Remembering those we lost in the coronavirus pandemic
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Annie Glenn
Age 100, St. Paul, Minn.
Passed away May 19

Champion of people with speech disorders. Predeceased by husband, astronaut and US Senator John Glenn


Rocco Anthony Ward Jr.
Age 29, Gloucester City, N.J.
Passed away May 9

Graduate of Gloucester City High School class of 2009


Dennis Alan Bradt
Age 29, Colonie, N.Y.
Passed away May 13

Will be missed at Mad Jack Brewing


Thomas Kevin Milo Jr.
Age 43, Westchester County, N.Y.
Passed away May 7

Avid reader, an accomplished chess player and an exceptional marksman


Alan Michael Twofoot
Age 51, Nashua, N.H.
Passed away May 12

28-year veteran of the United States Army


Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia
Age 57, San Diego
Passed away May 6

Only one in the family unable to get a green card


Terri Lynn Clark
Age 60, Des Moines
Passed away May 6

Loved photography, fishing, road trips with friends and time with her family


Alexandra Louise Polansky
Age 62, New Jersey
Passed away May 7

Bob Dylan’s No 1 fan and a lover of nature


Randy Wichlacz
Age 62, Pulaski, Wis.
Passed away May 8

Served on the Pulaski Polka Days Committee for many years


Cindy Lou Mack
Age 62, Waverly, N.Y.
Passed away May 8

Enjoyed her daily coffee with her mother-in-law


Thomas A. Williams
Age 62, Ohio
Passed away May 12

Pioneer in the field of autism research


Linda Benedict
Age 63, Lakewood, N.J.
Passed away May 6

Well-known for her ready smile


Peter S. Miguel Jr.
Age 66, Nashua, N.H.
Passed away May 8

Very active in the Portuguese community


Merlene Sue Hughes
Age 67, South Sioux City, Neb.
Passed away May 6

Known as the “Bookie,” she would take and place bets on anything


Walter Everett Barton
Age 67, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Passed away May 8

Had a passion for cooking, fishing, skiing and cars


Steven P. St. Laurent
Age 67, East Syracuse, N.Y.
Passed away May 10

True renaissance man


James Ronald Conley
Age 68, Battle Creek, Mich.
Passed away May 6

Longtime grocery store manager and sports team booster


Lawrence W. Stedl
Age 68, Green Bay, Wis.
Passed away May 7

Truly a free spirit


Janice Lin Bisley
Age 70, Bristol, Conn.
Passed away May 13

Favorite of all her nieces and nephews


Georgia Pearl Lincecum Alebis
Age 88, Texas
Passed away May 6

Graduated from high school at the age of 16


Florence Cahill Flaherty
Age 96, Brewster, Mass.
Passed away May 6

She had that Irish wit


Jonathan Crachat Carreira Ferreira
Age 26, Newington, Conn.
Passed away May 1

Was pursuing a degree in history and anthropology


Miguel Marte
Age 30, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 28

Former A’s minor-leaguer


Lolo Ijeoma Afuke
Age 35, Chicago
Passed away Apr 29

Nigerian immigrant studying to become a nurse


Krist Angielen Guzman
Age 35, Bolingbrook, Ill.
Passed away May 2

Fierce and vivacious


Randall Clayton French
Age 39, Troy, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 30

Police detective who was once a firefighter


Martin Addison
Age 44, Waldwick, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 29

The type of dad who would do Donald Duck impressions to make his 6-month-old son giggle


Troy Sneed
Age 52, Jacksonville, Fla.
Passed away Apr 27

Grammy-nominated gospel singer and record label founder


John Pope
Age 53, Haydenville, Mass.
Passed away May 3

Worked for years at many local nursing homes


Edward A. Masterson
Age 56, Yonkers, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 26

His family was the most important accomplishment of his life


Randolph Maitz
Age 56, Madison, Conn.
Passed away May 2

He loved all animals, music and community bingo


Leslie Kalmus
Age 57, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 27

Always the first one out on the dance floor


Stewart Markham Fish
Age 58, Hingham, Mass.
Passed away May 1

His love of wildlife and the marshes fueled his soul


Rosemarie Theresa Torrance
Age 60, Wilmington, Del.
Passed away Apr 26

Outlet to talk about everything and anything


Daniel James Parr
Age 60, Cape Cod, Mass.
Passed away Apr 29

Non-judgmental and empathetic listener


Sheena Renee Comfort Miles
Age 60, Morton, Miss.
Passed away May 1

Spent her last working days helping those who had the virus


James Mahoney
Age 62, New York City
Passed away Apr 27

Fought against the Covid-19 pandemic to save patients


Julia Martinez
Age 62, Lubbock, Texas
Passed away May 1

Enjoyed her friends and listening to music


Maria Lopez
Age 63, Burbank, Ill.
Passed away May 4

Loved to travel and dance


Luis A. Frias
Age 65, Las Vegas
Passed away Apr 25

Performed in renowned venues such as Madison Square Garden


Thomas Allen Catron
Age 65, Adel, Iowa
Passed away May 1

Often at the farm tending to his flock and managing his inventory of acquired wonders


Tony Maldonado
Age 66, Waxahachie, Texas
Passed away Apr 26

Loved old Western movies, Elvis’s music and the Dallas Cowboys


Gary Tillery
Age 66, Tulare, Calif.
Passed away Apr 27

Loved jeeping, camping, barbecuing, building and socializing


Joseph J. Ingram Jr.
Age 66, New Britain, Conn.
Passed away Apr 28

Endeared himself to his nephews


Jolene Blackburn Robison Wahgren
Age 68, Oceanport, N.J.
Passed away May 1

Had a dog named Chelsea whom she loved dearly


Ellen Elizabeth Fabry
Age 70, Burlington, N.J.
Passed away Apr 26

Enjoyed family dinners and celebrations


Bruce P. Biesenbach Sr.
Age 74, Albany, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 25

Only things he was more proud of than his military service were his children


John Robert Oglesbee
Age 80, Tahlequah, Okla.
Passed away Apr 26

Had a vision to provide sophisticated medical care to rural areas


Ronald Jacobus
Age 81, Galloway, N.J.
Passed away Apr 27

Master storyteller, with a quick wit and a flair for the dramatic


Betty Sue Harber Carney
Age 81, Grapevine, Texas
Passed away May 1

Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother


Robert C. Samuels
Age 83, New York
Passed away Apr 26

Award-winning journalist, author and community activist


Robert C. Blades
Age 84, Groveland, Mass.
Passed away Apr 27

Ground mechanic for TWA


Carole Kaye
Age 87, Boca Raton, Fla.
Passed away Apr 26

Major college donor in Florida


Daniel James Callahan
Age 90, Massachusetts
Passed away Apr 27

He was a master of all tools


Kenneth James Godwin
Age 94, Michigan
Passed away Apr 27

He could spit a watermelon seed halfway across a double lot


Eve Rudin
Age 103, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 25

One of the first women of her generation to drive a car


Skylar Herbert
Age 5, Detroit
Passed away Apr 19

Michigan’s youngest victim of the coronavirus pandemic


Larry Sylvester Hutchinson Jr.
Age 27, Terre Haute, Ind.
Passed away Apr 17

Played football for Terre Haute South


Leilani Jordan
Age 27, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Passed away Apr 20

Worked as grocery clerk during pandemic


Valentina Blackhorse
Age 28, Kayenta, Ariz.
Passed away Apr 23

Aspiring leader in the Navajo Nation


Brittany Ringo
Age 32, Los Angeles, California
Passed away Apr 20

Worked at dementia care center


Jonathan Coelho
Age 32, Danbury, Connecticut
Passed away Apr 20

Father who left wife heart-wrenching goodbye note.


Anthony Velez
Age 32, Queens, New York
Passed away Apr 20

Loved music and playing his keyboard.


Latasha Andrews
Age 33, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 24

Always the first to offer help to those in need


Ferdi German
Age 41, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 16

Subway car inspector in Manhattan


Kenneth Saunders III
Age 43, Decatur, Ga.
Passed away Apr 18

Civic leader and mediating force


Eric Frazier
Age 44, New Orleans
Passed away Apr 18

Well-regarded bailiff and mentor to colleagues


Jeffrey Ronald Henry Muzljakovich
Age 56, Centerbook, Conn.
Passed away Apr 15

Big guy with an even bigger heart


Calvin Richardson Jr.
Age 57, La Plata, Md.
Passed away Apr 19

Therapist for military veterans


James W. Landis
Age 57, Krocksville, Pa.
Passed away Apr 22

Loved his truck, Dorney Park, Disney World, model trains and especially California cheeseburgers


David Ford
Age 59, DeWitt Township, Mich.
Passed away Apr 21

Pastor who “preached with a lot of strength and voice and sweat”


Harold Dixon
Age 60, Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
Passed away Apr 15

Coached youth baseball


Craig Franken
Age 61, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Passed away Apr 19

Known for throwing an annual Fourth of July party


Kerry Lehman
Age 62, Jackson, Mich.
Passed away Apr 22

Shining light and an uplifting presence


Peter P. DeLuise
Age 63, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 21

Talented athlete who played football, baseball and basketball


Richard J. Conway III
Age 64, Amston, Conn.
Passed away Apr 21

Avid fly fisherman


Barbara Birchenough
Age 65, Midland Park, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 20

Nurse for 46 years


Elizabeth Lombardi
Age 65, Brookhaven, New York
Passed away Apr 20

Loved planning family events


Kim A. Replogle Blanchar
Age 68, Avon, Ind.
Passed away Apr 16

Taught French and etymology for 27 years


John Fusco
Age 68, Rochester, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 19

Loved the grocery business


John McKeon
Age 68, Islip, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 24

Enjoyed a 37-year career with the Rockville Centre Police Department


Phil Foglia
Age 69, New York City
Passed away Apr 21

Prosecuted mobsters, drug dealers and corrupt politicians


Alan Kaplan
Age 69, Coral Springs, Florida
Passed away Apr 20

Shared an inimitable bond with his twin brother


Jeffrey Stanley Lin
Age 70, Middletown, N.J.
Passed away Apr 23

Tried to make everyone around him laugh


Nola Kathleen LaBudde
Age 71, Smyrna, Ga.
Passed away Apr 16

Presented quilts annually at the East Cobb Quilting Guild Show


Cynthia Jean Falle
Age 72, Troy, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 19

Teacher passionate about respecting people with different abilities


William F. Latimer
Age 75, Maryland
Passed away Apr 21

Worked as a carpenter for more than 40 years


Patricia Gibbons
Age 76, Naples, Fla.
Passed away Apr 21

Nurse working night shifts in the ICU


Malcolm C. Shaw Jr
Age 77, Bartlesville, Okla.
Passed away Apr 20

Spent countless hours coaching baseball in Bartlesville


John Joseph Christiana Jr.
Age 80, Hartford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 19

Master electrician


Steve Dalkowski
Age 80, New Britain, Conn.
Passed away Apr 19

Gifted pitcher who never made the big leagues


Ronald Boccacio
Age 80, Hartford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 24

Enjoyed dancing, shooting pool and going to Soundview Beach


Nancy McKeown
Age 80, Louisville, Kentucky
Passed away Apr 20

One 'tough cookie'


Elizabeth Tevenan
Age 82, Brewster, Mass.
Passed away Apr 24

Social butterfly


Henry Grimes
Age 84, New York City
Passed away Apr 15

Jazz bassist who returned to music after 30 years


Willie Gene Whitaker
Age 85, Texas
Passed away Apr 21

Longtime educator who was also a police officer


Donald Reed Herring
Age 86, Norman, Okla.
Passed away Apr 21

Brother of Senator Elizabeth Warren


Ruben Burks
Age 86, Flint, Michigan
Passed away Apr 20

Championed the work of women and people of color in the labor movement


Joseph R. LaMarche
Age 87, Worcester, Massachusetts
Passed away Apr 20

'creative and loving'


Arlene Saunders
Age 89, New York City
Passed away Apr 17

Soprano of opera companies in New York and Hamburg


Mary Ann Scata
Age 90, Wethersfield, Conn.
Passed away Apr 20

Her gardens flourished


Kenneth K. Skoog
Age 90, Fargo, N.D.
Passed away Apr 24

Served in the Korean War and the Berlin airlift


Allen Francis Tinkham
Age 91, Newington, Conn.
Passed away Apr 23

Served as interim pastor to churches during difficult transitions


Shirley Eileen Zimmerman
Age 92, Dearborn, Mich.
Passed away Apr 15

Work was a big part of her life, and she derived much satisfaction from it


Paul Edward Herbst
Age 92, Vernon, Conn.
Passed away Apr 22

Cheerful, upbeat, thankful person


Margaret Skaliotis
Age 92, Boston
Passed away Apr 24

High school library aide and a teacher’s aide


Suzanne Raynal Gijsbers
Age 93, Michigan
Passed away Apr 21

France was always first and foremost in her heart


Richard F. Fenno Jr.
Age 93, Rye, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 21

Political scientist and congressional scholar


Walter M. Eagles Jr.
Age 95, Fort Washington, Pa.
Passed away Apr 24

Kept a scrapbook of the places he saw


Joseph Feingold
Age 97, New York City
Passed away Apr 15

Architect and Holocaust survivor


Israel Sauz
Age 22, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Passed away Apr 5

New father


Hailey Herrera
Age 25, New York City
Passed away Apr 7

Budding therapist with a gift for empathy


Torrin Jamal Howard
Age 26, Waterbury, Conn.
Passed away Apr 7

Gentle giant, athlete and musician


Janissa Delacruz
Age 31, Haverstraw, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 6

Known for having a smile on her face


Timothy Branscomb
Age 32, Chicago
Passed away Apr 6

Always busy looking out for others


Kimarlee Nguyen
Age 33, Everett, Mass.
Passed away Apr 5

Writer who inspired her Brooklyn high school students


Eugene Lamar Limbrick
Age 41, Colorado Springs
Passed away Apr 5

Loved automobiles, especially trucks


Jana Prince
Age 43, Gretna, La.
Passed away Apr 6

Social worker who dedicated her life to others


Sean Christian Keville
Age 47, New Providence, N.J.
Passed away Apr 8

Enjoyed talking sports with family


Peter Brown
Age 53, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 11

Manager of the SW Brown & Son Funeral Home


Reggie Bagala
Age 54, Lockport, La.
Passed away Apr 9

Republican freshman in the state Legislature


Richard Joseph Lenihan Jr.
Age 55, Pearl River, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 9

Man of faith and a proud Irish-American


John Joseph Crowe
Age 56, Saint Johns, Fla.
Passed away Apr 14

Bravely fought a monthlong battle with Covid-19


Myra Helen Robinson
Age 57, Detroit
Passed away Apr 8

More adept than many knew


Michael Hill
Age 58, Glassboro, N.J.
Passed away Apr 14

Railroad worker with a big, joyful personality


John Herman Clomax Jr.
Age 62, South Orange
Passed away Apr 8

One of the few African-American corporate bond traders on Wall Street


Dante Dennis Flagello
Age 62, Rome, Ga.
Passed away Apr 8

His greatest accomplishment was his relationship with his wife


Andrew Kowalczyk
Age 63, Coral Gables, Fla.
Passed away Apr 6

A heart of service


Sushil Kumar
Age 63, Roslyn Heights, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 14

