United States – Page 17

28Apr

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Madeline Faith Kripke, book collector

Madeline Faith Kripke a book collector who held one of the world's largest collections of dictionaries died on April 25, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Madeline Kripke was born on September 9, 1943, in New London, Connecticut, to mother Dorothy Karp Kripke and father Myer S. Kripke, a rabbi. Kripke's brother was philosopher Saul Kripke, and her sister was Netta Kripke Stern. She graduated with a bachelor's in English from Barnard College. In fifth grade, she recalled receiving a Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary from her parents, which she said "unlocked the world for me". Kripke acquired a collection of approximately 20,000 dictionaries in her two-bedroom apartment. The oldest dictionary in her collection was a Latin dictionary published in 1502 by Ambrogio Calepino. Sh...

28Apr

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Richard Kesner, Nurse

Richard Kesner – a Nurse at CareOne at The Highlands, Edison, New Jersey – passed away on 27 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Richard was 46 years old. Kesner, 46, who lived in Woodbridge, died five days later on April 22 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He had continued to work long hours during the pandemic even though he had asthma, which put him at greater risk. A doctor told him his lung condition may have been rooted in years of working in a warehouse and breathing in dust before he changed careers, following his sister into nursing. Source: North Jersey.com Please help us in adding details.

28Apr

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Juan Martinez, Technician

Juan Martinez – a Technician, Surgical Technician at UI Health, Chicago, Illinois – passed away on 27 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Juan was 60 years old. “He was so proud of his role in the healthcare field, often mistaken as a doctor because he was so knowledgeable,” Martinez Jr. said. Source: WGN9 Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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Joan Wittman, grandmother

Joan Wittman ‑ a mother, grandmother and a good friend from Minneapolis ‑ lost her life to COVID-19 on April 26 at 88 years old. Her sweetness drew even the family dog in from the time Joan Wittman was born in 1931. “She grew up here in Minneapolis,” her daughter Joan Berendt said. “She left school at 10th grade she started working to help the family out. But, one of the smartest people I ever knew.” Joan did crossword puzzles in ink and her daughter says her mom’s nose was always buried in a book. “I was really, really close to her,” Berendt said. In fact, her mom lived with Jill Berendt’s family and helped to raise Jill’s kids, until dementia forced them two years ago to move Joan to North Ridge in New Hope. Like ...

27Apr

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Emilio Simeon Allué Carcasona, Bishop

Emilio Simeon Allué Carcasona, –a Spanish American prelate of the Catholic Church. died on 26 April 2020 after contracting COVID-19. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston until his retirement in 2010. Born in Huesca, Spain, on 18 February 1935, Emilio Allué made his profession as a Salesian in 1962 and attended Don Bosco College in Newton, New Jersey.He then furthered his studies at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome, where he was ordained to the priesthood on 22 December 1966. He earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Salesian University in 1967, and was director of the Salesian Seminary in Goshen, New York, from 1972 to 1975. He received a Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from Fordham University in 1981, and later served as parish ...

27Apr

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Jeffrey Escher, Physician

Jeffrey Escher – a Physician, Geriatrician in New York, Westchester County, New York – passed away on 26 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jeffery was 72 years old. Source: The Scardale Inquirer Please help us in adding details.

Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director

27Apr

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Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director

Lorna Breen – an Emergency Department Medical Director at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, New York City (suicide) – passed away on 26 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Lorna was 49 years old. Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Va., where she was staying with family, her father said in an interview. Tyler Hawn, a spokesman for the Charlottesville Police Department, said in an email that officers on Sunday responded to a call seeking medical assistance. “The victim was taken to U.V.A. Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed to self-inflicted injuries,” Mr. Hawn said. Dr. Breen’s father, Dr. Philip C. Breen, said she had described devastating scenes of the toll the coronavirus took ...

27Apr

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Araceli Buendia Ilagan, Nurse

Araceli Buendia Ilagan – an ICU Nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida – passed away on 27 March,2020, due to COVID-19. Araceli was 63 years old. "As we battle this global public health crisis, caregivers throughout the world are bravely serving on the frontlines, often putting their patients' lives before theirs. These medical professionals — people like Araceli — are the true heroes, and we salute them all," the Jackson Health System, which runs the hospital, said in a statement. "My dearest sister, we admired you for your dedication on your profession. We are very, very proud of you. You're a true 'Hero' in this fight against Covid-19," Roy Buendia wrote. Source: CBS News Please help us in ad...

26Apr

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Alan Abel, musician

Alan Abel -- an American percussionist, music educator, and inventor of musical instruments -- died on April 25, 2020, of complications from COVID-19. He was the associate principal percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1959 until his retirement in 1997. He is widely regarded as one of the most important percussion educators of the second half of the twentieth century, having taught at Temple University beginning in 1972. Abel’s inventions include several unique and ubiquitous triangles and a bass drum stand that allowed the instrument to be suspended with the use of rubber bands. Abel was born in Hobart, Indiana, in 1928. At the age of seven, he started percussion lessons. He studied with Clarence Carlson at the Roy Knapp School and then with Haskell Harr and William S...

John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician

26Apr

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John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician

John Mondello – an Emergency Medical Technician at Tactical Response Group, New York City (suicide) – passed away after suffering from COVID-19.It was reported on 26 April 2020. John was 23 years old. John Mondello was found dead from a gunshot wound discharged from a weapon registered to his retired NYPD father, in Queens on Friday. Mondello was found after a passerby spotted the body just after 6.45pm on rocks along a river wall on Shore Boulevard in Astoria. Source: Mail Online Please help us in adding details.