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Irish Artist Honored
May 22, 2014
Downey City Councilman Mario Guerra, right, introduces Irish artist Maureen Gaffney Wolfson, center, honored by the county Board of Supervisors for her contributions to the Sister City program in Downey and County Roscommon, Ireland. Looking on at left is Downey Mayor…
Long Beach Press Telegram
Dec 31, 2013
DOWNEY – The long road from despair to hope ended for Pearl Crosby-Dillon as she stood beside thousands of flowers in the soft sunlight of a quiet December morning. She had recently crossed an ocean with her family, coming to Downey from her native County Roscommon,…
The Downey Patriot
Nov 7, 2013
When contacted last Tuesday at her home in Dublin, Ireland, the 37-year old youngest daughter of former Roscommon County mayor Tom Crosby, Pearl Crosby-Dillon, who underwent a well-publicized, successful brain tumor surgery on Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, said, sounding…
Los Angeles Daily News – Pearl Crosby Dillon
Oct 25, 2013
Pearl Crosby-Dillion, left, with her mother. Pauline Crosby, center, and painter Maureen Gaffney Wolfson. Crosby-Dillion and her mother came from Ireland to Los Angeles for a successful brain tumor surgery. The nightmare is finally over. Saturday she leaves Los…
Honoring Kevin Cordasco Jr.
Oct 1, 2013
Local artist Maureen Gaffney-Wolfson along with the Cordasco family—Kevin Sr., Cade and Melodie were on hand in the Children’s Library to honor Kevin Cordasco Jr. who passed away in March of 2013 after a difficult battle with cancer. Kevin, the courageous young man,…
Irish Artist Honored
May 22, 2014
Downey City Councilman Mario Guerra, right, introduces Irish artist Maureen Gaffney Wolfson, center, honored by the county Board of Supervisors for her contributions to the Sister City program in Downey and County Roscommon, Ireland. Looking on at left is Downey Mayor…
Long Beach Press Telegram
Dec 31, 2013
DOWNEY – The long road from despair to hope ended for Pearl Crosby-Dillon as she stood beside thousands of flowers in the soft sunlight of a quiet December morning. She had recently crossed an ocean with her family, coming to Downey from her native County Roscommon,…
The Downey Patriot
Nov 7, 2013
When contacted last Tuesday at her home in Dublin, Ireland, the 37-year old youngest daughter of former Roscommon County mayor Tom Crosby, Pearl Crosby-Dillon, who underwent a well-publicized, successful brain tumor surgery on Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, said, sounding…
Los Angeles Daily News – Pearl Crosby Dillon
Oct 25, 2013
Pearl Crosby-Dillion, left, with her mother. Pauline Crosby, center, and painter Maureen Gaffney Wolfson. Crosby-Dillion and her mother came from Ireland to Los Angeles for a successful brain tumor surgery. The nightmare is finally over. Saturday she leaves Los…
Honoring Kevin Cordasco Jr.
Oct 1, 2013
Local artist Maureen Gaffney-Wolfson along with the Cordasco family—Kevin Sr., Cade and Melodie were on hand in the Children’s Library to honor Kevin Cordasco Jr. who passed away in March of 2013 after a difficult battle with cancer. Kevin, the courageous young man,…