FLAGLER/PALM COAST NEWS-TRIBUNE
Palm Coast, Florida
Wednesday, March 2, 2005

WOMAN DIES IN 3-CAR WRECK

FLAGlLER BEACH - A Beverly Beach woman was killed in a three-car accident Thursday on State Road A1A .

Mary Therese LaSalle, 85, died after she was taken to Florida Hospital-Flagler, said Flagler Beach Police Sgt. Dan Cody.

A pickup driven by 51-year-old Denis Cody of Palm Coast was turning left onto North 23rd Street when an SUV approached from behind in the northbound lane, Cody said.

The SUV, driven by 42-year-old Anthony Cooper William of Jacksonville, swerved to miss the truck, but its left front hit the truck's left rear, Cody said. LaSalle's car hit the truck head-on when the truck was knocked into the southbound lane, Cody said. Cody said the investigation is ongoing and charges are pending.
-Michael Reed

BEVERLY BEACH - Mary T. LaSalle, 85, of Nautilus Drive, who retired in 1980 as a customer service representative for Grumman's Aerospace Corp., died Thursday at Florida Hospital-Flagler, Palm Coast.

Mrs. LaSalle, a native Brooklyn, N.Y., moved here in 1987 from Oakdale, N.Y. She was a member of Santa Maria del Mar Catholic Church, Flagler Beach, the Sunshine Club and Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS). Mrs. LaSalle enjoyed telling jokes, travel and music.

Survivors include two sons, Anthony LaSalle, Deer Park, N.Y., and Stanley Kupchin, Flushing, N.Y.; two daughters, Ann Oddo, Selden, N.Y., and Dorothy Veredrosa, Sun City. Ariz.; a brother, Peter Lombardi, Brooklyn; a sister, Margaret Grispino, Richmond Hill, N.Y.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 555 W. Granada Blvd., Suite A-1, Ormond Beach, FL 32174.

 Craig-Flagler Palms, Flagler Beach, is in charge.