He resigned in 1996 and later withdrew his membership when VFP’s primary mission changed from providing aid to child war victims. Later, in 1985, he founded and was the first president and National Executive Director of Veterans for Peace (VFP), a United Nations-NGO humanitarian organization established to assist with providing relief for child war victims in Central America. He was also a graduate of the University of Southern Maine in Portland, class of ’93.įollowing his military service, Jerry worked on several union construction projects in North Carolina, and as a biologicals representative in northern New England. The spelling of his last name changed when he entered military service because he was required to use the name as it appeared on his birth certificate, which was thought to be incorrect but later research and the discovery of original documents in Italy proved it to be correct. Marine Corps later that year, serving six years. Mary’s Academy in Milford, Mass., class of ’56 and enlisted in the U.S.

19, 1938, in Framingham, Mass., and was raised in Milford, Mass. Jerry, the son of Louis Tilio and Genevieve (Reid) Geneseo, was born Nov. SCARBOROUGH – Gerald Ernest Genesio, 83, of Scarborough, known to family and friends as “Jerry”, passed away at his home on Sept.

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