Greenacres Mourns Two

Residents are mourning the loss of two Greenacres residents this week. Alan S. Gordon, age 70, of Brewster Road passed away from a stroke on New Year's Day, and fifth grader Paul Jimenez of Fenimore Road died on January 5.

Gordon was a longtime resident of Greenacres where he and his wife Susan raised their two daughters. A labor attorney, he was the executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists and represented opera singers, concert artists, ballet dancers and staging personnel across the country. He was instrumental in avoiding a strike at the Metropolitan Opera during the summer of 2014. A colorful figure, Gordon had a wonderful sense of humor and was well-known on the Metro North train where he commuted daily. A memorial service was held for him on Sunday January 3, 2016 at Riverside Memorial Chapel in Mount Vernon.

Paul Ulysses Jimenez, age 10, was a 5th grade student at Greenacres School. He was diagnosed with cancer in the Fall, and passed away during emergency surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital at 4:41 pm on January 5. He is survived by his parents Paul and Ioana Kreatsoulas Jimenez and his 8 year-old sister Edie and 5 year-old sister Juliette, both students at Greenacres. His father called him "my best friend" and said the family was "heartbroken and devastated" and would continue "his work to find a cure for pediatric cancer."

Greenacres Principal Sharon Hill told parents that additional psychologists, social workers, and administrators would be at the school on Wednesday "to help our students begin to cope with their grief and to process unfamiliar feelings this type of loss will raise."

Paul's funeral will be held on Saturday January 9 at 10 am a Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 10 Mill Road, New Rochelle, NY.  The family will receive friends on Friday January 8 from 4-8 pm at the Coxe and Graziano Funeral Home, 767 East Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY.

Donations in Paul's honor can be made to the Pediatric Oncology Team at Memorial Sloan Cancer Center for advanced research into Pediatric Sarcomas. Click here to donate.