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Vira Mamchur Schwartz

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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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Hackensack Native William 'Billy' Ferrante Was Griller Extraordinaire, Beach Lover Hackensack Native William 'Billy' Ferrante Was Griller Extraordinaire, Beach Lover
Hackensack Native William 'Billy' Ferrante Was Griller Extraordinaire, Beach Lover Hackensack native William V. “Billy” Ferrante Jr., died on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. He was 63 years old. Born to William V. Ferrante and Marian Gerfoil Ferrante on May 11, 1956, Billy had been living in Loxley, AL. He is predeceased by his parents and his sister, Linda Ferrante. Billy could often be found at the beach, where he spent most of his time relaxing.  This was certainly his happy place. He was also known for expert grilling abilities -- most everything he cooked was grilled to perfection. And being from the Northeast, you could hear him rooting for the New York Giants. Leavin…

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Former Fort Lee Bridal Shop Owner, Northern Valley HS Grad Laura Jefferson Dies, 51 Former Fort Lee Bridal Shop Owner, Northern Valley HS Grad Laura Jefferson Dies, 51
Former Fort Lee Bridal Shop Owner, Northern Valley HS Grad Laura Jefferson Dies, 51 Laura F. (Squires) Jefferson of Port St. Lucie, FL, passed away peacefully on the evening of Dec. 25, 2019 due to a short-term illness surrounded by her immediate family. She was 51 years old. Laura was born in Hackensack and was the beloved daughter of Armand and Andrea Squires. She attended Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest.  In partnership with a close friend, she owned a maternity/bridal store in Fort Lee. In 2004, Laura moved to Port St. Lucie, FL. Laura was a devoted mother and loving wife, and a very special soul.  Her infectious smile and kindness to others w…

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Annelies Herzl, 95, Rye Resident, Holocaust Survivor, Mental Health Counselor, Optimist Annelies Herzl, 95, Rye Resident, Holocaust Survivor, Mental Health Counselor, Optimist
Annelies Herzl, 95, Rye Resident, Holocaust Survivor, Mental Health Counselor, Optimist Annelies Herzl died on Sunday, Dec. 22 after living with Alzheimer’s for more than 10 years.  Annelies was born in Neustadt an der Sale, Germany, on Nov 30, 1924 to Irma and Selig Lustig. Her loving husband, Henry, predeceased Annelies in 1991. She is survived by her children Roy Herzl of Mamaroneck (wife Allison) and Vicki Herzl Watkins of Alplaus (husband Gray) as well as her five grandchildren: Adam Herzl, Michelle Herzl, Lindsay Herzl Aronow (husband Bryan), Steve Watkins and Jenny Watkins. Annelies was a Holocaust survivor. Annelies and her family fled Germany in 1933 due to th…

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Tarrytown Native, PA Artist, Teacher Cecelia S. Lyden Dies At 78 Tarrytown Native, PA Artist, Teacher Cecelia S. Lyden Dies At 78
Tarrytown Native, PA Artist, Teacher Cecelia S. Lyden Dies At 78 Cecelia S. Lyden died on Dec, 20, 2019, succumbing to pulmonary fibrosis. Born February 12, 1941 in Tarrytown, she is the daughter of the late Peter and Mildred (Mascola) Barbella. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Richard A. Lyden; her daughter, Cheryl Anne Cochran; her son, Christopher Paul Lyden; three grandchildren, Caroline Cochran, Ryan Cochran and Ricky Vega; her brother Peter F. and wife GayAnn Barbella, a brother in-law John K. Lyden, and multiple nieces and nephews. Her beloved son, Kenneth Peter Lyden preceded her in death in 2012. Cecelia was a graduate of Marymount …

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Listen To Your Heart: Getting To The Root Of Heart Disease Listen To Your Heart: Getting To The Root Of Heart Disease
Listen To Your Heart: Getting To The Root Of Heart Disease If a plant-based diet and more exercise lead to greater heart health, why don’t we follow these recommendations? The numbers don’t lie: Heart disease (and all it entails) is a serious problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is the leading cause of death among most ethnicities in the United States; that’s 610,000 people annually—one out of four deaths in a year. Then consider that almost three-quarters of a million Americans have a heart attack in a year. If there’s something you could learn to benefit your heart, wouldn’t you want to? To that end, North…

