Yvonne Rustico
Yvonne Rustico, a Mahopac resident and formerly a longtime resident of Yorktown, died Jan. 30. She was 96.
Rustico, who worked as a library secretary at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Yorktown, was born in 1924 in North Hartland, Vt. to Charles and Germaine Beaudette, later graduating from Buckley High School in Hartford, Conn. in 1942. She served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, attaining the rank of yeoman as part of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVE).
In 1965, she married Salvatore Rustico in El Paso, Texas. Rustico will be remembered for being a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, a hard worker and a loyal friend. She loved singing and dancing, spending time with her family, playing poker and traveling the world. She was very passionate about helping others through her Shaklee business. Locally, she was a member of the choir at Grace Lutheran Church in Yorktown, the Mahopac Seniors and the Red Hat Society.
She is survived by her children, Joseph Krosche, of New Rochelle, Jeffrey Krosche (Anna) of Hartsdale, Peter Rustico (Barbara) of Middletown and Lisa Kunst (David) of Hopewell Junction; 17 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; and her sister, Elsie Urgo, of Glastonbury, Conn. She was predeceased by her husband, Salvatore, and her daughter, Lynn Hill.
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