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Susan Deane-Miller - Poughkeepsie, NY posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Joël, I am so sorry to hear of Val's passing. My heart is with you and I am holding you both in the light.
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Dean Aulogia - New Windsor, NY posted a condolence
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Dear Joel,
I did not get to know Valentina for long, but had the pleasure of having her give my daughter Katie violin lessons for a brief while. Katie enjoyed these lessons thoroughly. I also appreciated that Valentina wasn't a stickler for the clock, but taught with compasssion and patience until she felt the lesson was complete.
I'm so sorry for your loss and ask the Lord to Bless you at this time.
Sincerely,
Dean Aulogia
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Cheri O'Hare posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Dear Joel,
My most heartfelt sympathies to you in your loss. My prayers are with you. May our loving Father comfort and sustain you, and may your beautiful memories of your wife bring you joy, and peace. God bless you my friend!
With deepest regret,
Cheri
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Olga Dusheina - West Nyack, NY - friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
I gravelly will miss Valechka! She was my bride made on my wedding. Every single year she was sending me a greeting card on our wedding day and on Easter. She is the one who help me in foreign country and connect with wonderful orchestras, open the door to my new home USA, far away from Russia. She shared with me same faith and I always will pray that God will rest her soul in Heaven.
My deepest condolences go to all her beloved family.
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Fred & Marge Briggs - Jacksonville, FL posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Please accept our sincere condolences. You all are in our thoughts and prayers. We pray that God will bring you comfort at this difficult time and wipe away your every tear. Sending all our love, Marge & Fred Briggs & Family
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Susan Rafkind - kingston, NY - HVP colleague posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Joel, my deepest condolences to you and your family. May Val's memory be for a blessing.
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Delores Thayer - Springfield, MA - violist colleague and friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Dear Val, I will miss your wonderful playing, attention to accuracy and detail, and professionalism in the Springfield Symphony viola section. I will remember our dinners between rehearsals at Nadim's aka Café Lebanon that you organized, especially the one on your last birthday, October 4, 2013. You accepted your illness with such grace and dignity. May you rest in peace.....
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A friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
While the majority of us hacked away at stringed instruments in junior and senior high school, there was our Concert Mistress, Val. Her musicality was something to which we all aspired, and to varying degrees were able to approach, but never equal. You would think that someone so heads and shoulders above everyone else in the orchestra would be a prima donna; with Val, nothing ever could be further from the truth. Alas, we fell out of contact after high school, but her life in music is precisely what I would have expected of her; likewise, her thorough grace as a person. Val exemplifies the sort of loss we have had far too many of in 2014.
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Frank Petrocelli - Nanuet, NY - Friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Dear Joel,
On behalf of myself and my wife, Sharon Slote, we wish our deepest sympathies and condolences to you and your family. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Frank Petrocelli and Sharon Slote
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Harry Gerham - Wallkill, NY - Friend of Joel's from West Point posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Joel and family, So very sorry to hear about your loss, you are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Wishing you peace, Harry
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Marsha (Davidson) Goldstein - Tarpon Springs, FL posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Val was one of my first and closest friends when I moved to Spring Valley. She was the orchestra concermistress and I was principal violist. We traveled for competitions and formed a quartet. We spent time with each other's families. We built a friendship on music and academics and reconnected several years ago. I will miss her dearly.
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The Sodano Family - Friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
We are so very saddened at the new of the passing of Joel's wife Valentina. She was a wonderfully talented lady with a great sense of humor and was revered in the Hudson Valley music world. She will be missed by many. Sending prayers and condolences to our friend Joel and the Charlap-Evans families.
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Rick & Janet Barbour - Griswold, CT - friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Joel, our sincere condolences on the passing of Val. She was a great musician and great person. She will be missed by many.
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Jane M Carhart - Jimena de la Frontera, Spain, NY posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Dear Val,
Wherever I go with my viola, I go with you. The happy photo from our last dinner together a few years ago is always in my viola case, and you are with me in my heart. This summer we have been to France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy and now Spain, and we made a lot of music. I miss you and keep your memory with me. Jane
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Marcelle Blancato - Vancouver, BC posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
I went to jr and high school with Val and played in the orchestra with her. She played beautifully then and I new she would be a talented artist. This is sad news.
