{"id":3509,"date":"2023-07-20T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T17:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2023-07-24T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:49:38","slug":"pef-member-3-others-killed-in-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-6\/pef-member-3-others-killed-in-house-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF member, 3 others killed in house fire\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3510\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3510\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Fire-Story.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Story \" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Fire-Story.jpg 450w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Fire-Story-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family and friends started a GoFundMe. PEF members can contribute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/community-tragedy\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>July 28, 2023 &#8212;<\/em> A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wamc.org\/news\/2023-07-11\/electrical-fire-killed-four-in-albany-county-investigation-continues\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">house fire<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in Voorheesville, Albany County, on July 8, 2023, took the life of Division 232 member Rebecca Jean \u201cBecky\u201d Monterosso, a vulnerable persons protection specialist in the Call Center at the New York State Justice Center in Delmar.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Monterosso, 40, Arthur Neander, 35, Emily Neander, 5, and Dale Donato, 64, were killed when a farmhouse on Normanskill Road erupted in flames. Neander\u2019s son, Anthony, 15, was able to make it out of the home by jumping out a second-floor window. He was treated for minor cuts and bruises at Albany Medical Center.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Authorities believe the cause was a fast-moving electrical fire.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3521\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3521 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Becky-Story.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Jean \u201cBecky\u201d Monterosso\" width=\"275\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Becky-Story.jpg 275w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Becky-Story-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Jean \u201cBecky\u201d Monterosso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A 2001 graduate of New Lebanon High School in Columbia County, Monterosso is described in her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/parkerbrosmemorial.com\/book-of-memories\/5228515\/Monterosso-Rebecca\/index.php\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">obituary<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as having a passion for helping people who might be struggling. She worked as a teaching assistant at Berkshire Farm in Canaan, and for other group homes in New York and Massachusetts, before entering state service five years ago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Justice Center Executive Director Denise M. Miranda, in an email to staff, stated:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBecky, as she was known to her colleagues, joined the Justice Center in 2020. She had a wonderful sense of humor and rose to the challenges of the job. Her colleagues tell me she loved to build with Legos and had a beautiful Lego bouquet that she created on her desk in Delmar. She will be missed by many of her colleagues, and we will keep her friends and family in our thoughts.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Family and friends started a GoFundMe. PEF members can contribute <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/community-tragedy\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that people donate to any mental health organization that assists vulnerable people. You can express condolences at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/parkerbrosmemorial.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ParkerBrosMemorial.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; Kate Stickles<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:3,&quot;335551620&quot;:3,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 28, 2023 &#8212; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wamc.org\/news\/2023-07-11\/electrical-fire-killed-four-in-albany-county-investigation-continues\">house fire<\/a> in Voorheesville, Albany County, on July 8, 2023, took the life of Division 232 member Rebecca Jean \u201cBecky\u201d Monterosso, a vulnerable persons&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-3509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-41-no-6"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PEF member, 3 others killed in house fire\u00a0 - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-6\/pef-member-3-others-killed-in-house-fire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PEF member, 3 others killed in house fire\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 28, 2023 &#8212; 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