{"id":90581,"date":"2020-10-16T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T08:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T11:10:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T08:10:01","slug":"tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tributes to New Yorkers who died from COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7b418d7bd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7b418d7bd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#Darlene_Gaydos_73_Montclair_New_Jersey\" >Darlene Gaydos, 73, Montclair, New Jersey<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#Miguel_Marte_30_Fairview_New_Jersey\" >Miguel Marte, 30, Fairview, New Jersey<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#Joan_Cohen_77_Somerset_New_Jersey\" >Joan Cohen, 77, Somerset, New Jersey<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#Joel_Kupperman_83_Sheepshead_Bay\" >Joel Kupperman, 83, Sheepshead Bay<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#James_Mahoney_62_Freeport_Long_Island\" >James Mahoney, 62, Freeport, Long Island<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#Suzannah_Chandler_81_Upper_East_Side\" >Suzannah Chandler, 81, Upper East Side<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#Ali_Schwartz_29_Upper_West_Side\" >Ali Schwartz, 29, Upper West Side<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/#Ernest_Schwarz_88_Dongan_Hills_Staten_Island\" >Ernest Schwarz, 88, Dongan Hills, Staten Island<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Tributes to New Yorkers who died from COVID-19<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        <em><strong>This is the latest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of tributes to New Yorkers and tristate-area residents who passed away from the coronavirus. Here are the other tributes published by the New York Post.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the many things the\u00a0coronavirus pandemic\u00a0has taken from us is the chance to comfort the grieving. In time, we\u2019ll be able to hug one another again. For now, all we can do is recall their lives through the eyes of those who\u2019ve known them best: family, friends and colleagues. May their good works live after them, inspiring us all to be our best, most compassionate selves in their honor.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Darlene_Gaydos_73_Montclair_New_Jersey\"><\/span>Darlene Gaydos, 73, Montclair, New Jersey<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463531\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16463531 lazyload\" alt=\"Darlene Gaydos \" width=\"640\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Darlene-Gaydos-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Darlene-Gaydos-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Darlene-Gaydos-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Darlene Gaydos (left), 73, Montclair, New Jersey<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Gaydos family<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Larry Gaydos, a talk-show host in Phoenix, remembers his mother, who passed away April 25.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are few words big enough to describe the small powerhouse that was my mother, Darlene Gaydos.<\/p>\n<p>She was a woman who loved The Beatles, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing, Hallmark movies and her red Corvette. She spent the first part of her life as a figure skater \u2014 traveling the world and meeting interesting people from every corner.<\/p>\n<p>However, in college, she met the love of her life, my dad Larry, with whom she recently celebrated 50 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>For a short time, she was a teacher, but that changed once she had her three children. As her oldest son, I had a front-row seat to her numerous hours of devotion to our family. She was completely selfless and the backbone of our family, consistently modeling humility, kindness and thoughtfulness.<\/p>\n<p>My mother survived a heart attack and breast cancer; she bravely fought multiple myeloma and all its complications. My parents truly lived out their marriage vows \u2014 \u201cfor better or worse\u201d and \u201cin sickness and in health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When my mom got the diagnosis that she contracted the coronavirus, not once did she ever say, \u201cWhy me?\u201d She simply prepared for battle.<br \/>She was the strongest person I know, and thankfully, she gifted us with that trait as well, knowing we would need it to bear her loss.<\/p>\n<p>While we will miss her greatly, we are comforted by the fact that we feel her presence more than ever in heaven.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Miguel_Marte_30_Fairview_New_Jersey\"><\/span>Miguel Marte, 30, Fairview, New Jersey<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463557\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16463557 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-miguel-marte-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-miguel-marte-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-miguel-marte-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-miguel-marte-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=649 649w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-miguel-marte-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1298 1298w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 649px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Miguel Marte (second from left), 30, Fairview, New Jersey<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Marte family<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miguel Marte may have lived in Yankee territory, but he was a Boston Red Sox fan.<\/p>\n<p>Born in the Dominican Republic, Marte was drafted as a teenager and played first base \u2014 as well as catcher and right fielder \u2014 for various Oakland Athletics minor league teams between 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It was when his wife, Jasmin (who was his high school sweetheart), learned they were expecting twins that he decided to quit pro ball in order to be home more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost players get released,\u201d says Veronica Flores, whose husband, Reynaldo Mateo, was Marte\u2019s teammate and best friend. \u201cHe was a good player, but he felt the need to leave baseball and start his own family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So after stints with Oakland affiliates in Arizona and Vermont, the Martes moved to The Bronx and then to New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Marte got a warehouse job with a trucking company, but he continued to play in a Sunday league.