We Need Your Help..

Mrs. Cathy Fossati came into my office September 2, 2010 seeking help with burying her husband. She was in financial need to have her husband buried with dignity. Her husband had been sick for several years and lay dying in a Hospice home. She lives locally and her husband was a member of the American Legion in Seaford.

Mr. Fossati passed away Saturday September 4, 2010 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Fossati is a honorably discharged veteran who served one year, four months and fourteen days overseas during his term in the U.S. Army in the early sixties.

After being quoted $9,000.00 for a modest burial, Mrs. Fossati approached UVBH for assistance in raising the funds needed. We referred her to Mike Grant, a funeral director in Brentwood, who is handling the funeral.

We requested Mr. Grant's assistance so that Mrs. Fossati could arrange her husband’s funeral. Mr. Grant graciously reduced the cost to Mrs. Fossati to approximately $3,000.00. Mrs. Fossati has asked United Veterans Beacon House to help her raise the $3,000.00 needed to bury her husband. United Veterans Beacon House will donate $250.00 and the Suffolk County Court Officers Association has pledged a donation as well.

We hope anyone reading this will find it in their heart to make even the smallest of donations to this cause. If you know of someone or an organization that may be able to assist in this fund drive, please  pass her request for assistance on to the Veteran organizations you deal with.

Mrs. Fossati has two children to support and is currently unemployed and does not know at this time what, if any benefits her husband will be entitled to from his service status. It has been a rough two years for Mrs. Fossati and her children, caring for and than finding out there was no hope for her husband.

Frank Amalfitano, Director