THE HERALD STATESMAN, YONKERS, N.Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1977 ^Local cDeatti riptic&$ ;.:a Profile of 'Son of Sam' suspect «& David had a deep love for in ..ujtj i,i#ii( • f Continued from page 1 the army at the age of 17. ANGUS, William A. formerly of Tar- Pearl, described as attrac­ Although he always Black Panthers and Stu­ By July. 1977. he had ac­ rytown, on Aug II. ol Lighthouse GABRIELE, Mareello on Aug•" Be PERR Aug ..u, 1*7 cumulated so many unpaid Point, Fie Survived by wife Edith, loved husband ot the late Lucia De­ Beloved tvysbaod of Rwe Devotee BY THE early 1970s, he. tive and heavy-set. When seemed to resent authority. dents for a Democratic So- two nephews. Robert Angus and voted lather ot Mrs. Catherine Va- mcthtr ol-Msefch. J'- •*'»• Victor had turned into a sexually she died her adopted son ciety using slogans like "kill parking tickets, his license John H Angus Funeral services 2 dala, Vincent and Olga Oabrlete. (Made) David liked military life at P.M. at tne Becker Funeral Home, Also survived by 6 grandchildren (Joan) Plcone a(wJ wV Joseph frustrated, paunchy, Bible- felt as if he had once again the beginning. He even the system." said Jeff. was revoked. Berkowitz. 14*4 So Federal Highway. Oeer- and 2 great-grandchildren. Repos­ been abandoned, said Jeff. BERKOWITZ'S once hap- while driving his father's lield Beach, Fla. ing at McManon. Lyon & Hartnett toting Baptist who support­ signed letters from a Louisi­ Funeral Home. White Plains; NY. ed radical, left-wing causes. ana training camp as py armv life soured. This car on Christmas Day. 1974. BAUER, Kathleen on August 10. 1477 Mass of Christian Burial Ml. Car- David always seemed to had crashed into the rear of ol Eastchester. Funeral Iro-n mel Church. Sal. v AM Interment Home, 491 MamaronecV He lived in shabby apart­ "Doughbov Dave." man, who now stands ac­ WESTCHESTE R FUNERAL Ml. Calvary Cemetery Visiting White platrtv. N.Y. Meit of CI ments alone with his own have girlfriends while he cused of killing six people another car in the Bronx. HOME, INC., Eastchester Friday at hours 2-4 and 7? P M, an fsuni.l Sat.lOAW. Mf Can set too loud. in 1969 to a small. 17th floor friends. The army finally polite man who rarely Sarah Berkowitz, Lillian Reissman, ment Private. In lieu ot flowers, joined the development's Riva Stanley and Samuel Berkow- St. Martin'\ Edfccobal Church, Len- apartment at Co-Op City spoke. contributions may be made to the ncx''Ave. « -mo*;.St., Ntrw York And. police say. he be­ volunteer fire department gave him an early release it I. Services 12 noon Sunday, Aug. American Cancer Fund. came obssessed with a .44 and David's social life went in 1974 with a general dis­ 14 at "Garlicks". 1091 Yonkers City. awry. and proudly wore its em­ Ave , Yonkers. Chapel hours Sat. charge. BERKOWITZ MOVED to eve J.TO to 10. KELLY, Nettie Mark ot V Grapal RICH(€, O^ltTw.;SLoTon A revolver, which he allegedly blem on a blue wind-break­ St, Rye, NY on August 11, 1977. 1977 Ol.C/ptorr Falls. N.Y;.«V! used to kill six people and David had always been a er. He wanted to be a fire­ Berkowitz traveled a bit 35 Pine St. in Yonkers in Beloved wife ot the lite William T. of Margaret, father ofSally Sfcot and at one point journeyed April. 1976. BLOOMBERG, Sayde Beloved wlfeof Kelly and devoted mother ot Wit- too; PaWktt Ut*«, Dc-neM-WlRI wound seven others in a reserved loner, even when man. Milton. Mother of Marilyn Vogel ham T , Peter F , Arthur W and thTe, Jr- Smart Moga, and-Chrhto year-long reign of terror in to Houston, Tex., where, po­ and Marjorie Frumkies. Grand­ Robert Kelly. Sister of Matthew pherVRkhRt. Ati>: iurvtvW bV 15 he had those happier times Berkowitz later had other Last Saturday, ajire was mother of live, Great-orandmother and Peter D'Agostlnls. Robert Day; grandchildren^ .Reposing ,«l Cbrk New York City. lice say. he managed to ob­ ol three Sister of Alfred Cooper. in