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Co-op City Times / June 25, 2016
Home-Going Service for the late Bessie Mae Reid Bessie Mae Reid, affectionately known as Mother Reid, an original cooperator who lived in Building 27B, passed away on Friday, June 17. She was 90 years old. Home-going service will be held today, Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mars Hill Baptist Church, 1030 Prospect Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459. Bessie, the daughter of the late John and Lucille Wilson-Cofield, was born in Corian, North Carolinas on August 8th, 1925. Her formative years were spent in Corian where she completed her primary education before relocating to New York City. She married the late Henry Reid and from their union, two children were born, Ronald C. Reid and the late Aretha M. Reid-Southerland. At an early age, Mrs. Reid was baptized with the Holy Spirit and developed an unquenchable love for the Body of Christ. For countless years, she played the organ and piano, singing gospel songs and hymns. Seeking to further her education, Bessie attended Willow Brook in Staten Island where she studied nursing. Upon the completion of her studies at Willow
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Brook, Mrs. Reid became employed at Governor Hospital, and then at Bronx Development Center where she faithfully worked for twenty-five years
until her retirement. Both at Governor’s Hospital and the Bronx Development Center, Bessie exemplified great work ethic by never being late. She was a superb worker and supervisor. In addition to her illustrious career, Bessie was an inventor and fabulous cook. She persistently bought a car every three years. She was the type of woman who could do all things fabulously! Furthermore, Bessie also loved to travel with Bessie Morgan, her friend for over 50 years. In her later years, Bessie was a participant in the JASA Social Adult Day Care which met in Room 25 in the Bartow Center. Mrs. Reid leaves to mourn her memory, her son Ronald C. Reid; two grandchildren: Jasmine Saxon and Precious Reid; a brother and two sisters: Johnny Cofield, Mary Tankard and Eunice Edison and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends. The family of the late Bessie Mae Reid thanks everyone for their support through prayers, cards, flowers, phone calls and their kind acts of sympathy during their period of bereavement.
Obituary – Anna Catherine DiNardo Anna Catherine DiNardo, a resident of Co-op City for more than 40 years, died on June 5, in Kingston, New York, following a lengthy illness, her son Robert reported this week. At her death, Mrs. DiNardo was just five days short of her 91st birthday. Born on June 10, 1925 in the Bronx, New York, Mrs. DiNardo was the ninth of nine surviving children of Catherine and Frank Basile. Mrs. DiNardo was a graduate of the New York City public school system. On May 11, 1946, she married Olindo DiNardo, also of the Bronx. Mr. DiNardo, a long-time employee of Sterling Drug Co., died in July 2001. The couple raised their family in the Bronx, eventually moving to Co-op City in the late 1960s. They resided in several locations in Co-op City, the last being on Earhart Lane in Section 5. Mrs. DiNardo was both a homemaker and a business woman, working last for several decades at the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. At home, she was an avid gardener, an artist and an extraordinarily gifted cook, specializing in southern Italian cuisine. Following her retirement from Metropolitan Life in 1987, Mrs. DiNardo was an active member of the Goose Island Senior Citizens Club in Co-op City. Mrs. DiNardo is survived by three children— Robert, of Manhattan; Janet, of Fair Lawn, New Jersey; and Catherine, who resides in New Paltz, New York with her husband, Todd Essig. In addition, she is survived by three grandchildren—Michael and Elizabeth White, the children of Janet and Larry White; and Daniela DiNardo, the daughter of Robert and Olivia DiNardo. Mrs. DiNardo is also survived by two great grandchildren—Leanna and Mason White, the children of Michael and Adrienne White of Glen Rock, New Jersey. Anna Catherine DiNardo