Obituaries
Obituaries
We created the UFT Honors site for memorials to the cherished UFT members we lost during the pandemic. We are now memorializing ALL UFT members who have died since March 2020 on the new site.
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Dorothy Lowery
Dorothy Lowery worked as a paraprofessional, a school secretary and a teacher.
Rafaela Burgos
Rafaela Burgos began a 30-year career as a UFT member at PS 154 in the Bronx, eventually retiring from PS 41 in Staten Island.
Marsha Moed
Marsha Moed was a UFT member for 24 years, most recently as a principal’s secretary and office manager.
Suzanne Rettig
Suzanne Rettig was a UFT member for 10 years, most recently as a paraprofessional working in special education.
Florence Washington
Florence Washington was a UFT member for 30 years, most recently as a teacher’s assistant at IS 52 in the Bronx.
Jonathan Priess
Jonathan Priess was a social worker at Canarsie HS and Franklin K. Lane HS in Brooklyn and a UFT member for 20 years.
Barry Berk
Barry Berk was a UFT member for 37 years, beginning his career at Junior High School 54 in Manhattan and, after teaching at two other schools, reached retirement as a social studies teacher at the Bronx High School of Science.
Amy Kargman
Amy Kargman was a UFT member for 50 years, first teaching third grade at PS 279 in Brooklyn, before becoming art coordinator that school.
Ira Wolin
Ira Wolin was a UFT member for 35 years and worked at many schools in Brooklyn and Queens over the years.
Martin Plotkin
Martin Plotkin was a UFT member for nearly 50 years, most recently serving as the UFT's District 6 representative in Washington Heights.