the South Bronx, said opportunities to wear a uni­ deliberately set in front of Margaret Clitfe and Edna Wood. FulseVat VwmC KatorVah'on -Frli2-4 Berkowitz was bom on tain the .44 revolver be later Mrs. Blanch Handteman and the Funeral from Toe. William H. Gra­ •and. 7-*.P A*uV<«Tx>rl»> servk* at Jeff and Vogel. But as his form, joining the city's aux­ Craig Glassman's apart­ late Henry Cooper Services 10 ham Funerat Home. 10%4 Boston Webster tce*fe Auditorium. Sof\r»rs made infamous. The A.M. Sunday, Aucr 14 at "Garlick Post Rd . Rye. NY.. 9. IS AM June 1, 1953. his natural dates with girls became iliary police force, a private ment at 35 Pine St., directly High School, btT Saturday' at' K parents naming him Rich­ groundwork for Son of Sam Funeral Home". 1091 Yonkers Ave . Monday, August IS followed by AM fAMvot.airlWIan Burial at St fewer, he appeared to sink security guard firm and the below Berkowitz's. Glass- Yonkers Chapel hours Sal eve. 8 30 Mass of Christian Burial 10AM. at Joseph's WturWOoron Falls on ard David Falco. He was was being laid. to 10. The Church of the Resurrection, S-v, »! ,1V A.MV lntt*m*FlYnn on August 10. marriage. friends say. ville. on Sat August 13 at 10 AM. 1971. Beloved..wtfrot. Joseph Udke tributions to the American Cancer 1 adopted." _ said Vogel. to Christianity. It spooked friends, thus beginning Jeff, also wrote a letter (lodlceX 0«Yot«d' morhV ,Ot Mrs caused the final break be­ while Society or the United Church of "They didn't want some three years of nearly con- stationed m Korea Dorset Lovtis LCaroll.Soareetlo. Gary and tween father and adopted his friends a bit, and then MALCOLMS Florence Hatfield on Au­ Kenixtfn Udice. Dear sister ot Do- stranger to tell him." mlnk"»n* Trtom»*;f;hfhlt« Plains where Ave Beloved husband of Alberta tle Church, Friday 10 A.M. Inter­ servlciw-wlU-bt'heW Saturday at joining the postal service. Butler and dear father of Thell But­ ment Gate of Heaven Cemetery 9:30 A.M. Interment will .tottow in ler Jr. Wesley Butler, Robert But­ Visiting hours 2-4 and 7-10 P.M White Plains Rural Cerri*tery. Visit­ be worked at the Texaco ler. Charles Butler, and Wylene ing. hour,s 7-4\and 14 P.M. building construction site in Comp and Freddie Mae Mitchell. Funeral service, Friday, 7 pm. Mt. McGUINNESS, Rase (nee Davidson) WILEY. LjKiitt E. on Wednesday. Harrison. Olivet Baptist Church, 127nd and on Monday. August 8, 19777/. Beloved August 10. 1977 at Yonkers General 'He can strike anywhere' Lenox Ave . NYC Reposing Primm wife of John J McGuinness One worker at the same Hospital after a brief lllnjie. Dear- Funeral Home. Visiting hours 2-5 .Leewood Golf Club). Mother, of ly belftved.wi're.of Bishop George H Continued from page 1 site said this about Berkow­ and 6-9 p.m. Inter nent Beechwccds John O and Gerrarv* F McG­ Wiley Devoted mother ot Miss Ani­ came in one day with a hat she had quins in parked cars in Queens and itz: Cemetery. uinness Sister of Mrs Freda Abra­ ta L Wiley. Loving daughler ol Mr. hams. Mrs fcva Fletcher. Mrs. Lily Monroe Bryant Sr. Also surviving "He said he used to be an ap­ bought, saying it was because she the Bronx in an attempt to lure the "He always walked CARMOOY, Edwin F. of LAR- Sher. Bernard. Isaac. Joseph and are six si^tersf.ooe. brother, three was afraid of Son of Sam. killer. around with a smile on his CHMONT Loving brother of Cor­ Sydney Davidson Reposing at t{ie auhts, numerous other relatives prentice in the sheet metal workers' nelius J. Reposing 2-4 and 7-9 p.m FLYNN MEMORIAL HOME, 32S and friends Funeral service1. 