Remembering those we lost, 75-79 years old, in the coronavirus pandemic
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William F. Latimer
Age 75, Maryland
Lost on Apr 21

Worked as a carpenter for more than 40 years


Patricia Gibbons
Age 76, Naples, Fla.
Lost on Apr 21

Nurse working night shifts in the ICU


Malcolm C. Shaw Jr
Age 77, Bartlesville, Okla.
Lost on Apr 20

Spent countless hours coaching baseball in Bartlesville


Edmon C. Carmichael
Age 79, Detroit
Lost on Apr 13

Pillar in the Detroit community


Jack Butler
Age 78, Indiana
Lost on Apr 7

Lived in the house he grew up in


Patricia H. Thatcher
Age 79, Clifton Park, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 5

Sang in her church choir for 42 years


Thomas A. Adamavich
Age 78, Sheboygan, Wis.
Lost on Apr 4

Especially proud of his Lithuanian heritage


Ann Kolb
Age 78, New York City
Lost on Apr 3

Leader in integrating schools


Roger Eckart
Age 78, Indiana
Lost on Mar 31

Retired firefighter and old-school barber


Robert Garff
Age 77, Utah
Lost on Mar 29

Former speaker of the Utah House, auto executive and philanthropist


Sterling Maddox Jr.
Age 78, Arlington, Va.
Lost on Mar 24

Developer known for his friendliness


Fred Walter Gray
Age 75, Benton County, Wash.
Lost on Mar 20

Liked his bacon and hash browns crispy


Jermaine Ferro
Age 77, Lee County, Fla.
Lost on Mar 5

Wife with little time to enjoy a new marriage


William Hrabnicky
Age 76, Cleveland
Lost on May 15

Owned a local bar


Carl J. Hebert Sr.
Age 76, Manchester, N.H.
Lost on May 12

Engine technician in the New Hampshire Air National Guard


Randolph Warren Whipple
Age 78, Plainville, Conn.
Lost on May 10

Veteran of the Vietnam War


Marilyn Luella Tayse
Age 75, Ohio
Lost on May 10

Loved going to the zoo, watching soap operas and window shopping


Elaine Menchel Marcus
Age 75, Syracuse, N.Y.
Lost on May 9

Performed in many productions at the Salt City Playhouse


Roy Horn
Age 75, Las Vegas
Lost on May 8

One half of Siegfried & Roy


Janice L. McNelly
Age 79, Iowa
Lost on May 8

Served as the Iowa president of the League of Women Voters


John F. Von Sternberg Jr.
Age 79, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Lost on May 7

Member of the Old Coots on Scoots motorcycle club


Alexander Leon Lloyd
Age 76, Maryland
Lost on May 6

Attended every Presidential inauguration from 1965 until 2012


Anne Turner Gaillard
Age 76, Mobile, Ala.
Lost on May 6

First woman elected to the Pohick vestry


Guy A. LaVignera
Age 76, Morganville, N.J.
Lost on May 5

Served in the Army and worked 40-plus years at Chase Bank


Jeanne Madden Cibroski
Age 79, Cape Cod, Mass.
Lost on May 5

Loved being quiet at the beach


Deloris C. Traver
Age 79, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Lost on May 5

Entered real estate in 1995 as a second career


Wayne Drye
Age 78, Atlanta
Lost on May 5

Founded his own company, World Insurance Association, Inc


John P. Derrico
Age 78, Fountain Hill, Pa.
Lost on May 3

Was in charge of The Bethlehem Globe Times’s printing department for many years


Arlene M. Horowitz
Age 78, Wynnewood, Pa.
Lost on May 3

Rising phoenix


Richard M. Cieslak
Age 76, Red Bud, Ill.
Lost on May 2

Successful business owner in construction and recycling


Teresa A. Olbrich
Age 79, Rockford, Ill.
Lost on May 1

Enjoyed antiquing with her daughter


Adrienne Eugina Doolin Howard
Age 75, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lost on Apr 30

