{"id":4693,"date":"2020-05-09T15:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=4693"},"modified":"2020-05-09T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:30:29","slug":"karen-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=4693","title":{"rendered":"Karen Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Brown-Karen-obit-pic.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Brown-Karen-obit-pic.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Brown-Karen-obit-pic-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Brown, a long time Piermont, NY resident, died on April 29<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020.\u00a0 She was 87 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen, who grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, and lived in New York City; moved to Palisades, NY, in 1965.&nbsp; After graduating from Columbia University, she attended Fordham University where she received a Master\u2019s Degree in social work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She began working at Rockland Children\u2019s Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, NY, in 1972.&nbsp; A few years later, the Center asked her to develop day treatment programs with the Yonkers Board of Education.&nbsp; The program grew to include preschool children and their parents in daycare centers throughout the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After retiring in 1982, she worked for five more years as a social worker at Jawonio, an agency for people with developmental disabilities in New City, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen was an active member of the Piermont community. Over the years she had served as a member of the village zoning board of appeals, been treasurer of the Piermont Civic Association and had been active in the villages\u2019 community garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her last days were spent sharing a hospital room with long time partner Robert Samuels as they battled corona virus. Bob passed three days prior to her.<br><br>She is survived by two sons, Tony and his wife of Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, Adam and his wife of Mount Kisco, NY, and five beloved grandchildren, Sam, Caleb, Caitlin, Jordan, and Shelby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A joint memorial service for Karen and Bob will be planned after the coronavirus pandemic. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Piermont Civic Association or Doctors Without Borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Brown, a long time Piermont, NY resident, died on April 29th, 2020.\u00a0 She was 87 years of age. 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