After her daughter Jeanine was murdered in 1983, Pat Nicarico channeled her grief into a determination to see the killer brought to justice and work to support childhood literacy in her daughter’s name.
After her daughter Jeanine was murdered in 1983, Patricia Nicarico channeled her grief into a determination to see the killer brought to justice and work to support childhood literacy in her daughter’s name. Despite the tragedy that befell her, friends said Nicarico was able to live a life of hospitality and warmth. Pat Nicarico after an interview in 1999.
The grants extended beyond literacy programs in schools to include efforts to read to newborns and fostering reading among senior citizens. “Jeanine’s name has been surrounded by so much misery and so much horror,” Nicarico told the Tribune in 1996. “Here, we were able to take her out of that context and remember her for who she was. “We were surprised at the involvement and how the community has reached out and responded in such an overwhelming way.
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