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Smithtown Doctor John O'Donnell Dies at 88

Wake being held Monday, funeral and burial on Tuesday.

Dr. John O'Donnell, who ran a pediatrician practice in Smithtown for 51 years - from 1954 to 2005 - died on Friday at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, according to Newsday. He was 88 years old.

According to Newsday, O'Donnell grew up in Manhattan, served in the Army before being honorably discharged, and went on to have 11 children with his wife Peggy.

A wake will be held Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7  to 9 p.m. at . A funeral mass will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Sts. Philip and James Roman Catholic Church, followed by an internment at Calverton National Cemetery.

Click here to read the entire Newsday article.

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KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:17 pm
How, in a period of rapidly declining enrollment, can costs be increasing so much from year to year,Read More you ask? The answer is in front of you in black and white. I urge you to READ your district’s budget: we are funding retirements when many of us cannot afford to fund our own during difficult economic times. These wheels were set in motion by contracts negotiated in times of unrealistic growth that may likely not occur again. It is time to open up these plans and relieve this unfair burden from our shoulders. Whatever other measures are pursued in order to control costs, including consolidation within and eventually with other districts, are never going to be enough if you cannot get this problem corrected. Write your congressman, for the love of God. If you need any more incentive to do so, please go to http://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/teacher-pensions-new-york and look at what Smithtown’s retirees are collecting MONTHLY. It will sicken you.
KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:12 pm
They are allowed to exclude the pension and employee benefit increases when expressing the increase.Read More
Billie B May 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket. Unless we doRead More something this town will continue to spiral down. More taxes aren't going to help. We need to cut expenses and get ourselves on a fiscally responsible plan.