Verne Meyer Bell (8/19/1928 – 9/15/2022), longtime resident of Orange County and Newburgh, New York, died peacefully in his sleep early Thursday morning September 15, 2022 at Spherical Pond, Maine, the place she had resided in her early grownup life and nonetheless had a house. She was 94 years outdated.
Daughter of Leonard and Cecil Brodney, she was born within the Bronx, New York, on August 19, 1928. She is survived by her 5 kids, Lynn, Man, Jill, Genie and Roger, six grandchildren and 7 great- grandchildren.
A retired second-grade trainer for greater than 25 years at Beacon New York, her retirement years had been fruitfully spent supporting the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Rock Tavern, NY, in addition to collaborating in rallies and marches for racial justice, the United Nations, world peace, disarmament and the setting.
For a few years, she helped deliver a United Nations consultant to New York to talk to the Rock Tavern congregation.
Prior to now, she served on the Martin Luther King Neighborhood Huge Celebration committee which created an annual highschool occasion in her reminiscence and in addition supplied scholarships to college students writing one of the best essay on the subject “What I did to maintain Dr. King’s dream alive.
Moreover, at the moment, she was a part of SPARC, an activist group that efficiently rallied to protect the buffer lands round Stewart Airport from business growth.
Verne was honored by the Orange County Human Rights Fee for her a number of contributions.
Extra just lately, she and others introduced a collection of movies to the Newburgh Library highlighting the inequalities of mass incarceration and the racial injustice concerned on this scourge. In 2018, she obtained a certificates of appreciation from the NU VOTERS motion for her group service.
She was predeceased by her two husbands, Man Wheeler Meyer and Walter Bell, and her companion Bertil Taube.
Memorial contributions could also be made to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, NY, PO Field 502, Washingtonville, NY, 10992
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, October 22 at 1:30 p.m. at UUCRT, 9 Vance Street, Rock Tavern, NY.
Posted on October 05, 2022
Posted in Middletown Instances Herald-Document
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Memorial service
UUCRT 9 Vance Street Rock Tavern, NY
October 22, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.
