Rutgers Student, Beloved Medical Assistant Dies After Leukemia Battle, 22
Rutgers University student and beloved medical assistant Christine Michelle Starozytnyk died on Friday, March 11 after battling leukemia. She was 22.
Born in New Brunswick, Starozytnyk grew up in South Bound Brook, where she survived childhood leukemia, her obituary says.
Starozytnyk was a Somerset Pediatric Group medical assistant and Rutgers University student, her memorial says.
Starozytnyk was remembered as caring, generous, humble, and “unimaginably kind.”
"[She] brought a light with her that couldn’t shine brighter,” reads her memorial.
Meanwhile, nearly $4,500 had been raised as o…
'Happiness Personified': Tcnj Student, MontCo Native Isaac Ashton Dies Of Cancer, 21
Kind. Joyful. Godly.
This is how 21-year-old Montgomery County native Issac Timothy Ashton is being remembered. Isaac died on Jan. 25, 2021, following a short but valiant battle with leukemia.
Born in Langhorne, Isaac later moved to Lambertville, New Jersey, where he lived up until his death, his obituary says.
A scholar and highly-talented musician, Isaac played in the Youth Orchestra of Bucks County, traveling to Italy and France to play in open-air concerts.
Isaac was a senior at The College of New Jersey, where was a a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and will be posthumously awarde…
Doctors Thought Clifton Breast Cancer Survivor Had Coronavirus -- It Was Leukemia
What doctors initially thought were COVID-19 symptoms for a Clifton teacher and breast cancer survivor turned out to be leukemia.
Diana Maksymowicz, 44, was diagnosed with breast cancer on Feb. 21, 2019 -- the day of her daughter, Sia’s, fourth birthday.
She underwent rigorous breast cancer treatment, including the removal of her right breast in April 2019, as well as radiation and chemotherapy, which she finished in December.
However, tragedy struck yet again late last month, when Maksymowicz -- a basic skills instructor at School 11 in Clifton -- began experiencing flu-like symptoms…