Had a passion for soul food, cooking, music and her church


Dean Leroy Drake
Age 79, Chandler, Ariz.
Lost on Apr 29

Visited many countries


Paul Francis Siefert Sr.
Age 77, Colerain Township, Ohio
Lost on Apr 29

Avid, lifelong trap shooter


Carmen Lydia Muniz Rodriguez
Age 76, Glastonbury, Conn.
Lost on Apr 29

Huge Elvis fan


Michael L. Trombley
Age 79, West Brattleboro, Vt.
Lost on Apr 28

Highly respected by those who worked with him


Linda Joy Nassif
Age 76, Iowa
Lost on Apr 27

Rose to leadership of the Republican Party of Iowa


Karen Kay Bentley
Age 79, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Lost on Apr 27

Avid reader and knitter


Robert N. Winsor
Age 78, Marblehead, Mass.
Lost on Apr 27

A 56-year career as a produce manager at Stop and Shop


Ron Frangipane
Age 75, Tinton Falls, N.J.
Lost on Apr 25

Studio musician in the late ’60s in New York City


Barbara Stack
Age 76, Perth Amboy, N.J.
Lost on Apr 25

Created her own version of “meals on wheels” for those in need


Terry G. Thompson
Age 75, Indiana
Lost on Apr 25

Never knew anything but work


Lucille Marie Resto
Age 77, Rocky Hill, Conn.
Lost on Apr 25

Owned her own small businesses


Antoinette Tosco
Age 77, Bridgewater, N.J.
Lost on Apr 21

A long career in horticulture


Kenneth Richard Coombs
Age 75, Methuen, Mass.
Lost on Apr 21

A 30-year career at the Gillette Company


John Larry Sartain
Age 77, Des Plaines, Ill.
Lost on Apr 18

Rose each morning at 5 am to read the Bible


Paul J. Foley Jr.
Age 77, Chicago
Lost on Apr 17

Family man, risk-taker, teaser and sports lover


Charlie Hopper
Age 78, Augusta, Maine
Lost on Apr 17

Former firefighter


Judith Lee Arkerson
Age 77, Dover, N.H.
Lost on Apr 17

Secretary turned tax consultant


Martha Leroy Wilson
Age 76, Arlington, Va.
Lost on Apr 16

Spent her youth at foreign service postings


Jerome Michael Zottolo
Age 75, San Diego
Lost on Apr 15

Many appreciated his straight talk


Michael Giangrande Sr.
Age 78, Bellmore, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 12

“Mayor of Martin Avenue”


John B. Lynch
Age 76, Wilmington, Mass.
Lost on Apr 12

Lifelong educator


Harley E. Acker
Age 79, Troupsburg, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 10