Accountant who achieved the American dream by founding a firm


Deyrold Arteaga
Age 66, Central Valley, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 9

Made friends everywhere he went


Richard Alexander Ross Jr.
Age 66, Boynton Beach, Fla.
Passed away Apr 9

Lifelong karate instructor


Allan Joseph Dickson Jr.
Age 67, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 5

Loved the Jersey Shore music scene


Vincent G. Frainee
Age 68, Redlands, Calif.
Passed away Apr 6

Owned Frainee Water Trucks for 44 years


Parker Knoll
Age 68, Indiana
Passed away Apr 10

A decades-long career in ministry


Alan A. Potanka
Age 68, Berlin, Conn.
Passed away Apr 12

Collector of stamps and coins


Michael Lee Jordan
Age 69, McLeansville, N.C.
Passed away Apr 10

Retired from Sears Outlet Stores as an assistant manager


Wesley Richard Fahrbach II
Age 69, Fremont, Ohio
Passed away Apr 10

Known for his knowledge of local history


John Prine
Age 73, Nashville
Passed away Apr 7

Country-folk singer who was a favorite of Bob Dylan


Barbara Yazbeck Vethacke
Age 74, St. Clair Shores, Mich.
Passed away Apr 5

She was known to many as Babs


Jack Butler
Age 78, Indiana
Passed away Apr 7

Lived in the house he grew up in


Patricia H. Thatcher
Age 79, Clifton Park, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 5

Sang in her church choir for 42 years


Edmon C. Carmichael
Age 79, Detroit
Passed away Apr 13

Pillar in the Detroit community


Joseph Migliucci
Age 81, White Plains, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 6

Fourth-generation owner of Mario’s restaurant, a Bronx institution


Tommie Brown
Age 82, Gary, Ind.
Passed away Apr 9

Security worker who died the same day as his wife


John Horton Conway
Age 82, New Brunswick, N.J.
Passed away Apr 11

Mathematician known as the “magical genius”


Kevin John Cahill
Age 83, New York City
Passed away Apr 6

Directed Alba House Cornerstone Bookstore in lower Manhattan


Roy Northway Stephens
Age 85, New Canaan, Conn.
Passed away Apr 14

Retail executive who led Selfridges


Vinton Timely Mason
Age 86, Beaumont, Mich.
Passed away Apr 12

Co-owned the Bark-and-All logging company


Robert Charles Bazzell
Age 88, Novi, Mich.
Passed away Apr 9

Helped drive the family car along Route 66


Stanley L. Morse
Age 88, Stark County, Ohio
Passed away Apr 11

Trombonist who once turned down an offer to join Duke Ellington’s orchestra


Fred E. Haggerty
Age 88, Greencastle, Indiana
Passed away Apr 5

Guitar player, served in the airforce, father of 5.


Dolores A. Vail
Age 89, Torrington, Conn.
Passed away Apr 14

Her hobbies included reading, especially cookbooks


Margit Buchhalter Feldman
Age 90, Somerset, N.J.
Passed away Apr 14

Survivor who taught about the Holocaust


Faralyn Havir
Age 92, Minnesota
Passed away Apr 7

Her favorite thing was meeting new people


Theodore Gaffney
Age 92, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Apr 12

Photographer of the Freedom Riders


Norman Gulamerian
Age 92, New Providence, N.J.
Passed away Apr 13

Art supply businessman with a romantic streak


Maclear Jacoby Jr.
Age 93, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Apr 11

Inspiring math teacher


Corliss Henry
Age 95, Summit, N.J.
Passed away Apr 14

Trailblazing New Jersey nurse


John B. Ahrens
Age 96, Newton, Mass.
Passed away Apr 10

Lifelong pacifist


Henry F. Graff
Age 98, Greenwich, Conn.
Passed away Apr 7

Columbia University historian of US presidents


Marie Scanlan Walker
Age 99, Louisiana
Passed away Apr 9

Never drew attention to herself


Bassey Offiong
Age 25, Michigan
Passed away Mar 28

Saw friends at their worst but brought out their best


April Dunn
Age 33, Baton Rouge, La.
Passed away Mar 28

Advocate for disability rights


Luke Workoff
Age 33, Huntington, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 4

His relentless passion was for his family and friends


Kyra Swartz
Age 33, New York City
Passed away Apr 4

Volunteered for pet rescue organizations


Jose Diaz-Ayala
Age 38, Palm Beach, Fla.
Passed away Apr 4

Served with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for 14 years


Louvenia Henderson
Age 44, Tonawanda, N.Y.
Passed away Mar 27

Proud single mother of three


Adam Schlesinger
Age 52, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 1

Songwriter for rock, film and the stage


Andreas Koutsoudakis
Age 59, New York City
Passed away Mar 27

Trailblazer for TriBeCa


Wallace Roney
Age 59, Paterson, N.J.
Passed away Mar 31

Jazz trumpet virtuoso


Vincent Lionti
Age 60, New York City
Passed away Apr 4

Met Opera violist and youth orchestra conductor


Thomas A. Real
Age 61, Newtown, Pa.
Passed away Mar 28

Was at peace on his Harley


Joe Diffie
Age 61, Nashville
Passed away Mar 29

Grammy-winning country music star


Sandra Lee deBlecourt
Age 61, Maryland
Passed away Mar 30

Loved taking care of people


Glenn Daniel Bellitto
Age 62, Bronxville, NY
Passed away Apr 2

Town councilman


Joseph Yaggi
Age 65, Indiana
Passed away Mar 30

Mentor and friend to many


Dale E. Thurman
Age 65, Lexington, Ky.
Passed away Apr 1

Tailor known for his exacting work and strong opinions


Gerald Cassidy
Age 66, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Passed away Mar 30

Owner of Shamrock Salvage & Appraisal Inc


Alan Merrill
Age 69, New York City
Passed away Mar 29

Songwriter of “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll”


Martin Douglas
Age 71, New York City
Passed away Mar 31

Maestro of a steel-pan band


Robert Garff
Age 77, Utah
Passed away Mar 29

Former speaker of the Utah House, auto executive and philanthropist


Roger Eckart
Age 78, Indiana
Passed away Mar 31

Retired firefighter and old-school barber


Ann Kolb
Age 78, New York City
Passed away Apr 3

Leader in integrating schools


Thomas A. Adamavich
Age 78, Sheboygan, Wis.
Passed away Apr 4

Especially proud of his Lithuanian heritage


Norman Walker Jr.
Age 80, China Township, Mich.
Passed away Apr 3

Shared his produce with food pantries and his neighbors


Albert K. Webster
Age 82, New York City
Passed away Apr 3

Executive behind New York Philharmonic’s economic growth


Beverly Collins
Age 83, Portland, Maine
Passed away Apr 1

Longtime registered nurse and hospital volunteer


Salomon S. Podgursky
Age 84, Morristown, N.J.
Passed away Apr 1

Loved to figure out how things worked


Ronald Burdette Culp
Age 84, Redding, Calif.
Passed away Apr 3

Helped countless people by providing housing and support


Helen Molina
Age 85, Washington
Passed away Apr 3

All-around supporter of the Washington Huskies


Arlene Stringer-Cuevas
Age 86, New York, New York
Passed away Apr 3

Former NYC councilwoman. Mother of NYC Comptroller, Scott Stringer


Clair Dunlap
Age 89, Washington
Passed away Mar 31

Pilot still teaching people to fly at 88


Rocco Patrick Ursino
Age 90, Bellevue, Wash.
Passed away Mar 26

Preceded in death by his wife of 65 years


Lloyd Paul Leftwich
Age 91, Louisiana
Passed away Apr 3

Inveterate harmonica player


Sandy Pratt
Age 92, Bellevue, Wash.
Passed away Mar 26

Engineer forever chasing the wind


Alice Chavdarian
Age 92, Michigan
Passed away Mar 28

Loving, generous and adventurous spirit


Beryl Bernay
Age 94, New York City
Passed away Mar 29

Actress and children’s TV host


Richard Passman
Age 94, Silver Spring, Md.
Passed away Apr 1

Rocket engineer in the early days of supersonic flight


Benjamin Robert Hirschmann
Age 24, Fraser, Michigan
Passed away Mar 20


Dez-Ann Romain
Age 36, New York City
Passed away Mar 23

Innovative high school principal


Conrad Buchanan
Age 39, Fort Myers, Florida
Passed away Mar 20

'vivacious DJ'


Sundee Rutter
Age 42, Everett, Washington
Passed away Mar 16

Single mother of 6


Laneeka Barksdale
Age 47, Detroit
Passed away Mar 23

Ballroom dancing star


Michael Ortiz
Age 48, Kenilworth, New Jersey
Passed away Mar 20

'his main goal in life was to make people happy'


Luis Juarez
Age 54, Romeoville, Ill.
Passed away Mar 18

Traveled often in the United States and Mexico


Timothy “Olan” Montgomery
Age 56, Queens, New York
Passed away Mar 20

Actor


Maria Linda Villanueva Sun
Age 61, Newport News, Va.
Passed away Mar 25

Organized food programs for children in the Philippines


Theresa Elloie
Age 63, New Orleans
Passed away Mar 24

Renowned for her business making detailed pins and corsages


Landon Spradlin
Age 66, Concord, N.C.
Passed away Mar 25

Preacher and blues guitarist


Husey Delbert Meade
Age 66, Douglasville, Georgia
Passed away Mar 20

'Papa' to everyone


Ronald W. Lewis
Age 68, New Orleans
Passed away Mar 20

Preserver of the city’s performance traditions


Mark Blum
Age 69, New York City
Passed away Mar 25

Obie Award-winning stage and screen actor


Frederick Carl Harris
Age 70, Massachusetts
Passed away Mar 25

An exuberant laugh


George Freeman Winfield
Age 72, Shelburne, Vt.
Passed away Mar 23

Could make anything grow


Alan Finder
Age 72, Ridgewood, N.J.
Passed away Mar 24

Unflappable New York Times journalist


Fred Walter Gray
Age 75, Benton County, Wash.
Passed away Mar 20

Liked his bacon and hash browns crispy


Sterling Maddox Jr.
Age 78, Arlington, Va.
Passed away Mar 24

Developer known for his friendliness


Terrence McNally
Age 81, Sarasota, Fla.
Passed away Mar 24

Tony-winning playwright of gay life


Mike Longo
Age 83, New York City
Passed away Mar 22

Jazz pianist, composer and educator


JoAnn Stokes-Smith
Age 87, Charleston, S.C.
Passed away Mar 20

Loved to travel and covered much of the globe


Kenneth R. Going
Age 87, Grafton, Wis.
Passed away Mar 24

Green Bay Packers season ticket holder for 50 years


Donald Raymond Haws
Age 88, Jacksonville, Fla.
Passed away Mar 19

Administered Holy Eucharist to hospital patients


Walter Robb
Age 91, New York
Passed away Mar 23

Former General Electric Co executive


Romi Cohn
Age 91, New York City
Passed away Mar 24

Saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo


Harold L. Upjohn
Age 91, Burlingame, Calif.
Passed away Mar 24

Conducted clinical research at Walter Reed Army Medical Center


Gerald Anthony Morales
Age 91, Louisiana
Passed away Mar 25

An encyclopedic knowledge of old Hollywood


Irvin Herman
Age 94, Indianapolis
Passed away Mar 25

Army man modest about his service in the Pacific


Cornelius Lawyer
Age 84, Bellevue, Wash.
Passed away Mar 8

Sharecropper’s son


Jermaine Ferro
Age 77, Lee County, Fla.
Passed away Mar 5

Wife with little time to enjoy a new marriage


Marion Krueger
Age 85, Kirkland, Wash.
Passed away Feb 26

Great-grandmother with an easy laugh


Bernice Greene
Age 65, Jersey City, New Jersey
Passed away Jan 20

'Made people feel loved'


Joe Lewinger
Age 42, Garden City South, New York

Teacher who wrote his wife love letters every morning


Jorge Ortiz-Garay
Age 49, Brooklyn, New York

'A great priest'


Angela White
Age 56, Cable, Ohio

'kind of a mom to so many people'


Nagjija Gjidija
Age 72, New York, New York


James W. “Chucky” Means Jr.
Age 73, Las Vegas, Nevada


Alan Hirshman
Age 89, New York, New York

'always fighting for the underdog'


Varsenik “Vi” Morse
Age 93, Dearborn, Michigan


William Hrabnicky
Age 76, Cleveland
Passed away May 15

Owned a local bar


Dolores M. DeLaurentis
Age 89, Bethlehem, Pa.
Passed away May 15

Social worker and political fundraiser


Frances A. Orsini
Age 91, Brick, N.J.
Passed away May 15

Sketched advertisements for large department stores


Ramon Roman
Age 52, Brooklyn, New York
Passed away May 5

He loved merengue music and volunteering


Susan C. Menoche
Age 69, Lincoln, R.I.
Passed away May 5

Woman of many talents


Tonna Lee Pratt
Age 69, Westernport, Md.
Passed away May 9

Lifelong resident of Westernport


Richard Lynn Heggen
Age 72, Des Moines
Passed away May 6

If anyone enjoyed the variety life has to offer, he did


Michael Angelo Church
Age 72, Plainfield, N.J.
Passed away May 9

Long-term shool district employee


William Jonathan Glenney
Age 73, Vernon, Conn.
Passed away May 5

The presence of Paul Bunyan and the demeanor of a kitten


Joel I. Sneider
Age 74, Miami Beach
Passed away May 13

A long, successful retail career, primarily at Macy’s


Roy Horn
Age 75, Las Vegas
Passed away May 8

One half of Siegfried & Roy


Elaine Menchel Marcus
Age 75, Syracuse, N.Y.
Passed away May 9

Performed in many productions at the Salt City Playhouse


Marilyn Luella Tayse
Age 75, Ohio
Passed away May 10

Loved going to the zoo, watching soap operas and window shopping


Guy A. LaVignera
Age 76, Morganville, N.J.
Passed away May 5

Served in the Army and worked 40-plus years at Chase Bank


Alexander Leon Lloyd
Age 76, Maryland
Passed away May 6

Attended every Presidential inauguration from 1965 until 2012


Anne Turner Gaillard
Age 76, Mobile, Ala.
Passed away May 6

First woman elected to the Pohick vestry


Carl J. Hebert Sr.
Age 76, Manchester, N.H.
Passed away May 12

Engine technician in the New Hampshire Air National Guard


Wayne Drye
Age 78, Atlanta
Passed away May 5

Founded his own company, World Insurance Association, Inc


Randolph Warren Whipple
Age 78, Plainville, Conn.
Passed away May 10

Veteran of the Vietnam War


Jeanne Madden Cibroski
Age 79, Cape Cod, Mass.
Passed away May 5

Loved being quiet at the beach


Deloris C. Traver
Age 79, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Passed away May 5

