Category: Obituary

Deborah Louise Riley Everson, b. 11/Oct/1958, d. 12/May/2025

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Debra Louise (Riley) Everson, age 66, of Batavia, NY, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2025. Born on October 11, 1958, Debra was known for her generous spirit, love for her family, and dedication to serving others.
Debra had a heart for community service. During her time in Batavia, she volunteered faithfully at the Salvation Army and Ken Barrett Auto, where her kindness and work ethic were deeply appreciated. She was always willing to lend a helping hand and bring light to those around her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Jean (Vanguilder) Riley, her husband Rexford “Grant” Everson, and her grandson, Rylunn Thompson.
Debra is survived by her brother, Steven Riley, and her devoted sister, Jan (Riley) Sandreth. She leaves behind her children: Shane (Angela) Thompson, Michael Thompson, and Jennifer Cejka, as well as her grandchildren: Ben, Emma, Kiela, Devon, James, Angelique, and Savannah, who brought her immense pride and joy.
Debra would like to express her deepest gratitude to her sister Jan, who lovingly helped her return home during her final days, and to her dear friend Ardell “Dee,” whose support and encouragement meant so much throughout her time in Batavia.
Debra’s legacy of love, faith, and service will live on through her family and all who were blessed to know her.
A Celebration of life will be held on June 7th at 3:00 PM at the family homestead.

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When will the United States be a graveyard?

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I woke up one morning with a thought about the quantity of ancestors I would have if I walk back to Jesus times. Assuming I go back 30 generations there should be close to 1 billion ancestors of mine. This has to be some kind of paradox since I’m certain 1 billion human souls weren’t alive in the yonder of 0-39AD. I decided to work the opposite way and ask myself “How many human beings would it take that, if all were buried in the ground at the end of their happy life it would make the United States a complete graveyard?”. I expanded this though to wonder at what year that would occur, too.

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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