Death Notice: Matt Heckaman

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:11:20PM -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> 
> [Posted to a variety of places, as Matt was a prolific coder who
> maintained many ports and worked on literally dozens of projects]
> 
> -- 
> Yours,
> 
> J.A. Terranson
> sysadmin at mfn.org
> 0xBD4A95BF
> 
> 	"An ill wind is stalking
> 	while evil stars whir
> 	and all the gold apples
> 	go bad to the core"
> 
> 	S. Plath, Temper of Time
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> http://obit.pumphreyfuneralhome.com/obit_display.cgi?id=161939&listing=Current
> 
> Matthew Heckaman Ferraro
> Born in Mishawaka, IN on Jan. 4, 1982
> Departed on Oct. 20, 2004 and resided in Gaithersburg, MD.
> 
> Memorial Service: 	Oct. 30, 2004
> Cemetery: 	Arlington National Cemetery Columbarium
> Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and
> directions.
> 
> 
> Matthew Heckaman Ferraro (age 22)
> Matthew of Gaithersburg, MD, formerly of Montreal Canada,
> passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2004. He was the beloved
> husband of Stacie Jo Ferraro; loving son of Claire Ferraro
> (husband, Eddy) and Marshall Heckaman (wife, Sharon) of Indiana;
> loving brother of Andria, David and Allan; stepbrother of Cynthia
> Ferraro (Daniel Aston) son-in-law of Mike and Marjorie Bland of
> Maryland and their daughters, Resha and Stephanie; grandson of
> Adrien and Cecile Blanchette of Montreal, Canada and John and
> Ruth Heckaman of Indiana; grandson-in-law of Anastacia Quitania.
> He was predeceased by a stepbrother Jonathan Ferraro. Also survived
> by his aunts and uncles, Helene Blanchette (Denis Pare) and Pierre
> Blanchette of Montreal, Canada, Nicole Blanchette (Brian Smith) of
> London, Ont., Dorothy (Doc) Anderson of Illinois and by all his
> extended family and friends in Montreal, Indiana, Maryland and
> elsewhere. Matthew was an active duty PV2 of the United States
> Army. A memorial service will be held at PUMPHREY.S COLONIAL FUNERAL
> HOME, 300 West Montgomery Avenue (Rte 28 just off I-270, exit 6-A)
> Rockville, MD on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 1 PM. Inurnment service
> with Military Honors will be held at Arlington National Cemetery
> Columbarium on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 10 AM.
> 

	thanks for this post; it honors matt.  we're all the poorer
	for his death.  we are all the richer for his having lived.
	... .


	-g

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