Notable Deaths in 2013

Patch remembers East Meadow residents who passed away in 2013:

Nelson H. Finkelman, a long time member of the East Meadow Fire Department, died Oct. 2. He was 83. Mr. Finkelman a Nassau County fire marshal, also served in the United States Navy.

Michael Staniszewski, a 1994 graduate of East Meadow High School, died of natural causes at his home in Mississippi Nov. 16.

Gladys Eisler, a retired school bus driver for the East Meadow School District, died Dec. 10. She was 95. orn and raised in New York City, Ms. Eisler moved to nearby Levittown where she began her 30-year career as a school bus driver in the Levittown, East Meadow and Hicksville school districts. She retired in 1995.

Richard Novarro Remembered: Though the Barnum Woods Elementary School community lost fifth grade teacher Richard Novarro in 2012, the Town of Hempstead presented a special "street" sign to the school in May. The sign hangs in the hallway of the fifth grade wing of the school.

Please feel free to post a comment below about who else should be remembered and why.