http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/17/2009-05-17_assisant_principal_dies_from_swine_flu.html
So it's been a few days since the actual death and i been trying to get on the computer to blog about it...briefly. I didn't look, read, watch, the news much but i know enough about the situation. A tragic one, very tragic one. This was Jordan and Farrell (i don't know the older brother's name) Dad that just died. It's horrific and i can only imagine what it feels like but i would rather not. Father, whether non-exsistant, or rarely there is WAY better than not being able to ever say another word to him. So this entry is for the man i knew very little about but who i KNOW, was a devoted father and one of the best examples of how to be a father to three children and an amazing husband to a woman he loved. I know you're probably hanging out with some pretty cool people in heaven and until the people closed to you and far from you, who will remember your memory get to see you again, I KNOW you'll be in everyone's heart, mind, soul, and thoughts. Your missed Mr. Weiner, Mr. Mitchell Weiner. I can even remember the last time i saw you, always asking me questions, acknowleding the positive i did, that seemed to almost go unnoticed at times. It was a pleasure to have known you even if it was in the smallest way, like playing basketball and baseball with your son. It's going to be extremely hard for them but i know fantastic thigns will happen for them and with them. I want to pray and give your wife strength to raise them and keep them on the right path. Give her the strength to continue on and live, live a joyous life in your memory, sir.
I'm sorry i could not be at your funeral at this moment, mourning over you as other will forever do, but i am here sitting in my chair, doing what they are doing for you. Wishing you the best and giving your family protection. I don't know what else i can do to help your family and to bless your soul but if there is, send me a sign or something, giving me some inclination. Whoever you have influenced and catered to, i hope they remember you in that light of positivity, and continue to hold on to your memory but to also be able to move foward. They have to. Your sons are bright as hell, amazing as hell, and will succeed in life just the way you did, and just the way you wanted them to. This entry is again for you. A great man, leader, principal, father, friend, and acquaintence. May you Rest In Piece.... until we meet again
So it's been a few days since the actual death and i been trying to get on the computer to blog about it...briefly. I didn't look, read, watch, the news much but i know enough about the situation. A tragic one, very tragic one. This was Jordan and Farrell (i don't know the older brother's name) Dad that just died. It's horrific and i can only imagine what it feels like but i would rather not. Father, whether non-exsistant, or rarely there is WAY better than not being able to ever say another word to him. So this entry is for the man i knew very little about but who i KNOW, was a devoted father and one of the best examples of how to be a father to three children and an amazing husband to a woman he loved. I know you're probably hanging out with some pretty cool people in heaven and until the people closed to you and far from you, who will remember your memory get to see you again, I KNOW you'll be in everyone's heart, mind, soul, and thoughts. Your missed Mr. Weiner, Mr. Mitchell Weiner. I can even remember the last time i saw you, always asking me questions, acknowleding the positive i did, that seemed to almost go unnoticed at times. It was a pleasure to have known you even if it was in the smallest way, like playing basketball and baseball with your son. It's going to be extremely hard for them but i know fantastic thigns will happen for them and with them. I want to pray and give your wife strength to raise them and keep them on the right path. Give her the strength to continue on and live, live a joyous life in your memory, sir.
I'm sorry i could not be at your funeral at this moment, mourning over you as other will forever do, but i am here sitting in my chair, doing what they are doing for you. Wishing you the best and giving your family protection. I don't know what else i can do to help your family and to bless your soul but if there is, send me a sign or something, giving me some inclination. Whoever you have influenced and catered to, i hope they remember you in that light of positivity, and continue to hold on to your memory but to also be able to move foward. They have to. Your sons are bright as hell, amazing as hell, and will succeed in life just the way you did, and just the way you wanted them to. This entry is again for you. A great man, leader, principal, father, friend, and acquaintence. May you Rest In Piece.... until we meet again
Assistant Principal Mitchell Weiner is 'heart and soul' of IS 238
BY Matt Lysiak, Sergey Kadinsky and Rich Schapiro
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Saturday, May 16th 2009, 4:00 AM
Assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener seen here in this IS 238 yearbook photo from 1998.
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When a teenage neighbor in need of math tutoring knocked on the door of his Queens apartment 28 years ago, Mitchell Wiener immediately dropped everything he was doing.
