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Obits March 19, 2010  RSS feed
Troy Atkins
Art Student
      Troy Atkins, 19, a longtime Rockaway resident, died February 26. Atkins was born January 21, 1991 in Queens, New York and attended Beach Channel High School. Atkins is preceded in death by his mother, Sharon Atkins.
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Michael Cantrell
Longtime Resident
      Michael Cantrell, a longtime Rockaway resident, died March 2. Cantrell was born November 16, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York and attended school in Far Rockaway. Cantrell is preceded in death by his mother Brenda Cantrell; grandmother, Lelia E. Cantrell; uncle, Mack Charles Cantrell Jr.; and three aunts, Patricia Cantrell, Shelia Cantrell, and Beverly Cantrell.
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Michael Lloyd Ferguson
Former Resident
      Michael Lloyd Ferguson, 44, a former Rockaway resident, died March 8. Ferguson was born on November 2, 1965 in Ford Heights, Illinois and moved to Rockaway in 1977. He attended I.S. 53 and Far Rockaway High School. Ferguson is preceded in death by his father, Floyd Ferguson.
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Amy Adassa Griffiths
Homemaker
      Amy Adassa Griffiths, a longtime Rockaway resident, died February 26. Griffiths was born May 3, 1911 in Trelawny, Jamaica. She was a member of Springfield Gardens Church of the Nazarene, Springfield Gardens, New York. She grew up in St. Ann, Jamaica before moving to the U.S. in 1977.
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Josephine Hayes
Homemaker
      Josephine Hayes, a 42-year Rockaway resident, died March 15. Hayes was born in Dundrum, Ireland but spent 42 years in Rockaway, coming from New Jersey. Hayes is preceded in death by her husband, John J.
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Mildred Louise Jackson- Wright
Homemaker
      Mildred Louise Jackson-Wright, a longtime Rockaway resident, died February 28.
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Thomas “Louie” M. Lydon
Steam Fitter Local #638
      Thomas “Louie” M. Lydon, a longtime Rockaway resident, died March 12. Lydon was born in Manhattan and served in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1968 and later worked as a steam fitter for local #638. He is the father of jockey, Patricia P.J. Lydon.
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Thomas J. Mitchell
UBS Margin Clerk
      Thomas J. Mitchell, a 40-year Rockaway resident, died March 16. Mitchell was born in Brooklyn, New York and later moved to Rockaway after serving in the U.S. Army from 1963-1965. He worked as a margin clerk for UBS.
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Doris Mills-Trotman
Homemaker
      Doris Mills-Trotman, a longtime Rockaway resident, died March 4. Mills-Trotman was born February 5, 1931 in Manhattan, New York but spent many years in Springfield Gardens, New York. She was an avid reader who enjoyed extended vacations to Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Kevin R. Reilly
Operations Supervisor at HBO
      Kevin R. Reilly, a longtime Rockaway summer resident, died March 10. Reilly was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent a long career in radio and television, most recently employed as an Operations Supervisor at HBO. Reilly is preceded in death by his parents, Edward T. and Rita Farrell Reilly (former member of Breezy Point Cooperative Board).
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