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Much of the data gathered here about Covid-19 victims listed on this page came from the KHN & The Guardian "Lost on the Frontline" project database. Building our orphan children database requires following up with families to identify children qualified to apply for Bluebird Awards. We are collecting data from other reliable resources as well. Check here for verified USA data.
Michelle
Donald Beauchene Jr
Sept. 6, 1966 — Nov. 17, 2020 (age 54)
RACE/ETHNICITY White
AGE 54
LOCATION Warren, Ohio
WORKPLACE City of Warren fire department
OCCUPATION Medical first responder
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE? No
‘He truly had a heart of gold’
When planes crashed into the twin towers on 9/11, Don Beauchene went to New York to help clean up the rubble. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, he got on a plane to help with the rescue.
And, after he and his wife had raised seven children, they decided to adopt four children in need and raise them instead of retiring.
"Don and Michelle shared six children until recently when they adopted four siblings, creating a family of 12. Survivng him are Brittany Hartzell (David) Danforth of Warren, Hillary (Brae) Hartzell of Leavittsburg, Daniel (Toni) Beauchene of Warren, Dustin Beauchene of Vienna, Madison Beauchene of Vienna, Raegan Evans of Niles, and London Beauchene, Brooklyn Beauchene, Lilliana Beauchene and Lucianna Beauchene still at home; grandchildren Alexis, Luca, Jaxon, Zayden and Brodee; a brother, Dr. Robert (Tiffany) Bogli of Cincinnati; a sister, Terry (Jathan) McKay of Louisiana; a brother, Tom Bogli of Tennessee; and a brother-in-law Tim O’Keefe of Leadville, Colo." .. Mahoning Matters
Marcia Barga
RACE/ETHNICITY White
AGE 67
LOCATION West Liberty, Ohio
WORKPLACE Community Health and Wellness Partners
OCCUPATION Nurse
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE? No
A nurse who was ‘larger than life’
Marcia Barga wore pink streaks in her hair at age 50 and painted every room in her house a different color.
“Larger than life, that was my mom,” her youngest son, Eric Barga, said. “She was one of those moms that always made hundreds of pounds of food for Thanksgiving, regardless of how many people were coming.”
Bernard Atta
RACE/ETHNICITY Black
AGE 61
LOCATION Orient, Ohio
WORKPLACE Correctional Reception Center
OCCUPATION Nurse
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE? Yes
Ghana-born nurse made ‘a deep impact across the planet’
Last December, when Kojoh Atta visited his father’s home town in Offinso, Ghana, he arrived bearing gifts. His father, Bernard Atta, worked overtime at an Ohio prison so he could afford to send drums of clothing across the Atlantic.
Inside were sneakers, sandals and Ralph Lauren polos for cousins. “Always with stripes,” Kojoh said, “so the boys knew they were special.” His father’s generosity and his relatives’ regard for him made Kojoh realize “there are countless unsung heroes making a deep impact across the planet”.
As Covid-19 ravaged Ohio, Kojoh urged his father to leave work, worried about inadequate protective gear. Bernard refused, saying it was his duty to stay. (A prison spokesperson said that personal protective gear “… was, and continues to be available to staff.”)
After Bernard tested positive for Covid-19, he remained home, fearing the hospital bills. On 17 May, Kojoh awoke to a flurry of WhatsApp messages. His father died, leaving behind his wife, three other children and grandchildren.
– Eli Cahan
Claudia Boughman
RACE/ETHNICITY White
AGE 62
LOCATION Dover, Ohio
WORKPLACE New Dawn Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
OCCUPATION Community or social worker
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE? Unknown/Other
Social worker was a pillar of her community
At the house where Claudia Boughman lived until she became ill, carefully scalloped rocks line the garden beds. Indoors at least a dozen jars are filled with rocks. Boughman picked them up on hikes, along roadsides and even joyously liberated them from loved ones’ backyards. Where some might see granite or sandstone, Boughman saw something beautiful. “Each rock was a memory of a place, an event, an experience,” her daughter, Jessica Celesnik, said.
Boughman came to social work in her 30s, having previously worked as a hairdresser at a nursing home and then as a nurse’s aide. She worked as an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and then returned to nursing facilities.
“It relieved her stress knowing she could help people,” Celesnik said.
As lockdown orders began, Boughman kept working but otherwise isolated. She didn’t knowingly work with Covid-19 patients, but when she died, 34 patients and 14 staff members at the facility had tested positive for the coronavirus.
New Dawn did not respond to a request for comment.