Discovered his true calling when he started driving a school bus


Harold Reisner
Age 78, Pittsburgh
Lost on Apr 6

Took furniture repair to the level of an art form


John Timothy Barr
Age 76, Rochester Hills, Mich.
Lost on Apr 4

Trustee for the Retired Detroit Police and Firefighters Association


Ronald Willenkamp
Age 75, Wisconsin
Lost on Apr 3

Proud to have logged over five million miles behind the wheel


Nancy Ferguson
Age 77, Chicago
Lost on Apr 2

True community activist


Robert H. Westphal
Age 75, Fond du Lac, Wis.
Lost on Mar 31

Statesman in the construction industry


Joseph J. Deren Jr.
Age 75, Turners Falls, Mass.
Lost on Mar 30

Retired meter-reader


Minette Goff Cooper
Age 79, Louisiana
Lost on Mar 28

Loved big and told people she loved them all the time


Sandra Piotrowski
Age 77, Tinley Park, Ill.
Lost on Mar 28

Worked as a meat-cutter for Jewel supermarkets


James Ventrillo
Age 77, Methuen, Mass.
Lost on May 10

Kind and brave man, never forgetful of his roots


P. Michael Baillargeon
Age 75, Massachusetts
Lost on May 9

An esoteric sense of humor


Alice Glazer
Age 79, Silver Spring, Md.
Lost on May 8

Cherished mother


Arlene Chesley
Age 78, La Plata, Md.
Lost on May 6

Cosmetologist who long survived a brain aneurysm


Vince Woodward
Age 77, Columbus, Ga.
Lost on May 4

Decorated Vietnam War veteran


Michael Armstrong
Age 79, New York City
Lost on May 4

Onetime publisher of the newspaper The Phoenix


Constance M. O’Connor
Age 76, South Berwick, Maine
Lost on May 3

Followed her passion in breeding dogs


Marsha Lee Holiday
Age 75, North Andover, Mass.
Lost on May 3

Foster mother for over 10 years


Maria Tassiopoulos
Age 78, Braintree, Mass.
Lost on May 2

Made the best baklava ever


Patricia Yanni
Age 78, Geneva, Ill.
Lost on May 1

Wasn’t afraid to try new things


David Bernstein
Age 78, New York City
Lost on May 1

Lifelong political radical


Calvin E. Messner
Age 77, Wooster, Ohio
Lost on Apr 30

Huge fan of Waynedale High School sports


Don Osceola
Age 77, Hollywood, Fla.
Lost on Apr 29

Decorated Vietnam War veteran and member of the Seminole Tribe


Arthur Louis Thibault
Age 75, Andover, Mass.
Lost on Apr 29

Loved his whole family


Robert Michael Sedor
Age 77, Hillsborough, N.J.
Lost on Apr 25

Faithfully served his country with the Air Force


Jorge F. Casals
Age 75, Manchester, Conn.
Lost on Apr 25

Put himself through college


Madeline Kripke
Age 76, New York City
Lost on Apr 25

Collector of dictionaries and lover of words


Carl Robert Bentley
Age 78, Glastonbury, Conn.
Lost on Apr 24

Collector and talented artist


Audrey LeMaire Morvant
Age 76, Abbeville, La.
Lost on Apr 23

Enjoyed spending time with her family and reminiscing about her horses


Richard Emmett Powers
Age 76, Detroit
Lost on Apr 20

Well-respected criminal defense attorney


Ethel R. Fonti
Age 77, Beverly, Mass.
Lost on Apr 19

A zest for life


Calvin Harrison
Age 78, Florida
Lost on Apr 17

Seminole Police Department officer


Paul Shelden
Age 79, Hewlett, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 17

Clarinetist who wanted music to be easily accessible


Mario César Romero
Age 78, New York City
Lost on Apr 17

Art historian of East Harlem, NY


Zoao Makumbi Sr.
Age 75, Lanham, Md.
Lost on Apr 16

Former Angolan freedom fighter


Richard Kiddle
Age 76, Beverly, Mass.
Lost on Apr 14

Boxing aficionado


Kenneth L. Jewel
Age 78, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Lost on Apr 13

Exceptional radiologist


Joan M. Heaney
Age 77, Upper Brookville, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 13

Built the family heating-oil business into a successful company


Stanley Chera
Age 77, New York City
Lost on Apr 11

Developer and friend of the president


Steve Joltin
Age 75, Rockville, Md.
Lost on Apr 11

IT manager with “an eye for beautiful and unusual things”


Doris Brown
Age 79, Gary, Ind.
Lost on Apr 9

Died on the same day as her husband


Johnnie D. Veasley
Age 76, Country Club Hills, Ill.
Lost on Apr 8

Teacher’s aide


James V. Walsh
Age 78, New Jersey
Lost on Apr 7

Volunteered his time to church car raffles, fund-raisers and picnics


Gene Zahas
Age 78, Oakland, Calif.
Lost on Apr 7

Fierce advocate for educational opportunity


Regina Dix-Parsons
Age 75, Schenectady, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 4

Stalwart church gospel singer


Viraf Darukhanawalla
Age 77, Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Lost on Apr 3

Worker at O’Hare International Airport


Gary Holmberg
Age 77, Mount Airy, Md.
Lost on Mar 29

Retired firefighter


Robert Manley Argo Jr.
Age 75, South Bay, Calif.
Lost on Mar 27

Member of Del Amo Flyers


James Quigley
Age 77, Chicago
Lost on Mar 27

Rebel of the family


Carole Brookins
Age 76, Palm Beach, Fla.
Lost on Mar 23

Early woman on Wall Street and a World Bank official