Peter A.Brady
      Longshoreman Peter A. Brady, a Rockaway resident for more than 50 years, died July 30. Brady, a member of the International Longshoreman's Association Local 791, was born in Manhattan. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ellen (nee Henson) and brother, Jackie Brady.
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Miriam Chipinga
      Longtime Resident Miriam Chipinga, a longtime Rockaway resident, died July 22. Chipinga was born in Mala, Africa on July 22, 1959. She is survived by her son Arthur Mainga of London and another son in Africa. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Family Funeral Services of the Rockaways. ...
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Theodora 'Teddy'Daitch
      Retired High School English Teacher Theodora Daitch, a Rockaway resident for nearly 50 years, died July 22. She was 76. Daitch, called "Teddy" by those who knew her, was born and raised in Washington Heights. She was an English teacher at Bushwick High School in Brooklyn for 25 years.
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John D.McDermott
      Tunnel Worker, Ironworker John D. McDermott, a Rockaway resident for 25 years coming from the Bronx, died July 26. McDermott, a former tunnel worker and Local 580 ironworker, was born in Manhattan. He was a former resident of Highbridge, New York.
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Rose Nast
      United States Postal Service Clerk Rose Nast, a former Rockaway resident, died June 2. She was 93. Nast was born in Rockaway Beach on June 21, 1913. She was a personnel clerk for the United States Postal Service branch in Far Rockaway. Nast retired to North Carolina in 1975 but relocated to the ...
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Claire Trim
      Longtime Rockaway Resident Claire Trim, a longtime Rockaway resident, died July 26, 2007. Trim was born in Omaha, Georgia to the late Ambus Hattie Carter on November 27, 1927. She was the eldest of eight children. She attended school in Georgia and was a member of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church,...
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