Harry Wilson Andersen, a 53-year resident of Port Washington Terrace, died on Oct. 8, 2003. Beloved husband of Rosemary; married for 61 years. Devoted father to Harry and Glen Andersen. Proud grandfather to Kristen, Tyghe, Chad and Ryon Andersen. He was a career insurance adjuster for Moore-McCormack Shipping Lines and later, a division of Lloyds of London. He was a member of the Henderson-Marino VFW Post #1819 and the Manhasset Bay Sportsmen's Club. Mass of Christian Burial was held on Oct. 11 at St. Peter of Alcantara Church. Interment with VFW Honor Guard was held at Nassau Knolls Cemetery. The family expressed wishes of offerings of condolence to be donated to the Port Washington Henderson-Marino Post #1819. Genevieve White (nee Brangan), formerly of Port Washington, died on Oct. 11, 2003, in her 83rd year. Wife of the late Richard A. Jr. Mother or Richard of Southington, CT, James of Port Jefferson, Carol Randel of Port Washington, Maureen Scott of Copiague, and Patricia Quartararo of Parlin, NJ. Grandma Vee was also survived by 18 grandchildren. A graduate of NYU, Genevieve excelled in the arts, music and literature. She was a woman of indomitable spirit, with an in-depth knowledge of Victorian style and an eduring love for her family. Arrangements were made by the Austin F. Knowles Funeral Home, Port Washington. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Peter of Alcantara RC Church. Interment LI National Cemetery, Pinelawn.

Marija Paberzs, wife of Fricis Paberzs of Port Washington, passed away on Oct. 28, 2003 at the age of 97. She was born on Jan. 10, 1906 in the Baltic seaport of Liepaja in Latvia, the third of four children of Janis and Marija Kazalowskis. At that time Latvia was a part of the Czarist Russian Empire. Her father worked as a mechanic in the government railroad yard, and at the outbreak of WWI, he was ordered by the Russian government to take a position in the city of Gomel, in what is today Belarus. This move split up the family, with Marija and her younger brother moving with their father to Belarus, and the two older children staying with their mother in Latvia. At the end of the war, in 1920, the family was reunited in Latvia.

In 1935, Marija Paberzs accepted a position in the Latvian Embassy in Washington, DC, and came to the US. After the outbreak of WWII, the staff of the Latvian Embassy was greatly reduced. Not wishing to return to her soviet occupied homeland, she trained as a nurse in Montefiore Hospital in NYC, took up residence in Brooklyn and worked as a private registered nurse.

In 1948, she enabled her brother, the late Janis Krasts, and his two children, all of whom were refugees displaced from Latvia, to enter the USA. In 1951, she married Fricis Paberzs and took up residence in Port Washington. She retired from nursing and was a loving godmother, helping her brother raise his children. She is survived by her husband and the children she helped raise, Aija Mara Accatino, now residing in Port Washington, and Aivars Krasts, now retired in Houston, TX.

Funeral arrangements were handled by the Austin F. Knowles Funeral Home. A religious service was held Nov. 3 at the funeral home. Interment Nassau Knolls Cemetery.