Entered real estate in 1995 as a second career


John F. Von Sternberg Jr.
Age 79, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Passed away May 7

Member of the Old Coots on Scoots motorcycle club


Janice L. McNelly
Age 79, Iowa
Passed away May 8

Served as the Iowa president of the League of Women Voters


Mary Ellen Houle
Age 80, Bedford, N.H.
Passed away May 5

Amazing in every sense of the word


Diana G. DeVito Swist
Age 80, Norwalk, Conn.
Passed away May 13

Filled her life by caring for her children and grandchildren


Paul A. Hamel
Age 80, Westminster, Mass.
Passed away May 14

Served with the US Marines during the Vietnam War


Pio Mactal Vilar Jr.
Age 81, Summerlin, Nev.
Passed away May 12

Emigrated to the United States in 1963 as a medical resident


Jean M. Winterbottom
Age 82, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Passed away May 5

Certified horticulturist


Douglas H. Diamond
Age 82, Chelmsford, Mass.
Passed away May 7

Involved with the development of Air Force technologies


Timothy E. Murray
Age 82, Ocean View, Del.
Passed away May 12

Retired from Verizon after over 40 years of service


Grace Lee Hargrave Cradeur
Age 83, Crowley, La.
Passed away May 6

Always room at the table for her to feed anyone who showed up


James C. Whittemore
Age 83, Johnson City, N.Y.
Passed away May 8

Served as a deacon and especially enjoyed a mission trip to Peru


Richard C. Schug
Age 83, Syracuse, N.Y.
Passed away May 12

Employed at General Electric for 38 years


Thomas F. McDermott
Age 84, Massachusetts
Passed away May 5

Engineer always interested in learning new things


Claude Reno Doucette
Age 84, Connecticut
Passed away May 7

Man of few words


Joan A. Lenhart
Age 84, Wyomissing, Pa.
Passed away May 7

Seamstress who worked at several sewing mills


Carl A. Philipp
Age 84, Easton, Pa.
Passed away May 10

Lifetime resident of Easton


Barbara E. Woznicki
Age 85, Newington, Conn.
Passed away May 6

Gave every bit of herself to her family


Nancy Taylor
Age 85, Tinton Falls, N.J.
Passed away May 12

Her famous quote was “I am as good as you are, as bad as I am”


Carmen Rodriguez
Age 85, Windsor Locks, Conn.
Passed away May 12

Enjoyed visiting casinos, playing bingo and scratching lottery tickets


Patrick C. Parks
Age 85, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
Passed away May 12

An Iowa Air National Guardsman


Donald Geoffrey Helliwell
Age 86, Westfield, Mass.
Passed away May 8

He trained aboard the first nuclear-powered vessel in the US fleet


Raymond Gayle Burgett
Age 86, Des Moines
Passed away May 10

Enjoyed delivering day-old bread to church, family and friends


Jeanette Gilmour
Age 86, Marcellus, N.Y.
Passed away May 10

Many will remember her half-moon cookies


David F. Savitt
Age 86, Ludlow, Mass.
Passed away May 14

A lifelong career with WHIL radio


Betty Eleanor Fennelly
Age 87, Cromwell, Conn.
Passed away May 6

Worked as a school bus driver for 30 years


Betty M. Bradshaw
Age 87, Charlottesville, Va.
Passed away May 11

Avid member of the Antique Automobile Club of America


Cornelia Ann Hunt
Age 87, Virginia Beach
Passed away May 13

Her last words were “thank you”


Michael J. Mchugh
Age 88, Philadelphia
Passed away May 10

Lifelong Phillies and Eagles fan


Roland Henry Lacasse
Age 88, Massachusetts
Passed away May 11

Priest who sought “to help people to be happy and holy”


Robert M. Sullivan
Age 88, Springfield, Pa.
Passed away May 12

Proud member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians


Rita Paas
Age 88, Comstock Park, Mich.
Passed away May 14

Never missed “Wheel of Fortune,” “Jeopardy” or “Lawrence Welk”


Jimmy Glenn
Age 89, Manhattan, N.Y.
Passed away May 7

Former boxing trainer who owned a well-known Times Square bar


Juanita Sanchez-Valdez
Age 90, Glendale, Ariz.
Passed away May 5

Champion for the rights of Hispanic women


Roberta Gulick
Age 90, Wrentham, Mass.
Passed away May 7

Advocate for the Alliance for the Mentally Ill


Ronald R. Erdman
Age 90, Novi, Mich.
Passed away May 11

67-year member of Pipefitters Local 636


Betty Jo Barney
Age 91, Green Valley, Ariz.
Passed away May 5

Very active in the support of 4-H clubs


Wilma Ruth Montgomery
Age 91, Phoenix
Passed away May 5

Feisty and fun to be with


Hildur T. Stanton
Age 91, New York
Passed away May 5

Always trying to better herself and family


Elizabeth N. Updegrave
Age 91, Reading, Pa.
Passed away May 9

We will forever remember her saying, “Keep the water in the pool!”


Mary Ann Bregar
Age 91, Ohio
Passed away May 10

Liked golfing and sewing, but loved spending time with family and friends


Jean D. Tobin
Age 91, Bucks County, Pa.
Passed away May 13

Happiest when she was barefoot in her flower garden


Russell D. Green
Age 92, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Passed away May 12

Attended electronics schools in the Navy


Duane G. Vock
Age 92, Mission, Kan.
Passed away May 12

Proud Army veteran who served during WWII


Margaret MacVeagh Schweers
Age 93, New Jersey
Passed away May 10

Had a passion for decorating and an artistic streak


Irene S. Allen
Age 93, Ambler, Pa.
Passed away May 11

Enjoyed trying her luck in the casino


Robert Grant Conner
Age 96, Easthampton, Mass.
Passed away May 8

Nothing brought him greater joy than taking his boys on hikes


Joyce Roberts
Age 96, Portland, Maine
Passed away May 12

Had a passion for golf and bridge


Russell Arnold Nielsen
Age 96, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Passed away May 12

Attended the Illinois College of Optometry


Genowefa Kochanek
Age 98, Massachusetts
Passed away May 12

Survived the German invasion and occupation of Poland during World War II


Florence Ethel Buenzly
Age 99, Allentown, Pa.
Passed away May 7

Long-time member of Grace Lutheran Church


Grace Nutland
Age 102, Paramus, N.J.
Passed away May 6

Worked for the FBI during World War II


Robert Steven Seldin
Age 62, Toms River, N.J.
Passed away Apr 30

Gentle soul who appreciated the simple things in life


Robert M. Shaw
Age 69, Beverly, Mass.
Passed away May 3

Loved being Grandpa to his “little man” and “sweet pea”


Michael James Reagan
Age 69, Georgetown, Del.
Passed away May 4

Loved music, especially Christmas carols


Donald DiPetrillo
Age 70, Florida
Passed away Apr 30

Emergency worker in the Seminole Tribe


Robert Woodward
Age 70, Phenix City, Ala.
Passed away May 4

Raised and trained Labrador retrievers for search and rescue operations


Myra Janet Headley
Age 72, Memphis
Passed away May 2

Loved Jesus, Elvis, Dr Pepper and her family


Eileen Marie Stanton
Age 73, Grand Forks, N.D.
Passed away May 4

Loving stay-at-home mom


Anna Marie Lopiccolo
Age 74, Bristol, Conn.
Passed away May 1

Served as a Eucharistic minister and lector


Joseph Angeline
Age 74, Edison, N.J.
Passed away May 3

Talented painter well known for his landscapes


Ron Frangipane
Age 75, Tinton Falls, N.J.
Passed away Apr 25

Studio musician in the late ’60s in New York City


Terry G. Thompson
Age 75, Indiana
Passed away Apr 25

Never knew anything but work


Adrienne Eugina Doolin Howard
Age 75, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Passed away Apr 30

Had a passion for soul food, cooking, music and her church


Barbara Stack
Age 76, Perth Amboy, N.J.
Passed away Apr 25

Created her own version of “meals on wheels” for those in need


Linda Joy Nassif
Age 76, Iowa
Passed away Apr 27

Rose to leadership of the Republican Party of Iowa


Carmen Lydia Muniz Rodriguez
Age 76, Glastonbury, Conn.
Passed away Apr 29

Huge Elvis fan


Richard M. Cieslak
Age 76, Red Bud, Ill.
Passed away May 2

Successful business owner in construction and recycling


Lucille Marie Resto
Age 77, Rocky Hill, Conn.
Passed away Apr 25

Owned her own small businesses


Paul Francis Siefert Sr.
Age 77, Colerain Township, Ohio
Passed away Apr 29

Avid, lifelong trap shooter


Robert N. Winsor
Age 78, Marblehead, Mass.
Passed away Apr 27

A 56-year career as a produce manager at Stop and Shop


John P. Derrico
Age 78, Fountain Hill, Pa.
Passed away May 3

Was in charge of The Bethlehem Globe Times’s printing department for many years


Arlene M. Horowitz
Age 78, Wynnewood, Pa.
Passed away May 3

Rising phoenix


Karen Kay Bentley
Age 79, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Passed away Apr 27

Avid reader and knitter


Michael L. Trombley
Age 79, West Brattleboro, Vt.
Passed away Apr 28

Highly respected by those who worked with him


Dean Leroy Drake
Age 79, Chandler, Ariz.
Passed away Apr 29

Visited many countries


Teresa A. Olbrich
Age 79, Rockford, Ill.
Passed away May 1

Enjoyed antiquing with her daughter


Daniel S. Pincu
Age 80, Asheville, N.C.
Passed away Apr 27

Army veteran, business owner, free spirit and kvetch


Irene Ann Allen
Age 80, Simsbury, Conn.
Passed away Apr 27

Selected by the FBI as a top recruit


Paul Nathan Fontenot
Age 80, Lafayette, La.
Passed away Apr 28

Professional land surveyor and civil engineer


Mary Elizabeth Parr
Age 80, Connecticut
Passed away May 2

Teacher and reading specialist


Bette Jones
Age 80, Farmington, Conn.
Passed away May 3

Collector of people, laughter and good stories


Yvonne S. Orlando
Age 81, Bethlehem, Pa.
Passed away Apr 28

Enjoyed novels, crossword puzzles, art and TV shows


Alice Louise Trout
Age 81, Pendleton, Ind.
Passed away Apr 29

Church choir director, soloist and organist


Mercedes Santiago
Age 82, Lawrence, Mass.
Passed away Apr 29

Owned one of the first Spanish bodegas in the city of Lawrence


Charles Goodstein
Age 82, Tenafly, N.J.
Passed away Apr 30

Professor at New York University Medical School


Deane K. Felter
Age 82, Cromwell, Conn.
Passed away May 4

Played for the New York Giants as a halfback


Anthony J. Valdati Jr.
Age 83, Glastonbury, Conn.
Passed away Apr 27

Computer engineer at Pratt and Whitney for many years


Carole Montalbano
Age 83, Springfield, Ill.
Passed away Apr 27

Known for her strength and devotion to family


Paul James Nagy
Age 83, Charlottesville, Va.
Passed away May 3

Made his career as a groundbreaking photographic chemist with Polaroid


Shirley Crute
Age 83, Ossining, N.Y.
Passed away May 3

A 27-year career at General Motors


Mary Gilbert
Age 84, Mansfield, Mass.
Passed away Apr 26

Quiet and humble member of a prayer circle


Henry N. Dubois
Age 84, East Hartford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 26

Started his own business


William G. Bennett
Age 84, Waverly, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 27

Worked for over 33 years at Westinghouse


Peter Crisanti
Age 84, West Haven, Conn.
Passed away Apr 28

Enjoyed entertaining his family by playing guitar and mandolin


Gomer Richards Jr.
Age 84, West Hurley, N.Y.
Passed away May 4

All-American athlete


Mary Doyle Hovanec
Age 84, Baltimore
Passed away May 4

Active in the League of Women Voters


Donald Martin Puffer
Age 84, Foxboro, Mass.
Passed away May 4

Avid skier


Joseph Colasurdo
Age 85, Jersey City, N.J.
Passed away Apr 26

Loved to watch old Western movies


Patricia A. Carrigan
Age 85, Rush County, Ind.
Passed away May 2

Enjoyed serving as registrar with the DAR


Kenneth A. Rago
Age 85, Pocasset, Mass.
Passed away May 3

Self-taught musician


Harrison Solliday
Age 85, Des Moines
Passed away May 4

Spent countless hours teaching friends how to water ski


Laura Yopp
Age 85, South Windsor, Conn.
Passed away May 4

Known for her respect for animals and her love of physical health


Richard Daniel Harris
Age 86, Danvers, Mass.
Passed away Apr 26

Had a knack for games of chance


James E. Mann Jr.
Age 86, Richmond, Va.
Passed away Apr 29

Served in the Marine Corps from 1958 to 1961


Richard L. Houle
Age 86, Bedford, N.H.
Passed away May 2

Epic in every sense of the word


Douglas Hanby
Age 86, Shreveport, La.
Passed away May 2

Enjoyed a career in wholesale floorcovering


Marjorie P. Tabechian
Age 86, New York
Passed away May 3

Retired head nurse who mastered Persian cooking


Robert William Dietz
Age 86, Michigan
Passed away May 3

Quick with his fists in the ring


Alexander Webster Cruden Jr.
Age 87, New York
Passed away Apr 27

Former students will remember his brush cut and dry humor


Frederick Anthony Palazzo
Age 87, Woburn, Mass.
Passed away Apr 29

Enjoyed international, square and round dancing


Edward L. Ghidotti
Age 87, Upper Arlington, Ohio
Passed away May 3

Stockbroker and a great listener


Ann Bonville Trombly
Age 88, New York
Passed away Apr 27

Accomplished quilter, calligrapher and gardener


Jeanette Marie Baldwin
Age 88, Mingo, Iowa
Passed away May 3

Retired as the postmaster at the Mingo Post Office


Margaret Busha
Age 89, Mystic, Conn.
Passed away Apr 29

Would stay awake on the night shift because she didn’t want anyone to die alone


Daniel Blume
Age 89, West Hartford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 30

Authored the book “Making It In Radio”


Melita Baker
Age 89, Irvington, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 30

Knew how to make an entrance


Marjorie L. Goolsby
Age 89, Marblehead, Mass.
Passed away May 1

Educator who taught many offspring of her former students


Pilar Molina Reyes Rodriques
Age 89, Plantsville, Conn.
Passed away May 3

Blessed with a coloratura soprano voice and loved to sing “Ave Maria”