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Through Her Lens, Westport Native Lynsey Addario Tells The Stories We Need To Know Through Her Lens, Westport Native Lynsey Addario Tells The Stories We Need To Know
Through Her Lens, Westport Native Lynsey Addario Tells The Stories We Need To Know Perhaps it’s because Lynsey Addario grew up the youngest of four sisters. Perhaps it’s because she was raised to be nonjudgmental and encouraged to be open and accepting by her hairdresser parents. Or, perhaps, it’s because she cares about capturing entire stories through her photographs, bearing witness to things that others may turn away from. Actually, it’s all this and more that has made Addario an Emmy Award -- and Pulitzer Prize -- winning photojournalist as well as MacArthur Grant recipient who’s work regularly appears in the New York Times, National Geographic, Time magazine and oth…

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Formerly of Katonah, Weston's Margaret H. Broudy, 95, Was A Bookstore Owner, Prodigious Reader Formerly of Katonah, Weston's Margaret H. Broudy, 95, Was A Bookstore Owner, Prodigious Reader
Formerly of Katonah, Weston's Margaret H. Broudy, 95, Was A Bookstore Owner, Prodigious Reader Margaret H. Broudy of Weston, formerly of Katonah, died at the Regional Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Danbury on Nov. 29 at the stroke of midnight, age 95 ½. She left on her own terms. Margaret (aka Maggie and Margie, depending on which circle of family and friends was in the room) was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Lt. Colonel Morris H. “Steve” Broudy, in 2011. Raised in a small mining town in Tennessee, Margaret married Steve, another Southerner, and lived in Georgia for a while, eventually moving to “Yankee Land” in 1964. The family were members of Temple Beth El…

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A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler
A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler Alix Elizabeth deMarees Morriss, 93, died in her home in Mahwah on Dec. 7 surrounded by her children. Born in Germany in 1926 from a noble lineage, with a title of Baroness, she went on to grow up in a country at war. Alix left home as a teenage refugee to complete a fulfilling and engaging life in Bergen County. There wasn’t a challenge she didn’t face head on. Since arriving to the United States, she sought opportunities wherever they appeared: from working on Wall Street with no experience to getting a Master’s degree at Montclair State while simultaneously working as a teacher at Imma…

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Longtime Westchester Resident, Ad Man, Fly Fisherman Bob Doherty, 89 Longtime Westchester Resident, Ad Man, Fly Fisherman Bob Doherty, 89
Longtime Westchester Resident, Ad Man, Fly Fisherman Bob Doherty, 89 Robert (Bob) Cunningham Doherty was born in New York City on Sept. 30, 1930, the son of Francis Joseph and Helen Utley Doherty.  He grew up in Westchester County and attended public schools there (first in Mount Vernon and then “out in the country” in Chappaqua). He was a Cub Scout for several years, took piano lessons and frequently played sandlot baseball with his older brother, Mike. At the start of World War II, his parents decided to move back to New York City and in 1939 Bob and his brother were sent to a boarding academy, the Harvey School, in Hawthorne. Bob prepped at Exeter i…

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Westchester Native, Harrison High Class of '45, Korean Vet, John P. Witzel, 90 Westchester Native, Harrison High Class of '45, Korean Vet, John P. Witzel, 90
Westchester Native, Harrison High Class of '45, Korean Vet, John P. Witzel, 90 John P. Witzel of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 1. John was born in Manhattan on Dec. 6, 1928 and later moved to Harrison. He attended Harrison High School, graduating in the class of 1945, and continued on to Columbia University where he graduated in 1949.  John served overseas during the Korean War and, upon return home, he worked for the Bendix Corporation and later in the family business, Witzel Brothers Inc. John was musically gifted and played the piano, organ and accordion. John was predeceased by his parents, George M. Witzel and Lillian Beck…

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