Obituary of Sandra D. McNitt

McNitt, Sandra “Sandy” Henrietta: On July 28, 2010 at age 44, at the Cleveland Clinic, six months post double-lung transplant from LAM, a rare lung disease. Sandy fought courageously to live free of oxygen and had just achieved that goal only to be felled by yet another complication. Survived by parents David & Rose Mary McNitt; brother Scott (Diana); sisters, Sharon Connors (Andrew), Susan McNitt; aunts, Patricia Ricaurte (Jorge), Ann Penk (Paul), Mary Ellen McManus, several nieces & nephews; Sandy’s cat Lilly; and special loving friend, Mark Saresky . Sandy was an occupational therapist who formerly worked at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady, NY. She was Vice-President of the Transplant Awareness Organization (TAO) & volunteered for the Finger Lakes Eye & Tissue Bank. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Bill Peterson Shining Example Award for the American Lung Association Click to read about the award. Sandy was a parishioner of The Church of the Good Shepherd in Henrietta, NY where she was active in Visitation & Social Ministries. Family & friends are invited to call TUESDAY 2-4 & 7-9 PM at Miller Funeral Homes (3325 Winton Rd. So.) Sandy’s Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on WEDNESDAY, 10:30 AM in the Chapel below the school at the Church of the Good Shepherd (3318 East Henrietta Rd.) Click to View a Map Interment White Haven Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The LAM Foundation 4015 Executive Park Dr., Suite 320 Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 Click to Read a Letter Written to LAM by Sandy Click to Visit Website Transplant Awareness Organization of Greater Rochester, Inc. PO Box 23552 Rochester, New York 14692-3552 Click to Visit Website in her memory. Home Henrietta, New York Birthplace Corning, NEw York