Rosemary Hoell Rushka
Age 89, San Mateo, Calif.
Passed away May 3

Went to college at 45


Barbara J. Norris
Age 90, Weymouth, Mass.
Passed away Apr 25

Actively involved in the United Methodist Women


Wee Chu Wong
Age 90, Worcester, Pa.
Passed away May 1

Worked long, hard hours and still made time for everyone


Rosemary Ann Hughes
Age 90, Danbury, Conn.
Passed away May 2

Worked in libraries for over 20 years


Elaine Jeannette Beaulieu
Age 90, East Hartford, Conn.
Passed away May 4

Enjoyed crafts, crocheting, playing cards and board games


Richard J. Rome
Age 91, Roslindale, Mass.
Passed away Apr 25

Loving father


Raymond W. Wilkinson Sr.
Age 91, Weatherly, Pa.
Passed away Apr 25

His greatest accomplishment was serving as an ordained deacon


Eva Charlotte Julewitz
Age 91, Woonsocket, R.I.
Passed away Apr 26

Swam over one mile each week


Joan M. Hackney
Age 91, West Chester, Pa.
Passed away Apr 27

Portrait oil and landscape watercolor painter


Nicholas Modugno
Age 91, New York
Passed away Apr 29

Mainstay of the Valhalla School District


Raymond Geraci
Age 91, Highland Park, Ill.
Passed away May 2

Former mayor, sportscaster


Irvin Alder
Age 91, Novi, Mich.
Passed away May 2

Loved traveling in an RV


Patrick Conran
Age 91, Riverside, Ill.
Passed away May 3

Two-time Purple Heart recipient


Muriel E. Lundgren
Age 91, Haverhill, Mass.
Passed away May 3

Talented tennis player


Asela E. Gejo
Age 92, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 27

Excellent cook, though she hated the task


Jean Adele Walkins
Age 92, Whitman, Mass.
Passed away Apr 28

Fashionista


Earl Avers
Age 92, Oregon, Ohio
Passed away Apr 28

Enjoyed golfing


Elsie Rossitto
Age 92, Portland, Conn.
Passed away Apr 29

Ran Brownstone Amusements Carnival with her husband


Jean Munson
Age 92, Plainville, Conn.
Passed away Apr 30

Enjoyed traveling throughout New England


Edna Saikkonen Alve
Age 92, Spencer, N.Y.
Passed away May 2

Worked beside her husband to transform a rundown dairy farm into a flourishing business


Clarence Robert Ellis
Age 93, Rochester, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 26

Enjoyed gardening, camping and making people laugh


Charles Walter Calhoun
Age 93, Alexander City, Ala.
Passed away Apr 29

Served in the Army Air Corps as an aviation electrician


Corinne Rhodes
Age 93, Oxford, Pa.
Passed away Apr 30

Bowled for over 50 years in various leagues


Helen Sutton
Age 93, Rocky Hill, Conn.
Passed away May 1

Enjoyed winters in Florida and traveling with the Aircraft Campmates


Jean Marie Hazelwood
Age 93, San Mateo, Calif.
Passed away May 1

Child of San Francisco who walked across the Golden Gate Bridge on opening day


Richard M. Glidden
Age 95, Orleans, Mass.
Passed away Apr 25

Awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart and Bronze Star


Lillian Press
Age 95, Kentucky
Passed away Apr 26

Dearly loved Kentucky


Wayne L. Wolford
Age 95, Pennsylvania
Passed away Apr 27

In the Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame for voting in every November election for 50 years


Clementine E. Jamgochian
Age 95, Peabody, Mass.
Passed away May 2

Faced the challenges of life with a smile and positive attitude


Dorothy V. Indeck
Age 95, Bridgewater, N.J.
Passed away May 4

Taught in the Bridgewater public elementary schools


Ina Macko
Age 96, Griswold, Conn.
Passed away May 2

Taught math for 25 years at Voluntown Elementary School


Mary Ann Yazzie
Age 96, Life Care Center of Farmington, N.M.
Passed away May 2

Her family believed she would have stayed with them through the traditional Navajo lifespan of 102 years


Nora Malis
Age 97, Salem, N.H.
Passed away Apr 25

Her will was indomitable


Dorthe J. Flick
Age 97, Clinton, Iowa
Passed away Apr 28

Core member of her congregation


Ruth E. Shinn
Age 97, Washington, D.C.
Passed away May 1

Advocate for gender, racial and LGBT equality


Hilda R. Nagel
Age 99, Whitehall, Pa.
Passed away Apr 27

Volunteered as a firehouse cook for over 50 years


Patricia L. Henry
Age 102, Dearborn, Mich.
Passed away May 2

Artist at heart


Dorothy May Thompson
Age 105, Des Moines
Passed away Apr 29

Traced her roots back over 10 generations


James Kevin Malloy
Age 67, Oxford, Miss.
Passed away Apr 16

Sang at countless weddings


Scott Douglas Woodard
Age 67, Oakland, Calif.
Passed away Apr 18

Attended every weekend A’s game, almost without exception


Kathleen Devon Domenick
Age 67, Devon, Pa.
Passed away Apr 19

Taught elementary school for more than 30 years


Barry G. Fisher
Age 69, Old Brookville, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 17

His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup


Laurie Appell
Age 70, Hartford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 16

Worked tirelessly as a mental health advocate


Paul Martinez
Age 70, West Covina, Calif.
Passed away Apr 18

Los Angeles sports fan


Jerome Michael Zottolo
Age 75, San Diego
Passed away Apr 15

Many appreciated his straight talk


Kenneth Richard Coombs
Age 75, Methuen, Mass.
Passed away Apr 21

A 30-year career at the Gillette Company


Martha Leroy Wilson
Age 76, Arlington, Va.
Passed away Apr 16

Spent her youth at foreign service postings


Paul J. Foley Jr.
Age 77, Chicago
Passed away Apr 17

Family man, risk-taker, teaser and sports lover


Judith Lee Arkerson
Age 77, Dover, N.H.
Passed away Apr 17

Secretary turned tax consultant


John Larry Sartain
Age 77, Des Plaines, Ill.
Passed away Apr 18

Rose each morning at 5 am to read the Bible


Antoinette Tosco
Age 77, Bridgewater, N.J.
Passed away Apr 21

A long career in horticulture


Charlie Hopper
Age 78, Augusta, Maine
Passed away Apr 17

Former firefighter


Owen Moreland Parks
Age 80, Milford, Del.
Passed away Apr 16

Represented Delaware in senior bowling tournaments


Thomas I. Atwood
Age 80, Bluffton, S.C.
Passed away Apr 19

Co-owned and operated Atwood Television and Radio Service


Linda L. Orendorff
Age 80, Hilliard, Ohio
Passed away Apr 20

Her strength was a thing of wonder


Carol A. Castle
Age 80, Weymouth, Mass.
Passed away Apr 23

Enjoyed the church’s women’s bowling league


Ronald Wilfred LePage
Age 81, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Passed away Apr 16

His ever-morphing and repetitive stories will be missed


Andrea Ruth Ludgin
Age 81, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 17

Winner of the art prize at Mt Holyoke


Joan M. Cargill
Age 81, New Brunswick, N.J.
Passed away Apr 24

Loved art, music and animals


James Merle Weaver
Age 82, New York
Passed away Apr 16

Smithsonian music curator


Jane Krumrine
Age 82, Merion Station, Pa.
Passed away Apr 17

Vice president at an insurance firm


Charles Dow Long
Age 82, Tempe, Ariz.
Passed away Apr 20

Taught himself to play the drums


Celestino Padilla Sr.
Age 82, Rochester, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 22

Enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting, playing pranks and spending time with family


John Bradford Hubert II
Age 83, Beverly Hills, Mich.
Passed away Apr 15

Survived by his wife of 61 years


Stanley Marvin Grossman
Age 83, Nanuet, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 16

Known to many for his amazing Donald Duck impersonation


Herb Baum
Age 83, Florida
Passed away Apr 20

Corporate leader and animal rescue advocate


Patricia Plante
Age 84, Peoria, Ariz.
Passed away Apr 17

Lifetime member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, VFW Post 9400


John Francis McClintock
Age 84, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Passed away Apr 20

Cherished grandfather


Veil David DeVillier
Age 85, Baton Rouge, La.
Passed away Apr 17

Driving force in establishing LSU-Eunice


William E. Jackman
Age 85, Reston, Va.
Passed away Apr 17

Voice of the Naval Academy football stadium for three decades


Robert Adam Burns
Age 85, Michigan
Passed away Apr 22

Owned and operated Big Bob’s Pizzerias


Virginia Alice Rauth
Age 85, Lakewood, N.J.
Passed away Apr 23

Taught the fourth and fifth grades


Elaine Cupka
Age 86, Potomac, Md.
Passed away Apr 16

Delighted in educating thousands of children over three decades


Anthony V. Racka
Age 86, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Passed away Apr 21

Known in English as “Grandpa Boom” and in Lithuanian as “Senelis”


John J. Valentine
Age 86, Long Branch, N.J.
Passed away Apr 23

Expert polygraph examiner


Clyde Addison Reichelderfer
Age 86, Ohio
Passed away Apr 24

Never seemed to know a stranger


Paul Ronald Joseph
Age 87, Forest Hills, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 22

Served in the US Army in Iran and with the CDC fighting cholera in the Philippines


Marlene B. Mandle
Age 88, Collingswood, N.J.
Passed away Apr 15

First woman on her block to work outside the home


Verla L. Courey
Age 88, South Windsor, Conn.
Passed away Apr 16

Nurse with a love for language


Donald Kennedy
Age 88, Redwood City, Calif.
Passed away Apr 21

Former president of Stanford University


Theodore Robert Zaterka
Age 89, South Windsor, Conn.
Passed away Apr 21

Gardener who won the title of Pickle King


Mary Therese Loughery
Age 89, Abington, Pa.
Passed away Apr 21

Raised five children


Benjamin DiGiovanni
Age 90, New York City
Passed away Apr 15

His “all in the pot” cookies will remain a family tradition


Henry Burk Sullivan
Age 90, Haddonfield, N.J.
Passed away Apr 20

Professor of English and philosophy at Gloucester County College


Barbara Ann Loreck
Age 90, Pikesville, Md.
Passed away Apr 21

Taught at several Baltimore-area schools


Billie Jean Michael Habermehl
Age 90, Manassas, Va.
Passed away Apr 21

Loved dancing, opera, art, British mysteries and animals of all kinds


Philip A. Scardilli
Age 91, Colonia, N.J.
Passed away Apr 15

Gained notoriety for his freeform dancing at family functions


Nancy M. Allen
Age 91, New York City
Passed away Apr 15

Loved to read and play bingo


Charles Donald Neal Sr.
Age 91, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Passed away Apr 17

Helped establish many credit unions


Herbert Nygren
Age 91, Carol Stream, Ill.
Passed away Apr 18

Formidable professor, amiable pastor


Myrtha Celifie
Age 91, McHenry, Ill.
Passed away Apr 19

Modern-day renaissance woman


Barry Kaye
Age 91, Boca Raton, Fla.
Passed away Apr 21

Insurance salesman famous for his self-help books


Norman Leslie Jenkins
Age 91, Hingham, Mass.
Passed away Apr 22

Loved seeing the full moon rise over the ocean


Alma M. Carney
Age 91, Florida
Passed away Apr 22

She and her husband were pioneers in industrial catering


Ida Esposito
Age 92, Melville, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 15

Worked as a secretary for Grumman Aerospace for nearly 25 years


Lee Konitz
Age 92, New York City
Passed away Apr 15

Saxophonist and master of “cool” jazz


Angeline Michalopulos
Age 92, Des Plaines, Ill.
Passed away Apr 16

Was never afraid to sing or dance


Louis B. Bernstein
Age 92, Roseland, N.J.
Passed away Apr 21

Served in the US Army


Ina Shaw Mirviss
Age 93, Stamford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 16

Would hold scientific discussions over dinner


Arthur Winthrop Barstow
Age 93, Hadley, Mass.
Passed away Apr 17

There is not a Louis L’Amour Western he had not read three times


Norma Jean Knight
Age 93, Des Moines
Passed away Apr 19

Survived by her husband of 70 years


Edith Costanzo
Age 93, Wethersfield, Conn.
Passed away Apr 20

Highly successful Avon representative


Stephen J. Clinton
Age 94, Rockland, Mass.
Passed away Apr 19

Cancer survivor at 88 years old


Patricia Rowe
Age 94, Buffalo
Passed away Apr 24

She helped immigrants and refugees get on their feet


Robert R. Stout
Age 95, Dennis, Mass.
Passed away Apr 17

Survived the sinking of his troopship in the English Channel


Joseph J. Angi Sr.
Age 95, New York
Passed away Apr 18

Served in Belgium, France and Germany during WWII


Retha Elizabeth Contri Sharp
Age 98, Iowa
Passed away Apr 22

Always enjoyed a good discussion involving politics


Joan Cecile Berngen
Age 69, Burbank, Ill.
Passed away Apr 14

Known for her amazing sense of humor


Ellen Spencer
Age 70, Newburgh, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 14

Principal’s assistant


Tommie Adams
Age 71, Chicago
Passed away Apr 8

Moved antiques for more than 25 years


Denise Camille Buczek
Age 72, Bristol, Conn.
Passed away Apr 10

Loved writing birthday and holiday cards, poems and lists


Roger Mckinney-Wagner
Age 73, Lowell, Mass.
Passed away Apr 8

Professor at the Salter School


James O’Brien Johnson
Age 74, Joplin, Mo.
Passed away Apr 7

Pastor of Mt Sinai Church of God in Christ


Sharyn Lynn Vogel
Age 74, Aurora, Colo.
Passed away Apr 9

Photographer, gourmet cook, sparkling hostess and traveler


John B. Lynch
Age 76, Wilmington, Mass.
Passed away Apr 12

Lifelong educator


Harold Reisner
Age 78, Pittsburgh
Passed away Apr 6

Took furniture repair to the level of an art form


Michael Giangrande Sr.
Age 78, Bellmore, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 12

“Mayor of Martin Avenue”


Harley E. Acker
Age 79, Troupsburg, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 10

Discovered his true calling when he started driving a school bus


Carol Davis
Age 80, Manatee County, Fla.
Passed away Apr 14

Alabama native who led travel agencies in Florida


Clifford J. Williams
Age 81, Schaghticoke, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 6

Member for over 46 years of the Operating Engineers Union, Local No 106


Joseph F. Kelly
Age 81, New York City
Passed away Apr 7

Did two tours through the Panama Canal to Antarctica


Frances M. Pilot
Age 81, Wall, N.J.
Passed away Apr 9

Known as Big Momma to all who loved her


Marvin L. Thomas
Age 81, Sun Lakes, Ariz.
Passed away Apr 13

A million dollar-smile


Thomas Tarbell Russell
Age 83, Longmeadow, Mass.
Passed away Apr 7

Mentored by the computer science pioneer Grace Hopper


Jeanne Stone Rusnak
Age 84, Endicott, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 13

Classy lady with style and elegance


Gerard Rosenberg
Age 85, New York City
Passed away Apr 6

Retired New York Supreme Court justice


Ruth Skapinok
Age 85, Roseville, Calif.
Passed away Apr 7

Backyard birds were known to eat from her hand


Liudas Karolis Mikalonis
Age 86, Berkley, Mich.
Passed away Apr 7

Immigrated to New York from a German refugee camp after World War II


Harry P. Misthos
Age 87, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.
Passed away Apr 5