<\/p>\n<p>Although he was \u201coutgoing\u201d and \u201ca jokester,\u201d Flores says, Marte was level-headed, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a baseball player can come with a lot of frustrations, but his attitude was always so chill. He was such a calm person. He wouldn\u2019t get crazy to the point where he couldn\u2019t enjoy the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>,\u201d Flores recalls. \u201cHe truly played it because he grew up with it and he loved it. It was part of who he was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flores and Mateo, who live in Laveen, Ariz., visited the Martes in 2018. The foursome posed for photos in Times Square and ate a Dominican feast of pollo\u00a0 guisado (braised chicken) and habichuelas (stewed beans) in The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>The two couples kept in touch via text and FaceTime. Jasmin is the godmother to Sofia, Flores and Mateo\u2019s 3-year-old daughter. Marte contracted the coronavirus and passed away April 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJasmin never left his side and kept that promise from her wedding day to be there for her husband every step of the way,\u201d says Flores, who set up a GoFundMe to help financially support Jasmin and twins Miguel Angel and Isabella, now 6. \u201cShe loved him and gave up even her own safety, selflessly, to care for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marte mustered the strength to send Mateo a voice memo about a week before he died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t say he was doing badly,\u201d Flores says. \u201cHe said, \u2018You guys have to take care of yourselves and take this seriously. Do your best to stay safe.\u2019 He was so selfless that that was the last message he sent to his closest friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Joan_Cohen_77_Somerset_New_Jersey\"><\/span>Joan Cohen, 77, Somerset, New Jersey<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463561\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16463561 lazyload\" alt=\"Joan Cohen, 77, Somerset, New Jersey\" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-joan-cohen-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-joan-cohen-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-joan-cohen-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-joan-cohen-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-joan-cohen-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Joan Cohen (left), 77, Somerset, New Jersey<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Cohen family<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Erica Lyons remembers her mother, who died April 13.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My mother and I spoke nearly every single day. And although I relocated to Hong Kong 17 years ago, I never felt far away.<\/p>\n<p>She was a lifelong learner who was valedictorian of her high school class in Asbury Park, NJ, and went on to earn a BA in history, a MA in constitutional history and \u2014 in her 40s \u2014 a degree in accounting and her CPA. She embraced new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> (though, admittedly, with some hiccups!).<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, she enrolled in adult education classes.<\/p>\n<p>Everything she did was done with an intense passion.<\/p>\n<p>She was outspoken and bold. While politics, drawing often on her knowledge of constitutional history, was always an interest, in recent years, she joined numerous protests to voice her opinion on causes that were important to her. In addition to political causes, she was deeply committed to Jewish causes and the global Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p>She was extraordinarily active. She trail walked nearly every day with friends, traveled internationally and kept a packed social schedule. She never knew how to slow down and accepted no limitations.<\/p>\n<p>What mattered most to her, though, were the people she cared about. Her expansive group of friends grew exponentially over the years. Her family was her raison d\u2019\u00eatre. She was entirely devoted to my father, her husband of 53 years (who survived her), to me and my brother, and to her seven grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>To see my family, she constantly shuttled back and forth between Philadelphia and Hong Kong; she was always there to help with my four kids, to witness milestones and to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>She was filled with love and light. It\u2019s still present in all of us.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Joel_Kupperman_83_Sheepshead_Bay\"><\/span>Joel Kupperman, 83, Sheepshead Bay<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16463575 lazyload\" alt=\"Joel Kupperman, 83, Sheepshead Bay\" width=\"640\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Joel-Kupperman-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Joel-Kupperman-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Joel-Kupperman-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Joel Kupperman, 83, Sheepshead Bay<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Kupperman family<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a philosophy professor for 50 years, Joel Kupperman taught thousands of students at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>But Kupperman, who passed away April 8, was thrust into the national spotlight decades earlier. In 1942, when he was just 5 years old, he made his first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on \u201cQuiz Kids,\u201d a radio show that later aired on television. Clad in a cap and gown, Kupperman and other child prodigies answered trivia questions on topics from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> to sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t realize just how famous he was, what a big deal he was, for awhile. It was a family thing that we didn\u2019t talk about,\u201d says his son Michael Kupperman, a comic artist and writer in Crown Heights. \u201cHe had magic tricks done for him by Orson Welles; he met Marlene Dietrich. He was on radio with Bing Crosby and Chico Marx and all these famous people. He was a ball boy for Ty Cobb [during a 1945 exhibition game].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He and the other \u201clittle geniuses\u201d traveled to almost every state, appearing on about 400 shows and raising more than $1 million for the war effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren were suddenly fascinating on their own terms and not just imperfect adults,\u201d Michael says. \u201cThese children were cute and funny and smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But fame took a toll on Kupperman, adds Michael, who dug into the \u201cQuiz Kids\u201d era in a 2018 graphic memoir, \u201cAll the Answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing I think the show gave him was a horror of being noticed. It gave him an impulse to be quiet and keep his head down,\u201d Michael says. