ROBERT
DERANEY: 'Pretty Much Perfect'
When Michele Haobsh learned last year that she had
breast cancer, she called Robert Deraney, her brother,
and said: "What do I do?" He provided answers, finding an
oncologist and surgeon and accompanying her to
chemotherapy and radiation appointments. Long before she
did, he joined Gilda's Club, for people with cancer and
their families, and made an appointment for her and her
family. "He got me through it," she said.
Mr. Deraney, 43, a financial consultant who graduated
from Princeton and the Wharton School, was at a breakfast
meeting at Windows on the World on Sept. 11.
He was the "high energy" family organizer, Mrs. Haobsh
said. He planned the annual reunions of 70 relatives,
ordering Lebanese food and creating a game - Who Wants to
be a Famillionaire? - based on Deraney trivia.
His Upper West Side apartment was furnished with
family antiques. He set an elegant table with china and
silver for 35 and ended evenings by playing the piano.
"He was," Mrs. Haobsh said, "pretty much perfect."
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