MEMBERS RETIRING
Fond farewells By SHERRY HALBROOK
PEF’s gratitude and best wishes go out to the following members who are retiring: • Kathryn Alexander, PEF Division 241, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center; • David M. Benjamin Sr., PEF Division 179, state Office of General Services; • Colleen Benson, PEF Division 190, state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Patricia Bouchard, PEF Division 190, state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Barbara Buoncristiano, PEF Division 329, state Division of Human Rights; • Bonnie Calorico, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Nancy Canfield, PEF Division 262, Empire State Development; • Eileen Cassidy, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Iqbal Chahal, PEF Division 179, state Office of General Services; • Idalia Chang, PEF Division 283, Rochester Psychiatric Center; • John Coniglio, PEF Division 190, state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Amparo DeCastro Dah, PEF Division 210, Otisville Correctional Facility; • John Derkovitz, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Charles Ferguson, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office;
• William Finnerty, PEF Division 262, Empire State Development; • Michelle Flanagan, PEF Division 189, Central NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Judith Giehl, PEF Division 344, Central NY Psychiatric Center; • Judith Grady, PEF Division 190, state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Jeffrey Greene, PEF Division 183, Mid-Hudson Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center; • Maureen Gross, PEF Division 363, state Workers’ Compensation Board; • Gary Guernsey, PEF Division 284, state Transportation Department; • Susan Harvey, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Daniel Hoage, PEF Division 189, Central NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Shelley Kron, PEF Division 189, Central NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Christina Lyons, PEF Division 275, state Department of Agriculture and Markets; • Christopher Maloy, PEF Division 189, Central NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Vincent McCabe, PEF Division 169, state Department of Environmental Conservation; • Joseph Monaco, PEF Division 284, state Transportation Department; • Anne J. Phillip, PEF Division 244, Brooklyn Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Michael Pogue, PEF Division 169, state Department of Environmental Conservation;
• Roberta Roma, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • David Rust, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Michelle Schultz, PEF Division 357, state Office of Information Technology Services; • Patricia Sears, PEF Division 190, state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Theresa Shaffer, PEF Division 357, state Office of Information Technology Services; • Susan Smi, PEF Division 357, state Office of Information Technology Services; • Jacqueline Suits, PEF Division 189, Central NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Kenneth Szal, PEF Division 167, Western NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Eilene Tewksbury, PEF Division 236, state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; • Joanne Touhey, PEF Division 190, state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Samuel Troia, PEF Division 189, Central NY Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Katrinka Tromblee, PEF Division 382, state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; • Patricia Vissering, PEF Division 169, state Department of Environmental Conservation; • Donna Williams, PEF Division 244, Brooklyn Developmental Disabilities Services Office; and • Caleb Wistar, PEF Division 205, state Health Department.
Are you or PEF members you know retiring? Please send information for this column to
thecommunicator@pef.org.
A WORTHY EFFORT — Members of the PEF Veterans Committee present a check to Paul and Kathy Gasiewicz for maintaining the Western New York Iraq-Afghanistan Memorial. Sgt. Cari Anne Gasiewicz, their daughter, is one of 64 people who were lost as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Paul Gasiewicz is a retired PEF member from Division 219. Shown are PEF retiree Craig Spears, Paul and Kathy Gasiewicz, PEF Veterans Committee Co-Chair David Krobe, committee members John Duengfelder Jr. and Yatram (Bruce) Jagroop, and Co-Chair Jerry Jobson.
A PROM TO REMEMBER — Mandy Dugan, PEF member Linda Baker, Susan Cotsonas and Beth St. Clair-Bedell pose for a photo at the Fourth Annual Special Needs Prom held at Kinderhook Elks, Lodge 2530 in May. Baker organized the event with support from lodge members and the community to provide a special night for prom attendees, ranging in age from 16 to 60. Baker is a health program administrator at the state Department of Health who has volunteered in many programs that enhance the lives of individuals in her community.
— Photo by David Lee Page 22 — The Communicator July/August 2015
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