Marcelle Blancato. Vancouver British Columbia
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Liz Rose - Northampton, MA - Stand partner SSO and friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Val! My heart is so heavy and darkened by the sadness of your departure. As your stand partner in SSO for more than two decades, we have shared so much music, so many laughs, frustrations, stories, dinners and dreams. I will miss you. You lived your life with so much passion for your work, your travels, music and marriage. Your dedication as a violist and your absolutely accurate performances were always inspiring! And your awesome pizzicato!
You fought your illness with such courage and dignity, never complaining and continuing to think of others, mainly Joel and your parents and sisters.
Thank you for being a friend Val, and may peace be yours.
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Carol Hutter - Hadley, MA - colleague and friend posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
I will sincerely miss Val and her amazing viola playing. Her voice in the Springfileld Symphony Orchestra will be missed so much in our viola section. Val had the best smile. Her strength as a person was unmatched as she fought the illness that she unfortunately had to battle. She was always so positive about life, and spoke so much of her wonderful husband, Joel. Her accuracy in the orchestra amazed so many of us. My heart goes out to her family and all of her friends. She touched so many lives with her wit and her music. I am so lucky to have known her.
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Ed and Carol Lundergan - New Paltz, NY - Friends, colleagues posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
We were so saddened to learn of Val's passing. She was a wonderful, funny, immensely talented and courageous woman, and we will miss her terribly, both on a personal and professional level. Our Kairos Bach cantatas just won't be the same without her beautiful and sensitive playing. Much love to Joel and her family.
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Fred De Poalo - New Milford, NJ posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
I went to Spring Valley Junior High and Spring Valley Senior High with Val - we had a lot of classes together. She was part of our very special 8th grade class in 1965-1966; it was one big laugh from September right thru to June. Rest in peace, Val.
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Nancy Wight - New York, NY - friend posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
I am heartbroken for the Charlap family. Valentina was so devoted to all of you, and she was a wonderful musician. I am just trying to digest this terrible news. I appreciate Jean calling me in such a timely manner.
All my love,
Nancy Wight
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Ellen Redman - Westfield, MA - Colleague, Springfield Symphony posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
I will miss Val's smile as we begin our new season at the symphony. We would often chat in the green room and she always seemed to be in a good mood. Most of us had no idea what she was going through. It is a great loss both in terms of her as a player in the orchestra, but also as a friend and colleague. My deepest condolences to her family and friends. Her legacy of kindness will live on.
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Lisa Bressler - Chicago, IL posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
I am so sad to hear of Val's passing. Since I left New York she was one of the very few people with whom I stayed in touch and visited when I came back every summer. My deepest condolences to Joel and the rest of her family. Val, I miss your smile, playing with you, sharing a meal together, and just knowing that we remained friends as the years passed. I love you, rest in peaceful light.
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Geri Grasso Ferry - Milford, PA posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
I had the privilege of Val's friendship in Jr. And Sr. High school.....she was always a lovely person..kind, caring and down to earth. Her musical talents were amazing....I have many fond memories .......thinking of her husband and family at this most difficult time ..... may the angels embrace each and every one of you and give you strength and comfort.
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Andrew Cordle - Astoria, NY - colleague posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
It is with great sadness that I learned today of Valentina's passing, I was unaware of her illness. Valentina was always cheerful whenever I saw her at work and even though we were not close she treated me with great respect as both a colleague and friend. She will be sorely missed !!! My condolences to her family and friends...
Andrew Cordle
Principle Bassoon
Springfield Symphony
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Peggy Clapp - San Diego,, CA posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
I was blessed to work musically with Val and Joel, such wonderful musicians. God bless you Joel and the family.
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A friend posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
My condolences to the Charlap-Evans family. May you find comfort from God's word recorded at Ecclesiastes 9:5,10 regarding the loss of your love one.
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Andrew Palley - Denville, NJ posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
To the memory of an old friend who I've never forgotten. My sympathies to all who were close to her. She was a special person.
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Kenn Rabin - San Anselmo, CA - Friend posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
Val, the years that you, me, Andy and Tony were the "four muskateers" were some of the happiest times of my life. You know how I felt about you and I knew how you felt about me. You were a dear friend and companion and some of the light has gone from this earth knowing that you're gone and that you've made music for the last time. Rest in peace and know you'll be forever living in my memory.
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Shunyo, Fumi, and Chris Morgan - , Chappaqja, NY - Shun yo is Viola Studend posted a condolence
Monday, September 15, 2014
Valentina , what an honor to know your kindness as we watched our daughter"s happy growth under your guidance. Valentina told us when we first met, when she was a young student people helped her, that she lived to continue in this fashion to guide and help any that had a love of Viola. With great fondness we thank Valentina.
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