10 union but he got laid off and never "She took it out and showed us "Berkowitz was sitting down .with face like he knew something Friday at the John J. Fox Funeral So Broadway. Yonkers Funeral on a m.. Monday. August 15 at Mt. He­ how she tucked her hair up." said this kid and he was pumping him as Hone. Mass of the Resurrection 10 THURSDAY, 4.10A.M Massof Chri bron T»mpl,e. 27 Vineyard Ave. became a journeyman." said How­ we didn't. He said he had a m Sat St Augustine Church In­ tian Burial, St Paul the Apostle Yonkers. Eulogy jives by Bishop ard. "He was complaining about Howie. "And Berkowitz was sitting to where they're setting up the de­ three wives." terment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Church at 10 AM Interment St Eugerle. Evritt. Interment Oakland coys." said Howie. Mary's Cemetery Family will re­ Cemetery. The family will receive that because he could have made right there." That same girl told co­ TENANT Becky Berg­ D'AMBROSIO, Nickolina on August ceive friends Tuesday and Wednes­ Iriendj at the Brooks Memorial more money there." workers that she'd received an un­ man. 83, lived underneath 10, 1977 Lifelong resident of Tucka- day 2-4 and 7-9 P M Home-, Inc.. J75 Warburton Ave, signed pornographic picture in the IN GENERAL, though. Howie's hoe and Eastchester. Beloved wife Saturday, August 11 7-t p,m . Because the Bronx postal work­ Berkowitz's fifth-floor of Salvatore D'Ambrosio. Devoted NAPLES, Michael J. of Sa Central thereafter Mrs. Wiley will II* in ers are a mixed group, they didn't mail shortly after the incident, overall impression of Berkowitz apartment.. She said some­ mother of Vincent, Mrs. Robert Ave., Tarrytown on August 11, 1977 state at the. above named church which had been postmarked from when they worked together was that (Barbara! Sencin, Salvatore Jr Beloved son ot Anthony and Elita Sunday) *-UJ p.m. talk much about girls and sex. ac­ one began slipping unsigned and Donald D'Ambrosio. Loving beth Curtin Naples, loving brother i sister of Grace Mazzochettl, Antho­ . - r—r 3T' •*!" * cording to Howie, as an all male Queens. She's now convinced that he was a rather shy "nice guy." of Anthony 111. John, Debra. Che­ 'WINTER, Ernest ot Mamaronec*. letters beneath her door ny and Peter Fagnani, Adefe Nole ryl, and Jo Ann Naples. Survived "Berkowitz was sitting down with - When Berkowitz first started work and the late Salvatore Fagnani N,X iyddenry on August. JC. m? group would be likely to do. threatening death if she did also by paternal grandmother,'Mrs. - Graveside service Will be held Sat- me. at the post office. Howie was as­ Also survived by 13 grandchildren. Josephine Naples and maternal Howie does remember havin§ Friends may call at the WEST- ! urda'y at 10: W A M at Beetriwpods not lower the volume of the grandfather. Jerry Cupryna Repos­ Cemetery, New Rochelle. N.Y: lunch with Berkowitz recently wher But Howie said it appears that signed to train him and a group of CHESTER FUNERAL HOME, ing COFFE.Y FUNERAL-.VIOM6. other new workers. television set. The writer INC, Midland Ave. at Main St., INC 91 North Broadway, Tarry- Berkowitz leaned over to a girl with Berkowitz had been trying to cover drew a picture of a TV set eastchester, Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m town Funeral mass Sat 10:10 AM, long brown hair who was sitting at himself. Howie told of a young post­ "At first it seemed that the oth­ Mass of Christian Burial In the As­ Immaculte Conception Church. In­ INMEMORIAM on the letter. .;; sumption Church. Tuckahoe. Satur­ terment Sleepy Hollow Cemetery i • i • 111 (i I i <» OWxf the next table, and said to her: al worker with a relative on the New ers had a little animosity toward day, August 13 at 10 a.m. Interment Friends may call Fri. only 2-4 anc LEONARD, SheWon •ws. Borgrnan * said she 7-9 PM "You shouldn't wear your hair like York City Police Department who. him (because of his coolness), and I Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. 9th anniversary i was trying to help never thought the writer Gone are the day* we used lo shafe. that, you should put it up." before the last shooting in Brooklyn, could be Berkowitz until she FL °W"' ST,m' |^ <°r™riv <* But in our tjeartl you are always said Howie, who added that Berkow­ V Tfc here. ANOTHER TIME, a female co­ had been telling his colleagues that . . , » . 