Loved the ocean and enjoyed swimming and boating


Robert LeBlanc
Age 87, Cambridge, Mass.
Passed away Apr 6

Worked in construction and served in the Army


Robert Barghaan
Age 88, New York City
Passed away Apr 5

Could fix almost anything


Artemis Nazarian
Age 88, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Passed away Apr 9

Opened a Los Angeles preschool


Antoinette Marie Lutz
Age 91, Chester, Conn.
Passed away Apr 6

Candy striper at St Raphael’s Hospital


Margaret Laughlin
Age 91, Massachusetts
Passed away Apr 11

Had a mystic’s direct sense of wonder and oneness


Mary M. Desole
Age 93, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 8

Member of the Literacy Volunteers of America


William U. Roulette III
Age 93, Stroudsburg, Pa.
Passed away Apr 13

Enjoyed being a waterman on his work boat on Chesapeake Bay


Anita Robinson
Age 94, Minnesota
Passed away Apr 13

Shared her knowledge and love of reading


Bernard David Seckler
Age 95, Newton, Mass.
Passed away Apr 10

Math reader for Recordings for the Blind


Antoinette Meyer
Age 95, Crownsville, Md.
Passed away Apr 13

Trailblazing deputy sheriff


Susan Grey Hopp Crofoot
Age 97, Westwood, N.J.
Passed away Apr 7

Took great joy in writing little ditties under her pen name, Penelope Penwiper


Josephine Posnanski
Age 98, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 11

Loved to dance


Doris Mae Burkhart Kale
Age 98, Pennsylvania
Passed away Apr 11

Excelled in the kitchen


Jéssica Beatriz Cortez
Age 32, Los Angeles
Passed away Mar 28

Immigrated to the United States three years ago


Bruce W. Sowalski
Age 68, Sand Lake, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 2

Found his special place at Big Bowman Pond


Douglas Alan Roberts
Age 69, Vancouver, Wash.
Passed away Apr 1

Authority on aviation


Ronnie Estes
Age 73, Stevensville, Md.
Passed away Apr 2

Always wanted to be near the ocean


Susan McPherson Gottsegen
Age 74, Palm Beach, Fla.
Passed away Mar 27

Loyal and generous friend to many


John Joseph Reed Jr.
Age 74, Edmonds, Wash.
Passed away Mar 29

Passionate about retaining his town’s small-town atmosphere


Kevin Masterson
Age 74, New York City
Passed away Apr 3

Joined Goldman Sachs in 1975


Joseph J. Deren Jr.
Age 75, Turners Falls, Mass.
Passed away Mar 30

Retired meter-reader


Robert H. Westphal
Age 75, Fond du Lac, Wis.
Passed away Mar 31

Statesman in the construction industry


Ronald Willenkamp
Age 75, Wisconsin
Passed away Apr 3

Proud to have logged over five million miles behind the wheel


John Timothy Barr
Age 76, Rochester Hills, Mich.
Passed away Apr 4

Trustee for the Retired Detroit Police and Firefighters Association


Sandra Piotrowski
Age 77, Tinley Park, Ill.
Passed away Mar 28

Worked as a meat-cutter for Jewel supermarkets


Nancy Ferguson
Age 77, Chicago
Passed away Apr 2

True community activist


Minette Goff Cooper
Age 79, Louisiana
Passed away Mar 28

Loved big and told people she loved them all the time


Bobby Joseph Hebert
Age 81, Cut Off, La.
Passed away Mar 28

A 33-year career with the Louisiana Department of Transportation


Julia Maye Alexander
Age 81, Upland, Calif.
Passed away Apr 2

Taught math, English and history for over 30 years


John E. Broadly
Age 84, Scituate, Mass.
Passed away Apr 2

Honored to march with the American Legion in many parades


Thomas E. Anglin
Age 85, Cumming, Ga.
Passed away Mar 27

Created many wonderful memories for his family


Marguerite M. Horgus
Age 86, Sweetgrass, Mont.
Passed away Mar 29

Her hospitality was known throughout Toole County and beyond


Angelo Piro
Age 87, New York City
Passed away Mar 30

Known for serenading friends with Tony Bennett songs


Ralph Plaisance
Age 87, Massapequa, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 1

“we called him the Grand Poobah”


Terrence George Driscoll
Age 87, Plymouth, Mich.
Passed away Apr 2

Father figure


Alice Coopersmith Furst
Age 87, Kentfield, Calif.
Passed away Apr 4

In the first class of girls admitted to the Bronx High School of Science


Maxwell M. Mozell
Age 90, Syracuse, N.Y.
Passed away Mar 28

Founded the Association for Chemoreception Sciences


Harold L. Hayes
Age 96, Fort Wright, Ky.
Passed away Apr 2

Original member of the Navy’s elite Underwater Demolition Team


Jeanne Hammond Byrnes
Age 97, Danbury, Conn.
Passed away Apr 4

Received numerous awards for her accounting skills


Rolando "Sonny" Aravena
Age 44, New Windsor, New York
Passed away Mar 20

Father of 5



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Cheryl E. Petty
Age 67, Columbus, Ind.
Passed away May 4

Loved all animals


Siew Eng Tan
Age 83, Queens, New York
Passed away Jan 13

Perfectionist, Cook, Seamstress, Grandmother


Elder Jeremy Montford
Age 50, Columbus, Mississippi

Pastor


Dolores M. Madera
Age 91, Oceanport, N.J.
Passed away May 19

Lived in many places as an Army wife before settling in New Jersey


Oscar López Acosta
Age 42, Morrow County, Ohio
Passed away May 10

Died after being released from ICE detention


Mary Santiago
Age 44, Evanston, Ill.
Passed away May 12

Loved being a mom


Lloyd Cornelius Porter
Age 49, New York City
Passed away May 6

Owner of the beloved Bread Stuy coffee shop


Darla Eileen Brown
Age 54, Sioux City, Iowa
Passed away May 11

Loved dogs, puzzles and books


Tracie L. Heverly
Age 58, Sebring, Ohio
Passed away May 9

Loved painting, crocheting and spending time with her family


Wilman Sanchez Cabrera
Age 59, New York City
Passed away May 6

Remembered for his successful career as a tango dancer


Danny Ray Bierman
Age 61, Muscatine, Iowa
Passed away May 11

Avid St Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings fan


Billy Ostland
Age 64, Delaware County, Pa.
Passed away May 7

Never far from his motorcycles or hot rods


Frankie L. Morris Sr.
Age 64, Wooster, Ohio
Passed away May 8

Served with the Army National Guard for 20 years


Katherine Ann Birkmaier
Age 64, Bridgeport, Conn.
Passed away May 9

Lifelong career in health care


Jaimala Singh
Age 65, Baltimore
Passed away May 5

Interior designer blending Sikhism through her life


Melford Henson
Age 65, Chino, Calif.
Passed away May 6

Fell ill in prison shortly before he was to be released


Marie Pino
Age 67, Albuquerque
Passed away May 13

Navajo teacher with a sense of duty


Leon Martin Beels
Age 69, Morristown, N.J.
Passed away May 8

Lifelong resident of Parsippany, where he was a friend to everyone


Marguerite Peyser
Age 71, New York City
Passed away May 11

Painted Hudson River landscapes, portraits and still lifes


Geraldine Marie McGovern
Age 72, Massachusetts
Passed away May 5

Artist specializing in pastels and sketches


JoAnne Katherine Walther
Age 74, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Passed away May 10

Managed Answer Iowa Answering Service in Waterloo for many years


P. Michael Baillargeon
Age 75, Massachusetts
Passed away May 9

An esoteric sense of humor


James Ventrillo
Age 77, Methuen, Mass.
Passed away May 10

Kind and brave man, never forgetful of his roots


Arlene Chesley
Age 78, La Plata, Md.
Passed away May 6

Cosmetologist who long survived a brain aneurysm


Alice Glazer
Age 79, Silver Spring, Md.
Passed away May 8

Cherished mother


Dale A. Boston
Age 81, Massachusetts
Passed away May 7

Co-owner of Johnnies Sandwich Shop


Wilfred Jay Sikkema
Age 81, Clinton, Iowa
Passed away May 9

Held many jobs throughout the years


Amelia Scott Dougherty
Age 84, Media, Pa.
Passed away May 7

Found joy in every aspect of her life


Gerald Alton Cook
Age 86, New Jersey
Passed away May 5

Belonged to several fraternal organizations


Richard Edward Rutledge
Age 87, Folsom, Calif.
Passed away May 6

Authored many stories, articles, and an unpublished novel


Evelyn Gertrude Brant-Graf
Age 87, Zionsville, Ind.
Passed away May 6

Enjoyed playing euchre with her lifelong girlfriends


Londia Viola Mongold Deavers
Age 88, Harrisonburg, Va.
Passed away May 10

Made each of her children and grandchildren a quilt


Howard J. Bender
Age 88, Lancaster, Wis.
Passed away May 10

Hauled milk by the can, and later with a bulk milk truck


Mattie F. Adams
Age 89, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Passed away May 9

Admired for her fashion sense, especially her collection of hats


Dorothy Spanos
Age 90, Orangeburg, N.Y.
Passed away May 14

Her authentic Greek cooking and dancing was second to none


Mildred W. Blough
Age 92, Wooster, Ohio
Passed away May 11

Sunday school teacher


Mary A. Cole
Age 93, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Passed away May 10

Enjoyed golf and watching the Hawkeyes


Nita Pippins
Age 93, Manhattan, N.Y.
Passed away May 10

Mother to a generation of AIDS patients


Ellen Marie Pauze
Age 94, Londonderry, N.H.
Passed away May 9

Loved to spend time at the beach soaking in the sun


Lucy Yanushefski
Age 95, West Chester, Pa.
Passed away May 8

Was married for 59 years


Francis A. Kennedy
Age 95, Clarence, N.Y.
Passed away May 10

Korean War hero and inventor


Nelson Henry Jr.
Age 96, Philadelphia
Passed away May 9

World War II veteran


Margueritte Martha McCain
Age 96, Tulsa, Okla.
Passed away May 11

Voracious reader


Bettie London Traxler
Age 97, Greenville, S.C.
Passed away May 7

Former member of the Quadrille and Colonial Dames of America


Emmy Falta
Age 41, New York
Passed away Apr 27

Staff member at Trinity Elementary School in New Rochelle


Nikima Thompson
Age 41, Broward County, Fla.
Passed away May 4

Sheriff’s dispatcher


Suchendra Singh
Age 43, Pawtucket, R.I.
Passed away Apr 29

Worked at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island for 23 years


Edgar Orlando De La Roca
Age 46, Peabody, Mass.
Passed away May 2

Passionate Boston sports fan


Conrad Warren Buckley
Age 52, Clermont, Fla.
Passed away Apr 27

Proud of recently being promoted to Grampy


Terrance Burke
Age 54, Maryland
Passed away Apr 27

Inspirational basketball coach


Thomas Cotton
Age 54, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 29

Self-taught legal wiz


Michael Albert Shubak
Age 60, Coraopolis, Pa.
Passed away Apr 25

Worked at Goodwill for more than 25 years


Juan Martinez
Age 60, Chicago
Passed away Apr 27

Surgical technologist


Charles Jernigan
Age 61, Hartford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 27

Celebrated Hartford Public High School basketball player


Jose Vitelio Gregorio
Age 61, New City, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 30

Helped form an advocacy group for Latino families


Emmanuel Demetri
Age 61, Gloucester, Mass.
Passed away Apr 30

One of the first in Massachusetts to compete in the Special Olympics


Brenda Lee Orebaugh
Age 62, Dayton, Va.
Passed away Apr 25

Her passion was geriatric care


Edward Ciocca
Age 62, White Plains, N.Y.
Passed away May 1

Beloved Westchester deputy fire chief


Isaias Mendoza
Age 63, Evanston, Ill.
Passed away Apr 29

Often the one to pick out birthday cakes for his children


Jerome Berrien
Age 64, Chicago
Passed away Apr 29

Enjoyed long drives, late nights and huge meals


Adelfo Ruiz Calvo
Age 65, Sanford, N.C.
Passed away May 1

Employee of the Pilgrim’s Pride poultry processing plant


Robert F. Brady Jr.
Age 65, Avon, Mass.
Passed away May 4

Town official in Massachusetts


Floyd Bluntson
Age 66, Chicago
Passed away Apr 29

Go-to person for everybody


Paul Cary
Age 66, New York City
Passed away Apr 30

Paramedic who drove to New York to help fight the virus


Loida Cruz Arroyo
Age 66, Radcliff, Ky.
Passed away May 4

Retired school counselor


Kelly Doyle Oliver
Age 66, Hastings, Neb.
Passed away May 4

Had a passion for cars


Rosa Luna
Age 68, California
Passed away May 4

Housekeeper at Riverside Community Hospital for 25 years


Catherine Drouin
Age 69, Methuen, Mass.
Passed away Apr 27

Worked for more than two decades as a social worker


Arthur Charles Lindholm
Age 69, Minnesota
Passed away May 3

Explored his Scandinavian roots


Louise N. Walsh
Age 71, Massachusetts
Passed away Apr 25

Loved karaoke, dancing, singing and playing bingo


Jimmy Walters
Age 71, Cudei, N.M.
Passed away Apr 27

Pastor at Navajo Baptist Temple


Russell Aucott
Age 71, Linwood, N.J.
Passed away Apr 27

Had a love of everything automotive


Edward J. Deasy Jr.
Age 71, Charlottesville, Va.
Passed away May 4

Extraordinary photographer, amateur radio operator and gifted musician


Edward Russell Helfrich
Age 72, West Keansburg, N.J.
Passed away Apr 29

Helped friends and neighbors train their dogs


Georgianna Glose
Age 73, New York City
Passed away Apr 28

Renegade nun who ran a nonprofit anchor in Brooklyn


Jorge F. Casals
Age 75, Manchester, Conn.
Passed away Apr 25

Put himself through college


Arthur Louis Thibault
Age 75, Andover, Mass.
Passed away Apr 29

Loved his whole family


Marsha Lee Holiday
Age 75, North Andover, Mass.
Passed away May 3

Foster mother for over 10 years


Madeline Kripke
Age 76, New York City
Passed away Apr 25

Collector of dictionaries and lover of words


Constance M. O’Connor
Age 76, South Berwick, Maine
Passed away May 3

Followed her passion in breeding dogs


Robert Michael Sedor
Age 77, Hillsborough, N.J.
Passed away Apr 25

Faithfully served his country with the Air Force


Don Osceola
Age 77, Hollywood, Fla.
Passed away Apr 29

Decorated Vietnam War veteran and member of the Seminole Tribe


Calvin E. Messner
Age 77, Wooster, Ohio
Passed away Apr 30

Huge fan of Waynedale High School sports


Vince Woodward
Age 77, Columbus, Ga.
Passed away May 4

Decorated Vietnam War veteran


Patricia Yanni
Age 78, Geneva, Ill.
Passed away May 1

Wasn’t afraid to try new things


David Bernstein
Age 78, New York City
Passed away May 1

Lifelong political radical


Maria Tassiopoulos
Age 78, Braintree, Mass.
Passed away May 2

Made the best baklava ever


Michael Armstrong
Age 79, New York City
Passed away May 4

Onetime publisher of the newspaper The Phoenix


Peter J. Brancazio
Age 81, Manhasset, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 25

