Mid May brought Autodesk's TechX conference in New Orleans. Jon then went to Ohio to see his sister Amy along with sisters Jane and Sara. Amy died on May 27. We were glad we got to see her before she died.
Autodesk TechX Conference
Jon went to TechX, Autodesk's annual technical conference in New Orleans, where he and team were responsible for all of the keynote speeches. TechX was attended by 1000 sofware developers, product managers, and user experience designers.
Photos courtesy of Hilmar Koch
Visiting Amy in Ohio
After New Orleans, Jon took a trip to Ohio where he visited his sister, Amy, at Hospice of Dayton. Amy has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer and is not expected to live long. He was joined by sisters Jane and Sara. Our childhood friends Rich and Will joined us as well as a number of family members for a reunion. The hospice nurses also held a pinning ceremony for Amy to honor her career as a nurse.
Amy
On May 27, Jon's sister, Amy, died peacefully at the Hospice of Dayton. Her husband, Jack, and son, Adam, were with her. Her daughter, Alisa, saw her earlier in the day. She had just turned 59 years old. Here is her obituary.
Amy Pittman Kerr, age 59, passed away on May 27th, 2019 at Hospice of Dayton with her son and husband holding her hands.
Amy was preceded in death by her mother Emile Pittman, father, Dr. H.D. Pittman, mother-in-law Doris D. Kerr and father-in-law Jack P. Kerr.
She leaves behind a loving family that includes her husband of 35 years Jack D. Kerr, son Adam Kerr, daughter Alisa Edmondson (Tyler), daughter Josie MacMaster (Jay) and her beloved granddaughters Kinley and Mara MacMaster and Eve Doris Edmondson. Amy also leaves behind her brother Jon Pittman (Care), Jane Sussman (Scott), and Sara Kosel (Rusty) plus numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Amy was an animal lover and she leaves behind her beloved poodle Penny and a number of close personal friends including: Martha Bastian, Denise Becker, Eric Becker, Will Bevis, Rich Bevis, Karen Hatcher, Dawn Hochwalt, Jeffra Kinniard, Kathy Klass, Gractia Manning and Sharon Salter.
Amy graduated from Centerville High School in 1978 and attended The Ohio State University and graduated with her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in 1982. She worked for many years in the Berry Building at Miami Valley Hospital taking care of the newborns in the Transitional Nursery. Amy was a dedicated nurse and loved her babies and co-workers.
She will be remembered first and foremost as a great mother, grandmother, wife, sister, best friend and baby whisperer! She loved her family and always put their needs first. She will also be remembered by the friends of her children. Amy opened her home to them so they would have a safe place to hang out and the house was always full of kids. The rule was do not knock on the front door, just come in and take your shoes off and go downstairs. She loved to see that pile of shoes by the front door and hear all the kids in the basement having fun!
We will miss you but we promise to keep the love of family that you instilled in us alive as a testament to your special life.
The family would like to thank Hospice of Dayton for their outstanding care of Amy. We would also like to thank Amy’s co-workers at Miami Valley Hospital for the love, care and support they have shown Amy and her family during her illness. You were amazing!
The pictures in the first two rows are from "sister week" in Coronal Del Mar in 2017. The first picture in the second row is from niece, Megan's, wedding in 2016. Following are some pictures of the younger Amy to remember her by.
Colonel Tim Farewell
At the end of May, Jon's team's DOD Fellow, Colonel Tim Spaulding, finished his assignment with Jon's team and will now go on to his next command at Edwards Air Force Base. We held a going away dinner for Tim. In the past year, he has become and integral member of the team and we will miss him.
