Category: Obituary

Knickknacks, Swag, & Pieces of Flair

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October 2, 2024 was my last day at my job as a Principal Software Engineer for Cloud ID at Synacor. Originally hired on September 3, 2013 as a Web Operations Engineer I was culled in the “Synapocalypse” in March, 2014. After re-applying for a Configuration Engineer position I was rehired on April 14, 2014 and kept increasing my position until it was finally obsoleted.

Over the 10+ years of corporate work I acquired a hefty lot of company bling. This posting is to go over all the captured “shinies” and reminisce about how awesome and excessive some things can really be.

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Mary Jane Harter Heick, b.8/Sep/1930, d.5/Mar/2023

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Mary J. Heick, 92, of Liverpool passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Mary, the daughter of the late Ludwig and Elizabeth Harter, was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 8, 1930. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Joseph T. Heick who died in 2004. Mrs. Heick retired from New York Telephone Company in Syracuse, New York following more than 20 years of service as a Billing Clerk.

She will be dearly missed and always remembered by her surviving family, a sister, Lillian Tokarz; sons, Tom, Bill (Brenda), James (Margie), Jerry (Michele) and John (Rosemarie) Heick; 16 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00am on Thursday, March 9, 2023 in St. Margaret’s Church, 200 Roxboro Road, Mattydale, New York. Entombment will be in Assumption Cemetery, Syracuse, New York. There will be no calling hours.

Sourced from https://www.traubfuneralhome.com/obituary/Mary-Heick

Findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250239048/mary-heick

Audrey Everson McCool Shelgren, b.24/Feb/1940, d.21/Nov/2022

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Audrey Everson McCool Shelgren, 82, of Kennedy, N.Y., passed away on Nov. 21, 2022 of complications of respiratory failure with family by her side. She was born Feb. 24, 1940, to William and Pearl Everson in Buffalo, N.Y.

Audrey graduated from Falconer High School in 1958. She married John Rolland McCool in 1958, and later Milton Shelgren in 1999.

She is survived by her sons: Jeffrey McCool (JoEllen), Michael McCool, and Kevin McCool; as well as seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husbands: John McCool and Milton Shelgren; her brothers: Richard Everson, William Everson and Grant Everson: and her, daughter Nancy McCool-LaMantia.

Audrey was employed by AJ’s on Foote for 11 years when she left to work in dietary at WCA. In 1977 she and her family left New York for southern California, settling in Costa Mesa, Calif. At that time she served as a dietary supervisor at Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital and then as a physical education teacher at Page School in Costa Mesa. In 1995 she returned to Jamestown, New York and was a dietary sSupervisor at Lutheran Social Services in Jamestown prior to retiring at age 70.

Audrey served as a Cub Scouts den mother during her children’s younger years. She also worked on many local political campaigns including chairing a neighborhood group to remove a chemical company from residential areas. She attended and contributed to the trial of the company responsible for chemicals flooding local residential areas. She loved the study of history, and spent many years working on genealogy of her family line. Audrey was a frequent contributor of political opinion pieces to the local newspaper, she loved political discourse, God and this country above all else.

Arrangements entrusted to Riccardi’s Hubert Funeral Home.

According to Audrey’s wishes there will not be services for her death. She will be interred at Myrtle Cemetery in Poland, N.Y. Instead of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the local ASP-CA.

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Jennifer Rose Julia, b.4/Jan/1986, d.19/Nov/2022

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Jennifer Rose Julia, beloved mother, sister, daughter and friend, of Norfolk, VA, passed away unexpectedly on November 19, 2022. She was a beautiful soul and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. 

Jennifer studied psychology and was self employed as a holistic healer. Jen was also a “professional” shopper. She especially loved sparkly, pink things and high heels. Her happy place was at the beach and she enjoyed the beauty of horses. Her greatest love in life though, was her family. She adored  being a mother and enjoyed being around people. 

Jennifer is preceded in death by her adopted mother, Lina Logan. Left to cherish her memory are her kids, Apollo Laureano and Alec Julia; her siblings, Jessica Hulings, Jeremy Curtis, Samantha Hitchcock, Michael Almanza and Tabitha Hays. She also leaves behind many more who consider her a sister, such as the Logan Family. 

A memorial service for Jennifer was held on November 26, 2022. The world is not as bright without Jen’s presence, but she would want her family and friends to shine on. In her own words of wisdom to her child that can be a universal message for all who shared love with her, “Always reach for the stars and trust God will guide you.”

In lieu of flowers please consider memorial donations to the family by clicking the link below.

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Source: https://bucktroutfuneralhome.net/obituary/jennifer-rose-julia/

It’s with a very heavy heart that I have to bring the news that my dearest sister has gone to be with the Lord. My confidant and partner in crime, my home base and person I could always turn to left the world on 11/19. She leaves behind her two amazing teenagers that are now with my brother in law and his wife. We don’t have a lot of information right now and I’m not sure when they’ll let us know all the details, so we ask for everyone’s patience. My sister was a firecracker in a tiny package, brilliant blue eyes, and a mischievous grin with giant dimples. We’ve talked many times over the years on what she’d like if anything were to happen to her, so to honor her wishes we will not be holding a traditional funeral. We will be hosting a celebration of life party likely on Saturday, but tbd. In lew of flowers, please consider donating to get costs. I’ll be flying as soon as things are sorted and my siblings and I are working on all the details. The biggest things we need now are prayers and financial help for all the processing and for the kids. They’ll need lots of love to help with this giant whole that’ll be left. They are the world to her. For this in the US, I have a gofundme me I’ll link to my profile or you can cash app $hulingsj and for those in Korea, you’re welcome to send to kakao or dm for bank details. I’m thankful for all the loving people that are around her and that all our family got to meet her…and, as much as I’ll greatly miss her, I’m grateful that she’s no longer in pain. I may not respond to messages, but I will appreciate any words you would like to send our way.

Facebook/21 Nov 2022 at 9:38am