Scientist who explained the physics of sports


John Pearson Brucher
Age 81, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Passed away Apr 28

Retired from H&W Motor Express after 30 years


Lawrence Littig
Age 81, Norwalk, Conn.
Passed away May 3

A long career in finance


Carl Gunther Reiss
Age 81, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Passed away May 4

His passion for learning was insatiable


Mary Frances Parsels Dennis
Age 82, Mechanicsville, Va.
Passed away Apr 26

Member of the Bell retirees


Anna M. Gayton
Age 82, Peabody, Mass.
Passed away May 4

Remembered for the “nana blankets” she made for her newborn grandchildren


Dorothy Murphy
Age 83, Salem, Mass.
Passed away Apr 27

Shared a special bond with both of her sons


Nancy A. Richard
Age 83, Marblehead, Mass.
Passed away May 2

Her dinners were mouthwateringly good and usually topped off with a homemade pie or cake


Frank McClellan Worthington
Age 84, Morristown, N.J.
Passed away May 3

Longtime AT&T executive


Arlene Muriel MacIntyre
Age 84, West Hartford, Conn.
Passed away May 4

Proud of her Scottish heritage


Bennie Webb
Age 85, Bolingbrook, Ill.
Passed away May 2

Vintage Mississippi macho man


Durlene Clontz Shuffler
Age 85, Morganton, N.C.
Passed away May 4

Many will miss her infectious, sometimes mischievous laughter


Raphael Kaminer
Age 86, New York City
Passed away Apr 25

Spent his working years in the insurance industry


Martha Eddy O’Brien
Age 86, Hartford, Conn.
Passed away Apr 26

Lifelong teacher with a master’s degree in special education


Ross L. Saddlemire
Age 87, Port Jefferson, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 26

Worked for the FAA as a flight operations safety officer, retiring at 85


Fritz Wilhelm Reisgies
Age 87, Alpine, N.J.
Passed away Apr 27

Master jeweler and goldsmith


Philip Braverman
Age 87, East Northport, N.Y.
Passed away May 2

“uncannily accurate” in his predictions


Edith Richemond
Age 88, New York City
Passed away Apr 25

Haitian immigrant with a big heart


Barbara Mae Barham
Age 88, Richmond, Va.
Passed away Apr 28

Worked at American Tobacco for 31 years


David E. Carman
Age 89, Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
Passed away May 1

Would give up the shirt on his back if you needed it


Pierina D. Borsoi
Age 90, Bethlehem, Pa.
Passed away Apr 25

Accomplished artist


Yu Lihua
Age 90, Gaithersburg, Md.
Passed away Apr 30

Writer who captured the Chinese experience abroad


Anna Elizabeth Pearson Lugg
Age 90, Hillsborough, N.J.
Passed away May 4

Held membership in genealogy societies too numerous to mention


Edward J. Bridgeford Jr.
Age 90, Albany, N.Y.
Passed away May 4

Navy veteran and the proprietor of Ed’s Variety Store in Selkirk


Helen Wall
Age 91, Lawrence, Mass.
Passed away Apr 29

Author of children’s stories


Janet M. Brown
Age 91, Greece, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 30

Hobbies included sewing, knitting, crafts, puzzles, painting, golf, bowling and euchre


Alyce Gullattee
Age 91, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Apr 30

Psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse


Gertrude Clemmer
Age 91, Sandston, Va.
Passed away May 2

Longtime member of the Sandston Garden Club


Virginia Bettencourt
Age 92, Peabody, Mass.
Passed away Apr 28

Her greatest joy was spending time with her family


Marie Virginia Leto
Age 92, Kennett Square, Pa.
Passed away Apr 29

Enjoyed planting perennial flower beds


Ralph W. McGehee
Age 92, Falmouth, Maine
Passed away May 2

Agent who turned on the CIA


Mae T. Roser
Age 92, Manchester, Conn.
Passed away May 3

Skilled artist, professional wedding cake decorator and quilter


Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite
Age 92, Taylor, Mich.
Passed away May 4

Last living woman member of the WW II Monuments team


Arthur Rogers
Age 93, Mooresville, N.C.
Passed away May 1

Served on the Manhattan Project


Edith Gallo
Age 94, Palos Heights, Ill.
Passed away Apr 29

Strong-willed enough to keep her family in line


Jeannette M. Brown
Age 94, Amesbury, Mass.
Passed away May 2

World War II defense worker


Mary T. King
Age 94, Dorchester, Mass.
Passed away May 4

Talented knitter, a voracious reader, a current events aficionado


Elizabeth Harris Tirrell
Age 95, Hillsborough, N.J.
Passed away May 1

Loved classical and choral music


Frank M. Goewey Jr.
Age 95, North Carolina
Passed away May 3

World War II veteran, and he proudly drove for generals


Norton A. Kent
Age 96, Gwynedd, Pa.
Passed away Apr 26

City planner and longtime community volunteer


Britta Lou Miller
Age 97, Ohio
Passed away Apr 25

Enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps on her 21st birthday in 1944


Barbara Helen Richardson
Age 97, Bristol, Conn.
Passed away Apr 29

Trained and accomplished singer


Edie Morello
Age 97, Barrington, Ill.
Passed away Apr 29

Voted “most debonair” in her high school yearbook


Joraine Sieber Groat
Age 97, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Passed away Apr 30

Intelligent and industrious


Nancy Reid
Age 97, Topsfield, Mass.
Passed away Apr 30

Perfectionist and an excellent cook


Rosalie J. Downes Emrich
Age 97, Catonsville, Md.
Passed away May 3

Survived by her longtime companion and many nieces and nephews


Fred the Godson
Age 41, New York City
Passed away Apr 23

Rapper known for sharp wordplay


Marcus Pino Sr.
Age 42, Alamo Chapter, N.M.
Passed away Apr 16

He deserved the title Coach


Ronaldo Ferrari
Age 42, Berlin, Conn.
Passed away Apr 17

Young, healthy guy who took care of himself


Wogene Debele
Age 43, Baltimore
Passed away Apr 21

Mother outlived by her newborn


Maria Gibbs
Age 47, Burlington County, N.J.
Passed away Apr 22

Senior corrections police officer


Rodrick Samuels
Age 49, Orlando, Fla.
Passed away Apr 15

Never let anyone mess with his younger brother


Alex Ruperto
Age 52, Glen Ridge, N.J.
Passed away Apr 16

Soft-spoken and genuine


Sawarrelita Redmond
Age 52, Riverdale, Ill.
Passed away Apr 20

Youngest of 21 siblings


Matteo De Cosmo
Age 52, New York
Passed away Apr 21

Art director for the ABC television shows “Emergence,” “Luke Cage” and “The Punisher”


Joyce Pacubas-Le Blanc
Age 53, Darien, Ill.
Passed away Apr 23

Nurse for more than 30 years


Mark Schroeder
Age 54, New York
Passed away Apr 22

Skilled cook


Joseph T. Cappello
Age 55, Melrose Park, Ill.
Passed away Apr 24

Made his living from police work


Josephine Tapiru
Age 56, Chicago
Passed away Apr 18

Dedicated nurse


Jonathan Adewumi
Age 57, Bayonne, N.J.
Passed away Apr 17

Uniter of Nigerians in New York


Vincie Teresa DeRose
Age 57, Arlington, Mass.
Passed away Apr 20

Always had a smile and a twinkle in her eye


Saul Moreno
Age 58, Chicago
Passed away Apr 15

Restaurant owner


Fred J. Felella Jr.
Age 58, Sugar Grove, Ill.
Passed away Apr 19

Firefighter and part-time Santa


Ken Caley
Age 59, San Clemente, Calif.
Passed away Apr 15

Always ready with a one-liner to lighten the mood


Oluwayemisi Ogunnubi
Age 59, Chicago
Passed away Apr 24

Generous, blunt, and forever centered on her family


Michael Miller
Age 60, Clinton, Md.
Passed away Apr 15

Transport worker


Idris Bey
Age 60, New York City
Passed away Apr 22

EMT and former Marine who rushed to the World Trade Center on 9/11


Jerry Alford
Age 60, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Passed away Apr 22

Would talk to anybody about anything


Francisco Mendez
Age 61, Jersey City, N.J.
Passed away Apr 21

Boxing gym owner and beloved trainer


Dawn M. Peryer
Age 61, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 22

Enjoyed bingo, watching TV and spending time with her family


John Poleon
Age 63, Erie County, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 24

Buffalo front-line hospital worker


Michael I. Sumergrad
Age 64, Mansfield, Ohio
Passed away Apr 18

Enjoyed taking walks through town


Noach Dear
Age 66, New York City
Passed away Apr 19

Combative councilman and judge


Barry Webber
Age 67, New York City
Passed away Apr 18

General surgeon who volunteered to treat Covid-19 patients


Carla Thompson
Age 67, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Apr 18

Loved art and making cards


Milton Sivels Jr.
Age 68, Richton Park, Ill.
Passed away Apr 15

Father figure to hundreds of young men


Bill Mantell
Age 68, East Meadow, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 17

Optimist


Raymond Kenny
Age 68, Lindenhurst, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 18

Ticket clerk who rose to lead the LIRR


Boro Lalich
Age 68, Indianapolis
Passed away Apr 20

Notorious for receiving the most holding calls


Rachel Walters
Age 68, Cudei, N.M.
Passed away Apr 23

Outspoken, loving, caring and compassionate


Levie Barkley
Age 69, Chicago
Passed away Apr 15

While revelers did the “Soul Train” line at a wedding, he combined it with “The Worm”


Lawrence Nokes
Age 69, Maryland
Passed away Apr 15

Nursing assistant at the center of an outbreak


Celia Yap-Banago
Age 69, Kansas City, Mo.
Passed away Apr 21

Had been planning to retire in April


Philemon Najieb
Age 70, Chicago
Passed away Apr 15

Artist, photographer and mentor


Gaetano Lombardo
Age 70, Rockland County, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 20

Exceptional billiard player


Ronald Clark
Age 70, Ballston Lake, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 23

Longtime soccer referee


Allen Joseph Spinner
Age 71, Streamwood, Ill.
Passed away Apr 16

Loved to don Groucho glasses and tell jokes


Steven L. Freedman
Age 71, Syosset, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 18

Always chose to work with the most at-risk students


Dalma Holloway Torres
Age 73, Uniondale, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 21

A passion for slot machines


Ralph R. Loranger
Age 74, Farmington, Conn.
Passed away Apr 19

Worked in maintenance for the public schools


Charles Willis Alston
Age 74, Seaford, Del.
Passed away Apr 23

Hunted and fished and cooked what he caught


Rona Iris Gertz
Age 74, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 24

Involved in the early days of aerobic exercise


Zoao Makumbi Sr.
Age 75, Lanham, Md.
Passed away Apr 16

Former Angolan freedom fighter


Richard Emmett Powers
Age 76, Detroit
Passed away Apr 20

Well-respected criminal defense attorney


Audrey LeMaire Morvant
Age 76, Abbeville, La.
Passed away Apr 23

Enjoyed spending time with her family and reminiscing about her horses


Ethel R. Fonti
Age 77, Beverly, Mass.
Passed away Apr 19

A zest for life


Calvin Harrison
Age 78, Florida
Passed away Apr 17

Seminole Police Department officer


Mario César Romero
Age 78, New York City
Passed away Apr 17

Art historian of East Harlem, NY


Carl Robert Bentley
Age 78, Glastonbury, Conn.
Passed away Apr 24

Collector and talented artist


Paul Shelden
Age 79, Hewlett, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 17

Clarinetist who wanted music to be easily accessible


Patricia McGowan
Age 80, New York City
Passed away Apr 19

Dispensed tough but empathetic love to her students


Judy Therrian
Age 80, Ellenton, Fla.
Passed away Apr 20

Wife who outlived her husband by less than two days


Eric F. Anderson
Age 80, Southfield, Mich.
Passed away Apr 21

Worked as a computer specialist for the Department of Agriculture


Marcia Rushford
Age 80, Alexandria, Va.
Passed away Apr 23

Will be remembered for her spirit of adventure and wanderlust


Lucille Dolores Romer
Age 80, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 23

Enjoyed gardening, decorating and cooking


John Pfahl
Age 81, Buffalo
Passed away Apr 15

Inventive landscape photographer


Conrad Ifill
Age 81, Hempstead, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 17

Bakery owner attuned to the West Indies


Dennis Peters
Age 82, Indiana
Passed away Apr 20

Roaring voice that filled lecture halls


Robert Barnes
Age 82, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 22

Widely respected tenor saxophone player


Sandra McCauley
Age 83, Quincy, Mass.
Passed away Apr 15

Longtime member of the Quincy Republican City Committee


Alan F. Krupp
Age 83, Newton, Mass.
Passed away Apr 16

Quoted Longfellow and Tennyson from memory


Moses Jones
Age 83, Chicago
Passed away Apr 17

Glue to the family


Robert C. Moen Sr.
Age 83, Schenectady, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 22

Cherished grandfather


Mary E. Mack
Age 84, Athens, Pa.
Passed away Apr 15

The rock that held her family together


Milena Jelinek
Age 84, New York City
Passed away Apr 15

Film professor and screenwriter


Charles Robert Keal
Age 84, Maple Grove, Minn.
Passed away Apr 15

A 25-year career at IBM


Carol Carey
Age 84, Cuthbert, Ga.
Passed away Apr 18

Owned and operated Carey’s Supermarket for many years


Thomas Neal Therrian
Age 84, Ellenton, Fla.
Passed away Apr 18

Husband lost two days before his wife of 62 years


Quentin Cormell
Age 84, Orrville, Ohio
Passed away Apr 24

Worked as a maintenance man for JM Smucker for 25 years


Roxana Griswold Foreman
Age 85, Richmond, Va.
Passed away Apr 19

Loved playing tennis


Albert H. Irwin
Age 86, Brownsville, Ore.
Passed away Apr 15

Worked on construction projects


Bennie G. Adkins
Age 86, Opelika, Ala.
Passed away Apr 17

Medal of Honor winner for Vietnam War heroics


Iris Love
Age 86, New York City
Passed away Apr 17

Stylish archaeologist and champion dachshund breeder


Ruthie Jacqueline Stephens Turner
Age 86, Alabama
Passed away Apr 18

Sympathetic ear


Stanley M. Cohen
Age 86, Chevy Chase, Md.
Passed away Apr 20

Worked for more than 40 years at the US Department of Education


Frederick Koerner
Age 86, Minnesota
Passed away Apr 20

Loved bird-watching, fishing and listening to music


Gerald Slater
Age 86, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Apr 24

Founder of PBS


Thomas William Campbell
Age 87, Midlothian, Va.
Passed away Apr 16

A long career as a pharmacist


Emma Weigley
Age 87, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 18

Authored a well-regarded biography of Sarah Tyson Rorer


Willard John Hoyt
Age 87, Schodack, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 19

