Obituary of Lillian Gavin

LILY GAVIN, OWNER OF DAZIES'S RESTAURANT, LONGTIME COMMUNITY LEADER AND STAUNCH ADVOCATE FOR SUNNYSIDE DIED ON JULY 6, 2016 AT NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. SHE WAS PAST PRESIDENT AND CHAIR OF THE SUNNYSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO BE INSTALLED INTO THE SUNNYSIDE KIWANIS CLUB. LILY WAS A FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION. SHE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF SUNNYSIDE SHINES (BID) AND SHE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTED THE SUNNYSIDE SENIOR CENTER, SUNNYSIDE DRUM CORPS, YMCA, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, QUEENS COUNCIL OF TOURISM, JUST TO NAME A FEW. LILY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER BELOVED HUSBAND SONNY SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED CHILDREN, RAYMOND (ERICA), KENNETH (DIANA), KERIBA SOLDANO (PASQUALE), TELE AQUILINO(RAYMOND) , JULIE TRAVELLA (CHARLES), MICHAEL GAVIN, ROBERT GAVIN AND JOSEPH GAVIN & HER CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN, CHRISTOPHER, GABRIELLA, SAMANTHA, SOFIA AND LUCAS. SHE IS A DEAR SISTER TO IRENE LEPI, MANUSHE VEISEL, TEFTA DEMIRALI, ARTA PASCULLO AND THE LATE SAM (SALEM) LILY IS THE LOVING AUNT TO MANY, MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY 7-9PM, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 2-5 AND 7-9PM. A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE CELEBRATED AT OUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS RC CHURCH ON MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016 AT 10:30AM. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT CALVARY CEMETERY. CONTRIBUTIONS IN LILY'S MEMORY CAN BE MADE TO: THE LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION 31-10 THOMSON AVENUE RM#E508 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 laguardia.edu/makeagift PLEASE INDICATE THAT YOUR GIFT IS FOR THE LILY GAVIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND