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Melissa Bedolis Cattanach of Mount Kisco died July 21, 2008. Melissa was born in New York City and spent most of her childhood in Chappaqua, where she attended Horace Greeley High School. She spent many happy summers in Wainscott, NY and at Camp Wapomeo in Algonquin Park, Ontario. Following her graduation from Hamilton College, she enjoyed a long career in publishing and corporate communications, working for numerous fashion publications as a writer and editor including Harper's Bazaar, Mademoiselle, and Women's Wear Daily, and as editor in chief of Salon News, the leading hair industry publication. She became a creative director at Redken, a division of L'Oréal USA, and then moved to the Estée Lauder Companies, where she had been vice president of global communications for Aveda and then moved to Lauder's corporate communications department where she was vice president of global communications for the past six years. Always an avid lover of horses, Melissa also grew to love accompanying her husband, Evan, and son, Robert, on trips to Scotland, where Evan is from, and on other adventures around the globe. Melissa is survived by her beloved husband, Evan T. Cattanach; her son, Robert Evan Cattanach; her brother, John A. Bedolis; her niece, Emily R. Bedolis; and her nephew, Julian A. Bedolis. Funeral Services will be held today, Saturday, July 26, 2008, at 11:00 AM at South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations in memory of Melissa be made to Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1049, New York, NY 10029-6574 in honor of Dr. Daniel H. Present, Dr. Jack F. Dalton, Dr. Steven Gruenstein, and Dr. Stephen Gorfine and to the Mayo Clinic, Department of Development, Scottsdale, AZ 85259 in honor of Dr. Leonard L. Gunderson, Dr. Jonathan E. Efron, and Dr. Tom R. Fitch.
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