Comments on: RIP Leah Adezio http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Gina Ehrhart http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-1596953 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:39:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-1596953 It is with a very heavy, heavy heart that Leah's sorority sisters from Duquesne are finding out about her death today, May 20,2008. We are all deeply saddened. Leah was one in a million. Her heart was so big. I felt terrible when I learned of her husband's death just a few years ago. You see, I have a college aged daughter who was diagnosed with epilepsy. We were all enriched at Duquesne by knowing Leah. Our sorority was the recieptent of one of the finest women I have ever known. She is in my heart and prayers. Love and respect in Epsilon Pi! Gina Ehrhart AGD/Alpha Omega Chapter/Duquesne University It is with a very heavy, heavy heart that Leah’s sorority sisters from Duquesne are finding out about her death today, May 20,2008. We are all deeply saddened.

Leah was one in a million. Her heart was so big. I felt terrible when I learned of her husband’s death just a few years ago. You see, I have a college aged daughter who was diagnosed with epilepsy.

We were all enriched at Duquesne by knowing Leah. Our sorority was the recieptent of one of the finest women I have ever known. She is in my heart and prayers.

Love and respect in Epsilon Pi!

Gina Ehrhart
AGD/Alpha Omega Chapter/Duquesne University

]]> by: Gina Ehrhart http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-1596951 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:39:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-1596951 It is with a very heavy, heavy heart that Leah's sorority sisters from Duquesne are finding out about her death today, May 20,2008. We are all deeply saddened. Leah was one in a million. Her heart was so big. I felt terrible when I learned of her husband's death just a few years ago. You see, I have a college aged daughter who was diagnosed with epilepsy. We were all enriched at Duquesne by knowing Leah. Our sorority was the recieptent of one of the finest women I have ever known. She is in my heart and prayers. Love and respect in Epsilon Pi! Gina Ehrhart AGD/Alpha Omega Chapter/Duquesne University It is with a very heavy, heavy heart that Leah’s sorority sisters from Duquesne are finding out about her death today, May 20,2008. We are all deeply saddened.

Leah was one in a million. Her heart was so big. I felt terrible when I learned of her husband’s death just a few years ago. You see, I have a college aged daughter who was diagnosed with epilepsy.

We were all enriched at Duquesne by knowing Leah. Our sorority was the recieptent of one of the finest women I have ever known. She is in my heart and prayers.

Love and respect in Epsilon Pi!

Gina Ehrhart
AGD/Alpha Omega Chapter/Duquesne University

]]> by: Katie http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-142754 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:01:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-142754 Hi, I don't know you, but I do know Leah. She was my aunt. Her brother was my father. And sadly I didn't get to see her much after she moved away 3 years ago. I'm glad people got a chance to know her. And I'm glad I got a chance to tlak to her just a day before she died. Hi, I don’t know you, but I do know Leah. She was my aunt. Her brother was my father. And sadly I didn’t get to see her much after she moved away 3 years ago. I’m glad people got a chance to know her. And I’m glad I got a chance to tlak to her just a day before she died.

]]> by: Bonny http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-60562 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:34:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-60562 I also knew Leah from TitanTalk in the 1990's - her enthusiam was often contagious and a pleasure to be around. What a shock this news is. Best to her family & friends. I also knew Leah from TitanTalk in the 1990’s - her enthusiam was often contagious and a pleasure to be around. What a shock this news is. Best to her family & friends.

