1829 Legacy Society Founders

In 2025, a generous gift to the library from trustee Randy Correll and his husband Paul Occhipinti led to the creation of the 1829 Legacy Society of the Claverack Free Library Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Randy’s and Paul’s gift inspired other trustees and many longtime library friends and supporters to join them as founders of the endowment with their own contributions and bequests. While membership in the 1829 Legacy Society will always be open to all who wish to join, we especially want to acknowledge Randy and Paul, along with all the founders of the fund, for their commitment to future generations of library patrons.

In alphabetical order:

Claire Ackerman
Virginia and Peter Ambrose
Anonymous (4)
Mame and John Bradley
Meg Cashen
Randy Correll and Paul Occhipinti
Country Comforts LLC
Jeffrey Dean
Donald Marshall Trust
Patricia Fecher
Audre Higbee
Nancy and Theodore Hilscher
Stephen King and Peter Bevacqua
Stephanie and William Keyser
Stacia Kroetz
Linda McNutt and Peter Hoffman
Bruce D. Leder
Elena and Gregory Mosley
Katharine Osterhoudt
Charlene and Peter Paden
Jennifer and Christopher Post
Janine Tronolone Reif and Frederick Reif
Susan Roberts
Victoria Rosenwald
Roger Sametz
Dorothea and James Schoep
Julie Shevach and Tom Helling
Ann Singleton
Stephanie Sussman and David Baylen
Gretchen Stearns and Richard Weininger

2025 Annual Fund Donors*
Our donors know that libraries serve many purposes — as necessary places of inquiry and learning, as community centers, as quiet retreats from a noisy world — and their generosity strengthens us and makes our future more secure. Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2025.

$5,000 and above

The Jerome and Marlene Brody Foundation, Inc.

$1,000 – $4,999

Anonymous (4)
Claire Ackerman
Teresa Ackerman
Regina Aldisert
Virginia and Peter Ambrose
Mame and John Bradley
Laura and Stephen Corsun
The Doris Fund
Susan Rosenfeld and Peter Hoffman
Stephen King and Peter Bevacqua
James Mackerer
The Arthur and Eileen Newman Family Foundation
Charlene and Peter Paden
The Parton Family Fund
Jennifer and Christopher Post
Roy Pulver, Jr.
Janine Tronolone Reif and Frederick Reif
Susan Roberts
Deborah and Robert Shakotko
Stephanie Sussman and David Baylen
The Ullman Family Charitable Foundation
Gretchen Stearns and Richard Weininger

$500 – $999

Pamela Banks
Didi Barrett
Becker Family Giving Fund
Ellen Block
Susan Bryant
William Case
Kathleen Ann Cashen
Allan Chapin
Audre Higbee
Harriet and Matthew Magaldi
Linda McNutt and Peter Hoffman
Elizabeth O’Donnell
Dorothea and James Schoep
Susan Slagter
Corrie and Robert Verde

Up to $499

Anonymous (1)
James Aisenberg
Martha Andrew
Trish Arbib
Steve Argus
Joseph Baker III
Susan Bane
Charles Bardes
Norma Barnard
William Barrett
Peter Baxter
Richard Bazelow
Joan Berry
Pik Ye Berwick
Ellen Bickal
Lisa Binder
Arlene Boehm
Greta Bottino
Janice Bouchard
Arminee Bowler
Sara Brandston
Ritalynn Brechner
Linda Brekker
Sara Brennan
Carol Calvin
Linda and John Campeta
Timothy Cantele
Stanley Carr
Anthony Cartolano
Leslie Cattan
Nathan Chess
Kathleen Christiano
Bennet Cohen
Ivette Collazo
William Cook
Rosalyn Corriveau
Nancy Costello
Amy and Salvatore Cozzolino
Salvatore D’Amico
Deborah Davis
Elizabeth Davis
Tracie Dedrick
Risa and Lewis Dimm
Linda Drahushuk
Robert Duggan
Adah Egloff
Robert Elinson
Barbara Ellsworth
Ann Esselstyn and Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD
Theodore Filli
Patricia Fecher
Karen Fetty
Susan and Mark Fingar
Craig Fitt and Bruce Shostak
Katherine Flammia
Linda and Peter Fonda
Helen and Henry Freedman
William Furse
Carol Gans
Bing Garrido
Sandra and Stewart Gill
Mary Gorman
Arthur Griffith
Nancy Guarino
David Haines
Carolyn Haldane
Leonard Hall
James Harrington
Daniel Hills
Dorothea Hotaling
Lynn and Michael Howard
David Imbrogno
George Javaras
Peter Johnson
Walter Jutkofsky
Christine and Michael Kachuba
James Karic
Kathleen Keeler
Stephanie and William Keyser
Jeffrey Kiplinger
Pamela Kline
John Konderwich
Josephine Konow
Karen Kreig
Claudia Krisniski
Peggy Lampman and Ian Nitschke
Lloyd Lorne Lawrence
Elizabeth Leckie
Bruce Leder
Cary Leibowitz
Lydia Lemay
Elizabeth and Richard Livingston
Sandra Lopresto
Ernest Luciano
Mary Luft
Margaret MacGrady
Barbara Martin
Florence and Victor Meyers
Ann and George Mickle
Deborah Mintz
Joseph Mormando
Lynn Morrissey
Elena and Gregory Mosley
Julie and Steven Nack
Robert Nicholson
Lan Nguyen
Charles North
Paul Nostrand
Regina and Frank Orlando
Bernadette Orr
Rebecca Otten
Kathleen Peters
Susanna Pflaum
Kim and Jeffrey Plass
Sharon Poucher
Sarah Price
Daniel Quinion
Chris Reed
Michael Reese
Renate Reiss
Lynn Ribar
Richard Riccio
Joseph Ronsani
Susan Rosenfeld
Stephen Rupp
Loretta Rothstein
Carol Rusoff
Stephen Sanborn
Thomas Saver
Patricia Scalera
M. Fortuna Schefano
Anne Seidlitz
Ahmed Shah
Kathleen G. Sheedy
Julie Shevach and Tom Helling
Ann Singleton
Jean and Edward Stoler
Shirley and Michael Sullivan
Mona Talbott
Beverly Tomkins
Anthony Torchia
Marilyn Trowbridge
Nancy Van Deren
Frances Varelli
Mario Verna
Mary Elizabeth and Curtis Vincent
Donna Wexler
Gail Wheeler
Joseph White
Jacqueline Wilder
Nancy Winch
Sali Wohlbach
Audrey Wyman
Eileen Yandik
Linda Yasinski

Businesses, Civic Organizations, Government, Corporate and Charitable Foundations

The Ackerman Foundation, Inc.
All Points Media LLC
Bank of Greene County Charitable Fund
Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Fund
Children’s Foundation of Columbia County, Inc.
Chicago Community Foundation
Claverack Package Store
Colarusso & Sons, Inc.
Country Comforts
Donut Holes
Flood-Gamble Foundation
Greene County Council on the Arts
The Alexander & Marjorie Hover Foundation Inc.
Hendrick Hudson, Chapter, NSDAR
Hudson Food Truck, LLHudson River Bank and Trust Foundation
Longview Charitable
Donald J. Marshall Living Trust
Meltz Lumber Co.
New York State Legislature Assembly District 106
Stewart’s Shops Corporate Office
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