Obituaries

  • Gerald Fitzgerald, Age 64
    Died November 19, 2016
    Gerald Fitzgerald was a media teacher and a dean at MS 324 in Washington Heights.
  • Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein, Age
    Died September 19, 2016
    Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein taught at PS 115 in Queens and was a UFT chapter leader.
  • Alice D. Lombardi, Age 94
    Died September 14, 2016
    Alice Lombardi was a mathematics coordinator for the Department of Education.
  • Sylvia Kuller, Age 90
    Died August 8, 2016
    Sylvia Kuller taught English at IS 246 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and later became a guidance counselor at the school.
  • Mildred Lucille Gersh, Age 95
    Died August 6, 2016
    Mildred Lucille Gersh was a teacher at PS 78 in the Bronx and subsequently a reading coordinator for District 11 in the Bronx.
  • Leo Benardo, Age 88
    Died July 31, 2016
    Leo Benardo began his career as a teacher of foreign languages in the New York City public school system in 1947.
  • Edith Packer-Greenberg, Age 94
    Died July 28, 2016
    Edith Packer-Greenberg taught 6th grade and gifted children at PS 42 in Arverne, Queens for many years.
  • Lorraine C. Porter, Age 59
    Died June 1, 2016
    Lorraine C. Porter was a chapter leader at PS 6 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn for the last eight years.
  • Carolyn Grossman, Age 98
    Died May 27, 2016
    Carolyn Grossman was a kindergarten teacher at PS 200 in Bath Beach, Brooklyn.
  • Shirley Safran, Age 85
    Died May 3, 2016
    Shirley Safran was an English teacher at Art & Design HS, where she directed school plays and coached the debate team.
  • Norma Joseph Hart, Age 86
    Died April 23, 2016
    Norma Joseph Hart, a school psychologist for more than 20 years, was a UFT delegate and a founding member of the Hispanic Affairs and Capably Disabled committees.
  • Louis Tagliani, Age 82
    Died April 13, 2016
    Louis Taglione was the beloved longtime teacher, assistant principal and then principal of PS 23 in Richmondtown, Staten Island from 1964 to 1996.
  • Bruce Davidson, Age 84
    Died April 1, 2016
    Bruce Samuel Davidson, a former high school teacher, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2016 in New York City.
  • Dorothy Kreiselman, Age 82
    Died March 12, 2016
    Dorothy Kreiselman was a teacher and chapter leader in District 20 in Brooklyn.
  • Paul Friedman, Age 80
    Died February 22, 2016
    A former English teacher at New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, Paul was a lover of jazz, literature and movies and believed in education through the arts.
  • Kinereth Louise Stubbs, Age 71
    Died January 28, 2016
    Kinereth Louise Stubbs taught at PS 192 in West Harlem for 34 years. Teaching was her passion.
  • Dr. Felix Carlos Bonilla, Age 63
    Died January 23, 2016
    Dr. Felix Carlos Bonilla was a teacher at Newtown HS in Queens for more than 30 years before his retirement in 2010.
  • Lisa Moore, Age 54
    Died November 21, 2015
    Lisa Moore taught grades 3-5 for 28 years at PS 47 in the Bronx.
  • Sylvia Schaum, Age 87
    Died November 12, 2015
    Schaum was a 1st grade teacher in District 12 in the Bronx for 26 years before retiring in 1991.
  • Thelma Ward, Age 98
    Died October 30, 2015
    She was a counselor and teacher for more than 40 years at PS 61 in the Bronx before her retirement in 1982.
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