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Celebration of Vicki Joseph's life planned Nov. 14; playwright, attorney and Alpha-1 Foundation board member
A celebration of the life of Vicki Joseph, whose budding career as a playwright and novelist was cut short when she died of chronic rejection of her transplanted lungs, will be held Saturday, Nov. 14.
Victoria “Vicki” T. Joseph, who had two of her plays performed for the first time this year and was elected this past spring to the board of the Alpha-1 Foundation, died Aug. 2.
“Join us to celebrate Vicki’s extraordinary journey and achievements through the memories of family, friends and colleagues, images from her life, and her own words,” reads the event invitation.
The celebration, beginning at 7:30 pm at Elms College, 291 Springfield St., Chicopee, MA, will include a live performance of her short play Objection.
Joseph, 54, needed a lung transplant because of chronic lung disease related to Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. She died at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH, where she had received her double lung transplant in November, 2006.
She is survived by her husband, David Brown of Agawam, MA, father Victor, brother Stephen, and stepdaughters Harriet and Alexa.
“Vicki packed three successful careers into her short life and was taking confident steps into a fourth at the time of her death,” said her husband.
Joseph was a librarian, an attorney and a college professor before taking a leave of absence at the beginning of 2009 to concentrate on her writing.
Admission to the event is free, but RSVPs are requested by this Friday, Nov. 6, to David Brown at 413-786-8014 or email davidjbrown10@aol.com.
The celebration is also an awareness and fundraising event for the Alpha-1 Foundation. For more information, contact Angela McBride at 1-888-825-7421 or amcbride@alphaone.org: amcbride@alphaone.org
