Obituaries
Obituaries
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Sylvia Schaum
Schaum was a 1st grade teacher in District 12 in the Bronx for 26 years before retiring in 1991.
Thelma Ward
She was a counselor and teacher for more than 40 years at PS 61 in the Bronx before her retirement in 1982.
Ruth Harwayne
Ruth Harwayne, a founding member of the UFT, was a business teacher and a SPARK coordinator at Washington Irving HS in Manhattan.
Lila V. Goodman
Lila Goodman was an English teacher at John Dewey and South Shore high schools in Brooklyn.
Knikia Brown-Lord
Knikia Brown-Lord taught at Project Ready in the Bronx.
Anna Ext
Anna Ext was a teacher and former chapter leader at the HS of Music and Art.
Sheila Milner
Sheila Milner was a UFT member for 50 years, most recently as a teacher trainer in Manhattan elementary schools.
Barbara Kubota
Barbara Kubota was an ESL teacher at PS 90 and Queens Vocational HS in Queens.
Vincent Jones
Vincent Jones taught at the Satellite Academy High School, at the Forsyth Street campus.
Amy Sims
Amy Sims served as a UFT chapter leader at City College Academy of the Arts in Manhattan for seven years.