Gertrude Zoeller
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Gertrude Zoeller, a longtime Hawthorne resident, loving wife, mother, friend and devoted Oma (grandmother), peacefully passed away on Dec. 2.
Gertrude (Trudy) was born on Sept. 6, 1939, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to the late Anton and Thekla Pfuelb.
Gertrude immigrated to New York City in 1958, married Gerhard in 1959 and worked at Chase Manhattan Bank in Pleasantville for many years. She enjoyed volunteering with the Pleasantville Garden Club, the Hearts and Hands Knitting Group in Pleasantville, and she was a parishioner at Holy Rosary Church in Hawthorne. Her greatest joy in life was being an Oma to her two granddaughters. Gertrude will be dearly missed by everyone who knew her.
Gertrude is survived by her husband, Gerhard Zoeller; her two daughters, Stephanie Zoeller McGill of Thornwood and Evelyn Petriccione of Valhalla; her two sons-in-law, Daniel McGill and Claudio Petriccione; and her loving granddaughters, Alexandra McGill Leary and Melania Petriccione. She is also survived by her grandson-in-law, Sean Leary; her nephew, Steven Zoeller, of LaGrangeville, N.Y.; her grandniece, Kate Zoeller, of Richmond, Vt.; and all of her family members from Grossheubach, Germany.
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