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t intellectually flashy in his life. He didn\u2019t even use math that much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At age 16, he left the \u201cQuiz Kids\u201d stage, where he was privately tutored while on the road, and later earned a doctorate at the University of Cambridge. (He chose a school in the UK, Michael believes, because no one there had heard of<br \/>\u201cQuiz Kids.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>When he wasn\u2019t in the classroom, the \u201cshy\u201d and \u201creserved\u201d academic enjoyed listening to classical music. In addition to Michael, he is survived by his daughter, Charlie, and his wife of 56 years, NYU historian Karen Ordahl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had been badly hurt by being so famous and having such a weird childhood,\u201d Michael says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always did the work he needed to do and took care of the people around him. He was a moral person, a very consistent person.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"James_Mahoney_62_Freeport_Long_Island\"><\/span>James Mahoney, 62, Freeport, Long Island<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463583\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16463583 lazyload\" alt=\"James Mahoney, 62, Freeport, Long Island\" width=\"640\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-James-Mahoney-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-James-Mahoney-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-James-Mahoney-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>James Mahoney, 62, Freeport, Long Island<\/span><span class=\"credit\">SUNY Downstate<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A pulmonary and critical-care doctor who worked in Brooklyn hospitals for 40 years, James Mahoney was beloved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like the mayor, walking the halls of our medical center,\u201d says Dr. Robert Foronjy, Mahoney\u2019s boss at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. \u201cEveryone knew him. He treated everyone equally. He didn\u2019t care for hierarchies or titles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mahoney, who died on April 27, doted on his patients at the University Hospital of Brooklyn and Kings County Hospital Center. He even gave out his cellphone number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was still working from home, telling patients to wash their hands, even as he was getting sicker,\u201d says Natasha Edwards of SUNY Downstate.<\/p>\n<p>The father of three also trained residents and other junior doctors, who adored him, dubbing him \u201cour Jay-Z.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if it were 3 o\u2019clock in the morning, he would spend an hour training someone else to do a procedure he could do in 10 minutes,\u201d Foronjy says.<\/p>\n<p>That kind of dedication was evident from childhood. \u201cAny endeavor, he went all-out for it,\u201d says his father, Oscar Mahoney. \u201cHe put his all into it \u2014 he didn\u2019t hold back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mahoney \u201cwas humble and spoke to you with respect,\u201d says Olu Akindutire, 30, who worked with Mahoney as a resident from 2014 to 2018. \u201cHe really made you feel like your opinion mattered. He was a true superhero to young physicians of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those he mentored have started a scholarship fund to help African-American students attend SUNY Downstate med school.<\/p>\n<p>After he had to be admitted to the hospital, visitors were banned. But doctors from across the institution stopped by the ICU to visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him how much I loved him, and how much everyone loved him,\u201d says Foronjy, who accompanied Mahoney, along with four other colleagues, when he had to be rushed from University Hospital to NYU via ambulance for special treatment. They were with him when he passed. \u201cUnlike so many patients during the pandemic, he died with people who loved him at his bedside. It\u2019s the only consolation we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Suzannah_Chandler_81_Upper_East_Side\"><\/span>Suzannah Chandler, 81, Upper East Side<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463587\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16463587 lazyload\" alt=\"Suzannah Chandler, 81, Upper East Side\" width=\"640\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Suzannah-Chandler-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Suzannah-Chandler-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Suzannah-Chandler-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Suzannah Chandler, 81, Upper East Side<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Chandler family<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As head of Search and Care, a nonprofit pairing homebound elderly with services, Suzannah Chandler planned many funerals.<\/p>\n<p>Trained in social work, she helped others come up with end-of-life plans, according to friend Molly Parkinson, who was, with Chandler, an active member of the Church of the Holy Trinity on East 88th Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the last 20 or so years, as a kind of philosophical comment, she\u2019s been planning her own funeral,\u201d says Gretchen Buchenholz, another congregant and friend. \u201cBut in the last five years, she was doing it earnestly, as if each service were her own. She chose the hymns. She critiqued every sermon \u2014 chose some readings and discarded others \u2014 and she laughed at herself for all this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving done all that, I think when the time came, she was ready,\u201d Buchenholz says. Chandler passed away on May 4.