U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, an Incalculable Loss

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medium • Roger Lehne, 93, Fargo, singer with a cult following • Robert City, first black woman to graduate • Yaakov Perlow, 89, New York City, everything • Denise Camille Buczek, They Were Not Simply N.D., could be a real jokester • Mi- H. Westphal, 75, Fond du Lac, Wis., from Harvard Law School • Vincent leader of the Novominsker Hasidic dy- 72, Bristol, Conn., loved writing birth- chael Sorkin, 71, New York City, cham- statesman in the construction indus- Lionti, 60, New York City, Met Opera nasty • Joseph F. Kelly, 81, New York day and holiday cards, poems and lists Names on a List. pion of social justice through architec- try • Clair Dunlap, 89, Washington, pi- violist and youth orchestra conductor City, did two tours through the Pana- • Charles Constantino, 86, Menlo Park, ture • George Valentine, 66, Washing- lot still teaching people to fly at 88 • • Ann Youngerman Smoler, 87, New ma Canal to Antarctica • John Prine, N.J., worked 40 years for The New They Were Us. ton, D.C., lawyer who mentored oth- Marylou Armer, 43, Sonoma Valley, Ca- York City, had a passion for social jus- 73, Nashville, country-folk singer who York Times • Ben Doherty, 83, Bos- ers • Susan McPherson Gottsegen, 74, lif., veteran police detective • Regina tice • Thomas Waters, 56, New York was a favorite of Bob Dylan • Perry ton, stockbroker who founded Doherty Palm Beach, Fla., loyal and generous D. Cullen, 81, Shrewsbury, Mass., small City, armed the affordable housing Buchalter, 63, Florida, quiet hero • Financial Services • John Horton Con- friend to many • Andreas Koutsouda- in stature but strong in spirit • San- movement with data and analysis • Monica Maley, 74, Rehoboth Beach, way, 82, New Brunswick, N.J., math- Numbers alone cannot possibly kis, 59, New York City, trailblazer for dra Santos-Vizcaino, 54, New York City, Luke Workoff, 33, Huntington, N.Y., his Del., loved animals, had dogs and cats, ematician known as the “magical ge- measure the impact of the coro- TriBeCa • Bob Barnum, 64, St. Peters- beloved public school teacher • Frank relentless passion was for his family and rode horses • Thomas Tarbell Rus- nius” • Stanley Chera, 77, New York navirus on America, whether it is burg, Fla., leader in Florida Pride Gabrin, 60, New York City, emergen- and friends • José Díaz- Ayala, 38, sell, 83, Longmeadow, Mass., men- City, developer and friend of the pres- the number of patients treated, events • Noel Sinkiat, 64, Olney, Md., cy room doctor who died in husband’s Palm Beach, Fla., served with the tored by the computer science pioneer ident • Robby Browne, 72, New York jobs interrupted or lives cut short. nurse planning for retirement • Thom- arms • Sterling E. Matthews, 60, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for Grace Hopper • Ruth Skapinok, 85, City, Realtor and philanthropist who As the country nears a grim mile- as E. Anglin, 85, Cumming, Ga., creat- Midlothian, Va., cancer survivor who 14 years • Antonio Nieves, 73, Chica- Roseville, Calif., backyard birds were socialized with celebrities • Wynn stone of 100,000 deaths attributed ed many wonderful memories for his served as a deacon • Alby Kass, 89, go, always seemed to be busy with known to eat from her hand • Faralyn Handman, 97, New York City, acting to the virus, The New York Times family • Robert Manley Argo Jr., 75, California, lead singer of a Yiddish folk some home project • Jeanne Ham- Havir, 92, Minnesota, her favorite teacher and a founder of the Ameri- scoured obituaries and death no- South Bay, Calif., member of Del Amo group • Roger Eckart, 78, Indiana, re- mond Byrnes, 97, Danbury, Conn., re- thing was meeting new people • Tor- can Place Theater • Adam Kovacs, 72, tices of those who died. The 1,000 Flyers • Michael McKinnell, 84, Bev- tired firefighter and old-school barber ceived numerous awards