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Rachel Quinn, Beloved Suffolk County Teacher, Dies At Age 27
A Long Island community is rallying around the family of a 27-year-old teacher and expectant mom who unexpectedly died from a heart abnormality.
Rachel Quinn, an educator at the Bretton Woods Elementary School in Hauppauge, where she taught fifth-graders, died on Monday, June 14 at Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue.
Quinn’s first child, Ellie Anne Quinn, who was expected in weeks, also died, officials said.
Born in February 1994, Quinn grew up in Smithtown, attending school in Hauppauge, where she was involved with the cheerleading squad and chorus. She later attended St. …
Karen Dudek Of Commack, Ex-Director Of Nursing At Long Island Hospital, Dies
A Commack resident whose career includes director of nursing at a Long Island hospital has died.
Karen S. Dudek died Tuesday, Aug. 6, at her home in Commack, at age 63.
After 36 years as a nurse and later as director of nursing at the Nassau County Medical Center, she retired and worked for several hospital associations in New York City as director of nursing.
Dudek was predeceased by her parents, Regina B. Smith and Robert A. Smith, and her sister, Regina S. Muzyka.
She is survived by four children, Peter Robert, Carolyn, Kristin and Patrick, her former husband, Peter C. Dudek and …
