Ryan Stuart McCormick, 34, peacefully slipped the surly bonds of this earth and went to be with God on Sept. 26, 2008. He was surrounded by his immediate family, just as he had wished.
Ryan was born Sept. 14, 1974, in Syracuse, N.Y. He graduated from Freedom High School, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was an Eagle Scout at 14, and served in the Civil Air Patrol. He worked as a first responder, then EMT, while in high school, serving with the Bethlehem Township, Pa., Volunteer Squad (assistant captain).
Ryan graduated from Springfield College in 1997 with a degree in emergency services management. He founded the Springfield College Emergency Response Team to provide services to the campus. It still exists today. Upon graduation, Ryan worked many paramedic jobs.
It was when he was a paramedic in Newark that he was a first responder on 9/11/01 to the World Trade Center and Ground Zero. We attribute his Hodgkin's cancer, which appeared in 2002, to his service at that time. Ryan served for over eight years, from 1998-2006, in the Army Reserve as a weapons of mass destruction/chemical warfare specialist.
After 9/11, Ryan served as assistant director of the Center for BioDefense at University Hospital in Newark, where he met his wife, Jessica. He moved to Verona, N.J., and then served as captain in the Verona Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Ryan and Jessica were married on May 21, 2005, at the First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was then hired at St. Barnabas Healthcare System and became the director of emergency management. He continued to pursue his master's degree at Kean University and then at Penn State University.
During his illness, Ryan and his wife founded the nonprofits NJ Heroes and TurtlePods (giving iPods to cancer patients).
Ryan is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Jessica Marie; by his parents, David Gary and Nancy McCormick, Surfside Beach, S.C; his sister, Jessica Lynne, of Bethlehem, Pa.; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Stuart; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Pat Layman, Salem, N.J.; many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. All will miss him dearly.
The viewing will be held at the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield Ave., Verona, N.J. ,on Monday, Sept. 29, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the First Presbyterian Church, Verona, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, it is Ryan's request that money be donated to NJ Heroes, 40 Wedgewood Drive, #115, Verona, N.J. 07044, or to the Verona Rescue Squad, 12 Church St., Verona, N.J. 07044.
Published in The Star-Ledger on Sep. 28, 2008.
Ryan was born Sept. 14, 1974, in Syracuse, N.Y. He graduated from Freedom High School, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was an Eagle Scout at 14, and served in the Civil Air Patrol. He worked as a first responder, then EMT, while in high school, serving with the Bethlehem Township, Pa., Volunteer Squad (assistant captain).
Ryan graduated from Springfield College in 1997 with a degree in emergency services management. He founded the Springfield College Emergency Response Team to provide services to the campus. It still exists today. Upon graduation, Ryan worked many paramedic jobs.
It was when he was a paramedic in Newark that he was a first responder on 9/11/01 to the World Trade Center and Ground Zero. We attribute his Hodgkin's cancer, which appeared in 2002, to his service at that time. Ryan served for over eight years, from 1998-2006, in the Army Reserve as a weapons of mass destruction/chemical warfare specialist.
After 9/11, Ryan served as assistant director of the Center for BioDefense at University Hospital in Newark, where he met his wife, Jessica. He moved to Verona, N.J., and then served as captain in the Verona Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Ryan and Jessica were married on May 21, 2005, at the First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was then hired at St. Barnabas Healthcare System and became the director of emergency management. He continued to pursue his master's degree at Kean University and then at Penn State University.
During his illness, Ryan and his wife founded the nonprofits NJ Heroes and TurtlePods (giving iPods to cancer patients).
Ryan is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Jessica Marie; by his parents, David Gary and Nancy McCormick, Surfside Beach, S.C; his sister, Jessica Lynne, of Bethlehem, Pa.; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Stuart; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Pat Layman, Salem, N.J.; many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. All will miss him dearly.
The viewing will be held at the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield Ave., Verona, N.J. ,on Monday, Sept. 29, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the First Presbyterian Church, Verona, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, it is Ryan's request that money be donated to NJ Heroes, 40 Wedgewood Drive, #115, Verona, N.J. 07044, or to the Verona Rescue Squad, 12 Church St., Verona, N.J. 07044.
Published in The Star-Ledger on Sep. 28, 2008.