]]> by: Friends of Lulu Blog » Blog Archive » RIP Leah Adezio http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-46558 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:57:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-46558 [...] Read More >> [...] […] Read More >> […]

]]> by: Pam Fletcher http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-45637 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:08:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-45637 I have been friends with Leah, I know her as Sandy, since I was four years old. Though her and I only spoke on our birthdays conversation was as if time had never passed. I went to the hospital and stayed overnight with her before she had gone into a coma. We laughed, cried and talked about things that happened in our past. You should here some of the stories. I realized from speaking with her that she has become such a part of so many peoples lives, it was breathtaking to me. She always opened her heart to anyone who needed a shoulder and I am so proud to say what a dear and loving friend and sister she has been to me. I will miss her so much. She dedicated a song to me one year "The wind beneath my wings" by Bett Midler from the Beaches movie. She said that I was the wind beneath her wings but she was so wrong. She was and always will be the wind beneath my wings... I Love you Sandy. I have been friends with Leah, I know her as Sandy, since I was four years old. Though her and I only spoke on our birthdays conversation was as if time had never passed. I went to the hospital and stayed overnight with her before she had gone into a coma. We laughed, cried and talked about things that happened in our past. You should here some of the stories. I realized from speaking with her that she has become such a part of so many peoples lives, it was breathtaking to me. She always opened her heart to anyone who needed a shoulder and I am so proud to say what a dear and loving friend and sister she has been to me. I will miss her so much. She dedicated a song to me one year “The wind beneath my wings” by Bett Midler from the Beaches movie. She said that I was the wind beneath her wings but she was so wrong. She was and always will be the wind beneath my wings… I Love you Sandy.

]]> by: wonkeaux http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-42796 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:18:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-42796 wow. this is shocking. I haven't talked to her in a couple of years really, we used to communicate on a yahoo group for titans fen, and were in Ttalk together. I didn't know about her husband passing although I did see her at a con in Boston not long after her brother's. she made me a lovely drawing. she was unfailingly nice to me. my heart goes out to her children. wow. this is shocking. I haven’t talked to her in a couple of years really, we used to communicate on a yahoo group for titans fen, and were in Ttalk together. I didn’t know about her husband passing although I did see her at a con in Boston not long after her brother’s. she made me a lovely drawing. she was unfailingly nice to me. my heart goes out to her children.

]]> by: Gregg Whitmore http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-41348 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:18:06 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-41348 Like Charles, I first met Leah during my time in Titantalk. We would talk for hours about comics, the APA, and our lives. I met my wife Lindy via Titantalk and when our first daughter was born, Leah sent us a drawing of the three of us. I still have that drawing along with others that she sent to the APA and me personally. Like others, I lost touch with her over the years but did speak to her in November 2006. She sounded like her old self and we picked up right where we left off. She never even hinted that she was sick. She was a wonderful woman and a gifted artist. She is already greatly missed. My heart goes out to her 2 boys as well. Like Charles, I first met Leah during my time in Titantalk. We would talk for hours about comics, the APA, and our lives. I met my wife Lindy via Titantalk and when our first daughter was born, Leah sent us a drawing of the three of us. I still have that drawing along with others that she sent to the APA and me personally. Like others, I lost touch with her over the years but did speak to her in November 2006. She sounded like her old self and we picked up right where we left off. She never even hinted that she was sick. She was a wonderful woman and a gifted artist. She is already greatly missed. My heart goes out to her 2 boys as well.

]]> by: Darren J Hudak http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-41099 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:24:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-41099 Gotta say I’m shocked speechless to hear this, haven’t talked to Leah in years. I knew her husband died a few years ago and dropped her an email expressing my condolences at the time but other then that we lost touch. I had no idea she was so sick. I didn’t know Leah that well, we used to hang out at cons and work the Friends of Lulu booth together back in the day but then the demands of “real life” came along and I stopped going to cons or FOL meetings as often. I wish I had known her better, or been able to see her one final time before she passed, but it was not meant to be. Above my desk as I type this is framed drawing of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fighting Vampirella, with Buffy wearing an “I Luv Angel” button and the words “and of course Buffy wins” on the bottom. Leah drew this for me at a White Plains con we were hanging out in. I don’t remember how this drawing came about, whether it was something I suggested or just something Leah draw on her own and gave to me, but it has always been one of my most treasured possessions. My sincerest condolences to go out to her family and loved ones. Gotta say I’m shocked speechless to hear this, haven’t talked to Leah in years. I knew her husband died a few years ago and dropped her an email expressing my condolences at the time but other then that we lost touch. I had no idea she was so sick. I didn’t know Leah that well, we used to hang out at cons and work the Friends of Lulu booth together back in the day but then the demands of “real life” came along and I stopped going to cons or FOL meetings as often. I wish I had known her better, or been able to see her one final time before she passed, but it was not meant to be. Above my desk as I type this is framed drawing of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fighting Vampirella, with Buffy wearing an “I Luv Angel” button and the words “and of course Buffy wins” on the bottom. Leah drew this for me at a White Plains con we were hanging out in. I don’t remember how this drawing came about, whether it was something I suggested or just something Leah draw on her own and gave to me, but it has always been one of my most treasured possessions. My sincerest condolences to go out to her family and loved ones.