The young math teacher spent hours coaching Melissa Lipsky that day in 1981. Over the next several weeks, Wiener met with Melissa numerous times, guiding her through her eighth-grade arithmetic lessons.
"We offered to give him money, and he refused to take it," said Melissa's mother, Gayle Lipsky, 64. "He wouldn't hear it. ... That's the kind of guy he is."
As Wiener, 55, remained in grave condition Friday after contracting swine flu, a portrait emerged of the assistant principal described by neighbors and loved ones as a pillar of his school and community.
Wiener coached his three boys' Little League baseball teams and worked as a volunteer treasurer and youth group leader for his synagogue. At Intermediate School 238 in Hollis, where he's worked for more than 30 years, Wiener is often the first staffer to arrive and the last to leave.
"My husband is the heart and soul of that school," said Wiener's wife, Bonnie, a teacher at IS238.
Born in Brooklyn, Wiener attended Sheepshead Bay High School, where he excelled in math, relatives said. He studied education at Brooklyn College and graduated cum laude in 1975, a school spokesman said.
Three years later, Wiener began working at IS 238 as a substitute teacher. He was soon promoted to math instructor.
He and Bonnie married in 1981, when she was 18, after they met at a Brooklyn dance club. "It was his humor that reeled me in," she said.
After the arrival of his three sons - Adam, 23, and twins Jordan and Farrell, both 18 - Wiener devoted himself to his boys. He coached their teams, led their youth groups at the Garden Jewish Center in Flushing and took them to Shea Stadium to watch his beloved Mets.
Wiener was named assistant principal in 2007. Students said he seems to delight in cracking "corny" jokes over the PA system.
"I really hope he's going to feel better," student Anita Seeratan, 13, said. "The school would be so different if he was gone."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/16/2009-05-16_devoted_dad_of_3_sons_swine_flu_victim_is_heart_and_soul_of_that_school.html#ixzz0G4FLDiIX&B
Assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener seen here in this IS 238 yearbook photo from 1998.
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When a teenage neighbor in need of math tutoring knocked on the door of his Queens apartment 28 years ago, Mitchell Wiener immediately dropped everything he was doing.
The young math teacher spent hours coaching Melissa Lipsky that day in 1981. Over the next several weeks, Wiener met with Melissa numerous times, guiding her through her eighth-grade arithmetic lessons.
"We offered to give him money, and he refused to take it," said Melissa's mother, Gayle Lipsky, 64. "He wouldn't hear it. ... That's the kind of guy he is."
As Wiener, 55, remained in grave condition Friday after contracting swine flu, a portrait emerged of the assistant principal described by neighbors and loved ones as a pillar of his school and community.
Wiener coached his three boys' Little League baseball teams and worked as a volunteer treasurer and youth group leader for his synagogue. At Intermediate School 238 in Hollis, where he's worked for more than 30 years, Wiener is often the first staffer to arrive and the last to leave.
"My husband is the heart and soul of that school," said Wiener's wife, Bonnie, a teacher at IS238.
Born in Brooklyn, Wiener attended Sheepshead Bay High School, where he excelled in math, relatives said. He studied education at Brooklyn College and graduated cum laude in 1975, a school spokesman said.
Three years later, Wiener began working at IS 238 as a substitute teacher. He was soon promoted to math instructor.
He and Bonnie married in 1981, when she was 18, after they met at a Brooklyn dance club. "It was his humor that reeled me in," she said.
After the arrival of his three sons - Adam, 23, and twins Jordan and Farrell, both 18 - Wiener devoted himself to his boys. He coached their teams, led their youth groups at the Garden Jewish Center in Flushing and took them to Shea Stadium to watch his beloved Mets.
Wiener was named assistant principal in 2007. Students said he seems to delight in cracking "corny" jokes over the PA system.
"I really hope he's going to feel better," student Anita Seeratan, 13, said. "The school would be so different if he was gone."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/16/2009-05-16_devoted_dad_of_3_sons_swine_flu_victim_is_heart_and_soul_of_that_school.html#ixzz0G4FLDiIX&B
That was an amazing entry. I cried again. You're a pretty phenomenal writer and an even better person.
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