Book of Memories for Yvonne T Billera

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Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:59:01 EST

With her Beloved Miss. Breezy ~ 2009

Story shared: Colleagues

Sun, 08 Dec 2013 11:15:41 EST

When I first came to the College of New Rochelle, School of New Resources, Yvonne was the youngest by far of all the staff and faculty. She was part of the founding group of academics at SNR who had already created an exciting community of learners that was to become vastly larger than the original College of which it was a part. I was happy to become a member of that community and spent eight years working with Yvonne and our other colleagues making higher education possible for thousands of students who might otherwise have been denied that opportunity. She was a bright light who helped the rest of us stay positive and even joyful. I have over the last 35 years thought of Yvonne often as I look at our antique print of a Bohemian Waxwing, that she picked out a gift for me when I was first leaving New Resources. I will think of her often in the future. She was a delightful person and a fine colleague. tom rocco

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Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:37:15 EST

Yvonne and I were lucky enough to end up at Hazelwild Farm Camp in Fredericksburg, VA. We became good friends, horse women, and worked to earn our “Advanced Horsemanship” medal together. I always called her “the great communicator” as she always kept in touch with her friends. We would sneak into the horse field and climb on the horses bareback with just a halter – not something we should be doing. She jumped anything that was put in front of her and make it look easy.

Condolence From Martha Straus

Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:21:34 EST

To friends and family, both 2 legs and 4- I am so sorry for your lost. Yvonne had a way of making everyone she was with feel special. I will miss her long and chatty emails. She had a light that is gone too soon

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Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:53:01 EST

Yvonne was the best boss I ever had. College fundraising is also hair-raising and unpredictable. Yvonne and I never met face to face; she was on one coast, I on the other. But she was always accessible, funny, supportive and kind. We had many phone conversations over the years I worked with her and Sister Dorothy Ann for CNR - my only regret is that we didn't write a book together about those days. I once orchestrated an alumni fund-raiser where only eight people showed up and five of us were either in charge or related, including Dorothy Ann's intrepid brother. Yvonne and I laughed until we cried over that one, I have happy memories of our years as colleagues because Yvonne always made me feel a part of her team. I'm so glad she had the years of sailing with Franklin and that she got to live on Whidbey Island. I will remember her in my prayers.

Condolence From Rick Shelby

Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:38:51 EST

My deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Yvonne. She will be dearly missed.

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Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:53:44 EST

Yvonne as I knew her in the mid-1960s and last spring, always with her arms around a horse.

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Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:53:44 EST

Y and I with Gully at the barn. We has such a wonderful day.

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Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:54:58 EST