197Yonkers7 at London. N.Y. , ThorsOhio . ThAuguse wilte 11ot. CROURKE, Veronica A. ot New The gates of memories will neVer the police had set up decoy manne­ itz later blended in with the group. read he was accused of be­ the late Arthur J Flower, devoted City, NY., formerly of While close, - . worker who lives in New Rochelle mother of Arthur J. Flower, of Plains and Valhalla on 'Aug. '11, We miss you more than anyone ing Son of Sam. Yonkers. N.Y. Mrs. Harry (Evelyn) 1977 Beloved mother of Mrs Joan knows. ; Berkowitz lived at 174 Co- Bellini, of Lakeville. Conn., and Higgins, Mrs. Veronica Zebatto, Wife and Son Mrs. John (Helen) Mercurio, of and Mrs. Eileen Roberto. Also sur­ ligni Ave., New Rochelle in London, Ohio. Loving grandmother vived by 15 grandchildren. Mas; RUMSEY, Margaret of 12. great-grandmother of IT. Fu- Saturday 9 45 AM St Augustine Happy First Anniversary! early 1976. Owner Jack Cas- n er a I arrangements inconplete Church, New City. Burial St. Ray­ It's not the words, • sara, 68. recalled how one For further information call the JO­ mond's Cemetery. Bronx, NY. Vis­ They are but few,' > Schools seek closings, busing SEPH G PHILLIPS FUNERAL iting hours at HIGGINS FUNERAL It's the golden memory ot you. day Berkowitz began yelling HOME INC 914-963-4170 after 5 PM HOME, 321 So Main St., New City, Each flower and leaf may wifhef. in his room, apparently be­ Fri. 2-4 and 7-9 P M. Friday. • Each evening sun may set.' transportation costs in succeeding The hearts of those who lone you. Continued from page 1 In a rough timetable presented in cause he was disturbed at Are the ones who never forget. the report, the superintendent pro­ years. some dogs barking outside. Love CHeser 4 Charlotte'Rumsey In a 36-page report on school re­ . i • & Loved Ones posed that the Board of Education Because the state subsidizes Berkowitz ran out of the Omitted in yesterday's paper doe to organization issued Thursday night. transportation for students who live error. Anniversary was on August hire the consultant by December. house and paced up and llth. Dr. Robitaille proposed that students The consultant would work on the more than 1,5 miles from their as­ down a driveway, cursing from predominantly black and His­ "Yonkers Plan" over the next year signed school, east side as well as and staring angrily at the STUROIVANT, Lerente panic (96 per cent) School 6 be bused j 'Third Year in Heaven for impementation in September west side students could be bused to house, said Cassara. Beautiful memories are treasured to five different east side schools school. Obituaries ever .:• '-' 1979. BERKOWITZ'S NAME Of hQppy. days, when we.were to­ which have below-capacity enroll­ Enrico Fermi. Longfellow, and Dr. Robitaille guessed that one in gether crops up in other peculiar - • ,_^ ... •: Wife 4 Son ments. Schools 6 and 34 would not be closed 10 Yonkers students are currently incidents. The superintendent also recom­ driven to school by their parents. He Lucille Wiley until June 1979. although Dr. Robit­ On June 6. Jack Cassara. CARD OF THANKS mended a so-called "Yonkers Plan." aille said the closing and transfer of estimated that one in five students, Berkowitz's former landlord which would involve the redrawing students from School 6 could be im­ or 2.000 elementary school students in New Rochelle. received a Lucille Wiley, 55. of Yonkers the national president of- CHAVSSON, RT5 '-» we wish to of school district lines and the trans­ and 700-800 middle school students press Our most sincere thanks and plemented by next September if the get-well card scribbled in the Young Peoples Association of the Mt. Hebron Apostol­ appreciation to all our friends, rela- portation of students from more pop­ would be affected by the "Yonkers ic Temple, died Wednesday at Yonkers General Hospital. ti?es afid rtelJnborL. foV their many board wished. red