Tag: Obituary

By Pietra Romano For more than 25 years, Steve Hertz made history as a head baseball coach at Miami Dade College.  The baseball savant accumulated more than 900 victories and helped launch the Major League Baseball careers of...
When Shawnee Fross’ colleagues talk about her, they almost always start the same way. “Shawnee was a strong, capable, good cop…she commanded respect and attention, and she did it with grace,” said Fross’ sister, Sherry Schlueter, a...

Martial Arts Community Mourns The Loss Of Judo Jack

Charles Brown met Leyshon ‘Jack’ Williams at North Campus the same way hundreds of others did.  “I was walking through the hallway, that's where Jack...

Beloved Wolfson Campus Photography Professor Dies At 71

By Nikole Valiente and Isabella Arce Barbara Matehu got used to Joseph Tamargo’s phone calls. In 2015, she studied photography with the Wolfson Campus professor, eventually...

Architect Of Baseball Program At Kendall Campus Dies At 94

Baseball holds a special place in the hearts of South Floridians; it's a symbol of national pride and community. At Kendall Campus, the baseball diamond...

EnTec Professor Passes Away After Motorcycle Accident

Javier Coto used humor to ease his way into Margarita Doubinina’s heart.  The couple met at an improv club in Coral Gables thirteen years ago....

The Pioneer Of Journalism At Miami Dade College Passes Away At 87

When faculty adviser Barbara Garfunkel recruited Raleigh Mann to serve as The Falcon Times' founding editor-in-chief in 1961, Dade County Junior College—known today as...

Three Miami Dade College Students Posthumously Honored During Graduation

Daniela Marchan Hidalgo’s family somberly walked to the stage at loanDepot Park on April 23 to receive their daughter's posthumous associate's degree in culinary...

Beloved Former North Campus Professor Passes Away At 68

Nora Dawkins started her Honors leadership class with a broad smile that spoke the same animated expression every time: “It’s time to wake up...

New Student Center Legend Passes Away After 27 Years At MDC

Daryl Perry’s colleagues huddled around his corner office at Wolfson Campus’ New Student Center to celebrate the life of their long-time friend.  They talked about...

The ‘Soul’ Of North Campus’ Math Lab Passes Away

Ameera Mourad embraced her uncle, Maher Mourad, during a long, tight hug in a dimly-lit corner of the Vizcaya Park Community Center. Surrounded by rose...

Accounting And Economics Professor, Maria C. Mari, Passes Away At 60

Maria C. Mari died doing what she loved. On March 26, she collapsed while filing tax forms for a client.   Twenty-two hours later, she passed...

Esteemed Meek Center English Lab Instructor Passes Away

Every morning, a group of employees at the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center gather in the public safety department to pray. Albert Cannon...

Esteemed Sign Language Interpreter Loses Battle To Cancer

Ana Hernandez was just about to leave for lunch when she heard him. One of her deaf students was running up to her, essay in...