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Caroline Wilson Obituary

CAROLINE J. WILSON of Greenwich, passed away on April 20 at Rosenthal Hospice in Stamford. She was born March 14, 1930 to Arthur and Caroline Gil Jahrsdorfer in Brooklyn, NY. She moved to Port Chester in 1939 and graduated from Port Chester High School in 1947. She married William M. Wilson on October 14, 1951. She worked at Corenty Trust Company and was a legal secretary to John Buckley, Herman Schupp and Robert J. McKeever. She was also a secretary to the Director of Port Chester Public Library, at the Greenwich Town Hall for Inlands/Wetlands Agency, and until her retirement in 1996 she was a secretary for New Lebanon School in Byram. She is survived by 2 cousins and 3 nieces. In addition to her parents her husband William on June 28, 1996 and a brother Richard A. Jahrsdorfer predeceased her.

Friends may call at the Castiglione Funeral Home, Inc., 134 Hamilton Ave., in Greenwich today (Fri) from 5-8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, 9:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Port Chester, NY, with burial to follow in St. Mary Cemetery in Ryebrook, NY. Memorial donations may be made in her memory to: American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492 or The American Cancer Society, 372 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897.

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Published by GreenwichTime on Apr. 22, 2005.

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Meghan Link

April 23, 2005

I am the daughter of your neice, Patricia. We have never met; however, after your death, I feel as though I have, indeed, met you. I feel you deep within my mind and in my blood. May peace be with you always.



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Meghan Link

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