ink that read, "Dear acts of Kindness during our recent ulated west side to schools across Plan." Jack: I'm sorry to hear Mrs. Wiley was the wife of Bishop G. H. Wiley, who bereavement. •' • • town. The black and Hispanic stu­ According to the proposed plan. By transferring black and Hispan­ heads the 10-church Mt. Hebron Apostolic Temple, Inc. . The, Chaisson Family Longfellow and the older portion of about that fall you took dents would be dispersed among the ic students out of the predominantly from the roof of your house. MA H ER, Irene T. (r*. Donaldson) 12 predominantly white east side ele­ School 6 would be turned over to the minority schools. Dr. Robitaille said Born Dec. 15. 1921 in We-'wish to thank all of our friends, city of Yonkers. The newer School 6 Please be careful the next Goldsbroro, N.C., Mrs. Wi­ relatives and peiohbers"for their mentary schools. he hoped white students living on the time. Since your (sic) going many Mod-expressions of sympathy The redistricting would fill east annex would be retained by the ley attended public schools receiVed'th/rlrtgour recent bereave­ west side who had fled to private and to be confined for a long ment. side school classrooms, most of school district as would the Fermi parochial schools, would return to in N, Carolina. The Family ot Iren* «»her School. time, lei us know if Nairn which have been accommodating the public school system. (his wife) needs anything." less than 20 students. The west side Dr. Robitaille proposed the clos­ She was a teacher's aide FUNERAL HOMES However, he conceded that School On the front of the card for 12 years at School 6 in schools in contrast, have been filling ing of the Career Center and the Ad­ 10 and Martin Luther King, both SECHNY FUNERAL HOME was a picture of a puppy. Yonkers. their classrooms to capacity with 30 ministration Annex on McLean Ave­ newer west side schools, would re­ Usthg the facilities at nue and the relocation of the adult The return address was Mr. Mrs. Wiley was also a WHALE* FUNERAL HOME INC., students. main for the time being, predomi­ and Mrs. Sam Carr, 316 1»0» from different areas of the city. Cassara's wife said she . , ; *i • •- - . i I '-_ home of Saunders Trades and Tech­ The superintendent observed that didn't dismiss the card as a Wiley, of Yonkers: her father. Monroe Bryant, of Golds- Dr. Robitaille proposed that the nical High School while the old Saun­ he had adopted three proposals on in­ joke. She telephoned Carr. a boro. N.C.: a brother. Monroe Bryant Jr.. also of Goldsbo- ; MotiOmentt school district hire a consultant to ders building on South Broadway ro: and six sisters. Mrs. Joseph (Edna) Wiley and Mrs. tegration included in the Julv report man she had never met. «"•"»»,»»»it)(»<>rr,.C»l »U-4f\7Tfi work on redistricting. Such a consult­ would be turned over to the city. of the Task Force for Quality Educa­ and asked him whether he Rome (Elizabeth) Faison. both of Goldsboro. Mrs, Ches­ ant, he said, would have expertise in While the school district would in­ tion. Some of the task force's other mailed the card. ter (Carrie) Wheeler, of Washington. DC. Mrs. Albert population and statistics, and would vest $400,000 for the busing of stu­ recommendations regarding curricu­ CARR SAID he told Mrs. (Clara) Williams of Marina. Calif.. Mrs. James analyze raw data with the help of a dents in 1979. New York State would lum will be implemented with funds Cassara that he never wrote (Jacqueline) Foye of Buffalo and Mrs. Ether Brown of SYMPATHY computer reimburse Yonkers 90 per cent of its allocated in the 1977-78 budget. the card. But he also found Yonkers. it curious, since his house had been fire-bombed and Sophie Berger his dog had been shot. Hastings group home gains support Three other dead dogs were Sophie Berger. 