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Lorraine Adele (Ritrovato) Cleary 1940 - 2001

Lorraine Adele (Ritrovato) Cleary Ms. of Kingston, Ulster County, NY was born on October 9, 1940, and died at age 61 years old on November 13, 2001.
Lorraine Adele (Ritrovato) Cleary Ms.
Lorrie
Kingston, Ulster County, NY 12401
October 9, 1940
November 13, 2001
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  • 10/9
    1940

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    October 9, 1940
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  • 11/13
    2001

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    November 13, 2001
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    Lorraine Ritrovato Cleary - 1940-2001 was born in Tivoli, NY to Pearl Dugan and Vincent Ritrovato. In 1949 her father passed in a tragic accident at the Poughkeepsie train yard. As a young girl, she faced racism as an Italian child in a predominantly German/Irish neighborhood. She married Edward Joseph Cleary at age 21. Lorraine had 4 children. 3 girls and 1 boy that she raised on her own due to the unreliability and alcoholism of her husband. 2 of her daughters were killed by drunk drivers in 2 separate accidents, 10 years apart. The sudden deaths of her daughters caused severe grief in her life. She never recovered from the loss. Despite, all of the difficulties and hardships that Lorraine faced, she remained a kind, gentle, and giving person to anyone who was in need of a helping hand. She was a talented poet, experienced gardener, and avid reader. She is remembered with extreme love by her remaining family.
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    Lorraine Adele (Ritrovato) Cleary lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 61.
    The average age of a Ritrovato family member is 71.
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In 1940, in the year that Lorraine Adele (Ritrovato) Cleary was born, on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.
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In 1967, at the age of 27 years old, Lorraine was alive when on November 7th, President Johnson signed legislation passed by Congress that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which would later become PBS and NPR. The legislation required CPB to operate with a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature".
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