for her ac- rin Jamal Howard, 26, Waterbury, New York City, cartoonist and an ex- names here reflect just 1 percent of erly, Mass., architect of Boston’s mon- • Martin Douglas, 71, New York City, counting skills • Alice Coopersmith Conn., gentle giant, athlete and musi- pert on musicals • Peter Brown, 53, the toll. None were mere numbers. umental City Hall • Huguette Dorsey, maestro of a steel-pan band • Daniel Furst, 87, Kentfield, Calif., in the first cian • James O’Brien Johnson, 74, Jo- New Jersey, manager of the S.W. 94, Somerville, N.J., coached several Spector, 68, Memphis, mentor to oth- class of girls admitted to the Bronx plin, Mo., pastor of Mt. Sinai Church Brown & Son Funeral Home • Irene Patricia Dowd, 57, San Jose, Calif., au- championship-winning junior high er Memphis artists • Mary Minervi- High School of Science • Bobby Lee of God in Christ • Joseph W. Hammond, Gasior, 94, Pennsylvania, great-grand- ditor in Silicon Valley • Marion girls basketball teams • Lynne Sier- ni, 91, Oak Lawn, Ill., sign-language Barber, 84, Buckley, Wash., Seahawks 64, Chicago, stopped working to look mother with a flair for pizzelles • Stan- Krueger, 85, Kirkland, Wash., great- ra, 68, Roselle, Ill., grandmother who interpreter • Salomon S. Podgursky, season-ticket holder • Thomas A. Ad- after his aging parents • Morris Loeb, ley L. Morse, 88, Stark County, Ohio, grandmother with an easy laugh • Jer- was always full of ideas • Louvenia 84, New Jersey, loved to figure out how amavich, 78, Sheboygan, Wis., espe- 90, Northbrook, Ill., endlessly curious, trombonist who once turned down an maine Ferro, 77, Lee County, Fla., wife Henderson, 44, Tonawanda, N.Y., things worked • Dale E. Thurman, 65, cially proud of his Lithuanian heritage never really finished • Dante Dennis offer to join Duke Ellington’s orches- with little time to enjoy a new mar- proud single mother of three • Carol Lexington, Ky., tailor known for his ex- • Kyra Swartz, 33, New York, volun- Flagello, 62, Rome, Ga., his greatest tra • Margaret Laughlin, 91, Massa- riage • Cornelius Lawyer, 84, Bellev- Sue Rubin, 69, West Bloomfield, Mich., acting work and strong opinions • El- teered for pet rescue organizations • accomplishment was his relationship chusetts, had a mystic’s direct sense ue, Wash., sharecropper’s son • Lo- loved travel, mahjong and crossword lis Marsalis, 85, New Orleans, jazz pi- Rhoda Hatch, 73, Chicago, first in her with his wife • Tommie Adams, 71, Chi- of wonder and oneness • Cynthia Whit- retta Mendoza Dionisio, 68, Los Ange- puzzles • Marion Lucille Kujda, 92, anist and patriarch of a family of mu- family to graduate college • Regina cago, moved antiques for more than ing, 66, La Plata, Md., retiree deter- les, cancer survivor born in the Phil- Royal Oak, Mich., would use chalk and sicians • Richard Passman, 94, Silver Dix-Parsons, 75, Schenectady, N.Y., 25 years • Myra Helen Robinson, 57, mined to spoil her granddaughter • ippines • Jordan Driver Haynes, 27, oil paints to capture family portraits Spring, Md., rocket engineer in the stalwart church gospel singer • Lak- Detroit, more adept than many knew Steve Joltin, 75, Rockville, Md., I.T. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, generous young • Alice Chavdarian, 92, Michigan, lov- early days of supersonic flight • Da- isha Willis White, 45, Orlando, Fla., was • Roger Mckinney-Wagner, 73, Lowell, manager with “an eye for beautiful man with a delightful grin • Patricia ing, generous and adventurous spirit vid Driskell, 88, Hyattsville, Md., helping to raise some of her dozen Mass., professor at the Salter School and unusual things” • Gerald Glenn, Frieson, 61, Chicago, former nurse • • Bassey Offiong, 25, Michigan, saw champion of African-American art • grandchildren • Barbara Yazbeck • Sean Christian Keville, 47, New Prov- 66, Richmond, Va., police officer Luis Juarez, 54, Romeoville, Ill., trav- friends at their worst but brought out Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, Saddle River, N.J., Vethacke, 74, St. Clair Shores, Mich., idence, N.J., enjoyed talking sports turned pastor • Maclear Jacoby Jr., 93, eled often in the United States and their best • Bobby Joseph Hebert, 81, master of jazz guitar • Tarlach Mac- she was known to many as Babs • with family • John Herman Clomax, Washington, D.C., inspiring math Mexico • Merle C. Dry, 55, Tulsa, Ok- Cut Off, La., a 33-year career with the Niallais, 57, New York City, Belfast- June Beverly Hill, 85, Sacramento, no Jr., 62, Newark, one of the few African- teacher • Doris Mae Burkhart Kale, la., ordained minister • Alan Lund, 81, Louisiana Department of Transporta- born fighter for L.B.G.T. and disabili- one made creamed potatoes or fried American corporate bond traders on 98, Pennsylvania, excelled in the kitch- Washington, conductor with “the most tion • Minette Goff Cooper, 79, Loui- ty rights • Antonio Checo, 67, New sweet corn the way she did • Kimar- Wall Street • José Torres, 73, New York en • Josephine Posnanski, 98, New amazing ear” • Black N Mild, 44, New siana, loved big and told people she York City, social worker • Albert Pet- lee Nguyen, 33, Everett, Mass., writer City, restaurateur favored by salsa mu- Jersey, loved to dance • Albert Stokes Orleans, bounce D.J. and radio per- loved them all the time • Jessica Be- rocelli, 73, New York City, fire chief who inspired her Brooklyn high school sic’s stars • Stuart Cohen, 73, New Sr., 75, Chicago, retired preacher • Phil sonality • Michael Mika, 73, Chicago, atriz Cortez, 32, Los Angeles, immi- who answered the call on 9/11 • Ad- students • Kamal Ahmed, 69, New York York City, Brooklyn cabbie who found Langley, 83, Frankfort, Ill., member of Vietnam veteran • John Cofrancesco, grated to the United States three years am Schlesinger, 52, Poughkeepsie, City, hotel banquet worker and Ban- a home in Buddhism • John A. Rocco, Harness Racing Hall of Fame • Vin- 52, New Jersey, administrator at a ago • Marie Caronia, 84, Inwood, N.Y., N.Y., songwriter for rock, film and the gladeshi leader • Raymond Copeland, 83, New Jersey, educator, politician ton Timely Mason, 86, Beaumont, nursing facility • Donald Raymond iconic figure in the Inwood communi- stage • Frederick Brown Starr, 87, 46, New York City, sanitation worker and family man • Johnnie D. Veasley, Mich., co-owned the Bark-and-All log- Haws, 88, Jacksonville, Fla., adminis- ty • April Dunn, 33, Baton Rouge, La., Greensboro, N.C., liked the mental living his fullest days • Israel Sauz, 76, Country Club Hills, Ill., teacher’s ging company • Maria Garcia-Rode- tered Holy Eucharist to hospital pa- advocate for disability rights • Ced- challenges of business • Douglas Al- 22, Broken Arrow, Okla., new father • aide • Mary M. Desole, 93, Poughkeep- lo, 52, Nevada, would walk her chil- tients • Fred Walter Gray, 75, Benton ric Dixon, 48, New York City, police de- an Roberts, 69, Vancouver, Wash., au- Lester Eber, 82, New York, worked for sie, N.Y., member of the Literacy Vol- dren to school every morning • Fer- County, Wash., liked his bacon and tective in Harlem with a gift for inter- thority on aviation • Muriel M. Going, over six decades in the wine and li- unteers of America • Vera Flint, 97, nando Miteff, 60, New York City, graf- hash browns crispy • JoAnn Stokes- rogation • William Helmreich, 74, 92, Cedarburg, Wis., taught her girls quor industry • Harry P. Misthos, 87, Beverly, Mass., face behind the coun- fiti artist with a generous spirit • John Smith, 87, Charleston, S.C., loved to Great Neck, N.Y., sociologist who sheepshead and canasta • Beverly Col- San Francisco Bay Area, Calif., loved ter at a family-owned grocery store • Watson, 73, Philadelphia, anywhere he travel and covered much of the globe walked New York City • Harvey Ba- lins, 83, Portland, Maine, longtime reg- the ocean and enjoyed swimming and Mike Field, 59, Valley Stream, N.Y., went, he took pictures • Joyce Posson • Ronald W. Lewis, 68, New Orleans, yard, 88, New York, grew up directly istered nurse and hospital volunteer boating • Leo Sreebny, 98, Seattle, pre- first responder during the 9/11 attacks Winston, 93, North Bergen, N.J., edi- preserver of that city’s performance across the street from the old Yankee • Scott Melter, 60, Wyoming, Minn., ferred bolo ties to neckties, suspend- • Chianti Jackson Harpool, 51, Balti- tor at the Ladies’ Home Journal • John traditions • John-Sebastian Laird- Stadium • Maxwell M. Mozell, 90, Syr- worked as an engineer with Comcast ers to belts • Robert Barghaan, 88, more, social worker and then a polit- B. Lynch, 76, Wilmington, Mass., life- Hammond, 59, Washington, D.C., mem- acuse, N.Y., founded the Association • Florencio Almazo Morán, 65, New New York City, could fix almost any- ical fundraiser • Conrad Duncker, 99, long educator • Orlando Moncada, 56, ber of a Franciscan monastery • Carl for Chemoreception Sciences • Elmer York City, one-man army • Jennifer thing • Patricia H. Thatcher, 79, Clif- Chicago, longtime dentist • Peter Kaf- Bronxville, N.Y., left Peru and grabbed Redd, 62, Chicago, squeezed in every J. David, 90, Faribault, Minn., had re- Robin Arnold, 67, New York City, ton Park, N.Y., sang in her church choir kis, 91, Chicago, worked mostly facto- hold of the American dream • John moment he could with his only grand- spect for every living creature • Tim- Broadway costume dresser • Jesus for 42 years • Howard Alexander Nel- ry jobs to support his family • Clara Schoffstall, 41, Terre Haute, Ind., vol- child • Larry Rathgeb, 90, West Bloom- othy J. Liszewski, 60, Columbia, S.C., Roman Melendez, 49, New York, fa- son Jr., 84, New Orleans, strong advo- Louise Bennett, 91, Albany, Ga., sang unteer youth football coach • Theo- field Hills, Mich., engineer behind the active member of the South Carolina mous in family circles for his birria cate for health care policy • Allan Jo- her grandchildren a song on the first dore Gaffney, 92, Washington, D.C., first 200-m.p.h. stock car • Alvin El- Progressive Network • Eastern Stew- beef stew • Ralph Plaisance, 87, Mass- seph Dickson Jr., 67, New Jersey, loved day of school each year • Ilona Murai photographer of the Freedom Riders ton, 56, Chicago, followed in his fa- art Jr., 71, Annapolis, Md., veteran with apequa, N.Y., “we called him the Grand the Jersey Shore music scene • John Kerman, 96, New York, featured in • Alan A. Potanka, 68, Berlin, Conn., ther’s footsteps as a pipefitter • Ar- a gift for peacemaking • Freda Ocran, Poobah” • Audrey Malone, 68, Chica- Cassano, 70, Palos Park, Ill., family multiple Broadway productions • collector of stamps and coins • Har- nold Obey, 73, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 51, New York City, nurse with a zest go, sang gospel music as a member of jokester • Eugene Lamar Limbrick, 41, Mauricio Valdivia, 52, Chicago, want- old Davis Jr., 63, Chicago, radio host educator and marathoner • Donald J. for travel and knowledge • Douglas the Malone Sisters • Terrence George Colorado Springs, loved automobiles, ed everyone to feel welcome • Robert and youth advocate • Jagdish C. Agar- Horsfall, 72, Rydal, Pa., co-wrote nine Hickok, 57, Pennsylvania, military’s Driscoll, 87, Plymouth, Mich., father especially trucks • Jim Wolf Sr., 72, Dugal, 58, Oak Park, Ill., advocate for wal, 93, Concord, Mass., fellow of the books about computing • Kevin first virus casualty • Thomas A. Real, figure • Lucius Hall, 87, Chicago, South Holland, Ill., known as “Big others with disabilities • Sharyn Lynn American Institute of Chemical Engi- Charles Patz, 64, Seattle, active in the 61, Newtown, Pa., was at peace on his dubbed the “pistol-packing preacher” Wolf” to the basketball players he Vogel, 74, Aurora, Colo., photographer, neers • Michael Giangrande Sr., 78, AIDS Foundation • Mike Longo, 83, Harley • Julian Anguiano-Maya, 51, • Ronnie Estes, 73, Stevensville, Md., coached • Robert LeBlanc, 87, Cam- gourmet cook, sparkling hostess and Bellmore, N.Y., “Mayor of Martin Av- New York City, jazz pianist, compos- Chicago, life of the party • Sandra Pi- always wanted to be near the ocean • bridge, Mass., worked in construction traveler • Robert Charles Bazzell, 88, enue” • Timothy Ross, 68, Michigan, er and educator • Walter Robb, 91, otrowski, 77, Tinley Park, Ill., worked Anita Fial, 87, New York City, market- and served in the Army • Antoinette Novi, Mich., helped drive the family worked more than 30 years for Gen- New York, former General Electric Co. as a meat-cutter for Jewel supermar- ing expert who brought exotic foods Marie Lutz, 91, Chester, Conn., candy car along Route 66 • Claudia Obermill- eral Motors • Sherrell Stokes, 54, Chi- executive • Dave Edwards, 48, New kets • Robert Rust, 88, Greensburg, to green grocers • Patricia Bosworth, striper at St. Raphael’s Hospital • Vin- er, 73, Nebraska, deep-hearted coun- cago, active in her church • Larry York City, college basketball assist Ind., competitive athlete, up until his 86, New York City, actress who wrote cent G. Frainee, 89, Redlands, Calif., try girl • Reggie Bagala, 54, Lockport, Jones, 61, Chicago, longtime high wizard • Dez-Ann Romain, 36, New last years • Melvin Pumphrey, 80, Chi- biographies of famous friends • Azade owned Frainee Water Trucks for 44 La., Republican freshman in the state school referee • Shirley S. D’Stefan, York City, innovative high school prin- cago Heights, Ill., relished his role as Kilic, 69, New York, two-time cancer years • Andrew Kowalczyk, 63, Coral Legislature • Richard Joseph Lenihan 90, Florham Park, N.J., reader of books cipal • Laneeka Barksdale, 47, Detroit, a mentor • Angel Escamilla, 67, Na- survivor • John E. Broadly, 84, Scitu- Gables, Fla., a heart of service • Jana Jr., 55, Pearl River, N.Y., man of faith on birds and other wildlife • Billy Ross, ballroom dancing star • Carole perville, Ill., assistant pastor • Mar- ate, Mass., honored to march with the Prince, 43, Gretna, La., social worker and a proud Irish-American • Deyr- 53, Milwaukee, staff member and men- Brookins, 76, Palm Beach, Fla., early guerite M. Horgus, 86, Sweetgrass, American Legion in many parades • who dedicated her life to others • Jo- old Arteaga, 66, Central Valley, N.Y., tor at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission woman on Wall Street and a World Mont., her hospitality was known Julia Maye Alexander, 81, Upland, Ca- seph Migliucci, 81, White Plains, N.Y., made friends everywhere he went • • Helen Silvia, 96, Brockton, Mass., Bank official • George Freeman Win- throughout Toole County and beyond lif., taught math, English and history fourth-generation owner of Mario’s Estelle Kestenbaum, 91, Leonia, N.J., known as the “fashionista” in her nurs- field, 72, Shelburne, Vt., could make • Joseph Micajah Thomas II, 88, New for over 30 years • Bruce W. Sowals- restaurant, a Bronx institution • Reu- secretary to a New Jersey judge • Ar- ing home • Davis Begaye, 48, Cudei, anything grow • Harold L. Upjohn, 91, York City, represented theatrical, TV ki, 68, Sand Lake, N.Y., found his spe- ben Gutoff, 92, New York City, found- temis Nazarian, 88, Englewood Cliffs, N.M., worked at the Home Depot • Burlingame, Calif., conducted clinical and movie personalities • Beryl Ber- cial place at Big Bowman Pond • Sam- ed Strategy Associates • Gerard N.J., opened a Los Angeles preschool Rose Mary Infantino, 88, Rye Brook, research at Walter Reed Army Medi- nay, 94, New York City, actress and uel Kramer, 91, Potomac, Md., congre- Rosenberg, 85, New York City, retired • Myles Coker, 69, New York City, freed N.Y., daughter of Italian immigrants cal Center • Terrence McNally, 81, children’s TV host • John Joseph Reed gation’s founding member • Sean New York Supreme Court justice • from life in prison • Richard Alexan- • Ann Sullivan, 91, Woodland Hills, Ca- Sarasota, Fla., Tony-winning play- Jr., 