Frederica Warner, founder of Newburgh Meals on Wheels dies at age 101

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Frederica Warner with Steven Neuhaus

NEWBURGH – The founder and long-time executive director of Meals on Wheels of Greater Newburgh, Frederica Warner, died on Tuesday. She was 101 years old.

Warner founded the program that brought meals to residents who could not leave their homes because of illness of frailty in 1972.

She was a life-long resident of Newburgh.

Warner was “an institution, an inspiration and a wonderful mother,” said Carole McDermott, the current executive director of the program, who knew her since McDermott was six years old and Warner taught her how to cook hotdogs.

“She got me involved in Meals on Wheels after I retired from banking. I went from doing international trade at banks to what I call meat and potatoes at Meals on Wheels,” she said. “Frederica had that way with people. She could get people enthused, get them involved, get them committed.”

McDermott noted “you couldn’t say ‘no’ to Frederica.”

“Frederica was well respected, even revered, by those she worked with, those she helped and all whose lives she touched,” said Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus. 




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