Long Island obituaries
Here are some recent obituaries written by friends and family members of deceased Long Islanders.
View ArticleJean Gale, 93, helped create brokerage whale logo
In the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old girl named Jean Wallice heard about a $10-a-week secretarial job and all but ran to apply.
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Here are some recent obituaries written by friends and family members of deceased Long Islanders.
View ArticleLong Island obituaries
Here are some recent obituaries written by friends and family members of deceased Long Islanders.
View ArticleGus Savage dies; 6-term congressman from Chicago was 90
Gus Savage, a six-term Democratic congressman who represented Chicago's South Side until a sexual misconduct scandal, his firebrand style and accusations of anti-Semitism brought a landslide defeat in...
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Here are some recent obituaries written by friends, family members, and colleagues of deceased Long Islanders.
View ArticleEstelle James, former Stony Brook economist, dies at 79
Estelle James, a World Bank and Stony Brook University economist who influenced a debate on pension reform across the world, died at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13. She...
View ArticleDella Odessa Harding, 'Grandma' in Roosevelt community, dies at 82
Della Odessa Harding was affectionately known as "Grandma" in the hallways of Roosevelt High School, but with a simple stern look the hall monitor could get even the most difficult of students right...
View ArticleMark A. Dondero, WWII veteran, former bank officer, dead at 89
As a staff sergeant, Mark A. Dondero fought alongside fellow soldiers in the Pacific during World War II. As a husband, dad and grandfather, he was the man with the big smile and generous heart who...
View ArticleMarci Simms dies; NYPD lieutenant, 9/11 responder was 51
NYPD Lt. Marci Simms saw the best in people and never became jaded, though her career confronted her with some of the world's worst horrors, including futilely searching for survivors at Ground Zero.
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Here are some recent obituaries written by friends, family members, and colleagues of deceased Long Islanders.
View ArticleRhoda Gordon, passionate special-ed teacher, 'renaissance woman,' dies at 86
Rhoda Gordon fit several challenging lives into one lifetime -- the longtime educator was a gifted artist, a talented cook and designer, and kept her mind sharp dabbling in the stock market.
View ArticleTuskegee Airman George Franklin Henry dies; FDNY retiree was 95
George Franklin Henry lived long enough to do many of the things he loved, including helping prepare America's first black military pilots during World War II and doting on his wife until the day she...
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Here are some recent obituaries written by friends, family members, and colleagues of deceased Long Islanders.
View ArticleTeresa Ward dies; cleaning company founder was 56
Teresa Ward loved to clean. And in 1993 the Rocky Point resident turned that passion into Teresa's Family Cleaning, a company that grew from a couple of clients to hundreds and boasted about using...
View ArticleTerence M. Whalen dies; real estate exec from Garden City was 64
Terence M. Whalen, a real estate executive whose colleagues say helped spur the revival of Downtown Brooklyn with the creation of the MetroTech Center, has died after a long battle with skin cancer.
View ArticleJacqueline A. Berrien dies; former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Jacqueline A. Berrien, the former chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a veteran civil rights lawyer who had served five years as associate director-counsel of the NAACP's...
View ArticleConnie Guevara, Lindenhurst mother of four, dies
Connie Guevara survived breast cancer about a dozen years ago, drawing on the power of her faith, but the Lindenhurst mother of four recently lost a fight with another form of cancer, the family said.
View ArticleLong Island obituaries
Here are some recent obituaries written by friends, family members, and colleagues of deceased Long Islanders.
View ArticleNorm Ellenberger dies; former New Mexico basketball coach was 83
Norm Ellenberger, the foot-stomping sideline showman who coached New Mexico to two Western Athletic Conference basketball titles in the 1970s, has died. He was 83.
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