Anne DiLorenzo Passes Away at 92
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Anne (Dash) DiLorenzo (11/29/1923 – 8/14/2016)
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Anne DiLorenzo, 92, of Scarsdale, passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday night. She is survived by her loving husband of 74 years, Dominick DiLorenzo, her son, Robert DiLorenzo (Loretta), her two daughters, Barbara DiLorenzo (Richard Kelsey) and Patricia Provenzano, her five grandchildren, Kate DiLorenzo (Will Brennan), Stefan Provenzano (Patricia), Claire Paquin (JP), Sarah DiLorenzo, and Nadia Provenzano, and her five great-grandchildren, Thomas and Ian DiLorenzo, Chloe and Ursula Paquin, and Luna Provenzano-Hernandez. 
A wake will be held Wednesday, 8/17, from 2-4pm and 7-9pm at Edwin L. Bennett Funeral Home in Scarsdale. A funeral mass will be offered on Thursday, 8/18, at 10:30am at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale.
Bride Feels the Heartbeat of Missing Father on her Wedding Day
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The husband of 1974 SHS graduate Nancy Thomas, formerly Nancy Ughetta, made national headlines this weekend when he gave a Pennsylvania bride away at a most unusual ceremony.
Ten years ago, Arthur Thomas, known as Tommy, received the heart of the bride's father, when her dad was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in 2006. The family decided to donate his organs, and Tommy, who was near death at the time, was moved to the top of the transplant list to be the recipient. He was suffering from congestive heart failure and was in dire need of a new heart. The donation has allowed him to live through a decade of seeing his own four children graduate from high school and college – and he hopes to be at their weddings.
Tommy also wanted to be there for the daughter of the man who made it all possible. So when the murdered man's daughter, Jeni Stepien, wrote to ask him to walk her down the aisle, he was honored to travel to Pennsylvania to give her away.
According to the story, when the 72 year-old Tommy arrived at the church, he took Jeni's fingers and placed them on his wrist and said, "Here, feel my pulse," allowing her to feel her own father's heartbeat. The next day, after he led her down the aisle, Jeni impulsively reached up to touch his chest before he gave her away.
Thomas is a retired college advisor at the Lawrenceville School in Princeton, NJ where he worked with his wife Nancy who is the Dean of Campus Life at the school. Anne Lyons, (SHS '80) formerly Anne Ughetta, is Tommy's sister-in-law, and lives in Scarsdale today.
Charlotte McClure Hemley of Scarsdale Passes Away at 96
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Longtime Scarsdale resident Charlotte Hemley died June 21 two months before her 97th birthday.
Mrs. Hemley was born Aug. 29, 1919 in Huntington, Indiana to Clinton and Mildred McClure. She received a master's degree in library science at the University of Illinois, then traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was the children's librarian at Punahou School, the oldest private school west of the Rocky Mountains.
In 1948, she married Lt. Cmdr. Eugene Hemley, who was stationed at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor. Returning to the naval base in New London, Connecticut, Mrs. Hemley began her Navy wife's career, moving 18 times from coast to coast, and to Yokosuka, Japan.
In Yokosuka, Mrs. Hemley became head librarian of the naval base library , where she developed a children's section and a full children's program. She was also chairman of volunteers for the American Red Cross and organized a bride's school for Japanese wives of American servicemen.
In 1970 when her husband retired from the U.S. Navy , Mrs. Hemley reentered civilian life in Scarsdale, where she became active in community service. She substituted in both Scarsdale and Eastchester school libraries, served on the board of the Fox Meadow PTA and was a representative to the PT Council.
Mrs. Hemley was a leader of a Girl Scout Troop for eight years, and served on the board of the Scarsdale Congregational Church Guild for many years.
At the Scarsdale Woman's Club, Mrs. Hemley was active in the garden section as membership chairman, and served as chairman of the literature section.
Mrs. Hemley earned her real estate license, and was an active sales person for 30 years. She loved traveling, gardening, books and literature and took a keen interest in education.
Her husband, a captain at the time of his retirement from the Navy, predeceased her on Veteran's Day in 2002.
Mrs. Hemley is survived by her son, Philip, born in New London, Connecticut and currently residing in Woodstock, New York; her son, Paul, born in Coronado, California, and now residing in Pennington, New Jersey; her daughter Anne Reel, born in Key West, Florida, and now residing in Cohasset, Massachusetts, with her husband Ross Reel; her daughter Margaret Marcus, born in Yokosuka, Japan, and now residing in Scarsdale, New York with her husband Neil Marcus.
Mrs. Hemley is also survived by eight grandchildren; Bodhie Hemley, Lauren and Scott Hemley, Charlotte and Max Reel, Elliot, Seth and Benny Marcus.
A memorial service will be held at Scarsdale Congregational Church on Saturday, September 10 and at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date, where she will be buried next to her husband.
Mad Magazine Illustrator Jack Davis Passes Away at 91
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Celebrated illustrator, paddle enthusiast and former Scarsdale resident Jack B. Davis passed away at the age of 91 on July 27, 2016. Best known for his work for MAD Magazine, Davis created artwork for magazine covers, movie posters, record jackets, ads and books, including 26 covers for TIME Magazine from 1972 to 1976.
Davis was born in Atlanta Georgia on December 2, 1924, the son of two school teachers who encouraged him to draw. He attended the High Museum of Art School and upon completion of high school was drafted into the Navy and served in Guam. He went on to the University of Georgia where he studied oil and portrait painting and art history. He moved to New York where he studied at the Art Students League, began his career drawing comic strips and married Dina Roquemore who he met at the University.
In a long and productive career, 
Davis illustrated for EC Comics, MAD Magazine, humor magazine HELP, HUMBUG and ironically, another short-lived humor magazine created by Hugh Heffner called TRUMP – that lasted only two issues. He contributed to TV Guide, Esquire, and Life, the largest circulation publications of their day. He was inducted in the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2005.
Davis lived in Scarsdale and belonged to both Fox Meadow Tennis Club and Scarsdale Golf Club where he enjoyed paddle tennis. During the 1970's, he created twelve widely distributed platform tennis prints that adorn the walls of Fox Meadow Tennis Club today and are still sold by the Platform Tennis Museum and Hall of Fame. He also drew cartoons of several of members of Scarsdale Golf Club including cartoons about slow play that were posted in the mid-way house on the golf course. Fox Meadow Tennis Club member Karen Reuter (1943-2008) did quite a bit of coloring for his cartoons before they were reproduced
Before retiring to St. Simons Island Georgia, Davis lived near the 17th tee at Scarsdale Golf Club.
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Joseph Gecel Passes Away at Age 88
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Joseph Gecel, father of Claudine Gecel of 10 Kent Road in Scarsdale died on Bastille Day, Thursday, July 14th at The Italian Hospital in Haifa, Israel. Ms. Gecel is the School Budget Study Liaison for the Scarsdale Parent/Teacher Council, a frequent Multi-Cultural Committee participant and an experienced Institutional Investor.
Mr. Gecel (88) was a French/American businessman and holocaust survivor who died unexpectedly due to complications from prostate cancer. He was married to Sally Gecel (87) and also leaves behind his youngest daughter Lizette Gecel, his 11 year old grandson Jason Samuel Sabba, and four French-born sisters with multi-generational extended families.
