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Bergen County Man Who Dedicated Life To Building Homes For Veterans Dies Of Coronavirus Bergen County Man Who Dedicated Life To Building Homes For Veterans Dies Of Coronavirus
Bergen County Man Who Dedicated Life To Building Homes For Veterans Dies Of Coronavirus All Doug DiPaola was called to the Paramus Veterans Home to do last July was provide an estimate on how much it would be to replace the roof of a gazebo and a walkway behind the facility. Instead, DiPaola did all the work himself completely free of charge -- and even added a ramp. DiPaola, who dedicated his life to bettering lives of veterans, died Easter Sunday of coronavirus. "He was so generous," said Frank Calandrillo, Vice Chairman of the Veteran Advisory Council at the Veterans Home in Paramus. "We never expected him to do all that. We had the money. He didn't charge us a dime.…

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