Memorial Thread - COVID-19 Coronavirus

Darlene Mae Andes, 54 years-old, was a Health Educator and Risk Communicator for the Mercer County Division of Public Health. She helped craft the health education materials and tools that Mercer County is using currently in its #COVID19 emergency response. Our hearts are with her loved ones.

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Governor Phil Murphy
 
Dennis and James Traverso grew up poor in Asbury Park, and as the brothers got older they never left each other’s side, settling just few blocks apart in Neptune.

Earlier this month, they died within six days of each other, both due to the coronavirus.

Their relatives believe James, who was younger by six years, contracted the virus because he insisted on being by Dennis’ side in the latter’s final days.

“They did everything together. Everything,” said Denise Traverso, one of Dennis’ daughters. “It’s devastating. We’re trying to make some sense of this.”

Dennis Traverso was 79 years old. He died April 4 at his home. James, known by the nickname “Cricket,” was 73 and died April 10 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

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Dennis Traverso (middle) and James Traverso (right) with their mom Mary in 2002

Coronavirus NJ: Neptune brothers die six days apart; 'They did everything together'
 
South Plainfield - Kathleen (Gannon) Ackerman, 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 19, 2020 in the Parker Home of New Brunswick from complications of Covid-19. Born in Plainfield, Kathy lived in Denver, Colorado for a short time while her late husband, Peter was serving our country. They settled in South Plainfield where they raised their family of six children.
She will also be missed by her eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

View Kathleen Ackerman's Obituary on mycentraljersey.com and share memories
 
Allan Joseph Dickson, Jr., beloved friend to many in the Sea Girt and Manasquan area (NJ) died April 5 due to complications from the corona virus. He was 67.

Allan loved life and lived it with passion and enthusiasm. He was also known for his generosity and love of others. He often volunteered his own services and provided gifts and financial support to many local causes, organizations and individuals. He was a lifelong member and past President of Manasquan Fire Department #2 where he founded their Underwater Rescue Team.

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View Allan Dickson's Obituary on APP.com and share memories
 
Ocean, NJ - It is with profound sadness, that the family of Filomena Phyllis Acerra Diebold announce that on Thursday, April 16, 2020, after a brief, but courageous battle with COVID-19, their beloved mother passed from this world to join her heavenly Father.

If you knew Phyllis, even for a moment, you knew several basic truths. Phyllis loved her family fiercely, she loved her friends with full devotion, she was extraordinarily proud of her Italian heritage, her hometown of Long Branch and she adored her sweet doggy, Coco.

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View Filomena Diebold's Obituary on APP.com and share memories
 
Monmouth County, NJ - John Joseph Stamato, a long time Monmouth county resident, passed away on April 20, 2020 from COVID-19 complications.

He met the love of his life, Nina Cash, at his parent's ice cream store (Ocean View Drive In, Long Branch). On June 2, 1957, he married Nina Cash and was married to Nina for 60 years until her passing on April 20, 2018. Fittingly, he passed on the second anniversary of his wife's passing.

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View John Stamato's Obituary on APP.com and share memories
 
Tyson worker fondly remembered after succumbing to COVID-19
WATERLOO — Jim Orvis was the kind of friend who always had something to share – an interesting article, music downloads, tips on exploring a state park.

One friend is remembering that and many other qualities of the 65-year-old man while mourning his death Sunday from complications of COVID-19.

Orvis, who worked at Tyson Fresh Meats, had begun feeling sick a week earlier and tested positive for the respiratory illness after being admitted to MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center. His condition worsened quickly.
 
Couple married 61 years die a day apart from coronavirus, daughter urges caution

"We are just your every day ordinary family going through the toughest time of our lives losing both our parents....don't let it be you," one of their daughter's wrote in a Facebook post.

Kathleen MacDowell can hardly believe how much her life has been altered in the past few weeks.

On March 10, MacDowell and her sister Patty Wolfe were returning from their annual "sisters weekend" and their parents, Eleanor and Peter Baker, were meeting a small group in Florida, a few hours from their winter home, for a New Jersey State Police reunion.

"Nothing out of the ordinary....right?? " MacDowell wrote in a Facebook post Friday. "Wrong...that week changed our entire lives."

Eleanor and Peter Baker, who were married for almost 62 years, died of COVID-19 a day apart, about three weeks after the reunion...
 
Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies of coronavirus in Oklahoma

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) eldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, has died from complications related to the novel coronavirus, the senator confirmed. Herring was 86.

“My oldest brother, Don Reed, died from coronavirus on Tuesday evening,” Warren said in a tweet on Thursday morning. “He joined the Air Force at 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam.”

“He was charming and funny, a natural leader,” she added...
 

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