Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 8:52 am
To the Editor:
The Community Lunch Program for Kids Norwood, Norfolk and Raymondville (CLPK) will be celebrating its fifth birthday this July! That’s right we have been assisting local families with school age children, who face food insecurity, for five years now!
In our first year, CLPK had two food distributions and started with just 24 families with 51 children. In 2020 we served the equivalent of over 33,151 meals over 16 food distributions to 121 unique families with 306 children.
So we think, this year’s theme, “You’ve Come Along Way, Baby!”, is most appropriate!
And though we are extremely proud of all of our accomplishments over the past five years, we realize that none of this would have been possible without the local churches, businesses, civic groups and individuals who support our program! That’s right! Without your support, we would just be a small group of people with big dreams!
Saturday, January 2, 2021 - 4:27 pm
GOUVERNEUR Services for 71-year-old Gregory P. Sharlow, a resident of 1121 U.S. Highway 11, will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2020 at 10 a.m. at St. Raymond’s Church in Raymondville with Rev. Andrew Amyot presiding. Calling hours for Greg will be held on Tuesday, January 5 from 2 - 5 p.m. at the Buck Funeral Home in Norfolk. Mr. Sharlow passed away peacefully on December 29, 2020 at the Canton-Potsdam Hospital.
Greg is survived by his wife of eight years, Kathleen, Gouverneur; a daughter, Kelly Sharlow, Binghamton; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Greg is also survived by his sister, Lynda Sawyer, Norfolk.
The world yelled a final goodbye to Gloria (Dodi) Oleynek, nee Florio, who peacefully left us on December 17th, 2020, while at home and surrounded by her family. Dodi was the beloved wife of the late Fred Oleynek and much loved mother of Joe Oleynek (Renee), Jeanne Oleynek, Paula Bednarcik (Ed), Fred Oleynek (Amy), Margy Gauthier (Russ), Steve Oleynek (Deb), Gloria Murphy (Todd) and Sue Geel (Bryan). She was a loving Nana to Lauren, Ted, Erin, Jessica, Kelsey, Meg, Stephen, Joseph, Michael, Matthew, Maria, and great granddaughter, Sofia.
Dodi packed a lot of life in her 93 years which began on February 26th, 1927 in the Bronx, NY. She grew up in a very close-knit Italian family, the youngest of eight children in a house on the waterfront in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. She attended high school at the Villa Maria Academy, and college at Notre Dame on Staten Island where she earned graduate degrees in Chemistry and Psychology. Following graduation, she opened the first indep