried, but perhaps we need to try harder, and anything that will help us is good." The answer, several Rockland officials say, is GAP. And they are encouraging small groups of to form teams that meet twice a month to discuss the issue, as well as how to reduce their use of water, electricity and fossil fuels such as gasoline. "Learning to live more ecologically sustainable lives is for the sake of our children, (to) get to know each other better as neighbors and improve the environmental quality of our neighborhoods," said George Sarmiento, GAP coordinator for Rockland and a planner in the county Transportation Department. Sarmiento, Delo and his staff and several GAP leaders will be on hand at 7 p.m.

tomorrow at the Solid Waste Management Authority offices, 420 Torne Valley Road, Hillburn, to present the program and recruit neighborhood team leaders, initially in Spring Valley and a host of other communities. GAP leaders acknowledge that such an ambitious undertaking could take several years to develop in Rockland. But they hope the program eventually expands to 75 percent participation countywide, a level Gershon says he is close to reaching in Portland, which four years ago became the nation's first large, urban GAP community. finished in time for the Thruway board and Pataki to review it before Thursday's meeting. The report is still in draft form, though it is expected to be completed in a matter of days.

The fact that no decision affecting the Tappan Zee corridor is slated for Thursday's Thruway meeting gave Sherman reason to smile. "If I have one more meeting this week, I'm going to explode," Sherman quipped. "The delay is good. It gives us opportunity (to have our concerns OBITUARIES ACKERSON, LILLIAN (WHITE) A longtime resident of Spring Valley and Airmont before moving to Palm Bay, FL, died at home on January 21, 2000. A homemaker, she was predeceased in 1992 by her husband Russell.

Survived by beloved grandson, Robert and wife Michelle and great-granddaughter Meaghan; grandson Rodney, sisters, Marion Nelson, and Eva Vanderbeek; and sister-inlaw, Claire Chambers. Services with burial in Brick Church Cemetery to be announced later. CASTELLE, ROBERT S. Robert S. Castelle, of Suffern, NY, died on January 23, 2000.

He is survived by his loving family, wife, Cynthia; children, Michael and Melanie, Andrew and Karin, Gary and Tari; and three grandchildren, Matthew, James and Cooper. Services Tuesday at 1:30 pm at the Wanamaker Carlough Funeral Home, 177 Route 59, Suffern, NY. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Ramapo Ambulance Corp, or Simon Wiesenthal Center, would be appreciated. WANAMAKER CARLOUGH, INC Route 59 Suffern (914) 357-0423 DUMAS, WENDELL K. Wendell K.

Dumas of Spring Valley, NY died on January 22, 2000. Wendell was born in Alabama on October 6, 1953. He graduated from Nyack High School in 1972. He served in the United States Army for three years before receiving an honorable discharge August 30, 1976. He was employed at Rockland Psychiatric Center at the time of his death.

His father Wiley Mickle sister Martha Hines and brother Wiley Mickle Jr. predeceased him. He is survived by wife Cindy of Spring Valley, son Kwame, daughter Jasmine, mother Beatrice Mickle of Nyack, sisters Linda and Daphney of Nyack and Antoinette of Macon, GA, brothers Dana, Gerry, Peter, Michael, Robert and Darrell, all of Nyack, two nieces Nicole of Nyack and Joanna of Kearney, NJ, a great nephew DaShawn of Nyack, an uncle Lover Dumas of Alabama, two aunts, Hattie Peele of Spring Valley and Lois Clay of Nyack and a host of cousins, coworkers and friends. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2000 at at St. Phillip's AMEZ Church located at Burd Mill Street in Nyack.

Burial will follow in Frederick Loescher Veterans Memorial Cemetery in New Hempstead. HANNEMANN FUNERAL HOME 88 South Broadway, Nyack, NY (914) 358-0573 Hawthorne Faneral Home Douglas 21 Stevens Avenue Ernest' Daniels Hawthorne, NY 10532 Carpentieri 914-769-4404 INDEPENDENTLY OWNED WEB SITE: www.hawthornefuneralhome.com HOW GAP WORKS: Groups of about 1 10 neighboring individuals or families form "ecoteams" that meet every two weeks for four months, led by a trained volunteer coach. Members follow a special GAP -designed workbook that outlines tips for saving energy and natural resources, such as weatherstripping windows and installing low-flow toilets. Each action taken has a point value based on effort or resources saved. High scorers receive Global Citizen recognition by GAP in the form of a certificate and pin.

