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Jerry Alford, Nurse
3May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Jerry Alford, Nurse

Jerry Alford – a nurse at Northport Medical Center, Northport, Alabama – passed away due to the complications of COVID-19. He was 60 years old. Jerry Alford worked as a nurse for 32 years. Most of his career was spent at Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham. The 60-year-old later transferred to Northport. He also served his country as a United States Marine. Please help us in adding details.
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Margaret Meier, Registered Nurse
3May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Margaret Meier, Registered Nurse

Margaret Meier – a Registered Nurse, Emergency Department (retired) at St. Mary Hospital/Hoboken University Medical Center, Hoboken, New Jersey – passed away on 2 May 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Meier was 95 years old. Born on September 15, 1924, Margaret was a long-time resident of Jersey City, New Jersey. She graduated from St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Hoboken, New Jersey on September 9, 1945 and continued her nursing career as an ER nurse at St. Mary's Hospital for 48 years. Source: Legacy.com Please help us in adding details.
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Brittany Bruner-Ringo, Nurse
3May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Brittany Bruner-Ringo, Nurse

Brittany Bruner-Ringo – a Nurse at Silverado Beverly Place, Beverly Hills, California – passed away due to COVID-19. Brittany was 32 years old. Source: Los Angeles Times Please help us in adding details.
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Meyer Rubin, geologist
3May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Meyer Rubin, geologist

Meyer Rubin ‑ an American geologist known for his radiocarbon dating work with the United States Geological Survey – died of Covid-19  on May 2, 2020. After graduating from Englewood High School, South Side, Chicago, in 1941, Rubin enlisted into a University of Chicago run pre-meteorology training program (class "B"), for the United States Army Air Forces (AAF); active duty effective March 3, 1943. Basic training was at Fort Sheridan with classes held at the University of Michigan. Rubin finished his training in September 1943, and was shipped off first to Port Moresby, New Guinea, and then later to the Philippines, to help forecast weather for AAF long range flights in the Pacific Theater of World War II. After Japan surrendered, Rubin was sent to Tokyo as pa...
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James M. Cross, Ice hockey player & coach
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James M. Cross, Ice hockey player & coach

James M. Cross an American ice hockey player and coach who led the Vermont Catamounts of the University of Vermont for nineteen seasons died in Georgia of complications of COVID-19 on May 2, 2020, at age 87. Cross graduated from Boston University in 1960, having played ice hockey for the Terriers for two seasons. In his senior year, he helped the team record a third-place finish at the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. While at BU, Cross played collegiate summer baseball with the Dennis Clippers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After graduating from BU, Cross became the director of physical education at Lyman C. Hunt School, a position he held for four years before accepting the head coaching position at nearby Vermont. Cross joined the program in only its third year of e...
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Yu Lihua, writer
2May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Yu Lihua, writer

Yu Lihua a Chinese-American writer who authored at least 45 works of fiction died on On 1 May 2020 due to COVID-19 in Washington. Yu Lihua was born in Shanghai and went to university in Taiwan, taking history at National Taiwan University. Then she went to the United States to do a graduate degree in journalism at UCLA and then to teach Chinese literature in the Department of Comparative University at the State University of New York. Her work was published both in English and in Chinese.
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Sheena Renee Comfort Miles, Nurse
2May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Sheena Renee Comfort Miles, Nurse

Sheena Renee Comfort Miles – a Nurse at Scott Regional Hospital, Morton, Mississippi – passed away on 1 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Sheena was 60 years old. Born August 23, 1959, in Morton, Sheena was the daughter of Mrs. Betsy Cooper Comfort of Morton and the late Mr. Harvey Thomas (H. T.) Comfort. Mrs. Miles spent her life in service to others when they needed help the most. An emergency room nurse at Scott Regional Hospital, she spent her last working days helping those who had contracted the virus. Last year, she was presented a 25-year plaque in honor of her service at Scott Regional. Her nursing career spanned 35 years and included terms at the former Scott Baptist Hospital and the University Hospital. She received her R. N. degree from Hinds Commu...
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Marsha Bantle, Nurse
2May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Marsha Bantle, Nurse

Marsha Bantle – a Nurse at Signature Health, Newburgh, Indiana   passed away on 1 May, 2020, due to COVID-19. Marsha was 65 years old. Marsha Kaye Bantle, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2020 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Marsha was born on February 24, 1955, in Richland, Indiana to the late William “Martin” and Marjorie (Isaacs) Bantle. She was a 1973 graduate of South Spencer High School. She graduated  from beauty school and went on to graduate nursing school in 1992. Marsha dedicated her life to taking care of others and made the ultimate sacrifice. She will be remembered for her compassion and kind heart, but most importantly as a hero in this ongoing pandemic. Her honesty and sense of humor will be missed. Sourc...
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