{"id":3898,"date":"2017-03-24T22:08:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T22:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2017-03-24T22:08:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T22:08:27","slug":"dead-at-87-former-queens-borough-president-helen-marshall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=3898","title":{"rendered":"DEAD AT 87` FORMER QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT HELEN MARSHALL"},"content":{"rendered":"

HER SERVICE TO HER COUNTRY AND HER BOROUGH WILL NEVER BE FORGETTEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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written By Editor: C. Harrison\/March 24, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Honorable Helen Marie Marshall, was the borough of Queens, first black Borough President. She stood the tallest in her borough and shone the brightness.\u00a0 The former borough President,\u00a0 died March 4, 2017, at her home in Palm Deser, California, at age 87.<\/p>\n

Born September 30, 1929, on Manhattan island, in New York City;\u00a0\u00a0Mrs.\u00a0Marshall, was a force behind the strong Borough of Queens. This fact was stated so, by each and very person, who commented\u00a0at her Celebration of Life And Legacy Memorial Service, which took place at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center\u00a0at Borough Hall, in Queens. Helen was the second women monarch to run the borough of Queens. The first\u00a0was\u00a0former Borough President, the Honorable Claire Shulman and the most current the Honorable Melinda Katz.<\/p>\n

Honorable\u00a0 guest notables at Mrs. Marshall’s\u00a0Celebration of The Life and Legacy Memorial Service includes: The Hon. Claire Shulman\u00a0, the Hon. David Dinkins, former Mayor of New York City, Hon, Charles Rangel, U.S. Congress Retired New York City, Hon. Carolyn Maloney, U. S. Representative for the 12th CD, Hon. Archie Spugner, former member , New York City Council, Hon, Scott Stringer, Comptroller, New York City, Hon.\u00a0 Karen Koslowitz, New York City , Council, Hon. Barry Grodenchik, New York Council.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Marshall was inaugurated\u00a0Queens Borough President, in 2001, where I met her at Terrace on the Park, a banquet hall in Flushing’s Meadow-Corona Park. A young Journalist, I was eager to meet her. When I did she never forgot me. From there, I was invited to almost all of her events, and she always acknowledges me with a hug; for which I am forever appreciative.\u00a0 I am grateful that I had the pleasure of meeting a woman of influence,\u00a0a beacon and a champion for our causes. Helen is already missed echoed by everyone she had touched in her\u00a0life..<\/p>\n

Mrs. Marshall\u00a0held a High School Diploma and holds a B.A. degree in education from Queens College. She also took graduate courses in education and public administration at\u00a0 Bank Street College and Long Island University. In her professional career she taught early child hood education, from which she\u00a0move on in 1969, and later help founded and became the first director of the Langston Hughes Library. She was also the director of the Testing and Placement Program. Mrs. Marshall thereafter, during the 1970s became involved in politics and soon ran for and was elected\u00a0district leader, then a Democratic committeewoman, and\u00a0in 1982, she served in the New York State Assembly\u00a0for five year. She would soon after\u00a0this got elect to the New York City Council, representing the 21 District, where she also chaired on the women’s \u00a0Higher Education Committee; the Black and Latino Caucus and serve as a member of the Housing and Building Environmental Protection\u00a0and women’s Issues Committee.<\/p>\n

Marshall’s tireless work with healthcare for seniors and the commitment to funding Queens many libraries\u00a0and other facilities, as well as overseeing the opening of new schools in Queens, she was awarded the annual Crystal Globe Award for Excellence and leadership in education.<\/p>\n

Her work is exemplary and will continue on with the support of those\u00a0who will carry on her cause.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Marshall and her late husband Donald Marshall raised two children Donald Jr. and Agnes Marie.\u00a0 She is survived by her two children, her sister, Joan, two grand-children: Chandler and Chasen, her \u00a0daughter-in-law Chalena and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n

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