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This morning, we remember our dear friend and supporter Mrs Patricia Lanza….

A friend who loved us, who helped work with us, who supported us, she passed last nite peacefully.

We are devastated, but we are rewarded to know that she is in heaven.  

Pat came to us by volunteering, walking in the office.  I want to help.  Not knowing who she was, she started helping me write letters.

We  had no funds for a secretary, for help, for anyone. She kept coming.  I used to meet her for breakfast once a week, tell her our work, share about those in need, and she would share her wisdom her humor, her love. Out of the blue one day, a check came…from there it helped us to make it so we could begin to get strong…and more support and much more.  She also was quick to support other causes we knew people were in need for.  A policeman would die, I would ask her to help the family…in Mt Vernon, immediately support no question.

Fire victims on Pelham Road in New Rochelle, no question here.  School needs for inner city kids with no toys, or no after school program.  She was there.
We would go to the hood….and she would be working there, in the garden with us, painting, going for tours, meeting the people who needed a home.  Her faith was a witness, from faithfully going to a church that only inner city kids would go to, to reading scriptures and praying, to giving me Christian cds that were there for us, her love of Christ never stopped, her love of life, her fun spirit, her leprechaun laugh with me for St Pats, her support of Haiti, New Orleans, Banda Ache, floods in Mamoroneck, Hurricane Sandy…..the list goes on and on and on and on.   to Jim, Louie, Anthony, my surrogate brothers we all grieve her loss and celebrate her together.  Her last words to me were you are a special person.  Are you kidding Pat….you made everyone you met feel special….

In memory, and in prayer and in love to a most special person, Pat Lanza.

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

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