Gladys F. Caterinicchio, 90, was Mount Kisco planning board member

Gladys F. Caterinicchio, a resident of Mount Kisco for 60 years, died Oct. 21 at Northern Westchester Hospital after suffering a heart attack. 

Caterinicchio was born Sept. 18, 1934, in Queens, to the late Albin and Antoinette Cibeu.

She attended high school at the Assumption Academy in Nicolet, Province of Quebec, Canada. After high school, she graduated from Manhattanville College as a dual major in French and history. 

While attending Manhattanville College, her brother Lou introduced her to his medical school lab partner, Ben Caterinicchio. He was her husband for 65 years until his death in 2023. 

After he completed his military service in Colorado, the couple settled in Mount Kisco to raise their family. While raising two children, she became involved in politics as both a member of the League of Women Voters and a member of the planning board in Mount Kisco. Once her children were in high school, she went back to work holding many positions including the research director for Flashmaps Publishing.

Caterinicchio worked well into her late 70s, finishing her career working for North Greenwich Congregational Church.

She is survived by her daughter Maria (Michael) Skrokov of Whitestone,, and her son, Ben Caterinicchio Jr. (Maria-Jean) of Irvine, California, and two grandchildren.

Services will be held at Clark Associates Funeral Home, 4 Woods Bridge Road, Katonah, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Her family will be receiving visitors between 2 and 6 p.m., with a remembrance and celebration of her life at 4 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to The Open Door Family Medical Clinic-Mount Kisco at  opendoormedical.org/foundation/donate or the Mount Kisco Child Care Center at mkccc.org/donate.