Dutchess Office for Aging picks honorees

DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. » Ronald Seeley of Hyde Park was chosen as the Dutchess County Male Senior Citizen of the Year by the Dutchess County Office for the Aging Advisory Board.

Patricia Malin of Pleasant Valley was chosen as the county’s Female Senior Citizen of the Year. Barbara and Ronald Nolan of Pleasant Valley were chosen as the county’s Senior Citizen Couple of the Year. In addition, Jack Fenton of Hyde Park and Joy Godin of Wingdale were selected to receive Senior Achievement Awards.

Those selected were chosen from nominations submitted by the community.

Those chosen will be honored at the annual Celebration of Aging luncheon on Monday, May 21, at noon at Villa Borghese, 70 Widmer Road, Wappingers Falls. The event will also honor Dutchess County couples married for 70 or more years and residents who will be 100 years of age or more any time in 2018. If you know a Dutchess County resident who falls into one of those categories (or both), please contact the Dutchess County Office for the Aging at (845) 486-2555.

The public is invited to attend the celebration, which features a full buffet lunch at a cost of $25 per person or $250 for a table of 10 if payment is received no later than Friday, April 27. After that date, tickets (if they are still available) are $40 per person.

Checks should be mailed or delivered to the Dutchess County Office for the Aging, 27 High St., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601. For more information, call (845) 486-2555 or send an email to bjones@dutchessny.gov.