During the Great Depression, the family of Geraldine McGrath built a home in Lindenhurst. She attended first grade in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School and when things got better, the family moved back to The Bronx. Following the death of her father, she helped her mother support four other siblings and later moved back to Lindenhurst, a community she loved.

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