]]> by: Ann E. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-40282 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:08:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-40282 This leaves a real hole in the cosmos. Leah's humor and force of life were astonishing, even as she grieved her husband. I met her through a support site for young widow/ers in 2003. I went off on a widow's diatribe about Marshmallow Peeps, and she most enthusiastically joined in devising bizzarre and awful things to do to the sweet and colorful things. She regularly provided updates on the whereabouts of the Peepmobile and apparently incorporated Peeps into one of her Faire outfits. I joined Leah one afternoon at the PA Rennaissance Faire where she was in full garb and totally in her element. We sprinkled M&Ms at the memorial garden her friends had planted there for her husband David. She totally answered my geek side, absent since my own husband's death. News of her passing shocks and saddens me, and I can only offer the deepest of condolences to her sons and her brother. "This journey is ended. Another begins. Time to rest now." (jms, sleeping in light) This leaves a real hole in the cosmos. Leah’s humor and force of life were astonishing, even as she grieved her husband.

I met her through a support site for young widow/ers in 2003. I went off on a widow’s diatribe about Marshmallow Peeps, and she most enthusiastically joined in devising bizzarre and awful things to do to the sweet and colorful things. She regularly provided updates on the whereabouts of the Peepmobile and apparently incorporated Peeps into one of her Faire outfits.

I joined Leah one afternoon at the PA Rennaissance Faire where she was in full garb and totally in her element. We sprinkled M&Ms at the memorial garden her friends had planted there for her husband David.

She totally answered my geek side, absent since my own husband’s death. News of her passing shocks and saddens me, and I can only offer the deepest of condolences to her sons and her brother.

“This journey is ended. Another begins. Time to rest now.” (jms, sleeping in light)

]]> by: one diverse comic book nation » THE SHORT STACK: Diversity On The ‘Net - January 18, 2007 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39974 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:53:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39974 [...] RIP Leah Adezio by Heidi MacDonald from THE BEAT, RIP Leah Adezio by Johanna Draper Carlson from Comics Worth Reading, R.I.P. by Cheryl Lynn from Digital Femme, Requiem by Tegan at Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog, and Let Me Tell You ‘Bout My Best Friend by Elayne Riggs - The comics world mourns the death of artist and longtime Friends of Lulu activist Leah Adezio who died on January 16. I never knew Ms. Adezio, but she sounds like an amazing person and it’s very touching that there were so many friends to share about her life (from THE BEAT, Comics Worth Reading, Digital Femme, Bloggity-Blog-Blog, Blog, Pen-Elayne On The Web) [...] […] RIP Leah Adezio by Heidi MacDonald from THE BEAT, RIP Leah Adezio by Johanna Draper Carlson from Comics Worth Reading, R.I.P. by Cheryl Lynn from Digital Femme, Requiem by Tegan at Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog, and Let Me Tell You ‘Bout My Best Friend by Elayne Riggs - The comics world mourns the death of artist and longtime Friends of Lulu activist Leah Adezio who died on January 16. I never knew Ms. Adezio, but she sounds like an amazing person and it’s very touching that there were so many friends to share about her life (from THE BEAT, Comics Worth Reading, Digital Femme, Bloggity-Blog-Blog, Blog, Pen-Elayne On The Web) […]

]]> by: Marc Wilkofsky http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39906 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:37:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39906 Leah was an amazing, kind, fun and friendly woman, as lovely as she was lively. I am glad to have known and worked with her, and will dearly miss her. Leah was an amazing, kind, fun and friendly woman, as lovely as she was lively. I am glad to have known and worked with her, and will dearly miss her.

