Loved and Lost: Suzanne Murphy, no shrinking violet, was the loudest, friendliest in a room

This story is part of Loved and Lost, a statewide media collaboration working to celebrate the life of every New Jersey resident who died of COVID-19. To learn more and submit a loved one's name to be profiled, visit lovedandlostnj.com.

Nobody would ever describe Suzanne Murphy as a shrinking violet.

Instead, she was the kind of person whose presence lit up a room, who made friends out of strangers and turned those same friends swiftly into family.

At Sports Time, the sports outfitter where s

Loved and Lost: Athletes to movie stars, David Kwang-Ming Lee put guests first at the Plaza

Loved and Lost: Athletes to movie stars, David Kwang-Ming Lee put guests first at the Plaza

This story is part of Loved and Lost, a statewide media collaboration working to celebrate the life of every New Jersey resident who died of COVID-19. To learn more and submit a loved one's name to be profiled, visit lovedandlostnj.com.

Because they know that he would want them to, David Kwang-Ming Lee’s wife, Larissa and children Kyra, Aleksei, Anna, Vladimir, and Dmitri, will gather again with family

Loved and Lost: Michael Bell, mechanic and National Guardsman, made his kids feel special

Loved and Lost: Michael Bell, mechanic and National Guardsman, made his kids feel special

This story is part of Loved and Lost, a statewide media collaboration working to celebrate the life of every New Jersey resident who died of COVID-19. To learn more and submit a loved one's name to be profiled, visit lovedandlostnj.com.

The last picture that Patty Montgomery took with her father, Michael Bell, says everything about the joy he took in his family and the sense of fun that never deserted him