Obituaries
      Last week we received incorrect information about the family members of Edward Dillon. He was preceded in death by his sister, Josephine; and brother, James.
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Francis E. Benzinger
Security Guard
      Francis Benzinger, a longtime Rockaway resident, died June 18. Benzinger, a security guard, was born in the Bronx. He is survived by his daughter, Christine (John) Mooney; sons, Edward and Robert Benzinger; brother, Richard; and grandchildren, Michael Benzinger and James Mooney.
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Della Blocker
Resident
      Della Blocker, a Rockaway resident, died June 13. Blocker was born in Williston, South Carolina on April 9, 1917. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hassie and Wallace Johnson; brother, Isadore Blocker Sr.; and sister in-law, Alberta Blocker.
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Charles S. Bloom
Coast Guard
      Charles Bloom, a Rockaway resident, died June 22. He was 77. Bloom was born in Hartford, Connecticut on June 21, 1931. He served in the Coast Guard during the Korean War. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marcia Irwin Bloom; parents, Lena and Benjamin Bloom; and sister, Ruth Friedman.
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Judith M. Carpenter
Homemaker
      Judith Carpenter, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died June 23. Carpenter, a homemaker, was born in Brooklyn. She was preceded in death by her brother, Peter Belford. Carpenter is survived by her husband, James; daughters, Jeanne and Patricia; and sisters, Mary Hunter and Betty Ryan.
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Terrance Gargan
Painter
      Terrance Gargan, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died June 12. Gargan, a painter, was born in Queens.
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Sylvia 'Star' Heyward
Homemaker
      Sylvia Heyward, a longtime Rockaway resident, died June 17. Heyward was born in New York on February 12, 1940. She was a member of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church. She was a youth leader and an active member in the Far Rockaway community.
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Raymond E. Smith
Manager
      Raymond Smith, a Rockaway resident, died June 8. Smith was born on March 29, 1952 in East Meadow, New York. He was the ninth child of 13 children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Xavier University in New Orleans and worked as a systems analyst at Merrill Lynch for 10 years before be...
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Eleanor Stebner
Resident
      Eleanor Stebner (nee Webster), a Broad Channel resident, died June 25. She was 71. Stebner is survived by her daughters, Barbara Hogan, Donna (Brian) Willsen, Jo-Ann (Charles) Wilster and Eleanor Heannings; grandchildren, Richard, Timothy, Patrick, Kevin, Ryan, Kate, Ashley, Marissa and Alexis; s...
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