]]> by: Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » Roundup http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39775 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:30:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39775 [...] Leah Adezio has passed on and Heidi MacDonald has links. [...] […] Leah Adezio has passed on and Heidi MacDonald has links. […]

]]> by: I just Wanted to take a moment… « In One Ear… http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39708 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:49:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39708 [...] Heidi MacDonald @ the Beat Peter David Elayne Riggs Colleen Doran [...] […] Heidi MacDonald @ the Beat Peter David Elayne Riggs Colleen Doran […]

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 18, 2007: Climb on board the Gospel Blimp http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39707 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:47:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39707 [...] Aspiring artist and longtime Friends of Lulu activist Leah Adezio died Tuesday of liver and kidney failure in a hospital in Pennsylvania. She was 46 years old. Heidi MacDonald has an obituary and round-up to remembrances from other fans and comics professionals. Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Spring Grove, PA; the details can be found here. [...] […] Aspiring artist and longtime Friends of Lulu activist Leah Adezio died Tuesday of liver and kidney failure in a hospital in Pennsylvania. She was 46 years old. Heidi MacDonald has an obituary and round-up to remembrances from other fans and comics professionals. Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Spring Grove, PA; the details can be found here. […]

]]> by: Comics Worth Reading » RIP Leah Adezio http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39683 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:13:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39683 [...] Update: Heidi shares her memories. [...] […] Update: Heidi shares her memories. […]

]]> by: Paul D. Storrie http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39593 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:05:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39593 Unless I'm misremembering, that picture of Leah pretending to strangle Tony was taken at the Mid-Ohio Con (and in the same room) where I first met Leah in person. We only ran into each other sporadically at conventions over the years, but it was always a pleasure to run into each other at a show. She was always so energetic and full of life that it's hard to believe that she's gone. Despite all that she'd been through, she was still a warm and open person, who always seemed to have a smile to spare. She'll be missed by everyone who knew her. PDS Unless I’m misremembering, that picture of Leah pretending to strangle Tony was taken at the Mid-Ohio Con (and in the same room) where I first met Leah in person. We only ran into each other sporadically at conventions over the years, but it was always a pleasure to run into each other at a show.

She was always so energetic and full of life that it’s hard to believe that she’s gone.

Despite all that she’d been through, she was still a warm and open person, who always seemed to have a smile to spare.

She’ll be missed by everyone who knew her.

PDS

]]> by: Nat Gertler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39506 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:30:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39506 Leah was a sweetie, brimming with enthusiasm and good intentions. It saddens me much to hear this. Thank you for spreading the news, Heidi. Leah was a sweetie, brimming with enthusiasm and good intentions. It saddens me much to hear this.
Thank you for spreading the news, Heidi.

]]> by: Cheryl Lynn http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39482 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:59:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39482 I'm just going to say what will probably be repeated many times because it's true...she was a pretty amazing lady. It's a shame she had to go so soon. I’m just going to say what will probably be repeated many times because it’s true…she was a pretty amazing lady. It’s a shame she had to go so soon.

]]> by: Charles Skaggs http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39480 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:47:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/17/rip-leah-adezio/#comment-39480 Heidi -- Thank you for your tribute to Leah. She had been friends with both my wife Lori and me since our days together in the APA TitanTalk and although we weren't keeping close contact in recent years, the news of her illness and passing affected us quite deeply. Charles Skaggs Heidi –

Thank you for your tribute to Leah. She had been friends with both my wife Lori and me since our days together in the APA TitanTalk and although we weren’t keeping close contact in recent years, the news of her illness and passing affected us quite deeply.

Charles Skaggs

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