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Vira Mamchur Schwartz

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vschwartz@dailyvoice.com

Vira Mamchur Schwartz is the quintessential jack-of-all-trades... and master of a few of them. Vira’s editorial career started in technology publishing, writing and editing at the Ziff-Davis publication Computer Shopper. Later she served as Managing Editor at CD-ROM World and then Internet World, before moving to freelance writing.

Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, L.A. Times, Folio, Portable Computing, Internet Shopper and other websites and magazines that no longer exist. She ghost-wrote and designed an award-winning diet and fitness book for a popular fitness personality and, currently, loves to tell stories about people and animals. 

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Obituaries
Demarest's Teresa McGahren, 93, Devoted Mother, Grandmother, Friend & Nurse Extraordinaire Demarest's Teresa McGahren, 93, Devoted Mother, Grandmother, Friend & Nurse Extraordinaire
Demarest's Teresa McGahren, 93, Devoted Mother, Grandmother, Friend & Nurse Extraordinaire Teresa Ellen McGahren died on Jan. 30. She was 93 years old and remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend and caregiver.  Teresa was born to Grace and Patrick Holland on Sept. 17, 1927, on a farm in Rossnowlagh, Ireland on the banks of the Donegal Bay. At the tender age of 15, she left home to work and live with a family in Belfast, likely applying some of the practical skills she had learned on the farm.  Several years later, she moved to London where she trained to become a registered nurse, attending to the sick and injured in the difficult years followin…

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Danbury's Catherine Ann Spiegel, 85, Psychotherapist Who Loved The Ocean Danbury's Catherine Ann Spiegel, 85, Psychotherapist Who Loved The Ocean
Danbury's Catherine Ann Spiegel, 85, Psychotherapist Who Loved The Ocean Catherine Ann Spiegel died peacefully on January 29 at St. John Paul II Center in Danbury. Catherine was born on June 7, 1935 in Dayton, OH to the late Harry Carmack and Mary Elizabeth Madigan Carmack. Catherine, known as Ann to her many friends and colleagues, graduated from the University of Dayton and went on to get her master’s degree at New York University. She spent most of her adult life passionately working as a psychotherapist and took great pride in being able to assist her clients to live more full and happy lives.  In her younger years, Ann enjoyed playing tennis, skiing a…

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4-CT Card Emergency Assistance Program Looks Beyond COVID-19 4-CT Card Emergency Assistance Program Looks Beyond COVID-19
4-CT Card Emergency Assistance Program Looks Beyond Covid-19 When 4-CT began a year ago (see "4-CT Quickly Makes An Impact, Granting $1 Million Total To Foodshare, Connecticut Foodbank"), its immediate goal was to help those most impacted by COVID-19 — those who lost childcare and jobs and struggled to pay bill and put food on the table. Over $20 million was raised and distributed via the 4-CT’s partners, community foundations and local non-profits. Proving most effective of all, is 4-CT’s Card Program, ("4-CT Card Has Most Impact In Helping CT Residents During The Pandemic") an innovative endeavor that puts debit cards in the hands of those who need …

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Longtime Croton-on-Hudson Resident, Horse Lover Elisabeth Schröder Williams Dies Longtime Croton-on-Hudson Resident, Horse Lover Elisabeth Schröder Williams Dies
Longtime Croton-on-Hudson Resident, Horse Lover Elisabeth Schröder Williams Dies Elisabeth Schröder Williams, a Croton-on-Hudson resident for 50 years, died on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Born in 1930 in Göteborg, Sweden, Elisabeth left home in her mid-20s to study languages in Germany and France. She met her future husband, James (Jim) Williams, in Heidelberg, Germany. They married in 1957 and spent their first years together in Jersey City, Rutherford and Montclair, NJ. Elisabeth Schröder Williams in 1956The Williams Family Together with their three young children, the couple lived in Portugal in 1966 and 1967, which Elisabeth recalled as some of her happiest years. They s…