PRICE, LESTER NORMAN Lester Norman Price, of Chestnut Ridge, NY, died in his home January 21, 2000. He was born to Mary and Jack Price in Bronx, NY. He worked for Robert Tabakow, a Division of Gruen Watch Company, retiring in 1991, as a production manager. He was an avid football fan, and a history buff. He served in the United States Navy on the USS Iowa 1953-1957.

His father and brother predeceased him. Mr. Price is survived by his mother, Mary of Bronx, NY; his children, Richard and his wife Wendy of Columbia, SC; Fred and his wife, Wendy of Salem, WV; Alyson Price Bove and her husband Scott of Salem, WV; grandchildren, Gabrielle, Jaclyn, and Jake. Arrangements are incomplete. Please call Hellman Memorial Chapel, (914) 356-8600.

RUIZ, MARGARET Margaret Ruiz of Middletown, NY formerly of Tuxedo, NY died on Sunday January 23, 2000 in Horton Memorial Hospital, Middletown. She was 89. Born in New York City on December 5, 1910 to Edward W. and Nora Lawless Rooney, she was the widow of Cayetano Ruiz. Ms.

Ruiz was also a member of the Tuxedo Senior Citizens and Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Tuxedo. Survivors include five daughters, Margaret Zabriskie of Warwick, NY; Dorothy Catrini of Tuxedo, NY; Catherine Grodecki of Naples, Fla. Gloria Lockyer and Pauline Dawson of Suffern, NY, two sons Joseph of Glen Falls, NY and Robert of Staten Island, NY. 17 Grandchildren and 24 Great Grandchildren.

Friends are invited to call at the Wanamaker Carlough Funeral Home on Tuesday morning from 9 to 11AM. Services will be held at the Funeral home at 11AM Tuesday. Interment will be in the Ascension Cemetery, Monsey, NY. WANAMAKER CARLOUGH, INC FUNERAL HOME 177 Route. 59, Suffern, (914) 357-0423 SACHS, DEBRA KIRSCH Debra Kirsch Sachs, of I Philadelphia, PA, died on Saturday, January 22, 2000 at home.

Ms. Sachs was Director of Global Information Delivery at Towers Perin, a worldwide human resource consulting firm. Prior to moving to Philadelphia five years ago, she worked at Lederle Laboratories in Pearl River. A native resident of Spring Valley, Ms. Sachs graduated from Spring Valley High School, attended Michigan State University, and graduated with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Speech Pathology from New York University.

Ms. Sachs is survived by her mother, Shirley Kirsch Gellman; stepfather, Morris Gellman; her children, Charles and Amanda Sachs; her sister and brother-in-law, Joy and Alex Paoletto, her sister, Vicki Kirsch, and her nephew, Willie Paoletto. The family will receive friends at the home of Shirley and Morris Gellman, 165 Grandview Avenue, Wesley Hills, through Thursday, January 27. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. HELLMAN MEMORIAL CHAPELS 15 State St, Spring Valley, NY (914) 356-8600 WARBRICK, MARY ELIZABETH Mary Elizabeth Warbrick, a resident of Suffern died Monday, January 24, 2000 at the Good Samaritan Hospital.

She was 82. Born April 30, 1917 in Birmingham, AL to Luther and Anne Blevins Gaddis, she worked in sales for the Harris Dept. store in Suffern and as a dispatcher for the Ramapo Valley Ambulance Corps. She was also a volunteer at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was married to Ernest James Warbrick who predeceased her.

Survivors include her son John Warbrick, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Visiting will be Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Wanamaker Carlough Funeral Home, 177 Rt. 59, Suffern. A funeral service will take place Thursday 11am at the funeral home. Interment will follow at the Airmont Lutheran Cemetery.

Donations in lieu of flowers can be sent to the Ramapo Valley Ambulance Corps. WANAMAKER CARLOUGH, INC. FUNERAL HOME 177 Rt. 59, Suffern (914) 357-0423 IN MEMORIAM from us in life, you live in our memory forever. We think of you everyday.

We miss you and love you. In loving memory, your family VENUTE, NELLIE Second Anniversary. Grandma not a day goes by that I don't think of you. hope you and Grandpa are swinging golf clubs. We all miss you very much.

Love Joanie and Family SPECIAL NOTICES SAINT CLARE Thank you from the bottom of my heart. G.F. PUGLIESE, CHARLES "BAPA" You have been in Heaven for a year. Although you are gone HELLMAN MEMORIAL CHAPELS "The best way to serve community is to b. part of it.

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