Ryan Stuart McCormick, 34, peacefully slipped the surly bonds of this earth and went to be with God on Sept. 26, 2008. He was surrounded by his immediate family, just as he had wished.
Ryan was born Sept. 14, 1974, in Syracuse, N.Y. He graduated from Freedom High School, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was an Eagle Scout at 14, and served in the Civil Air Patrol. He worked as a first responder, then EMT, while in high school, serving with the Bethlehem Township, Pa., Volunteer Squad (assistant captain).
Ryan graduated from Springfield College in 1997 with a degree in emergency services management. He founded the Springfield College Emergency Response Team to provide services to the campus. It still exists today. Upon graduation, Ryan worked many paramedic jobs.
It was when he was a paramedic in Newark that he was a first responder on 9/11/01 to the World Trade Center and Ground Zero. We attribute his Hodgkin's cancer, which appeared in 2002, to his service at that time. Ryan served for over eight years, from 1998-2006, in the Army Reserve as a weapons of mass destruction/chemical warfare specialist.
After 9/11, Ryan served as assistant director of the Center for BioDefense at University Hospital in Newark, where he met his wife, Jessica. He moved to Verona, N.J., and then served as captain in the Verona Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Ryan and Jessica were married on May 21, 2005, at the First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was then hired at St. Barnabas Healthcare System and became the director of emergency management. He continued to pursue his master's degree at Kean University and then at Penn State University.
During his illness, Ryan and his wife founded the nonprofits NJ Heroes and TurtlePods (giving iPods to cancer patients).
Ryan is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Jessica Marie; by his parents, David Gary and Nancy McCormick, Surfside Beach, S.C; his sister, Jessica Lynne, of Bethlehem, Pa.; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Stuart; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Pat Layman, Salem, N.J.; many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. All will miss him dearly.
The viewing will be held at the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield Ave., Verona, N.J. ,on Monday, Sept. 29, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the First Presbyterian Church, Verona, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, it is Ryan's request that money be donated to NJ Heroes, 40 Wedgewood Drive, #115, Verona, N.J. 07044, or to the Verona Rescue Squad, 12 Church St., Verona, N.J. 07044.
Published in The Star-Ledger on Sep. 28, 2008.
Ryan was born Sept. 14, 1974, in Syracuse, N.Y. He graduated from Freedom High School, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was an Eagle Scout at 14, and served in the Civil Air Patrol. He worked as a first responder, then EMT, while in high school, serving with the Bethlehem Township, Pa., Volunteer Squad (assistant captain).
Ryan graduated from Springfield College in 1997 with a degree in emergency services management. He founded the Springfield College Emergency Response Team to provide services to the campus. It still exists today. Upon graduation, Ryan worked many paramedic jobs.
It was when he was a paramedic in Newark that he was a first responder on 9/11/01 to the World Trade Center and Ground Zero. We attribute his Hodgkin's cancer, which appeared in 2002, to his service at that time. Ryan served for over eight years, from 1998-2006, in the Army Reserve as a weapons of mass destruction/chemical warfare specialist.
After 9/11, Ryan served as assistant director of the Center for BioDefense at University Hospital in Newark, where he met his wife, Jessica. He moved to Verona, N.J., and then served as captain in the Verona Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Ryan and Jessica were married on May 21, 2005, at the First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was then hired at St. Barnabas Healthcare System and became the director of emergency management. He continued to pursue his master's degree at Kean University and then at Penn State University.
During his illness, Ryan and his wife founded the nonprofits NJ Heroes and TurtlePods (giving iPods to cancer patients).
Ryan is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Jessica Marie; by his parents, David Gary and Nancy McCormick, Surfside Beach, S.C; his sister, Jessica Lynne, of Bethlehem, Pa.; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Stuart; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Pat Layman, Salem, N.J.; many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. All will miss him dearly.
The viewing will be held at the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield Ave., Verona, N.J. ,on Monday, Sept. 29, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the First Presbyterian Church, Verona, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, it is Ryan's request that money be donated to NJ Heroes, 40 Wedgewood Drive, #115, Verona, N.J. 07044, or to the Verona Rescue Squad, 12 Church St., Verona, N.J. 07044.
Published in The Star-Ledger on Sep. 28, 2008.
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