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Longtime Eastchester Resident Leonore Young, 94, Teacher, Yankees Fan, Dies of COVID-19 Longtime Eastchester Resident Leonore Young, 94, Teacher, Yankees Fan, Dies of COVID-19
Longtime Eastchester Resident Leonore Young, 94, Teacher, Yankees Fan, Dies of Covid-19 Leonore Young of Eastchester, died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 from COVID-19. She was 94. Leonore is survived by her sister Francis Goodman; her daughter and son-in-law Adrienne and Keith Bloomfield; her grandson and granddaughter Seth and Tara Bloomfield; her great-granddaughters Sydney and Charley Bloomfield; her son-in-law Michael Phelps and his wife Lenore Simon; her granddaughter Carlye Bell and her great-granddaughters Haley, Allison and Megan Bell. The daughter of Annie and Ben Markowitz, Leonore was born in New York on June 2, 1926. A child of the Great Depression, she i…

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Lifestyle
Jan. 20, 2021 Is Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years: Here's Why Jan. 20, 2021 Is Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years: Here's Why
Jan. 20, 2021 Is Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years: Here's Why If seven is your lucky number you're in for a treat on Jan. 21, 2021.  Wednesday's date is a palindrome date. What does that mean? Backwards or forwards you get the same date numerically: 12021.  This palindromic date won’t happen again for 1,000 years. Such dates are considered lucky in many parts of the world, although it does depend on how you write them — whether day-month-year (the most common) or month-day-year (as we do in the U.S.) or even year-month-day (the International Organization of Standards preference created for international uniformity, also known as ISO 8601).&…

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January 20, 2021 Is Palindrome Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years January 20, 2021 Is Palindrome Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years
January 20, 2021 Is Palindrome Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years If seven is your lucky number you're in for a treat on January 21, 2021.  Wednesday's date is a palindrome date. What does that mean? Backwards or forwards you get the same date numerically: 12021.  This palindromic date won’t happen again for 1,000 years. Such dates are considered lucky in many parts of the world, although it does depend on how you write them — whether day-month-year (the most common) or month-day-year (as we do in the U.S.) or even year-month-day (the International Organization of Standards preference created for international uniformity, also known as ISO 8601…

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Obituaries
Antonia Recchia Allende, 61, Beloved Mother And Friend Brought Out The Best In Others Antonia Recchia Allende, 61, Beloved Mother And Friend Brought Out The Best In Others
Antonia Recchia Allende, 61, Beloved Mother And Friend Brought Out The Best In Others Antonia 'Toni' Recchia Allende of Vista, 61, died peacefully with family at her side on January 6, 2021 after a heroic two-and-a-half-year battle with glioblastoma multiforme, a highly aggressive brain cancer. She was a courageous fighter who far outlived her diagnosis. Formerly of New Canaan, CT, Toni was born September 28, 1959 in Settefrati, Italy. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1965 where they settled in New Canaan. Toni attended East School and was a 1978 graduate of New Canaan High School. In addition to working full time and raising her family, …

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Master Electrician Sol Gibbons, 94, Was A 48-Year Resident Of Mount Kisco Master Electrician Sol Gibbons, 94, Was A 48-Year Resident Of Mount Kisco
Master Electrician Sol Gibbons, 94, Was A 48-Year Resident Of Mount Kisco Solomon (Sol) Gibbons died on Nov. 12, 2020 at the age of 94, in White Plains. He was born on April 3, 1926, in Grimsby, England and grew up in the East End of London. After surviving the London Blitz by sheltering in the Underground, Sol entered the RAF in 1946. In 1954, he immigrated to the United States, where he continued working as a master electrician. Sol lived for 48 years in Mt. Kisco and most recently in White Plains. Sol was married to Joan (Ashkenazy), who predeceased him in 2018. They were married for 62 years. He is survived by his son Mark Gibbons (Paula Yablonsky), daught…

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Meifang Yang of Chappaqua, 97, Beloved Mother & Grandmother, Respected Economist Meifang Yang of Chappaqua, 97, Beloved Mother & Grandmother, Respected Economist
Meifang Yang of Chappaqua, 97, Beloved Mother & Grandmother, Respected Economist Meifang Yang of Chappaqua died on Sunday, Dec. 13 at the age of 97. Born in Shanghai on January 19, 1923 to Zengyi Yang and Yuzhen Yang, she was the fourth of seven children.  Meifang grew up in a well-educated family, learning English at a young age. She graduated from St. John’s University in Shanghai and went on to become a respected economist at the Bank of China for the large majority of her career.  Even after her retirement, she was invited by other institutions like the Bank of Communications to serve as a professional advisor. At her office cafeteria, she met kind and welcoming H…

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