William J. Stanley 75 a retired Mahopac High School teacher, died June14 at Castle Point Veterans. Administration Medical Center in Beacon. He had been under treatment for prostate cancer for more than three years.
Mr.Stanley who was paralyzed by his illness, lived to see his daughter, Laurie Stanley Landeen, graduate from the Georgetown School of Medicine in Washington. D.C. .
Some 30 doctors, nurses and volunteers helped the Stanley family arrange to have Mr.. Stanley transported to Washington where he was able to watch his daughter receive her degree at the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Mr. Stanley enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and served 26 years before retiring as a chief quartermaster. He was in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack in World War II, landed in Normandy on D-Day and served in North Africa and Sicily.
He served as the personal signalman for Franklin D. Roosevelt and during the Korean War he participated in several American landings.
He was proud to be a patriot and won essay contests sponsored by The Proceedings, a professional magazine for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel. His articles deal with the importance of noncommissioned officers aboard ships.
Mr.Stanley earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Rutgers University and taught mathematics at Fox Lane High School in Bedford and at Mahopac High School. He retired in 1980 after 22 years of teaching .
He lived in Mahopac from 1967 to 1971, then moved to Montrose. Mr. Stanley was born March 20, 1913, in Mount Vernon. son of William and Dehila O'Grady Stanley.
He was a member of the Fleet Reserve Assn., the Mahopac and Mount Vernon VFW Posts. the Pearl Harbor Service, Statue of Liberty Chapter; the Navy League and Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Peekskill. .
‘Mr. Stanley is survived by his wife, Catherine "Bonnie" Bonnyman Stanley; three daughters, Dr. Laurie Landeen of St. Paul. Minn., Bonnie Berkel of Washington, D.C., and Colleen Stanley of Montrose; a brother, George Stanley of Hawthorne N.J. and a grandson.
A mass of Christian burial was celebrated in Assumption Church. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Edward F. Carter funeral Home, 170 Kings Ferry Rd., Montrose.
Donations in his memory may be made to the William J Stanley Memorial Scholarship Fund. to be established for deserving high school seniors.
Mr.Stanley who was paralyzed by his illness, lived to see his daughter, Laurie Stanley Landeen, graduate from the Georgetown School of Medicine in Washington. D.C. .
Some 30 doctors, nurses and volunteers helped the Stanley family arrange to have Mr.. Stanley transported to Washington where he was able to watch his daughter receive her degree at the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Mr. Stanley enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and served 26 years before retiring as a chief quartermaster. He was in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack in World War II, landed in Normandy on D-Day and served in North Africa and Sicily.
He served as the personal signalman for Franklin D. Roosevelt and during the Korean War he participated in several American landings.
He was proud to be a patriot and won essay contests sponsored by The Proceedings, a professional magazine for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel. His articles deal with the importance of noncommissioned officers aboard ships.
Mr.Stanley earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Rutgers University and taught mathematics at Fox Lane High School in Bedford and at Mahopac High School. He retired in 1980 after 22 years of teaching .
He lived in Mahopac from 1967 to 1971, then moved to Montrose. Mr. Stanley was born March 20, 1913, in Mount Vernon. son of William and Dehila O'Grady Stanley.
He was a member of the Fleet Reserve Assn., the Mahopac and Mount Vernon VFW Posts. the Pearl Harbor Service, Statue of Liberty Chapter; the Navy League and Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Peekskill. .
‘Mr. Stanley is survived by his wife, Catherine "Bonnie" Bonnyman Stanley; three daughters, Dr. Laurie Landeen of St. Paul. Minn., Bonnie Berkel of Washington, D.C., and Colleen Stanley of Montrose; a brother, George Stanley of Hawthorne N.J. and a grandson.
A mass of Christian burial was celebrated in Assumption Church. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Edward F. Carter funeral Home, 170 Kings Ferry Rd., Montrose.
Donations in his memory may be made to the William J Stanley Memorial Scholarship Fund. to be established for deserving high school seniors.
