Concord bids farewell to DeNenno

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Long-time Concord Township volunteer Virginia DeNenno has called it quits. Township supervisors “regretfully” accepted her resignation during their Aug. 6 meeting.

Supervisors’ Chairman Dominic Pileggi read proclamations from the state Senate and House of Representatives that recognized her years of service to Concord, and Delaware County Council woman Colleen Morrone read a similar proclamation from the county. Morrone is a former Concord supervisor and now on County Council.

DeNenno, called “Ginny” by her friends, helped found the township’s Historical Society in 1967 and has been its president since 1972. She also began serving on the Planning Commission in 1979.

When asked what she thought was the highlight of her years of service, she simply said that it was preserving open space for as long as the township could.

“Knowing it was farmland, I think we did a good job keeping open space. Seeing the buildup now had to come. Seeing what happened around us, we geld out pretty long,” she said,

She was also pleased that historic properties could be preserved.

Supervisor Kevin O’Donaghue was sad to see DeNenno go. She founded the Historical Society a year before O’Donaghue was born, he said.

“Mushroom spores were brought from England to Concord Township. This is where mushrooms were brought into America...Ginny taught me things like that,” he said.

There was a small reception in honor of DeNenno following the meeting.

Virginia "Ginny" DeNenno, third from the right, with Concord Township supervisors who "regretfully" accepted her resignation from township committees.
Virginia "Ginny" DeNenno, third from the right, with Concord Township supervisors who "regretfully" accepted her resignation from township committees.

According to O’Donaghue, DeNenno “built something that will live forever. She got other people involved to care enough so that the Concord Township Historical Society is one of the strongest in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It’s all because of Ginny…I’m proud to call her my friend and to grow up with such a great lady.”

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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