‘Inspirational’ student, 62, amid NY makeshift morgue’s dead
In spring 2020, Diane Quince was recognized for taking a remarkable turn in her life: A college student at 61, she won a $10,000 scholarship for women who navigated major difficulties to pursue an education.
This past January, Quince died at 62 and became one of hundreds of people whose remains lingered in a temporary morgue that was opened at the peak of New York City’s battle with the coronavirus but is still operating over a year later.
“She was inspirational,” says Michele Callahan, a College of Staten Island staffer who helped Quince apply for the scholarship she earned from the Women’s Forum of New York. “She wanted to help everyone and everything.”