We ask members who have recently submitted Memorial Tributes for Marita Hickey or Carole Gandy to please resubmit them to the new email address
Update – Marita Hickey, R-UTN member and former district Math Chairperson, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 16th at the age of 77. She is survived by her husband Steve, daughters Allison Schmidt and Becky Hickey, two grandsons and a sister Sr. Lorraine McGrew. She was predeceased by a brother Thomas McGrew and sister Maureen Green.
Marita and Steve made their retirement home in the Glen Lakes Golf and Country Club community in Weeks Wachee, Florida, Marita was active in the Women’s Gardens Club of Glen Lake, The Italian Club, The Glen Lakes Library and the Wahoos. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church and will be dearly missed by her loving family and friends.
A Funeral Mass was held on November 25th, and there will be a memorial Mass on Tuesday December 7 at 10 a.m. at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in Spring Hills, Florida.
If any R-UTN members have memories they wish to share about Marita, please email r-utn@digitalquinn.com. Please keep your commemorative brief and include your name and school.
Michael Hosie, son of retired elementary teacher Dave Hosie, passed away on November 17. The wake will be at Nolan’s funeral home on Sunday, November 21, from 3 – 6 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held the next day, Monday, November 22, at 10:00 a.m. at St Philip Neri Church in Northport.
Donations can be made in his memory at www.helpinghandsrescuemission.org.
Carole Gandy, retired Ocean Avenue teacher, passed away on November 6 at the age of 77. Carole is survived by her daughter, Northport High School guidance counselor Amanda Cuiffo and her husband Matt, and two grandsons Joseph and Christopher.
Visitation at Nolan Funeral Home on Thursday, November 11, 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Northport. Private cremation to follow.
Expressions of sympathy & condolence can be sent to:Amanda & Matthew Cuiffo, 8 North Creek Road, Northport 11768. Please not that the address we originally listed was incorrect.
If any R-UTN members have memories they wish to share about Carole, please email r-utn@digitalquinn.com. Please keep your commemorative brief and include your name and school.
On September23rd the R-UTN held its Annual Picnic – and it was a wonderful afternoon. It was such a relief to be able to socialize with friends after so many months. Thanks to Alberta Scott, the event was captured in “film” and posted on the website Photo Gallery page.