





–– Marie Vola Percoco was one of the sweetest people I have ever met. She was one of the fitness instructors at my studio, The New York Dance & Fitness Center on Bath Ave. in Brooklyn. From the moment I hired her, I loved her. You couldn’t help it. She was soft-spoken, except when she was kicking member’s butts in her class. She taught a high-impact aerobics class on Thursday night and one of our most popular classes, a Saturday morning walking class along the Verrazzano Bridge. She would come straight from her job at AON Corp in the South Tower to teach her Thursday class and if the trains were on time, she would be early and while we waited for members to come in, we would talk about this and that. She liked to crochet tissue box covers and I’m so grateful she made one for me. Her smile lit up the room, she never had a bad word to say about anyone and she was a beautiful person inside and out. I would love to reconnect with Marie’s sister Tilly. If anyone knows her please let me know. I don’t know if Tilly is short for her real name and her last name would be Vola, unless she married and changed it.

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