— Maureen O’Hagan
Tina Reeves
RACE/ETHNICITY Black
AGE 58
LOCATION Orient, Ohio
WORKPLACE Pickaway Correctional Institution
OCCUPATION Nurse
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE? Yes
‘She always listened and never judged’
When Tina Reeves visited her grandchildren, music would blast from the car. Wale’s On Chill rang out: “Trying to hear all your problems, so I can lighten the load.”
“She loved her music,” said daughter Tiana Mohabir, “even though she had no rhythm for squat.”
Reeves had an ear for other people’s lives, though. Younger co-workers called her “Mother Advice”, Mohabir said. In interactions with prisoners and officers alike “she always listened”, Mohabir said, “and never judged”.
She called her three daughters daily, “checking in on all of us”, Mohabir added.
When Reeves started coughing in early April, Pickaway had already reported more than 1,500 cases of Covid-19.
“PPE [personal protective equipment] was, and continues to be, available to staff,” a prison spokesperson said. The family said their mother did not have access to adequate PPE.
Reeves was hospitalized with Covid-19 on 13 April. She called her daughter to ask her to take care of paying her utility, insurance and cable bills. “I didn’t think twice,” Mohabir said, “because I didn’t want them shut off when she got home.”
Within 24 hours, Reeves was intubated.
– Eli Cahan
Tawauna Averette
RACE/ETHNICITY Black
AGE 42
LOCATION Kettering, Ohio
WORKPLACE Kettering Health Network
OCCUPATIONNurse
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE? No
Mother of seven ‘never got to hold’ her newborn
As a cardiac care nurse in Ohio, Tawauna Averette had seen the devastation of Covid-19 on families. She said too many people were downplaying it, recalled her husband, Charles. A mother of six and pregnant again, she “wanted people to take it more seriously”.
Averette was a registered nurse for years at Kettering Health Network and called it her dream job. Around the end of October, Charles said three or four of the other nurses on her unit were infected with the killer virus.
Jeannie Danker
RACE/ETHNICITY White
AGE 60
LOCATION Columbus, Ohio
WORKPLACE Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
OCCUPATION Administrator/Administrative support,
Director of Radiology
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE? Unknown/Other
In family of Buckeyes, two deaths in two months
Jeannie Danker lost her husband in January to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Two months later, Danker, a longtime employee of Ohio State, died of suspected complications from Covid-19.
Danker met her husband, John, in the radiology department at the university’s medical center. The couple were married for more than 30 years and had two daughters, who also attended Ohio State.
Danker spent her career at Ohio State’s on-campus medical center, which confirmed her death, and rose to be a top administrator in the radiology department. “She never missed an opportunity to help people learn, grow, and become better people and professionals,” according to a legacy.com memorial. “Her team and those who have worked with her describe her as caring, fair, and dedicated.”
Wexner’s chief executive officer, Dr Harold Paz, wrote in a separate post that Danker "infused her administrative role with determination, selflessness and a patient-first attitude".
Marti Leitch, the center’s media relations director, did not respond to questions from KHN and the Guardian and wrote in an email that the hospital was honoring the family’s request for privacy.
– Sharon Jayson
Jacqueline Scott
Maple Heights, Ohio
April 22, 1961 - May 31, 2020
Jackie Scott, who worked at the Suburban Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, passed away after contracting COVID19.
Jackie Scott, 59
North Randall, Ohio
31 May 2020
Jackie Scott was a care worker who died after contracting Covid-19, the SEIU said.
In June, the union held a series of protests over Covid risks. In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services found a suburban Cleveland facility had “failed to ensure staff and residents used personal protective equipment (PPE) to properly prevent potential spread of COVID-19”.
Asaf Dar
Mujjahid Abbas
RACE/ETHNICITY Asian/Pacific Islander
AGE73
LOCATION Cleveland, Ohio
WORKPLACE Private practice
OCCUPATION Physician
CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PPE?No
Cardiologist was unable to say goodbye to his family
Dr Asaf Dar felt it was his calling to continue working throughout the pandemic, according to Dr Mujjahid Abbas, his son-in-law. Dar rarely took vacation, and travelled among several hospitals to check on patients until the day he got sick. A lover of languages, he spoke Farsi and understood Arabic, Turkish and Hindi, in addition to his native Urdu and Punjabi. Abbas said he often employed his language skills to communicate with an array of patients.
Dar and his wife emigrated from their native Pakistan to the US in the 1970s and had four children, including Abbas’s wife, Syma. “He was like a father to me,” said Abbas, who lived nearby as Dar and often visited with his two young children.
Dar developed a fever in December and visited a local hospital where he had admitting privileges; he initially tested negative for Covid-19. A subsequent test came back positive, and Dar, struggling to breathe, was intubated in the middle of the night. He was unable to say goodbye to his family.