Active member and leader of the Taconic Hiking Club


Joel Rogosin
Age 87, Los Angeles
Passed away Apr 21

Emmy-nominated TV producer behind “Knight Rider” and “Magnum, PI”


Crystal LaBelle
Age 87, Lewiston, Idaho
Passed away Apr 21

Lifetime resident of Lewiston


Gerald Ringdahl
Age 87, North Dakota
Passed away Apr 23

Taught junior high science and math and farmed full time


William Harrison Goldman
Age 87, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 23

Vermont shop owner


Betty Jean Ringle
Age 87, Idaho
Passed away Apr 24

Had an exceptional recollection of local history


Marion Klein
Age 87, St. Louis Park, Minn.
Passed away Apr 24

If you asked her to do something, she did it


Beverly J. Plessinger
Age 88, Wooster, Ohio
Passed away Apr 19

Faithful in corresponding through cards and handwritten notes


Marie A. Detrick
Age 88, Sayre, Pa.
Passed away Apr 20

Her zest for life will live on


Carol Freedman
Age 88, New Rochelle, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 20

Lifelong dedication to family


Ron Waxman
Age 88, Pennsylvania
Passed away Apr 20

Popular figure in the Philadelphia wine and spirits community


Paul R. McQuade
Age 88, Dover, N.H.
Passed away Apr 20

New Hampshire state legislator and Dover City councilman


Gloria Allen Moskowitz
Age 88, Ardmore, Pa.
Passed away Apr 21

Motivating “legend” in a southwest Philadelphia school


Ed Smrekar
Age 88, Pennsylvania
Passed away Apr 23

A five-year minor league baseball career


John F. Cannon
Age 89, Allentown, Pa.
Passed away Apr 18

Enjoyed attending reunions with fellow sailors


Joseph M. Kissane
Age 89, New York City
Passed away Apr 19

Enjoyed the theaters of New York


Manda Klancir
Age 90, Brookfield, Ill.
Passed away Apr 15

Volunteered for her parish, hand-making rosaries


Onielo De Luzio
Age 90, New York City
Passed away Apr 15

Longshoreman for New York piers


Robert Bruce Harrell
Age 90, Carbondale, Ill.
Passed away Apr 16

Championed desegregation


Anibal Francisco de Brito
Age 90, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 24

Former merchant marine from Cape Verde


Gerry Ellis
Age 91, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 18

Stylish dancer who could lead or follow


Yuet Ming Wong
Age 91, Chicago
Passed away Apr 18

Immigrated from Hong Kong


Alice Fraher-Mason
Age 91, Weymouth, Mass.
Passed away Apr 19

Her sarcastic sense of humor always made everyone smile


Stephen J. Chamberlin Jr.
Age 91, Worcester, Mass.
Passed away Apr 21

Inducted into the Aircraft Engine Hall of Fame


Lillian Kimura
Age 91, Albany, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 23

Was 13 during World War II when she and her family were incarcerated at Manzanar


Audrey L. Ercha
Age 92, Beverly, Mass.
Passed away Apr 19

Stayed home to raise her children


Dorothy Cembrano Jay
Age 92, East Windsor, Conn.
Passed away Apr 20

Proud of her Italian heritage


Ethel Hamburger
Age 92, Elkins Park, Pa.
Passed away Apr 23

Educator who said: “I didn’t teach a subject I taught children”


Peter Laker
Age 93, Chicago
Passed away Apr 20

“adventurer and a charmer”


Bette Allred Weatherly
Age 93, Pleasant Garden, N.C.
Passed away Apr 22

Member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church


Calvin Tompkins Lucy Jr.
Age 93, Virginia
Passed away Apr 24

Organized his Class of 1943 high school reunions through the 70th in 2013


Frank Miszkiewicz
Age 94, Aurora, Ill.
Passed away Apr 15

Brakeman for the Chicago and Northwestern railroad


Cathryn Wood
Age 94, Detroit
Passed away Apr 16

Great-great-grandmother


David Toren
Age 94, New York City
Passed away Apr 19

Patent lawyer who recovered a family painting looted by the Nazis


Justin Liuba
Age 95, Springfield, Mass.
Passed away Apr 18

Worked for Radio Free Europe


Dorothy Alma Ennis D’Ostilio
Age 95, Fairfield, Conn.
Passed away Apr 24

Avid reader and book club member


Ruth Hunter
Age 96, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Apr 17

Secretary for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff


Florence Marks
Age 96, Lancaster, Pa.
Passed away Apr 20

Hospitality came easy to her


Raymond Paul Janssen
Age 96, Dowagiac, Mich.
Passed away Apr 22

Last of his generation for his 60 nieces and nephews


Helen Demetoglous
Age 96, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 24

Remained proud of her Greek heritage


Gloria Zimmerman
Age 97, White Plains, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 18

Exemplified the women of the Greatest Generation


Philip Kahn
Age 100, Westbury, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 17

World War II veteran whose twin died in the Spanish Flu epidemic a century ago


Anna Sternik Warren
Age 100, Binghamton, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 22

Feisty, unique lady to the end


John Schoffstall
Age 41, Terre Haute, Ind.
Passed away Apr 12

Volunteer youth football coach


Nelson Perdomo
Age 44, Middlesex County, N.J.
Passed away Apr 9

Veteran corrections officer and father of three


Raymond Copeland
Age 46, New York City
Passed away Apr 5

Sanitation worker living his fullest days


Marlon Alston
Age 46, Chicago
Passed away Apr 7

Bus driver and school security guard


Kerri Ann Kennedy-Tompkins
Age 48, Garrison, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 10

Worked as a special education teacher for many years


Davis Begaye
Age 48, Cudei, N.M.
Passed away Apr 13

Worked at the Home Depot


Mario Araujo
Age 49, Chicago
Passed away Apr 7

Chicago firefighter


Chianti Jackson Harpool
Age 51, Baltimore
Passed away Apr 8

Social worker and then a political fundraiser


Mauricio Valdivia
Age 52, Chicago
Passed away Apr 9

Wanted everyone to feel welcome


Maria Garcia-Rodelo
Age 52, Nevada
Passed away Apr 12

Would walk her children to school every morning


Billy Ross
Age 53, Milwaukee
Passed away Apr 13

Staff member and mentor at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission


Sherrell Stokes
Age 54, Chicago
Passed away Apr 13

Active in her church


William D. Greeke
Age 55, Massachusetts
Passed away Apr 7

Thought it was important to know a person’s life story


Marty Derer
Age 56, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 6

Loved to referee basketball games


Clark Osojnicki
Age 56, Stillwater, Minn.
Passed away Apr 6

Well known in the world of agility dog training


Orlando Moncada
Age 56, Bronxville, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 12

Left Peru and grabbed hold of the American dream


Elizabeth Batista
Age 57, Waterbury, Conn.
Passed away Apr 6

Unwavering faith and dedication to the Catholic Church


Robert Dugal
Age 58, Oak Park, Ill.
Passed away Apr 9

Advocate for others with disabilities


Mike Field
Age 59, Valley Stream, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 8

First responder during the 9/11 attacks


Fernando Miteff
Age 60, New York City
Passed away Apr 12

Graffiti artist with a generous spirit


Larry Jones
Age 61, Chicago
Passed away Apr 13

Longtime high school referee


Linda Nute
Age 61, Hazel Crest, Ill.
Passed away Apr 14

Home helper for many years


William Brett Tracy
Age 61, Snellville, Ga.
Passed away Apr 14

Great mentor to many


Perry Buchalter
Age 63, Florida
Passed away Apr 7

Quiet hero


Harold Davis Jr.
Age 63, Chicago
Passed away Apr 12

Radio host and youth advocate


Joseph W. Hammond
Age 64, Chicago
Passed away Apr 7

Stopped working to look after his aging parents


James Lowell Miller Jr.
Age 64, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Passed away Apr 14

Known as the bonfire builder


Roger Liddell
Age 65, Flint, Mich.
Passed away Apr 10

Brought smiles to everyone he interacted with


Timothy H. Gray
Age 66, Orleans, Ind.
Passed away Apr 9

Worked for the Orange County Highway Department


Cynthia Whiting
Age 66, La Plata, Md.
Passed away Apr 11

Retiree determined to spoil her granddaughter


Gerald Glenn
Age 66, Richmond, Va.
Passed away Apr 11

Police officer turned pastor


Merrick Dowson
Age 67, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.
Passed away Apr 10

Nothing delighted him more than picking up the bill


Timothy Ross
Age 68, Michigan
Passed away Apr 13

Worked more than 30 years for General Motors


Kamal Ahmed
Age 69, New York City
Passed away Apr 5

Hotel banquet worker and Bangladeshi leader


Myles Coker
Age 69, New York City
Passed away Apr 9

Freed from life in prison


John Cassano
Age 70, Palos Park, Ill.
Passed away Apr 5

Family jokester


Rosemarie Franzese
Age 70, Nevada
Passed away Apr 10

Former hairstylist and avid New York Yankees fan


Tom Ferguson
Age 71, Chicago
Passed away Apr 14

Former art teacher


Jim J. Wolf Sr.
Age 72, South Holland, Ill.
Passed away Apr 6

Known as “Big Wolf” to the basketball players he coached


James David Gewirtzman
Age 72, New City, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 7

Spent some of his happiest hours hiking in the Adirondacks


Robby Browne
Age 72, New York City
Passed away Apr 11

Realtor and philanthropist who socialized with celebrities


Adam Kovacs
Age 72, New York City
Passed away Apr 11

Cartoonist and an expert on musicals


Gwendolyn A. Carmichael
Age 72, Detroit
Passed away Apr 14

Definition of love, loyalty, and the ability to serve others


Shidao Wang
Age 72, New York City
Passed away Apr 14

Taught senior citizens computer and Internet skills


José Torres
Age 73, New York City
Passed away Apr 8

Restaurateur favored by salsa music’s stars


Stuart Cohen
Age 73, New York City
Passed away Apr 8

Brooklyn cabbie who found a home in Buddhism


Claudia Obermiller
Age 73, Nebraska
Passed away Apr 9

Deep-hearted country girl


John Watson
Age 73, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 12

Anywhere he went, he took pictures


Monica Maley
Age 74, Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Passed away Apr 7

Loved animals, had dogs and cats, and rode horses


Steve Joltin
Age 75, Rockville, Md.
Passed away Apr 11

IT manager with “an eye for beautiful and unusual things”


Johnnie D. Veasley
Age 76, Country Club Hills, Ill.
Passed away Apr 8

Teacher’s aide


Richard Kiddle
Age 76, Beverly, Mass.
Passed away Apr 14

Boxing aficionado


Stanley Chera
Age 77, New York City
Passed away Apr 11

Developer and friend of the president


Joan M. Heaney
Age 77, Upper Brookville, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 13

Built the family heating-oil business into a successful company


James V. Walsh
Age 78, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 7

Volunteered his time to church car raffles, fund-raisers and picnics


Gene Zahas
Age 78, Oakland, Calif.
Passed away Apr 7

Fierce advocate for educational opportunity


Kenneth L. Jewel
Age 78, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Passed away Apr 13

Exceptional radiologist


Doris Brown
Age 79, Gary, Ind.
Passed away Apr 9

Died on the same day as her husband


Arlola Rawls
Age 81, Chicago
Passed away Apr 10

Caretaker of her neighborhood


Lester Eber
Age 82, New York
Passed away Apr 5

Worked for over six decades in the wine and liquor industry


Mari Jo Davitto
Age 82, Thornton, Ill.
Passed away Apr 7

People were her hobby


Marcus Edward Cooper Jr.
Age 83, Louisiana
Passed away Apr 9

He loved his wife and said, “Yes, dear” a lot


Ben Doherty
Age 83, Boston
Passed away Apr 11

Stockbroker who founded Doherty Financial Services


Phil Langley
Age 83, Frankfort, Ill.
Passed away Apr 11

Member of Harness Racing Hall of Fame


Howard Alexander Nelson Jr.
Age 84, New Orleans
Passed away Apr 5

Strong advocate for health care policy


Samuel Hargress Jr.
Age 84, New York City
Passed away Apr 10

Owner of Paris Blues, a beloved Harlem jazz joint


June Beverly Hill
Age 85, Sacramento
Passed away Apr 5

No one made creamed potatoes or fried sweet corn the way she did


Paul Warech
Age 86, Vineland, N.J.
Passed away Apr 6

Widely surmised he could have played Major League Baseball


Charles Constantino
Age 86, Menlo Park, N.J.
Passed away Apr 11

Worked 40 years for The New York Times


Robert L. Crahen
Age 87, Waunakee, Wis.
Passed away Apr 6

Nicknamed “Boxcar Bob” for his luck in shaking dice


Rosemarie Amerosi
Age 87, New York City
Passed away Apr 9

Retired bank teller


Rose Mary Infantino
Age 88, Rye Brook, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 13

Daughter of Italian immigrants


Stanley Moser
Age 88, Fort Lee, N.J.
Passed away Apr 14

Encyclopedia executive with perfect timing


Yaakov Perlow
Age 89, New York City
Passed away Apr 7

Leader of the Novominsker Hasidic dynasty


Morris Loeb
Age 90, Northbrook, Ill.
Passed away Apr 7

Endlessly curious, never really finished


Shirley S. D’Stefan
Age 90, Florham Park, N.J.
Passed away Apr 13

Reader of books on birds and other wildlife


Clara Louise Bennett
Age 91, Albany, Ga.
Passed away Apr 8

Sang her grandchildren a song on the first day of school each year


Peter Kafkis
Age 91, Chicago
Passed away Apr 8

Worked mostly factory jobs to support his family


Estelle Kestenbaum
Age 91, Leonia, N.J.
Passed away Apr 9

Secretary to a New Jersey judge


Ann Sullivan
Age 91, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Passed away Apr 13

Animator for Disney films, including “The Little Mermaid”


Delia Regina DiTullio
Age 91, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Passed away Apr 13

Always put her children first


William H. Gerdts
Age 91, New York City
Passed away Apr 14

Distinguished scholar


Reuben Gutoff
Age 92, New York City
Passed away Apr 6

Founded Strategy Associates


Michael Wrotniak Jr.
Age 92, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 13

