VALLEY PEDESTRIANS HIT BY CARS IN 2 WEEKEND INCIDENTS.Byline: Mary Mary, the mother of Jesus Mary, in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos). Her name is the Hebrew Miriam. Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer A day after Genevieve Alice Shuman was hit by a car and killed, relatives and neighbors mourned Saturday for the quiet, independent lady. ``She was lovely. The sweetest person in the world,'' said Celia Snyder, Shuman's longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective neighbor. ``It's just so sad.'' Shuman was one of two pedestrians hit by cars in the West San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. this weekend. At about 5 p.m. Saturday, a woman in her 40s was hit as she crossed at the 24500 block of Stagg Street in Canoga Park, officials said. Two of the three dogs that the woman had been walking were hit and killed in the accident, and the woman, whose name was not released, was taken to West Hills Medical Center with critical injuries. Unlike Shuman, the victim Saturday was not in a marked crosswalk, Wells said. Shuman, 82, was crossing west on Etiwanda Street at Oxnard Street to drop two letters in the corner mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). across from her town-home complex, when she was hit by the car around 3 p.m. Friday. The driver of the car, David Contract, 47, of Tarzana apparently stopped at the red light and was just beginning a right turn when he hit Shuman, said Officer Norman Nagengast, of the LAPD's Valley Traffic Division. Shuman suffered head injuries and died three hours later at Tarzana Hospital. Contract was not cited. Police said the incident is being investigated. Shuman's neighbors said they had felt more secure about the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. since they persuaded the city a few years ago to install a traffic signal. The Friday incident, they said, revived re·vive v. re·vived, re·viv·ing, re·vives v.tr. 1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate. 2. To impart new health, vigor, or spirit to. 3. their concerns that pedestrians trying to cross at the intersection are not safe. ``It's a very dangerous corner,'' said Snyder, who has lived in the complex 22 years. ``There are a lot of accidents.'' Shuman was retired from a nursing career that began more than 50 years ago and included a stint as a captain in the Army nurse corps in World War II. Shuman's eldest ELDEST. He or she who has the greatest age. 2. The laws of primogeniture are not in force in the United States; the eldest child of a family cannot, therefore, claim any right in consequence of being the eldest. son, Ivy Shuman, 48, said his mother was independent and always ready to help when someone needed her. ``Being a nurse, anytime there was something to be done, she was there,'' said Shuman of Sherman Oaks. Her sons and neighbors said Genevieve Shuman was an avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia walker when the weather was nice. She would often be seen on leisurely strolls around the complex or on her way to run errands. ``She loved to walk,'' said Margaret Bromiley, 80. SOURCE: Daily News Staff Writer Marni McEntee contributed to this story. |
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