Remembering Nagjija Gjidija

Age 72, New York, New York

Fled the Balkans in the 1970s and emigrated to the US

Nagjija Gjidija and her husband fled the Balkans in the 1970s and emigrated to the US, where their daughter Liria Gjidija says they “epitomized the American Dream.” The couple had four children, and in November last year they celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. On April 1, 2020, Nagjija died of cardiac arrest following a coronavirus diagnosis. “We were the light of her life, as she was ours, but there was no one she loved more than my dad,” Liria says. “They never spent a day without one another.”

Submitted by: Liria Gjidija (daughter)

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