Long before he was a Marine, Greg Buckley Jr. was a Sailor.
Buckley was a star on the basketball court his senior year at Oceanside High School. He played football as well, but it was when he was …
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By Alex Costello
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8/15/12
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Hope Freed, of Oceanside, died on April 7. She was 52.
Devoted wife of Dennis, proud mother of Evan and Ryan, loving daughter of Harriet and Bernard Shurgan, cherished sister of Susan and Myron, …
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4/18/12
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Oceanside resident Peter Stone, a Holocaust survivor who used to speak to Long Island students about his experiences, died on April 6, of lung disease. He was 80.
Stone was born on May 13, 1931, …
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Alex Costello
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4/18/12
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Mary E. Bombara, a former principal of School 3 in Oceanside, died on March 11. She was 87.
Mary was born in Far Rockaway on March 6, 1925. She graduated from St. Mary’s Star of the Seas …
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3/21/12
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Victor Nitlow, a longtime Island Park resident and a pilot for Pan American World Airways, died in his home in Naples, Fla., on Dec. 12. He was 91.
Nitlow was born Victor Nittolo in Brooklyn in …
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1/4/12
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Deputy Frank Milano’s friends remember him best for his uncanny impressions of characters from Italian-themed movies like “Good Fellas” and “The Godfather.” He was easygoing, loved making people laugh and didn’t let himself or others get bogged down by stressful situations, despite a career that was full of them.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/20/11
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Murray Handwerker, a Lawrence native and the former president of Nathan’s Famous, the hot dog fast-food chain based in Coney Island, died on May 14 at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was …
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Alex Costello and Ann E. Friedman
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5/25/11
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Syed Majid, a longtime Oceanside resident who was very active in the community, died on March 1. He was 79.
Majid — Sy to his many friends — was a member of the Oceanside Kiwanis, Oceanside …
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Alex Costello
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3/16/11
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