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Jersey City sports suffered a big loss when Ellen Zadroga (pictured here) passed away after a battle with cancer two weeks ago
When long-time Jersey City resident, teacher and athletic advocate
Ellen Zadroga was diagnosed with leukemia in 1997, she basically laughed at her doctors.
“Her doctors gave her six months to live,” said her daughter
Kristen Zadroga-Hart, the athletic director at McNair Academic. “And that was 23 years ago.”
Unfortunately, Ellen’s time on earth came to an end a few weeks ago, when her suffering finally ended. Ellen died Dec. 19, just two days before her 78