Union Leadership Pays Respects at Dicks-Drumgold Funeral

Local 100 leadership and dozens of members bade a sad farewell to Conductor Jacqueline Dicks-Drumgold Wednesday at her Funeral Service in Queens. Secretary-Treasurer Earl Phillips, Recording Secretary Latonya Crisp-Sauray, Administrative Vice President Nelson Rivera, Maintenance of Way Vice President Tony Utano and Conductor/Tower Chair Crystal Young paid their respects to Dicks-Drumgolds’ children and brothers at the J. Foster Phillips Funeral Home in Jamaica.

Dicks-Drumgold was shot near her home in East New York, Brooklyn, by her estranged boyfriend, according to police. He took his own life days later, police said.

Phillips, Young and Member Services Director Chris Lightbourne have been talking with Dicks-Drumgolds’ relatives, including CTA Harvey Dicks, one of her brothers, about ways the union will assist the family. That process of assisting has begun, Phillips said.