1. Obituary Notice
April 23, 2015, BEACON SHOPPER • 7C
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by Eileen Interiano
Joyce Bennett, a resident of Bay Shore since
1971, died on Feb. 19, 2015 at home. She was 69
years old.
Mrs. Bennett was born on Feb. 16, 1946 in
Brooklyn to Salvatore and Jean Pisano. In 1957,
she moved to Amityville where she worked as a
sales clerk for various clothing stores. She was
also a trained hairdresser but retired after five
years to care for her family.
In 1971, she married Ronald Bennett and
moved to Bay Shore where she worked in a cou-
ple of dress shops. She met Ronald on a blind
date and they immediately connected. “I knew
she was the one,” said her husband.
Mrs. Bennett dedicated her life to caring for
her husband and children, said her family. “She
was a religious woman,” said her husband. “She
valued her family and religion. She was my com-
Joyce Bennett, homemaker from Bay Shore, at 69
panion and my best friend.”
Known for her authentic Italian eggplant par-
mesan she enjoyed being a stay-at-home mother
and helping others. “She liked her home and the
things she had there,” said her husband. “She was
a very giving woman.”
He added that she was always the first to help
out anyone in need and that she loved animals.
On every trip to her son’s home, she would carry
with her a treat for his dog.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Bennett is
survived by her children, Denny and his wife
Marie, and Michael and her granddaughter Bry-
anna Bennett all of Bay Shore.
Mrs. Bennett reposed at the Powell Funeral
Home, 67 Broadway, Amityville. A funeral ser-
vice was held there Feb. 28, 2015. Interment was
in Long Island Cemetery in Pinelawn.
The Guilds of Good Samaritan re-
cently presented a check for $40,000
to the Good Samaritan Hospital
Foundation. This donation will en-
hance surgical services by support-
ing the acquisition of an Arctic Sun
temperature management system
for use in the surgical intensive care
unit (SICU). This complements three
other Arctic Sun devices already de-
ployed in the emergency department,
pediatric intensive care unit and med-
ical intensive care unit. During a heart
attack there may be insufficient blood
flow resulting in a decreased supply of
oxygen, often leading to irreversible
brain damage. The Arctic Sun is used
to lower the patient’s body tempera-
ture, slowing their metabolism and in
turn reducing the brain’s need for oxy-
gen.
The funds were raised through sales
in the hospital’s gift shop, the Guilds of
Good Samaritan Thrift Store in Baby-
lon, plus various Guild fundraisers.
Shown, left to right, are Chairperson of the Good Samaritan Hospital Founda-
tion Board of Trustees Kelly Daniele-Crosman; Central Council of the Guilds
President Marie Nicharico; Director of Critical Care Services Elisabeth Vallone,
RN; SICU Nurse Manager Karen Fee, RN and Executive Director of the Good
Samaritan Hospital Foundation Kelly Albanese Scherer.
Good Samaritan presents check
for enhanced surgical services
Town of Babylon Deputy Supervisor
Tony Martinez and Councilman Tom
Donnelly recently thanked students
from Robert Moses Middle School
in North Babylon for their work col-
lecting dozens of sneakers as part of
Nike’s Reuse-a-Shoe effort, which
recycles old sneakers to use for ath-
letic surfaces across the country. The
students from Mr. Christopher Brod-
merkel’s Environmental Recycling
Club collected old sneakers from fel-
low students for one week and donat-
ed them to representatives from the
Nike store in Deer Park. Deputy Su-
pervisor Martinez and Councilman
Donnelly thanked the students for
their dedicated efforts and presented
them with special Certificates of Ap-
preciation.
This effort was taken by the students
as part of the Town of Babylon Beau-
tification Program’s Global Youth
Service Day initiative, which is a
worldwide celebration of community
service and civic engagement. By tak-
ing part in this initiative, the students
learned the environmental benefits of
keeping sneakers out of our landfill -
each sneaker takes 45 years to decom-
pose. The students also learned that
the sneakers will be recycled by Nike
to manufacture basketball courts and
playground surfaces for inner city
kids.
Shown with the students are Nike
representative Suyada Cabrera,
Councilman Tom Donnelly, Assistant
Principal Margaret Brierly, Assistant
Principal Jeffrey Raymond, Deputy Su-
pervisor Tony Martinezl Club Advisor
Christopher Brodmerkel, Town of Bab-
ylon Beautification Director Florence
Findley and Kristi Reynolds, legislative
aide to New York State Assemblywom-
an Kimberly Jean-Pierre.
Students pictured are Kayla Mc-
Farlane, Alessandra Papaleo, Jason
O’Keefe, Starrana Alexis, Kristen
Cada, Jackie Sherrill, Anthony Bonilla,
Nicolemarie Mastronardi, Shayna La-
frosse, Lorenzo Vargas, Emre Dorak,
Matthew Chau, Jaden Smith, Justin
Ripp, Chloe Jean-Charles, Brian Ma-
chuca, Julie Ren, David Chojnacki and
Ethan Fortaleza.
Robert Moses Middle School in
North Babylon collects dozens of sneakers