Monday, July 31, 2023
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Dear Sherry's family, There is so much I could write about my friend, Sherry. First she was one of the most talented, heartfelt writers I have know, right up there with Mike Levine, Janis Osborne, Chris Farlekas, Ina Case, Dan Dwyer. When I left the Gazette after Janis died, Sherry waited until she was able to reach out to invite me to come back and then called me. I worked with her until she left, and then I continued there until The Gazette production ended. I later was able to invite Sherry to write for the blog Charlene Lehn and I started, and although no pay was involved -- only a love for sharing news and photos in a community we all loved -- she started writing again and contributed great stories regularly. I loved that! She had caught me one day and had asked prior to that if we wanted to start something like that together. That didn't happen, but we still came together through portjervisnewsroom blog. One article that I treasure of the many Sherry wrote for The Gazette was one she went to Rio to cover, my mom the Angel Artist. I'm attaching it because to me it's a so heartfelt and captured the story in a way Sherry always did -- the heart of the story and the person. Sherry will be so missed and remembered with love by many, myself completely included. Sending sympathy and caring, Sharon & Stan Siegel
