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It’s with great sadness that the Beaubrun family announces the passing of Mrs. Rolande Beaubrun born Comeau at Northwell Hospital in Valley Stream this Thursday, January 23, 2020. In this painful circumstances, we extend our sincere condolences to her children: Mrs. Yves-Rose Beaubrun Alexandre and husband Mr. Henry-Robert Alexandre, Mrs. Jocelyne Beaubrun Dure and husband Mr. Rodrigue Duré, Mrs. Margaret Beaubrun Ford and husband Mr. Guy-Evans Ford, Mr. Daniel Beaubrun and...

Wilford Peter Shillingford aka Daddy/Willie/WillieP /Father Teresa/Papa Noel, was born in Morne Rachette, Dominica (British West Indies), to Mona Lestrade and Howell Shillingford on October 22, 1947.  After graduating from Saint Mary’s Academy, in Dominica, he became a school teacher, but to make a better life for his family he decided to migrate to Canada in 1968 and then eventually moved to the United States in 1969 and joined the Army.  Willie was in the Army on...

Roland Amilcar was born in Port-au-Prince and raised on the countryside of Leogane, Haiti on October 10, 1945. He was the eldest son of Eugene Amilcar and Rosamene Zetrenne, and brother to Germaine Amilcar, Marla Amilcar, Yvon Amilcar, Yvanne Amilcar, Sonet Amilcar and Weber Amilcar. Growing up in Haiti he attended the institution of St. Louis Gonzague. As a talented young man he developed a passion for the arts and painting while creating a great body of work. At the age of 25, he...