She joined Penn in 1982 and worked in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and later with clients referred from private medical groups.

She was remarkably adept at interacting with patients, her family said, and especially enjoyed mentoring students and other nurses. “She had a passion for helping people,” her son Heath said.

The region's only certified pollen counter has retired, leaving it to the machines. The lack of reliable data remains a research problem in a warming world.

Philly clown and yoga educator Danielle Levsky has worked with Studio 34 to create a thriving space for the city's clown community.

“Losing my father has been the worst thing to ever happen to me," Roxi Helm said. "I mourn him every second of every single day.”