In Celebration of Shareen Abbasy

August 5, 1982- March 17, 2009

 

Memorial service held April 18, 2009

Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd Street New York, NY

 

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you:

I came to live out loud.”- Ιmile Zola

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memorial Program

Click on sections in green

Welcome – Reverend Cheryl Walker

Reflections – Dr. Farid Boulad

Sonnet LXXXIX, by Pablo Neruda – Shannon Emerson

Reflections – Elizabeth Neumann

Remembering Shareen – Photos arranged by Jamil Abbasy

Moment of Prayer and Meditation

The Top – by Shareen Abbasy

 

 

** ADDED June 7, 2009 **

Colby College Garden Dedication  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In lieu of flowers, Shareen asked that people make donations to either of the following:
 


Dr. Eva Guinan
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney St.
Boston, MA 02115-6084
Make checks payable to Dana-Farber, but please put a note on the check itself:
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH BY DR. EVA GUINAN

 


Dr. Farid Boulad
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Ave
New York, NY 10021
Make checks payable to MSK, but please put a note on the check itself:
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH BY DR. FARID BOULAD