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler hunted down folks who needed assistance by asking area supers and shopkeepers about their older residents and customers, Parkinson says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a pioneering visionary in aging,\u201d says Brian Kravitz, executive director of Search and Care, which Chandler helmed from 1972 to 2006. \u201cAll throughout Yorkville and Carnegie Hill, she made sure people aged in place gracefully, had a good quality of life and peace of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An avid and attentive gardener, Chandler took pride in hosting dear ones in the backyard oasis she cultivated outside her first-floor apartment, Parkinson recalls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many people whose lives Sue touched \u2014 people she loved, and traveled with, and gossiped with (and about), and made music<br \/>with, and talked politics with and dined with,\u201d says Buchenholz. \u201cAnd so many people whose lives were made richer and even possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ali_Schwartz_29_Upper_West_Side\"><\/span>Ali Schwartz, 29, Upper West Side<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16463591 lazyload\" alt=\"Ali Schwartz, 29, Upper West Side\" width=\"640\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-ali-schwartz-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-ali-schwartz-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-ali-schwartz-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Ali Schwartz (left), 29, Upper West Side<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Katie Kauss<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alison Schwartz was a consummate \u201cPeople\u201d person.<\/p>\n<p>The director of digital platforms at People magazine, Schwartz, who passed away April 28, was a force of positivity and humor, endlessly creative and beloved by her colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe truly loved what she did for work, and I couldn\u2019t be more proud of her for following and, frankly, achieving her dream,\u201d her brother, Dr. Adam Schwartz, tells The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAli was the best kind of person, not just for continuously making us smile, laugh and feel special, and not just because she\u2019d help anyone and everyone (including every animal), but because she inspired us all to be better people to ourselves, to each other, and to the world, and to live our lives to the fullest,\u201d Adam says.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz would\u2019ve turned 30 this week, and although she wasn\u2019t a fan of celebrating herself, adds Adam, \u201csomething I\u2019ll always remember was how much she loved celebrating her family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my favorite days together was for our dad\u2019s 60th birthday, we \u2014 meaning mostly her \u2014 planned a whole surprise day including everything from fro-yo, mani-pedis, massage, our favorite lunch spot and a photo shoot,\u201d Adam recalls. \u201cShe similarly threw a big surprise<br \/>party for our mother\u2019s 60th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz remained selfless into her final days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore Alison got sick, she sent a gift card to one of her friends, a nurse, to thank her for what she does, especially during these challenging<br \/>times,\u201d he says. \u201cHer friend, in turn, used the gift card to buy masks for her team. Alison\u2019s warmth, generosity and love were contagious and made this world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A native of Wellington, Fla., Schwartz attended the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach. Adam, along with her parents, Robin and Richard Schwartz, have set up a scholarship bearing her name that is open for donations in her memory.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ernest_Schwarz_88_Dongan_Hills_Staten_Island\"><\/span>Ernest Schwarz, 88, Dongan Hills, Staten Island<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16463598\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16463598 lazyload\" alt=\"Ernest Schwarz, 88, Dongan Hills, Staten Island\" width=\"640\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Ernest-Schwarz-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Ernest-Schwarz-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/obits-Ernest-Schwarz-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Ernest Schwarz, 88, Dongan Hills, Staten Island<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Schwarz family<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ernest Schwarz raised his family in a Cape Cod-style house on Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p>But his story began in Berlin \u2014 the city he left as a teenager when he fled the destruction of World War II. As a kid, he saw Russians tanks roll down his street and nearly got shot at age 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis mom told him, \u2018You have to go to America,\u2019 \u201d says Thomas Schwarz, one of his two sons. So at 17, Schwarz arrived in New York alone to live with an uncle in The Bronx, near Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He] didn\u2019t ever see a baseball game, but he could hear the cheers,\u201d Thomas says.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarz struggled with English, so his uncle suggested that he join the Army to learn it. He was stationed in Alaska during the Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t do any fighting, but he learned a lot of English,\u201d Thomas says. \u201cHe sounded exactly like Henry Kissinger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1954, Schwarz became an American citizen. He met his wife, Sonja \u2014 who was also from Germany \u2014 at a bar in Midtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey came thousands of miles to meet in New York City,\u201d says Thomas. The two remained married for more than 60 years, eventually doting on three grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarz spent his final eight years caring for Sonja, who developed Alzheimer\u2019s. On April 23, a week after Schwarz was diagnosed with COVID-19, Sonja died at age 91 of the brain disease.<\/p>\n<p>Then, after his symptoms worsened and he was hospitalized, Schwarz too passed away, on May 15.<\/p>\n<p>One of the last things Schwarz said to his son was, \u201cI can\u2019t believe it ends like this,\u201d Thomas recalls.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Thomas went over to his parents\u2019 house and saw his father\u2019s garden. Schwarz took particular pride in his roses. Even without him tending to them, a cluster of pink blooms has managed to flower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would have been very proud,\u201d says Thomas. \u201cThey learned to grow on their own, without him.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/16\/tributes-to-new-yorkers-who-died-from-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Tributes to New Yorkers who died from COVID-19&#8221; This is the latest in a series of tributes to New Yorkers and tristate-area residents who passed away from the coronavirus. 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