– Zoe Chevalier
More OHIO names to be investigated
Matt Moeddel, 43, Nurse, Director of Nursing, Bridgeway Pointe, University of Cincinnati Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ellyn Schreiner, 68, Registered Nurse, Crossroads Hospice, Dayton, Ohio
More USA names to be investigated
Matt Moeddel, 43, Nurse, Director of Nursing, Bridgeway Pointe, University of Cincinnati Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ellyn Schreiner, 68, Registered Nurse, Crossroads Hospice, Dayton, Ohio
Ashraf Abdo, 60, General Practitioner, New York City
Milagros Abellera, 65, Nurse, Baptist Medical Center, Kindred Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
Divinia "Debbie" Accad, 72, Registered Nurse, John Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan .. Divinia Accad, who went by Debbie, was the mother of three sons and a daughter, and grandmother of five. She lived in Taylor with her husband, William Accad.
Martin Addison, 44, Speech and Swallow Clinician, Saint Joseph's Wayne Medical Center, Wayne, New Jersey .. Martin Addison of Waldwick had a love of sports and an ear for music, and he doted on his two small children.
Marnette Aggabao, 62, Nurse, Guam Memorial Hospital, Tamuning, Guam .. There were marriages and children.
Romeo "Romy" Agtarap, 63, Emergency Department Nurse, NYSNA Member, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City
Nancy Ajemian, 60, Family Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Quen Agbor Ako, 53, Nursing Home
Nurse, Randallstown, Maryland. the victim was 53 years old, a wife and a mother of four.
Elena Beth Alejandre, 68, Nurse, Hanover, New Jersey
Niaz Ali, 71, Pediatrics, Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, New Jersey
Lori Alioa, 56, Healthcare Social Worker, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beloved wife of Joseph Alioa; loving mother of Nicholas Alioa, step mother of Sarah Alioa of Troy, MI;
Wanda Amsbaugh, 72, Radiology, Santee Urgent Care Center, Santee, South Carolina .. her children, Rebecca Hutto, Michael Adams, Barry Amsbaugh, Jr. and Mark Amsbaugh; her grandchildren, Savannah, Gabriel, Michael, Connor, Caleb, Molly and Tyler.
Larrice Anderson, 46, Nurse, New Orleans East Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana .. Mother of Cerrice and Cedric Anderson, Jr. and goddaughter Jade Charleece Lewis.
Jenniffer Anderson-Davis, 44, Licensed Practical Nurse, Meramec Bluffs Life Plan Community, Baldwin, Missouri .. As a single mother, Jenniffer Anderson-Davis was determined to give her three children everything they needed, so she pursued her nursing degree while delivering pizza to make ends meet.
James “Mike” Anderson, Maintenance mechanic. Place of Work: St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Anderson was a loving husband and father to his son, 5, and daughter, 9, with “immeasurable” pride in family.
Karen Hill Bagley, 67, Nurse, UVA-Lynchburg Dialysis, Lynchburg, Virginia
Earl Bailey, 45, Registered Nurse, Broward County, Florida
Nicanor Baltazar, 60, Registered Nurse, Flushing, New York
Celia Yap Banago, 65, Registered Nurse, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Marsha Bantle, 65, Nurse, Signature Health, Newburgh, Indiana
Glenn Barquet, 50, Physician, Invasive Cardiologist, Mercy Hospital and South Miami Hospital, Miami, Florida
Jenni Claire Bartolome, 45, Registered Nurse, Emerson Health and Rehabilitation Center, Emerson, New Jersey
Alex Bass, 53, Physician Assistant, Brooklyn, New York
Doug Bass, 64, Medical Director, Drug and Alcohol Treatment, New York City
Don Batayola, 41, Physical Therapist, New Jersey
Edward Becote, 51, Porter/Transporter, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York
Hooshang Behroozi, 92, Pediatrics, Gouverneur Hospital, New York City
Andres Benitez, age unknown, Food and Nutrition Services, Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, New Jersey
Roxanne Bent, 48, Med-Surg Nurse, NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
Theresa E. Berbano, 59, ED Nurse, Montefiore Health, Bronx, New York
Angeline Bernadel, 52, Nurse, West River Healthcare Center, Milford, Connecticut
Idris Bey, 60, Emergency Medical Technician Instructor Coordinator, FDNY, New York City
Terry Billingham, age unknown, Emergency Medical Technician (retired), MONOC EMS, Clinton, New Jersey
