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Jupiter Senior Softball

Gerry Elias, Gerry’s wife, league commissioner from 1999 to 2002 when the softball
cofounder and first Mariette, sister program transitioned “from 12 to 13 guys playing league
commissioner of the Phyllis Rodrigues, travel ball (in various communities) to 230 who play three
Jupiter Senior Softball niece Stephanie Riley mornings a week,” Sewell said. He presented Mariette
Association (JSSA), and twin grandsons, and the family framed copies of the Hall of Fame plaque
was posthumously M ax and J ake and of a narrative about Elias’ life and impact on Jupiter
enshrined in the Boland, attended the senior softball.
organization’s Hall ceremony held at The Hall of Fame ceremony coincided with the launch
of Fame in a Jan. 11 Jupiter Community of the association’s 2023 Winter League and Mariette was
ceremony. Park. The event given the honor of throwing out the ceremonial “first pitch.”
Elias, 82, died last drew a large crowd Gerry Elias is the third person to be enshrined in the JSSA
February. He was of senior softball Hall of Fame since its establishment in 2020. The late
chosen as the 2022 Gerry Elias, the 2022 Inductee players, several of Mariette Elias with ball she tossed to Ted Battistone, who died in April 2020, was the inaugural
Hall of Fame honoree into the Jupiter Senior Softball whom shared fond open the senior softball Winter League inductee followed by Mike Richmond, the 2021 inductee.
by unanimous vote of Hall of Fame memories of Gerry The year-round slow-pitch softball program is open
the JSSA board last and the many acts of kindness he performed for others. to persons 55 and older and is sponsored by the Jupiter
April. “Gerry was well liked and he made a huge difference Association Vice Commissioner Richard Sewell spoke Senior Softball Association in cooperation with the
and is most deserving of this honor,” Commissioner Paul of Gerry’s commitment to the senior softball program and Town of Jupiter. For information contact Gary Newman
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Storch said in opening the induction ceremony. how crucial his leadership was to its success. Elias was at (917) 623-0791. Registration can be made online at
www.leaguelineup.com/jssa.

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MEETS GREEN Richard Sewell addresses family and friends of Hall of Fame
inductee Gerry Elias

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