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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Memorial Services for Volunteer Joseph Chow Announced

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 29, 2009

Peace Corps volunteer Joseph Chow died in a rock climbing accident in the southern part of Tanzania on September 22, 2009.

Joseph, 23, a native of Scarsdale, New York, had been serving as an education volunteer in the Ndanda Secondary School.

The following information on memorial services was provided to the Peace Corps by Josephs family:

Memorial Services:
Sunday Oct. 4, 2009, 1-4PM at Fordham University Chapel, Bronx, NY.

Visitation:
Friday Oct. 2, 2009 from 7-9PM and Sat. Oct. 3 from 2-4, 7-9PM. Westchester Funeral Home.

More details available:
www.funeralquestions.com/obits/westchester/memorial.asp?listing_id=140767

In lieu of flowers, friends who wish may contribute to the Joseph Lawrence Chow Scholarship Fund, c/o the Generoso Pope Foundation, 1 Depot Square, Tuckahoe, NY 10707.

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