Barbara Birchenough, 65, Nurse, Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, New Jersey
Billy Birmingham, 69, Emergency Medical Technician, Kansas City, Missouri
William B. "Brad" Blackman, 56, Paramedic, American Medical Response, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gresmor Blackman-Douglas, 58, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Nurse, NYSNA Member, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Dorothy Boles, 65, Registered Nurse, Greenwood, Mississippi
Danny Bolima, 54, Nurse, University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey
Linda Bonaventura, 45, Nurse, Wildwood Healthcare, Indianapolis, Indiana
Joseph A. Bonjiorno, 78, Psychiatrist, St. Joseph Hospital (affiliated), Chicago, Illinois
James Boudwin, 67, Family Practice Physician, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mark Leighton Bowen, 54, Registered Nurse, Highland Care Nursing Home, Queens, New York
Sean D. Boynes, 49, Pharmacist, Greenbelt, Maryland
Kenneth Bradshaw, 64, Director of Facilities (retired), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Derik Braswell, 57, Hospital Staff, Elmhurst Medical Center, Queens, New York City
Lorna Breen, 49, Emergency Department Medical Director, NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, New York City (suicide)
Kristen Brooks, 61, Nurse, California
Joyce Brown, Registered Nurse and Nurse Manager, LIJ Forest Hills, Forest Hills, New York
Brittany Bruner-Ringo, 32, Nurse, Silverado Beverly Place, Beverly Hills, California
Santo Buccheri, 60, Internal Medicine, Prime Healthcare, Hartford, Connecticut
Patrick Buchannan, 33, Certified Nursing Assistant, Indianapolis, Indiana
Araceli Buendia Ilagan, 63, ICU Nurse, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Michael T. Burgio, 69, Emergency Medicine, Newton Medical Center, Newton, New Jersey
Irene "Rene" Burgonio, 54, Hemodialysis Nurse, NYSNA Member, Fresenius Kidney Care, Brooklyn, New York
Virdree Burns Jr, 59, Nurse, Former NY Department of Sanitation Worker, Wellcare, Queens, New York
Irving Buterman, 78, OB-GYN, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City
Listing of COVID-19 EMS deaths (ems1.com)
"First responders on the front lines, EMS providers in particular, are increasingly vulnerable to contracting the COVID-19, and the death toll includes a significant number of EMS personnel.
Here, we have compiled the names of those lost to COVID-19. The entire EMS1 family extends our deepest condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of our fallen members.
Justin Berleth, 29, firefighter-EMT, Nature Coast EMS (Florida), City of Inverness (Fla.) Fire Department and MedFleet Ambulance Service. End of Service: 08/09/21
Roger Dean, 31, firefighter-paramedic, Seguin (Texas) Fire Department. End of Service: 04/23/2021
Daryl Tombs, 52, paramedic, American Medical Response, Corning, New York. End of Service: 01/16/2021
Leonard Coney, 41, firefighter-EMT, Shreveport (Louisiana) Fire Department. End of service: 01/06/2021
Cole Brooks, paramedic, Nowata (Oklahoma) Fire & EMS. End of service: 01/04/2021
Jason Taylor, 51, paramedic, Edwardsville (Kansas) Fire Department. End of service: 01/01/2021
Stephen Sunday, 28, firefighter-EMT, Scranton (Pennsylvania) Fire Department. End of service: 12/29/2020
Debbie Rusher, 56, paramedic, Tulsa EMS Authority (EMSA), Oklahoma. End of service: 12/28/2020
Evelyn Ford, 58, EMT, FDNY. End of service: 12/22/2020
Don Kutz, deputy chief, EMT, Montville (Connecticut) Fire Co. End of service: 12/22/2020
Robert Truevillian, 55, paramedic in charge, Chicago Fire Department. End of service: 12/17/2020
Bob "Husker Bob" Kneifl, 64, firefighter-EMT, Ponca (Nebraska) Volunteer Fire and Rescue squad. End of service: 12/07/2020
Gordon Baker, 62, paramedic, Harris County (Texas) Emergency Services District No. 48. End of service: 12/07/2020
Doug Dzubinski, 53, EMT, Community LifeTeam (UMPC Pinnacle), York County, Pennsylvania. End of service: 12/04/2020
Christine Kutz, emergency medical services lieutenant, Montville Fire Department. End of service: 12/1/2020
Kelly Lynn Raether, 42, EMS captain and nurse, Ixonia Fire & EMS, Ixonia, Wisconsin. End of service: 11/26/2020