74, Edmonds, Wash., passionate Boynes, 46, Annapolis, Md., pharma- Marty Derer, 56, New Jersey, loved to der Ross Jr., 66, Boynton Beach, Fla., lif., animator for Disney films, includ- wright of gay life • Theresa Elloie, 63, about retaining his town’s small-town cy manager with young daughters • referee basketball games • Harold Re- lifelong karate instructor • Helen ing “The Little Mermaid” • Norman New Orleans, renowned for her busi- atmosphere • Sidney Siegel, 92, Wood- Norma Hoza, 101, Wilmette, Ill., mom isner, 78, Pittsburgh, took furniture re- Boles Days, 96, Wynnewood, Pa., made Gulamerian, 92, New Providence, N.J., ness making detailed pins and corsag- bury, N.Y., pioneer in the promotion- to six sons • Harold L. Hayes, 96, Fort pair to the level of an art form • Clark what she had work for her • Marcus art supply businessman with a roman- es • Sterling Maddox Jr., 78, Arling- al products industry • Robert M. Wein- Wright, Ky., original member of the Osojnicki, 56, Stillwater, Minn., Edward Cooper Jr., 83, Louisiana, he tic streak • Kenneth L. Jewel, 78, ton, Va., developer known for his traub, 96, New York, a long career in Navy’s elite Underwater Demolition wellknown in the world of agility dog loved his wife and said, “Yes, dear” a Mountain Lakes, N.J., exceptional ra- friendliness • Alan Finder, 72, Ridge- the import-export business • Joe Dif- Team • Glenn Daniel Bellitto, 62, New training • Kevin John Cahill, 83, New lot • Nelson Perdomo, 44, Middlesex diologist • Jerzy Glowczewski, 97, New wood, N.J., unflappable New York fie, 61, Nashville, Grammy-winning York, town councilman • Robert Lee York City, directed Alba House Cor- County, N.J., veteran corrections offi- York City, last of the WWII Polish Times journalist • Floyd Cardoz, 59, country music star • Herman Boehm, Amos, 66, Columbus, Ind., expert nerstone Bookstore in lower Manhat- cer and father of three • Rosemarie fighter pilots • Joan M. Heany, 77, Up- Montclair, N.J., Indian chef of fine din- 86, Florida, retired architect always marksman and firearms instructor • tan • Janissa Delacruz, 31, Haverstraw, Amerosi, 87, New York City, retired per Brookville, N.Y., built the family ing • Kious Kelly, 48, New York City, eager to travel • Horace Saunders, 96, Judith Plotkin-Goldberg, 88, Massa- N.Y., known for having a smile on her bank teller • Timothy H. Gray, 66, Or- heating-oil business into a successful nurse in the Covid fight • Romi Cohn, Mount Airy, Md., tailor • Gary Holm- chusetts, noted voiceover artist for ra- face • Clifford J. Williams, 81, Schagh- leans, Ind., worked for the Orange company • Delia Regina DiTullio, 91, 91, New York City, saved 56 Jewish berg, 77, Mount Airy, Md., retired fire- dio and TV • Coby Adolph, 44, Chica- ticoke, N.Y., member for over 46 years County Highway Department • Tom- Jamaica Plain, Mass., always put her families from the Gestapo • Kenneth fighter • Chad Capule, 50, Fond du go, entrepreneur and adventurer • of the Operating Engineers Union, Lo- mie Brown, 82, Gary, Ind., security children first • Jeanne Stone Rusnak, R. Going, 87, Grafton, Wis., Green Bay Lac, Wis., I.T. project manager remem- Steven J. Huber, 64, Jefferson City, Mo., cal No. 106 • Robert L. Crahen, 87, Wau- worker who died the same day as his 84, Endicott, N.Y., classy lady with Packers season ticket holder for 50 bered for his love of trivia • Robert loved creating perfect smiles • Don nakee, Wis., nicknamed “Boxcar Bob” wife • Doris Brown, 79, Merrillville, style and elegance • Anita Robinson, years • Frederick Carl Harris, 70, Mas- Garff, 77, Utah, former speaker of the Whan, 67, Indiana, sports fan who for his luck in shaking dice • Elizabeth Ind., wife who died on the same day 94, Minnesota, shared her knowledge sachusetts, an exuberant laugh • Ir- Utah House, auto executive and phi- loved Purdue University • Albert K. Batista, 57, Waterbury, Conn., unwav- as her husband • Marie Scanlan Walk- and love of reading • William