NOT A REAL OBITUARY- SCHOOL PROJECT

    Amanda DiPaolo, long-time pharmacist, died at her home on Saturday after encountering a strange situation. She was 87 years old.

    DiPaolo, a life-long resident of Staten Island, had a stroke after reading a premature obituary of herself that she had written in an English class when she attended St. John’s University.

    “She was willing to help anyone,” Amy Favale, a co-worker of hers, said. “ She was very thoughtful and a great friend. If you ever needed comic relief, Amanda was the person to go to. ”            

    The wake will be held on Monday and Tuesday from 3-5p.m and 7-9p.m. at Matthew’s Funeral Home. The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 9a.m.

    DiPaolo was born and raised in Staten Island. She attended St. Joseph Hill Academy High School, graduating in 2011. She then attended St. John’s University and in 2017 she received her Ph. D in Pharmacy.

    She married David Wright, professional baseball player, two years later.

    She worked as a pharmacist for 50 years before retiring in 2067 at the age of 68. After retiring, she enjoyed traveling the world with her husband and attending her grand-children’s and great-grand children's activities.  

    DiPaolo is survived by her husband, David Wright; one daughter, Alexa Wright; two sons, David Wright Jr. and Joseph Wright; 7 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.

    In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that contributions be made to St. John’s University so that they will be able to come up with different writing assignments, preventing this from happening to anyone else. 

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English Assignment #1

            It was the first time that I was going to be driving for a long distance by myself. I was so excited and I loaded my car with essentials for my trip, including a full tank of gas, a GPS and lots of great music. I was going to visit my friend Nicole at her college in Massachusetts, about four hours away. On my way there were many unexpected things that occurred.

I must have been on the road about an hour when I suddenly heard sirens behind me and as I looked into my rearview mirror I saw flashing lights.  A million thoughts went through my mind as I thought about what I could have done. I pulled over towards the side of the highway and waited for the police officer to approach my car. He told me that I was driving twenty miles over the speed limit and asked me for my license and registration. I handed these items to him and explained to him that both of my parents were police officers. Thankfully, he didn’t give me a ticket and he let me go with only a warning.

            As I continued driving on, the crazy woman on my GPS told me to get off at the next exit. I knew this wasn’t the exit I needed, but I decided to follow the GPS anyway. I drove on side streets for what seemed like forever before I realized that the GPS was set to avoid toll roads and it was taking me out of the way. I changed the settings and headed back in the right direction. At this point I never though that I would make it to Massachusetts and frustration was starting to set it from all of the delays.  

            Just when I thought that my trip couldn’t get any worse, I felt an uncontrollable shaking of the car that I had never felt before. I pulled over to the side of the road to find out that I had a flat tire. I called home and my father told me to call AAA to see if they would come and tow my car. It took them forty-five minutes to show up.

            Even though what should have taken me only four hours ended up taking me seven hours, I finally made it to my destination. I was so excited to see my friend and her new dorm that I forgot about everything that happened earlier.