Jerry S. Mercadante, 67, EMT and field training officer, LifeStar Response of Maryland (Falck), Annapolis Junction, Maryland. End of service: 11/25/2020
Scott Davidson, 45, paramedic and communications specialist, Kansas City (Missouri) Fire Department. End of service: 11/22/2020
Scott Gordon, 56, paramedic, Columbus Regional Health, Columbus, Indiana. End of service: 11/15/2020
Gregory “Greg” Gelsinger, 63, critical care medic, Tower Health, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania. End of service:11/14/2020
Shon Matthews, 48, paramedic, LifeNet, Texarkana, Texas. End of service: 11/02/2020
Harold Boone, 49, firefighter-EMR, Monroe County (Georgia) Emergency Services. End of service: 11/02/2020
Gerald "Jerry" Jones, 51, paramedic, Volusia County (Florida) EMS. End of service: 9/20/2020
Keith Brown, 48, EMT, MedTrust, Charleston, South Carolina. End of service: 9/03/2021
Rick Todd, fire chief, Salem (West Virginia) Fire and EMS Department. End of service: 09/01/2020
Jeffrey "Jeff" Schaffer, 67, paramedic, Taneytown (Md.) Volunteer Fire Company. End of service: 08/10/2020
Gerardo "Jerry" Pacheco, firefighter-paramedic, Houston, Texas. End of Service: 08/03/2020
Aldo Iniguez, EMT, Falck’s Care Ambulance Service, Los Angeles. End of service: 07/30/2020
Alex Cardenas, 59, paramedic, Superior and Apollo Ambulance Services, San Antonio. End of service: 7/26/2020
Jose M. Perez, 44, firefighter-paramedic, Los Angeles Fire Department. End of service: 07/25/2020
William "Brad" Blackman, 56, paramedic, American Medical Response, Philadelphia. End of service: 06/28/2020
Glovis Foster, paramedic, San Juan (New Mexico) AirCare. End of service: 06/12/2020
John Paul "JP" Granger, 22, EMT, Vital Care EMS, Piedmont, South Carolina. End of service: 5/26/2020
Jeremy Emerich, 40, Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania) Health Network MedEvac EMT and Fleetwood firefighter. End of service: 05/21/2020
David Pinto, 70, EMT, New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, former fire chief, Wallington, New Jersey. End of service: 05/17/2020
Jose Gomez, EMT, Alamo Navajo Reservation, New Mexico. End of service: 05/10/2020
Brian Keith Saddler, 60, certified flight paramedic, registered nurse, St. Joseph's Hospital, Wayne, New Jersey. End of service: 05/08/2020
Sal Mancuso, 66, volunteer, Blooming Grove (New York) Volunteer Ambulance Corps. End of service: 04/30/2020
Paul Cary, 66, firefighter-paramedic, Aurora (Colorado) Fire Department, deployed with Ambulnz’s State of New York COVID Response team. End of service: 4/30/2020
Richard Seaberry, 63, EMT, FDNY. End of service: 04/27/2020
David Martin, paramedic, American Medical Response, Natchez, Mississippi. End of service: 04/22/2020
Idris Bey, 60, EMT, FDNY. End of service: 04/22/2020
John Redd, 63, EMT, FDNY. End of service: 04/21/2020
John Careccia, 74, chief, Woodbridge (New Jersey) Township Ambulance and Rescue Squad. End of service: 04/17/2020
Robert Zerman, 49, assistant fire chief, EMT, Pioneer Hose Company #1, Robesonia, Pennsylvania. End of service: 04/16/2020
Robert Weber, 44, firefighter-EMT, Middletown First Aid and Rescue Squad; the Port Monmouth Fire Company; and the Middletown Fire Department’s Air Unit, Monmouth County, New Jersey. End of service: 04/15/2020
John Ferrarella, clinical educator and EMT instructor, NJ Mobile HealthCare, Bergen County, New Jersey. End of service: 04/14/2020
Scott Geiger, EMT, Atlantic Ambulance, Livingston, New Jersey. End of service: 04/13/2020
Billy Birmingham, 69, EMT, Kansas City (Missouri) Fire Department. End of service: 04/13/2020
Anthony Thomas, paramedic, NYU Langone Hospital, former FDNY EMS member. End of service: 04/12/2020
Gregory Hodge, 59, EMT, FDNY. End of service: 04/12/2020
Kevin Bundy, 33, paramedic, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Crozer EMS, Springfield, PA. End of service: 04/12/2020
William "Bill" J. Nauta, Jr., Atlantic Health EMS educator, former Chatham (New Jersey) police captain. End of service: 04/10/2020
Solomon Donald, 41, EMT, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, New Jersey. End of service: 04/10/2020
Robert Tarrant, RN, EMS educator, RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, New Jersey. End of service: 04/09/2020
Paul Novicki, 51, paramedic, Rapid Response EMS, Romulus, Michigan. End of s