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We know that her legacy will live on. Naples philanthropist Lavern Norris Gaynor gave to community Harriet Howard Heithaus, Naples Daily News Most people would call installing a camera on the Naples Pier a brilliant marketing tool, luring 2 million annual visits to its panorama of billowing surf, wood-planked jetty and pearly beaches. But Lavern Norris Gaynor, driving force behind putting the pier online, had a different motivation. She wanted to bring that view into the homes of the aging Naples population who could no longer walk their city pier. They could glimpse the waves, see the happy beachgoers and watch the sunset from their wheelchairs or sickbeds. ....
But Lavern Norris Gaynor, driving force behind putting the pier online, had a different motivation. She wanted to bring that view into the homes of the aging Naples population who could no longer walk their city pier. They could glimpse the waves, see the happy beachgoers and watch the sunset from their wheelchairs or sickbeds. Gaynor, who died April 12, at age 97, had that kind of mind and heart, said Judy Bishop, director of Naples Backyard History. I have never met a more giving, caring kind person in my life. And it s not because she’s given a lot of money, even though she has supported causes generously. She lives it. She s been very conscientious in everything she supports, said Bishop, who met the woman everyone knew as Lal, 12 years ago. ....