U. Rou- vin Herman, 94, Indianapolis, Army lanthropist • Phillip Thomas, 48, Chi- Webster, 82, New York City, executive ering faith and dedication to the Cath- er, 99, Louisiana, never drew atten- lette III, 93, Stroudsburg, Pa., enjoyed man modest about his service in the cago, his Walmart co-workers were behind New York Philharmonic’s eco- olic Church • Timothy Branscomb, 32, tion to herself • Frances M. Pilot, 81, being a waterman on his work boat Pacific • Ricardo Castaneda, 64, New like family • Alan Merrill, 69, New York nomic growth • Kevin Masterson, 74, Chicago, always busy looking out for Wall, N.J., known as Big Momma to on Chesapeake Bay • Antoinette Mey- York City, caricaturist and psychiatrist City, songwriter of “I Love Rock ‘n’ New York City, joined Goldman Sachs others • Paul Warech, 86, Vineland, all who loved her • George J. Foerst er, 95, Crownsville, Md., trailblazing who served his patients until the end Roll” • Peter Sakas, 67, Northbrook, in 1975 • Randy G. Addison, 64, Car- N.J., widely surmised he could have Jr., 99, New Jersey, called “The Cap- deputy sheriff • Michael Wrotniak Jr., • Mark Blum, 69, New York City, Obie Ill., ran an animal hospital • Joseph rollton, Ga., survived being shot in the played Major League Baseball • Mar- tain” by friends and family • John B. 92, Glen Cove, N.Y., brought the fam- Award-winning stage and screen ac- Yaggi, 65, Indiana, mentor and friend line of duty in 1984 • Ronald Willen- lon Alston, 46, Chicago, bus driver and Ahrens, 96, Newton, Mass., lifelong ily to church every week • Marvin L. tor • Robert Earl Schaefer, 87, Seattle, to many • Mary Roman, 84, Norwalk, kamp, 75, Wisconsin, proud to have school security guard • Hailey Herre- pacifist • Parker Knoll, 68, Indiana, a Thomas, 81, Sun Lakes, Ariz., a mil- radiologist, woodworker, artist and Conn., shot-put champion and fixture logged over five million miles behind ra, 25, New York City, budding thera- decades-long career in ministry • Ker- lion-dollar smile • Edmon C. Carmi- scholar • John C. West Jr., 71, Camden, in local politics • Lorena Borjas, 59, the wheel • Lloyd Paul Leftwich, 91, pist with a gift for empathy • James ri Ann Kennedy-Tomkins, 48, Garrison, chael, 79, Detroit, pillar in the Detroit S.C., avid observer and participant in New York City, transgender immi- Louisiana, inveterate harmonica play- V. Walsh, 78, New Jersey, volunteered N.Y., worked as a special education community • Linda Nute, 61, Hazel South Carolina politics • Gerald An- grant activist • James T. Goodrich, 73, er • Helen Molina, 85, Washington, all- his time to church car raffles, fund- teacher for many years • Rosemarie Crest, Ill., home helper for many years thony Morales, 91, Louisiana, an ency- New York City, surgeon who separat- around supporter of the Washington raisers and picnics • Liudas Karolis Franzese, 70, Nevada, former hairstyl- • Lela Reed, 95, Country Club Hills, clopedic knowledge of old Hollywood ed conjoined twins • Janice Preschel, Huskies • Ronald Burdette Culp, 84, Mikalonis, 86, Berkley, Mich., immi- ist and avid New York Yankees fan • Ill., babysitter for the local church • • Landon Spradlin, 66, Concord, N.C., 60, Teaneck, N.J., founded a food pan- Redding, Calif., helped countless peo- grated to New York from a German Bernard David Seckler, 95, Newton, Joan Cecile Berngen, 69, Burbank, Ill., preacher and blues guitarist • Maria try • Jean-Claude Henrion, 72, Atlan- ple by providing housing and support refugee camp after World War II • Mass., math reader for Recordings for known for her amazing sense of hu- Linda Villanueva Sun, 61, Newport tis, Fla., always rode Harley-David- • Norman Walker Jr., 80, China Town- Gene Zahas, 78, Oakland, Calif., fierce the Blind • Samuel Hargress Jr., 84, mor • Gwendolyn A. Carmichael, 72, News, Va., organized food programs sons • Joseph J. Deren Jr., 75, Turners ship, Mich., shared his produce with advocate for educational opportunity