STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Surrounded by the family she adored, Marguerite Paulo-Heyer, a lifelong educator and Staten Islander, died on Oct. 6. She was 91.

Born in 1934 on Chestnut Avenue in Rosebank, Marguerite grew up on Staten Island and attended New Dorp High School. After graduation, she began her working life in Manhattan as a switchboard operator for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a position she held until she became a mother.

Career and education

In 1963, Marguerite married William R. Heyer and settled in St. George, where the couple raised four daughters -- Christine, Terese, Pamela, and Leslie. Even as she devoted herself to motherhood, she never lost her desire to grow, learn and help.

In 1977, Marguerite returned to the workforce at the Staten Island Continuum of Educatio

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