Lorance Hockert, who died on March 11 at the age of 76, was born for community service. Growing up, he was heavily influenced by parents who were very active in their Jamaica Estates neighborhood in …
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By Richard L. Stein
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3/18/15
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The Manhattan College community mourns the death of Brother Kenneth Fitzgerald, FSC, who passed away on March 4 in Red Bank, New Jersey. Br. Kenneth was an associate professor emeritus of mathematics …
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3/12/15
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Raphael Sugarman was proud of his Canadian heritage. He sported a jaunty Kangol hat emblazoned with a red maple leaf and Canada in capital letters across the front. But from the time he joined The …
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Harvey Goldschmid, a longtime Riverdalian who died at the age of 74 on Feb. 11, was a soft spoken man, but his voice resounded on Wall Street, in Washington, D.C. and in the halls of academe.
At …
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2/19/15
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George E. Lawler passed away on the morning of Jan. 17, following a brief illness. He lived in Riverdale his entire life and loved New York.
Mr. Lawler retired from Interpublic Group after 37 …
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1/28/15
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Edgar Leon Abrams, who died on Jan. 21 at the age of 77, lived a life of firsts. According to his son, Edgar Rafael Abrams, He was among the first African Americans to attend Stuyvesant High School. …
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1/28/15
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Beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and cousin, Abraham Baumel died on Jan. 16. He was 88 years old. A consummate educator for 44 years, he taught several future Nobel Prize winners, …
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1/21/15
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On Dec. 7, 2014, the same date he was discharged from the U.S. Army 69 years ago, Morris Schneider died at the Manhattanville Nursing Home.
For many years, he was one of the many “fathers …
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1/15/15
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Sophie L. Pieloch, 94, a longtime resident of Yonkers passed away at her brother-in-law’s home in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Born in Manhattan on Feb. 22, 1920 to Bronislaw and …
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1/15/15
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Melvin Jacobs age 92, of Brookline, Massachusetts and formerly of Riverdale, and admired author, poet, artist and champion table tennis player, passed away peacefully on Dec. 23 at Beth Israel …
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12/31/14
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