Brought the family to church every week


Joyce Posson Winston
Age 93, North Bergen, N.J.
Passed away Apr 12

Editor at the Ladies’ Home Journal


Irene Gasior
Age 94, Pennsylvania
Passed away Apr 11

Great-grandmother with a flair for pizzelles


Ella King Russell Torrey
Age 94, Philadelphia
Passed away Apr 14

Dedicated her life to peace, diplomacy and human rights


Lela Reed
Age 95, Country Club Hills, Ill.
Passed away Apr 14

Babysitter for the local church


Beatrice Rubin
Age 96, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 7

Her size belied her strength and spirit


Ilona Murai Kerman
Age 96, New York
Passed away Apr 8

Featured in multiple Broadway productions


Helen Boles Days
Age 96, Wynnewood, Pa.
Passed away Apr 9

Made what she had work for her


Helen Silvia
Age 96, Brockton, Mass.
Passed away Apr 13

Known as the “fashionista” in her nursing home


Vera Flint
Age 97, Beverly, Mass.
Passed away Apr 8

Face behind the counter at a family-owned grocery store


Wynn Handman
Age 97, New York City
Passed away Apr 11

Acting teacher and a founder of the American Place Theater


Jerzy Glowczewski
Age 97, New York City
Passed away Apr 13

Last of the WWII Polish fighter pilots


Leo Sreebny
Age 98, Seattle
Passed away Apr 5

Preferred bolo ties to neckties, suspenders to belts


Conrad Duncker
Age 99, Chicago
Passed away Apr 8

Longtime dentist


George J. Foerst Jr.
Age 99, New Jersey
Passed away Apr 9

Called “The Captain” by friends and family


Luther Coleman
Age 108, Evergreen Park, Ill.
Passed away Apr 11

Man who seemed to know everything


Marylou Armer
Age 43, Sonoma Valley, Calif.
Passed away Mar 31

Veteran police detective


Coby Adolph
Age 44, Chicago
Passed away Apr 3

Entrepreneur and adventurer


Lakisha Willis White
Age 45, Orlando, Fla.
Passed away Apr 4

Was helping to raise some of her dozen grandchildren


Sean Boynes
Age 46, Annapolis, Md.
Passed away Apr 2

Pharmacy manager with young daughters


Cedric Dixon
Age 48, New York City
Passed away Mar 28

Police detective in Harlem with a gift for interrogation


Phillip Thomas
Age 48, Chicago
Passed away Mar 29

His Walmart co-workers were like family


Chad Capule
Age 49, Fond du Lac, Wis.
Passed away Mar 29

IT project manager remembered for his love of trivia


Jesus Roman Melendez
Age 49, New York
Passed away Apr 1

Famous in family circles for his birria beef stew


Marco DiFranco
Age 50, Chicago
Passed away Apr 2

Police officer who was never at a loss for words


Julian Anguiano-Maya
Age 51, Chicago
Passed away Mar 28

Life of the party


Freda Ocran
Age 51, New York City
Passed away Mar 28

Nurse with a zest for travel and knowledge


Jose Vazquez
Age 51, Chicago
Passed away Mar 30

Husband and father


Sandra Santos-Vizcaino
Age 54, New York City
Passed away Mar 31

Beloved public school teacher


Thomas Waters
Age 56, New York City
Passed away Apr 4

Armed the affordable housing movement with data and analysis


Douglas Hickok
Age 57, Pennsylvania
Passed away Mar 28

Military’s first virus casualty


Tarlach MacNiallais
Age 57, New York City
Passed away Apr 1

Belfast-born fighter for LBGT and disability rights


Jerry Manley
Age 58, Prince Frederick, Md.
Passed away Mar 31

Retired police sergeant


Lorena Borjas
Age 59, New York City
Passed away Mar 30

Transgender immigrant activist


Timothy J. Liszewski
Age 60, Columbia, S.C.
Passed away Mar 28

Active member of the South Carolina Progressive Network


Janice Preschel
Age 60, Teaneck, N.J.
Passed away Mar 30

Founded a food pantry


Frank Gabrin
Age 60, New York City
Passed away Mar 31

Emergency room doctor who died in husband’s arms


Sterling E. Matthews
Age 60, Midlothian, Va.
Passed away Mar 31

Cancer survivor who served as a deacon


Scott Melter
Age 60, Wyoming, Minn.
Passed away Apr 1

Worked as an engineer with Comcast


Sherman Pittman
Age 61, Chicago
Passed away Mar 27

Dedicated his life to his church and his neighborhood


John Nakawatase
Age 62, Lincolnwood, Ill.
Passed away Apr 1

Coach and Scout leader


Julie Butler
Age 62, New York City
Passed away Apr 4

Veterinarian who served Harlem


Bob Barnum
Age 64, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Passed away Mar 27

Leader in Florida Pride events


Noel Sinkiat
Age 64, Olney, Md.
Passed away Mar 27

Nurse planning for retirement


Cristina
Age 64, New York City
Passed away Mar 31

Downtown New York singer with a cult following


Steven J. Huber
Age 64, Jefferson City, Mo.
Passed away Apr 3

Loved creating perfect smiles


Randy G. Addison
Age 64, Carrollton, Ga.
Passed away Apr 3

Survived being shot in the line of duty in 1984


Mary Virginia McKeon
Age 65, Chicago
Passed away Mar 26

Devoured art in every medium


Florencio Almazo Morán
Age 65, New York City
Passed away Apr 1

One-man army


George Valentine
Age 66, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Mar 27

Lawyer who mentored others


Robert Lee Amos
Age 66, Columbus, Ind.
Passed away Apr 3

Expert marksman and firearms instructor


Angel Escamilla
Age 67, Naperville, Ill.
Passed away Mar 29

Assistant pastor


Peter Sakas
Age 67, Northbrook, Ill.
Passed away Mar 30

Ran an animal hospital


Antonio Checo
Age 67, New York City
Passed away Apr 1

Social worker


Jennifer Robin Arnold
Age 67, New York City
Passed away Apr 1

Broadway costume dresser


Don Whan
Age 67, Indiana
Passed away Apr 3

Sports fan who loved Purdue University


Lynne Sierra
Age 68, Roselle, Ill.
Passed away Mar 27

Grandmother who was always full of ideas


Daniel Spector
Age 68, Memphis
Passed away Mar 31

Mentor to other Memphis artists


Audrey Malone
Age 68, Chicago
Passed away Apr 1

Sang gospel music as a member of the Malone Sisters


Chester Dwulet
Age 68, Burlington, Mass.
Passed away Apr 3

Proud Union Ironworker of Local 7 for 45 years


Carol Sue Rubin
Age 69, West Bloomfield, Mich.
Passed away Mar 28

Loved travel, mahjong and crossword puzzles


Azade Kilic
Age 69, New York
Passed away Apr 2

Two-time cancer survivor


Michael Sorkin
Age 71, New York City
Passed away Mar 26

Champion of social justice through architecture


Eastern Stewart Jr.
Age 71, Annapolis, Md.
Passed away Mar 28

Veteran with a gift for peacemaking


Jean-Claude Henrion
Age 72, Atlantis, Fla.
Passed away Mar 30

Always rode Harley-Davidsons


John A. Bailargeon
Age 72, Dennisport, Mass.
Passed away Apr 3

True outdoorsman


Charles Miles
Age 72, Chatham, Ill.
Passed away Apr 3

Retired therapist and mentor


James T. Goodrich
Age 73, New York City
Passed away Mar 30

Surgeon who separated conjoined twins


Albert Petrocelli
Age 73, New York City
Passed away Apr 1

Fire chief who answered the call on 9/11


Antonio Nieves
Age 73, Chicago
Passed away Apr 4

Always seemed to be busy with some home project


Rhoda Hatch
Age 73, Chicago
Passed away Apr 4

First in her family to graduate college


Leroy Perryman Jr.
Age 74, Hazel Crest, Ill.
Passed away Mar 26

Ultimate entertainer


William Helmreich
Age 74, Great Neck, N.Y.
Passed away Mar 28

Sociologist who walked New York City


Robert Manley Argo Jr.
Age 75, South Bay, Calif.
Passed away Mar 27

Member of Del Amo Flyers


Regina Dix-Parsons
Age 75, Schenectady, N.Y.
Passed away Apr 4

Stalwart church gospel singer


James Quigley
Age 77, Chicago
Passed away Mar 27

Rebel of the family


Gary Holmberg
Age 77, Mount Airy, Md.
Passed away Mar 29

Retired firefighter


Viraf Darukhanawalla
Age 77, Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Passed away Apr 3

Worker at O’Hare International Airport


Melvin Pumphrey
Age 80, Chicago Heights, Ill.
Passed away Mar 29

Relished his role as a mentor


Regina D. Cullen
Age 81, Shrewsbury, Mass.
Passed away Mar 31

Small in stature but strong in spirit


David Reissig
Age 82, Vermont
Passed away Mar 30

Retired from the US Customs Agency after 28 years


Peter Bainum
Age 82, Bethesda, Md.
Passed away Apr 3

Former aerospace engineering professor at Howard University


Michael McKinnell
Age 84, Beverly, Mass.
Passed away Mar 27

Architect of Boston’s monumental City Hall


Marie Caronia
Age 84, Inwood, N.Y.
Passed away Mar 28

Iconic figure in the Inwood community


Luiza Ogorodnik
Age 84, Skokie, Ill.
Passed away Mar 28

Emigrated from Ukraine


Mary Roman
Age 84, Norwalk, Conn.
Passed away Mar 30

Shot-put champion and fixture in local politics


Bobby Lee Barber
Age 84, Buckley, Wash.
Passed away Apr 4

Seahawks season-ticket holder


Ellis Marsalis
Age 85, New Orleans
Passed away Apr 1

Jazz pianist and patriarch of a family of musicians


Lula Fitzpatrick
Age 85, Dolton, Ill.
Passed away Apr 3

Part of a tightknit family


Herman Boehm
Age 86, Florida
Passed away Mar 29

Retired architect always eager to travel


Alberto Castro
Age 86, Melrose Park, Ill.
Passed away Mar 30

Made time to create and listen to music


Patricia Bosworth
Age 86, New York City
Passed away Apr 2

Actress who wrote biographies of famous friends


Frederick Brown Starr
Age 87, Greensboro, N.C.
Passed away Apr 1

Liked the mental challenges of business


Lucius Hall
Age 87, Chicago
Passed away Apr 2

Dubbed the “pistol-packing preacher”


Anita Fial
Age 87, New York City
Passed away Apr 2

Marketing expert who brought exotic foods to green grocers


Lila A. Fenwick
Age 87, New York City
Passed away Apr 4

First black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School


Ann Youngerman Smoler
Age 87, New York City
Passed away Apr 4

Had a passion for social justice


Robert Rust
Age 88, Greensburg, Ind.
Passed away Mar 28

Competitive athlete, up until his last years


Harvey Bayard
Age 88, New York
Passed away Mar 28

Grew up directly across the street from the old Yankee Stadium


Joseph Micajah Thomas II
Age 88, New York City
Passed away Mar 29

Represented theatrical, TV and movie personalities


David Driskell
Age 88, Hyattsville, Md.
Passed away Apr 1

Champion of African-American art


Judith Plotkin-Goldberg
Age 88, Massachusetts
Passed away Apr 3

Noted voiceover artist for radio and TV


Alby Kass
Age 89, California
Passed away Mar 31

Lead singer of a Yiddish folk group


Mary Minervini
Age 91, Oak Lawn, Ill.
Passed away Apr 1

Sign-language interpreter


Samuel Kramer
Age 91, Potomac, Md.
Passed away Apr 2

Congregation’s founding member


Helen Kafkis
Age 91, Chicago
Passed away Apr 3

Known for her Greek chicken and stuffed peppers


Marion Lucille Kujda
Age 92, Royal Oak, Mich.
Passed away Mar 28

Would use chalk and oil paints to capture family portraits


Sidney Siegel
Age 92, Woodbury, N.Y.
Passed away Mar 29

Pioneer in the promotional products industry


Muriel M. Going
Age 92, Cedarburg, Wis.
Passed away Apr 1

Taught her girls sheepshead and canasta


Roger Lehne
Age 93, Fargo, N.D.
Passed away Mar 26

Could be a real jokester


Huguette Dorsey
Age 94, Somerville, N.J.
Passed away Mar 27

Coached several championship-winning junior high girls basketball teams


Bucky Pizzarelli
Age 94, Saddle River, N.J.
Passed away Apr 1

Master of jazz guitar


Robert M. Weintraub
Age 96, New York
Passed away Mar 29

A long career in the import-export business


Horace Saunders
Age 96, Mount Airy, Md.
Passed away Mar 29

Tailor


Norma Hoza
Age 101, Wilmette, Ill.
Passed away Apr 2

Mom to six sons


Black N Mild
Age 44, New Orleans
Passed away Mar 19

Bounce DJ and radio personality


Dave Edwards
Age 48, New York City
Passed away Mar 23

College basketball assist wizard


Kious Kelly
Age 48, New York City
Passed away Mar 24

Nurse in the Covid fight


John Cofrancesco
Age 52, New Jersey
Passed away Mar 19

Administrator at a nursing facility


Merle C. Dry
Age 55, Tulsa, Okla.
Passed away Mar 18

Ordained minister


Alvin Elton
Age 56, Chicago
Passed away Mar 22

Followed in his father’s footsteps as a pipefitter


John-Sebastian Laird-Hammond
Age 59, Washington, D.C.
Passed away Mar 20

Member of a Franciscan monastery


Floyd Cardoz
Age 59, Montclair, N.J.
Passed away Mar 24

Indian chef of fine dining


Patricia Frieson
Age 61, Chicago
Passed away Mar 16

Former nurse


Carl Redd
Age 62, Chicago
Passed away Mar 21

Squeezed in every moment he could with his only grandchild


Wanda Bailey
Age 63, Crete, Ill.
Passed away Mar 25

One of nine siblings


Kevin Charles Patz
Age 64, Seattle
Passed away Mar 22

Active in the AIDS Foundation


Ricardo Castaneda
Age 64, New York City
Passed away Mar 25

Caricaturist and psychiatrist who served his patients until the end


Joseph Graham
Age 67, Chicago
Passed away Mar 24

School custodian and steppin’ aficionado


John C. West Jr.
Age 71, Camden, S.C.
Passed away Mar 25

Avid observer and participant in South Carolina politics


Donald J. Horsfall
Age 72, Rydal, Pa.
Passed away Mar 22

Co-wrote nine books about computing


Peggy Rakestraw
Age 72, Matteson, Ill.
Passed away Mar 25

Loved reading, especially mystery novels


Michael Mika
Age 73, Chicago
Passed away Mar 19

Vietnam veteran


Arnold Obey
Age 73, San Juan, P.R.
Passed away Mar 22

Educator and marathoner


Susan Rokus
Age 73, Hamilton, Va.
Passed away Mar 25

Reading tutor focused on student success


Carole Brookins
Age 76, Palm Beach, Fla.
Passed away Mar 23

Early woman on Wall Street and a World Bank official


Alan Lund
Age 81, Washington
Passed away Mar 19

Conductor with “the most amazing ear”


Christine McLaurin
Age 86, Chicago
Passed away Mar 25

Never at a loss for words


Robert Earl Schaefer
Age 87, Seattle
Passed away Mar 25

Radiologist, woodworker, artist and scholar


Freddy Rodriguez Sr.
Age 89, Denver
Passed away Mar 25

Played the saxophone at Denver’s oldest jazz club for 40 years


Larry Rathgeb
Age 90, West Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Passed away Mar 22

Engineer behind the first 200-mph stock car


Loretta Mendoza Dionisio
Age 68, Los Angeles
Passed away Mar 10

Cancer survivor born in the Philippines