Obituaries
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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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On Dec. 7, the same date he was discharged from the U.S. Army 69 years ago, Morris press died at the nursing home.
For many years, he was one of the many “fathers of the year” in The …
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12/31/14
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The legal community knew Benjamin Altman, who died on June 25 at the age of 95, as an indefatigable legal scholar who toiled in the court systems of several counties until near the end of his …
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By Richard L. Stein
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7/2/14
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On May 13, Robert R. Mastruzzi died. Ironically, the date of his passing coincides with Schools Chancellor Richard Klein’s 2010 announcement of the phasing out of Kennedy’s …
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By Sylvia K. Corwin
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6/11/14
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Kingsbridge Heights resident Adam Lutz has passed away. He was 33 years old.
The John F. Kennedy High School graduate was killed by a car near the Kingsbridge Heights home he shared with his …
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5/15/14
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Cecile (Ceil) Schwartz, a beloved Riverdale resident, died on May 4 at the age of 81.
Ms. Schwartz was a loving wife and best friend to Alfred Schwartz for over 59 years.
She was a …
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5/14/14
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Florence Rapaport, a piano teacher, activist for peace and longtime Riverdalian, died on Friday at the age of 97.
Born on August 24, 1916, and raised in the town of Washington, PA, Ms. Rapaport …
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Time was when Pyser Edelsack was a household name in Riverdale. Virtually every teenager and most adults revered him.
As a youth worker for Riverdale Neighborhood House (RNH) in the early 1970s, …
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By Richard L. Stein
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5/9/14
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On Feb. 20, longtime Riverdalian Doris Glickstein died at her home on Henry Hudson Parkway at the age of 91.
Born in the University Heights area, Ms. Glickstein lived in Riverdale for over 45 …
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By Maya Rajamani
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3/19/14
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