New York City, owner of Paris Blues, Detroit, definition of love, loyalty, and for children in the Philippines • Su- Falls, Mass., retired meter-reader • food pantries and his neighbors • Pe- • Eugene James Zahas, 78, Oakland, a beloved Harlem jazz joint • Michael the ability to serve others • James san Rokus, 73, Virginia, reading tutor Gerald Cassidy, 66, Peachtree Corners, ter Bainum, 82, Bethesda, Md., former Calif., hosted dinners • William D. Lee Jordan, 69, McLeansville, N.C., re- Lowell Miller Jr., 64, Cedar Rapids, Io- focused on student success • Freddy Ga., owner of Shamrock Salvage & Ap- aerospace engineering professor at Greeke, 55, Massachusetts, thought it tired from Sears Outlet Stores as an wa, known as the bonfire builder • Do- Rodriguez Sr., 89, Denver, played the praisal Inc. • David Reissig, 82, Ver- Howard University • Helen Kafkis, 91, was important to know a person’s life assistant manager • Merrick Dowson, lores A. Vail, 89, Torrington, Conn., her saxophone at Denver’s oldest jazz club mont, retired from the U.S. Customs Chicago, known for her Greek chick- story • Beatrice Rubin, 96, New Jer- 67, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif., hobbies included reading, especially for 40 years • Christine McLaurin, 86, Agency after 28 years • Angelo Piro, en and stuffed peppers • John A. sey, her size belied her strength and nothing delighted him more than pick- cookbooks • Frank A. Hudson Jr., 87, Chicago, never at a loss for words • 87, New York City, known for serenad- Bailargeon, 72, Dennisport, Mass., true spirit • Jack Butler, 78, Indiana, lived ing up the bill • Wesley Richard Fah- Ingalls, Ind., awarded the National De- Peggy Rakestraw, 72, Matteson, Ill., ing friends with Tony Bennett songs outdoorsman • Viraf Darukhanawal- in the house he grew up in • Susan rbach II, 69, Fremont, Ohio, known fense Medal for serving during the Ko- loved reading, especially mystery nov- • Sandra Lee deBlecourt, 61, Maryland, la, 77, Hoffman Estates, Ill., worker at Grey Hopp Crofoot, 97, Westwood, N.J., throughout Ohio for his knowledge of rean War • William Brett Tracy, 61, els • Wanda Bailey, 63, Crete, Ill., one loved taking care of people • Jose O’Hare International Airport • Ches- took great joy in writing little ditties local history • Harley E. Acker, 79, Snellville, Ga., great mentor to many of nine siblings • Rocco Patrick Ursi- Vazquez, 51, Chicago, husband and fa- ter Dwulet, 68, Burlington, Mass., under her pen name, Penelope Pen- Troupsburg, N.Y., discovered his true Ellen Spencer, 70, Newburgh, N.Y., no, 90, Bellevue, Wash., preceded in ther • Alberto Castro, 86, Melrose proud Union Ironworker of Local 7 for wiper • James David Gewirtzman, 72, calling when he started driving a principal’s assistant • Tom Ferguson, death by his wife of 65 years • Sandy Park, Ill., made time to create and lis- 45 years • John Timothy Barr, 76, New City, N.Y., spent some of his hap- school bus • Arlola Rawls, 81, Chica- Continued on Page 12 Pratt, 92, Bellevue, Wash., engineer ten to music • Jerry Manley, 58, Prince Rochester Hills, Mich., trustee for the piest hours hiking in the Adirondacks go, caretaker of her neighborhood • forever chasing the wind • Leroy Per- Frederick, Md., retired police sergeant Retired Detroit Police and Firefight- • Henry F. Graff, 98, Greenwich, Conn., Roger Liddell, 65, Flint, Mich., brought ryman Jr., 74, Hazel Crest, Ill., ultimate • Wallace Roney, 59, Paterson, N.J., ers Association • Julie Butler, 62, New Columbia University historian of U.S. smiles to everyone he interacted with entertainer • Mary Virginia McKeon, jazz trumpet virtuoso • Cristina, 64, York City, veterinarian who served presidents • Mari Jo Davitto, 82, • Luther Coleman, 108, Evergreen U(DF47D3)W+$!=!_!$!" 65, Chicago, devoured art in every New York City, downtown New York Harlem • Lila A. Fenwick, 87, New York Thornton, Ill., people were her hobby Park, Ill., man who seemed to know