Jane T. Caldwell, of Brookline, MA, formerly of Great Neck, died on July 15, 2004. Born in Asbury Park, NJ, and raised in Brooklyn, Mrs. Caldwell graduated from Brooklyn College. She raised her family in Great Neck where she worked for 35 years for the Great Neck Public Schools. She was head of the Candy Striper volunteers at North Shore Hospital and a member of the Women's Club of Great Neck for many years.

Mrs. Caldwell leaves her daughter, Pamela Redlener of Brookline, and her son, Donald Caldwell and his wife Ann of Washington State; her grandchildren, Jesse Redlener (Kari) of Andover, MA, Rachel Redlener and Jenna Redlener of Brookline, Peter Caldwell and Jennifer Caldwell of Washington State; and her great-granddaughter, Olivia Redlener of Andover.

A memorial service will be held Sept. 25 at 11:30 a.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, 855 Middle Neck Rd., Great Neck. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and bid farewell to a true lady. Arrangements were made by the Bell O'Dea Funeral Home, Brookline.

Marcelle Schwarzenbach, until very recently a resident of Great Neck Estates, died on Sept. 7, 2004 at the home of her daughter in Sherman, CT, at the age of 98. Her husband Ernest Schwarzenbach served as mayor of Great Neck Estate from 1955 - 1962. He was a partner in what was then Smith Barney & Co. He worked extensively with Japanese firms and on retiring from Smith Barney became the first president of the Sony Corporation of America. His life was cut short by a drowning accident.

Marcelle Guignard grew up in a village just above Lake Geneva in Switzerland, one of five children. Her father was the village school teacher She often talked about her wonderful childhood and how the family raised almost all the nourishment it needed, from vegetables and fruits to bees and a breed of white goats whose milk did not transmit tuberculosis.

At 20 she visited America, liked what she saw, and when she went to the consulate in Geneva for a visa renewal, the desk officer there told her the best thing would be to find a good American and marry him. Ernest Schwarzenbach, also Swiss by birth and upbringing, was by then an American citizen. They met at International House in New York City in 1927-28.

Ernest and Marcelle bought their house in Great Neck Estates in 1938 after renting a cottage. Marcelle always said she had fallen in love with the house on her walks around the Estates and told her husband, "That's going to be ours." A few years earlier the house had been rented by the English writer P.G. Wodehouse.

In the early 1930s Marcelle taught French at the Greenvale School. She was a member of the Great Neck Women's Club, where for several years she headed the art department. After her husband's death, she painted in oil and watercolor and did decorative arts. Her lovely garden was much admired by family and friends.

She is survived by her daughter, Colette Shulman of Sherman, and her son, Robert Schwarzenbach of Nantucket, MA; and by two step-grandchildren.

Jonathan M. Scharer, a producer of shows and president of Overland Entertainment, died on Sept. 7 at his home in Greenwich, CT. He was 56 years old. The cause was cancer, according to his company.

During the course of his 35 years in the entertainment business, he produced show including Michael Feinstein on Broadway and acclaimed off Broadway productions of Forbidden Broadway, Pageant and The Bud E. Luv Show. He also produced national tours of the Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" Tour, David Byrne, Blondie, Big Audio Dynamite and Bob Marley. He promoted, produced and directed concerts in every major facility in New York and was the associate producer for the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park in conjunction with Ron Delsaner.

A pioneer in the corporate entertainment business, Mr. Scharer was the founder of Overland Entertainment 18 years ago. His company produced hundreds of corporate events for companies including IBM, Seagram Americas, Gray Worldwide, Pepsico, Condé Nast Publications, UBS, Nomura, News-America Marketing and many many others. In addition, he produced the Glaad Media Awards for three years, the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation annual event and award shows and special events for magazines including People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Allure, Wired Magazine, In Style, Glamour Magazine (Women of the Year Awards), Bon Appetit, Vogue, Women's Sports and Fitness Magazine and the GQ Man of the year Awards for five years. His company also acted as the production company for The New Yorker Festival for the past three years as well as producing segments for the US Tennis Assocation for the US Open in Forest Hills for several years.

Early in his career, he was director of PR at the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Yale University School of Drama where he received a master's degree in fine arts.

Mr. Scharer is survived by his parents, Si and Vivian Scharer of Great Neck and Palm Beach, FL; his sister Joan Karan of Madison, WI; and his life partner, James Caselli.

A private interment was held Sept. 9. Shiva was held Sept. 9 in Connecticut. A memorial service will be scheduled for a future date along with an announcement about donations to a charitable organization.