Obituaries from Newsday

Calverton National Cemetery in Wading River on Nov. 19, 2019. Credit: Newsday/Shelby Knowles
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Josephine Schanel died of complications from the coronavirus on her 87th birthday in December.
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As a massage therapist, she attracted clientele from all over the world, and as a businesswoman, she was on the cutting edge of the health food trend.
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Gotti was serving a 25-year sentence for a federal racketeering conviction and had sought a compassionate release due to his poor health.
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As a union plumber, Bello worked jobs throughout Manhattan and the Bronx, mostly as a foreman. Among the many construction and renovation jobs he worked were the Revlon Building and Misericordia Hospital in the Bronx.
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Boundless love, generosity and an uncommon talent for unabashed comedy won her the hearts of family, friends, patients as well as co-workers.
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The onetime executive of the Long Island Lighting Co. battled in favor of the Shoreham nuclear plant and went on to advocate for affordable rates as a LIPA trustee.
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Out of his many accomplishments in life, Johnson's most cherished was his time as one of the young Black pilots in the storied World War II flight-training program.
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He helped mold countless young men into superior Scouts in more than 50 years with the organization, and he was a friendly presence at the Ronkonkoma Fire Department for decades as well.
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He spent years around trains, the life-size ones through his time with the Long Island Rail Road, and as the purveyor of the Peconic County Miniature Rail Road in Greenport.
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Peggy Tomasicchio turned her desire to parent into a vocation that helped dozens of the neediest children on Long Island. Her family said she fostered more than 60 youngsters and then adopted 10 of them in her lifetime.