78. a resident of Yonkers for 'more BELONG found in a plastic bag near than 50 years, died at home Thursday after a prolonged Pine Street at Christmas illness. Continued from page 1 Children, "we don't expect them to fears people have about mentally re­ time in 1976. One dog had The former Sophie Berkowitz. she was born in New AT THE go out and get a job." said Dr. Crow­ tarded people and about the group been strangled, the other York City March 18. 1899, attended schools in Philadel­ Programs (CRISP); Dr. Aletha der. "But they spend a full day at home's effect on the surrounding two had been shot, police phia and moved to Yonkers after her marriage to Edward TIME... Crowder. Chief of Services (WDC). the workshop and get paid for their neighborhood. records show. Bereer on July 9, 1952. and Rick Wolf. WDC Director. work." "The board is aimed to work out Mrs. Cassara said she Mrs. Berger was a member of Congregation OhabZe- The state plans to place nine mod- She added that "mentally retard­ solutions to problems that may come mentioned her conversation dek and an officer of their sisterhood. She was also a past erately-to-severelv retarded adults at ed adults have developed slower and up." said Await ' We're not trying to with Carr to her 19-year-old noble grand and district deputy of the Prince Jonathan the group home in Hastings, with a their capabilities of learning are low­ stomp the home on a neighborhood son. Stephen, who was Rebekah Lodge Independent Order of Art Fellows, i staff of nine full-time employes The er than the normal person . . . .Some We don't want the neighbors' lives to struck by the fact that AT HOME Surviving besides her husband, who is an insurance •. ": •»>•'*-. •>;.; group home is part of a new state of thp abilities they will be learning be interfered with." Carr's dog had been shot. at the home are settin the table, ta­ Support for the group home in broker in Yonkers and a former Planning Commissioner ' >,' .*:$>;•-;•• - • . • program to relocate mentally retard­ "Mom. we once had a ten­ for the city, is a son. Robert R. Berger of Enfield. Com.; .' , ,•«.' r ,., ... ed patients from institutions into pri­ ble manners and things like buying Hastinghs was evident in that at ant who hated dogs," said groceries " least 25 residents after the meeting two daughters Mrs. Davida Hirsch of Old Tappan, NJ: ...-,...... vate homes. A 1975 Federal court de Stephen, referring to Ber­ and Rosiland Berger of Yonkers; three sisters. Sarah Ber­ Fot; sympathy (towers cisiofl ordered that patients in the Mrs. Bartholomew said that once voluntered to serve on the board kowitz. kowitz. Mrs. William (Lillian) Reisman and Mrs. Henry , w ,and plants. Willowbrook Hospital in Staton Is­ the group homo is set up in Hastings, He added that the state selected The Cassaras' suspicions ..caIt your J^q Florist, land be moved back to homes in the a local advisory board will be the convent at 580 Broadway because (Riva) Stanley, all of Philadelphia and a brother Samuel were relayed to police when Berkowitz of West Palm Beach. Fla. community. formed. "The community must have the building met most New York fire they learned that Berkowitz According to Dr. Crowder. the input into such a program." she said and safety requirements and also be­ now lived near Carr and She was predeceased bv another brother. Hyman. of mentally retarded adults at the "The board will amke the program cause the property could be leased that an automobile match­ Philadelphia. group home are sent out to sheltered accountable to the community." "It's not easy to find homes with ing Berkowitz's had been Funeral service will be held Sunday at noon at the workshops administered by the West­ Await said that the advisory the size and with the land the con­ seen driving off when Carr s Garlick Funeral Home with interment to follow at Mount chester Association for Retarded board will also address itself to the vent has." said Await dog was shot. Hope Cemeterv l~ Vr>tjr<)rtr»T64KhFk>Hf»u* . : •. ., ... • ,

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