Obituaries
Obituaries
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Rose M. Sabatino
Rose M. Sabatino was a secretary at Brooklyn Technical HS.
Gerald Fitzgerald
Gerald Fitzgerald was a media teacher and a dean at MS 324 in Washington Heights.
Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein
Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein taught at PS 115 in Queens and was a UFT chapter leader.
Alice D. Lombardi
Alice Lombardi was a mathematics coordinator for the Department of Education.
Sylvia Kuller
Sylvia Kuller taught English at IS 246 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and later became a guidance counselor at the school.
Mildred Lucille Gersh
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
Leo Benardo began his career as a teacher of foreign languages in the New York City public school system in 1947.
Edith Packer-Greenberg
Edith Packer-Greenberg taught 6th grade and gifted children at PS 42 in Arverne, Queens for many years.
Reynaldo Beltre
Reynaldo Beltre was a UFT member for 10 years and a dedicated paraprofessional at the Business of Sports School in Manhattan.
Sharyn Levine
Sharyn Levine was a loyal UFT member for 36 years, teaching language arts first at the Arthur S. Somers MS in Brooklyn and then at IS 75 on Staten Island.