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Patricia Lim Ching Chang

Patricia Lim Ching Chang

Patricia Lim Ching Chang was born the youngest of 13 in 1925 in Hong Kong. She lived a challenging and impressive life — she had to flee to live in Macau to continue her education, went to nursing school in London, worked as a nurse at John’s Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, moved to Canada, married and had her only child (Patrick Chang) and then moved to Queens, NY (working at Elmhurst Hospital) and later Florida. Read More…

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Sophie Rose Ruotolo

Sophie Rose Ruotolo

Sophie Rose Ruotolo led a life filled with love, purpose and generosity.
She loved her husband, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
She devoted time to volunteering at the New York Foundling Hospital and other causes. Read More…

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Mignon Kimmel Richmond

Mignon Kimmel Richmond

Mignon Kimmel Richmond was born in 1948 in Manhattan to a model and a scion of industry. Raised in the Jewish faith by her stepfather, in 1961 she became a bat mitzvah in a ceremony marking the transition to adulthood in that tradition — at the time, very unusual for girls. After a tumultuous childhood, Mignon became an emancipated minor in her early teenage years. Read More…

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