Michael Buccino, 21: West Islip graduate of 2003
by Tiffany Elliott
      Michael Joseph Buccino, who graduated West Islip High School in 2003, had his promising future taken away when he died as a passenger in a car accident on November 4, 2006. The 21-year old, affectionately known as “Poppa Buccino,” was waiting to be called by the cities of New York or Las Vegas so...
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Fannie Mae "Big Mama" Gilliam of Amityville
by Tiffany Elliott
      Longtime Amityville resident and devoted Zion Gospel Church parishioner, Fannie Mae Gilliam, died November 2, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. She was 96 and was affectionately known as “Big Mama.” Born November 27, 1909 to Robert and Loretta (Picken) Rambo in Jackson, Mississipp...
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Philip VanBourgondien, 85, nursery owner
by Tiffany Elliott
      Longtime Babylon resident and commercial plant and flower grower Philip J. VanBourgondien died in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 15, 2006. He was 85 years old and was the past president of his family’s plant and flower nursery based in Southold, CJ VanBourgondien, Inc.
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Kay Sullo of N.Babylon, avid volunteer
by Tiffany Elliott
      North Babylon resident Kathleen “Kay” Margaret Sullo so dedicated her life to caring for those in her community that more than 600 people showed up at her funeral, according to her daughter, Kathleen. “She was the most loving, giving and caring person I ever knew. So many people loved her,” said h...
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