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Aug 15

Doris Karas built dream home in Pound Ridge half-century ago

Doris Karas

Doris Karas of Pound Ridge died July 31 at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Conn. She was 99.

She was born Jan. 16, 1925, in New York to Charles Erath and Emma Schalk. She and her future husband, Gerald, grew up in Queens and met at a World War II canteen for service members in New York where she volunteered. 

They were married Dec. 7, 1947, and started their family in a ranch house in Massapequa, N.Y. In 1968, they built their dream home in Pound Ridge, having discovered the town 20 years earlier on a church camping trip to Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.

Her husband of 72 years died July 2020. She is survived by their children, Kenneth Karas (Katie), Keith Karas (Patricia) and Kristen Woll (David), as well grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 

Services were held at Clark Associates Funeral Home in Katonah earlier this month. She was buried next to her late husband Aug. 3 at Pound Ridge Cemetery. 








IN BRIEF

Lewisboro Garden Club offering ‘Holiday Swag’

The Lewisboro Garden Club is having a “Holiday Swag” fundraiser for the club. to order swags, go to lewisborogardenclub.org and click on the “Holiday Swags” button for the form.

The swags can be hung on a door or mailbox. They also make great holiday gifts for neighbors, a senior, or for yourself.

“Spread holiday cheer and community spirit,” the club suggests. Orders are due Nov. 24. Swags will be delivered by Sunday, Dec. 8. There is a $36, non-refundable fee for each swag.


Student collection aids four nonprofits

A Fox Lane High School student will be collecting items to help four different charities on the front lawn of the Bedford Presbyterian Church, 44 Village Green, from 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 5, Election Day.

The effort, dubbed “We Elect to Collect,” seeks leftover candy from Halloween, crayons (used, whole or broken) tabs pulled off of aluminum cans and towels (used cloth or new paper).

The effort will support Operation Shoebox, The Crayon Initiative, Pull Together and the SPCA of Westchester.


Pound Ridge Massacre documentary screening, discussion set

The Crestwood Historical Society and Yonkers Historical Society will screen a documentary about the Pound Ridge Massacre at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at the Pincus Auditorium, Yonkers Public Library Grinton I. Will Branch, 1500 Central Park Ave., Yonkers.

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