Obituary of AMANDA TAI SCHWAB

Amanda Tai Schwab passed away peacefully Sunday morning, August 17, 2014 at Overlook Hospital Hospital in Summit following a valiant battle with Angiosarcoma. She was 22. Born in Belleville, Amanda was raised in Rockaway and had resided there before coming to the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany 3 years ago. She was a graduate of Morris Knolls High School where she was a talented artist and focused on Advanced Art. She was currently a junior at Montclair State University where she was majoring in Film. Amanda also worked part-time as a hostess at Applebee's Grill in Parsippany. Amanda was a popular, happy girl who touched many lives in her short life. She is survived by her father, Mark S. Schwab and step-mother Hildegard of Lake Hiawatha; her mother, Cathy Candelieri of Lake Hiawatha; a sister, Marina Schwab of Lake Hiawatha , her paternal grandmother, Janet Siudmak of Sarasota, Florida; her maternal grandmother, Josephine Candelieri of Jefferson; and aunts, uncles, cousins and friends that are too numerous to mention by name. The family wishes to thank Dr. Gary Schwartz, formerly of Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, for his compassionate care of Amanda which gave her hope and extended her life. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to Angio Sarcoma Research c/o Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065 (www.mskcc.org) in Amanda's Memory.