William J. Stanley 75 a retired Mahopac High School teacher, died June14 at Castle Point Veterans. Administration Medical Center in Beacon. He had been under treatment for prostate cancer for more than three years.
Mr.Stanley who was paralyzed by his illness, lived to see his daughter, Laurie Stanley Landeen, graduate from the Georgetown School of Medicine in Washington. D.C. .
Some 30 doctors, nurses and volunteers helped the Stanley family arrange to have Mr.. Stanley transported to Washington where he was able to watch his daughter receive her degree at the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Mr. Stanley enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and served 26 years before retiring as a chief quartermaster. He was in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack in World War II, landed in Normandy on D-Day and served in North Africa and Sicily.
He served as the personal signalman for Franklin D. Roosevelt and during the Korean War he participated in several American landings.
He was proud to be a patriot and won essay contests sponsored by The Proceedings, a professional magazine for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel. His articles deal with the importance of noncommissioned officers aboard ships.
Mr.Stanley earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Rutgers University and taught mathematics at Fox Lane High School in Bedford and at Mahopac High School. He retired in 1980 after 22 years of teaching .
He lived in Mahopac from 1967 to 1971, then moved to Montrose. Mr. Stanley was born March 20, 1913, in Mount Vernon. son of William and Dehila O'Grady Stanley.
He was a member of the Fleet Reserve Assn., the Mahopac and Mount Vernon VFW Posts. the Pearl Harbor Service, Statue of Liberty Chapter; the Navy League and Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Peekskill. .
‘Mr. Stanley is survived by his wife, Catherine "Bonnie" Bonnyman Stanley; three daughters, Dr. Laurie Landeen of St. Paul. Minn., Bonnie Berkel of Washington, D.C., and Colleen Stanley of Montrose; a brother, George Stanley of Hawthorne N.J. and a grandson.
A mass of Christian burial was celebrated in Assumption Church. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Edward F. Carter funeral Home, 170 Kings Ferry Rd., Montrose.
Donations in his memory may be made to the William J Stanley Memorial Scholarship Fund. to be established for deserving high school seniors.
Mr.Stanley who was paralyzed by his illness, lived to see his daughter, Laurie Stanley Landeen, graduate from the Georgetown School of Medicine in Washington. D.C. .
Some 30 doctors, nurses and volunteers helped the Stanley family arrange to have Mr.. Stanley transported to Washington where he was able to watch his daughter receive her degree at the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Mr. Stanley enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and served 26 years before retiring as a chief quartermaster. He was in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack in World War II, landed in Normandy on D-Day and served in North Africa and Sicily.
He served as the personal signalman for Franklin D. Roosevelt and during the Korean War he participated in several American landings.
He was proud to be a patriot and won essay contests sponsored by The Proceedings, a professional magazine for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel. His articles deal with the importance of noncommissioned officers aboard ships.
Mr.Stanley earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Rutgers University and taught mathematics at Fox Lane High School in Bedford and at Mahopac High School. He retired in 1980 after 22 years of teaching .
He lived in Mahopac from 1967 to 1971, then moved to Montrose. Mr. Stanley was born March 20, 1913, in Mount Vernon. son of William and Dehila O'Grady Stanley.
He was a member of the Fleet Reserve Assn., the Mahopac and Mount Vernon VFW Posts. the Pearl Harbor Service, Statue of Liberty Chapter; the Navy League and Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Peekskill. .
‘Mr. Stanley is survived by his wife, Catherine "Bonnie" Bonnyman Stanley; three daughters, Dr. Laurie Landeen of St. Paul. Minn., Bonnie Berkel of Washington, D.C., and Colleen Stanley of Montrose; a brother, George Stanley of Hawthorne N.J. and a grandson.
A mass of Christian burial was celebrated in Assumption Church. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Edward F. Carter funeral Home, 170 Kings Ferry Rd., Montrose.
Donations in his memory may be made to the William J Stanley Memorial Scholarship Fund. to be established for deserving high school seniors.
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