Grieving daughter of Leila June Barry Carrick & John Arthur Carrick
Determined to see that my mother's cremated remains are one day laid to rest alongside my father in the adjacent plot that she purchased for that purpose. She was a woman of considerable charm and unparalleled intelligence] before we had the internet and the instant ability to "Google" subjects for information that it gave us, there was my mother. She had the broadest, most highly detailed and accurate knowledge base of anyone I have ever known and even after I, and others, could access the internet via our smartphones, I turned to her as my primary information gathering resource.
She was incredibly social and enjoyed visiting with everyone she ever met. Genuinely warm and thoughtful in ways that are becoming less and less common making her natural compassion seem extraordinary to those whom she touched. For instance: The people who lived next door to my mother had a Rottweiler that never ceased to bark repeatedly every time he saw anyone regardless of how frequently encountered never seeming to recognize or become familiar with anyone outside his owner's family.
Well, needless to say, many people in the neighborhood did complain about this dog's incessant barking. Then, suddenly, there was no barking. No loud barking protestations accompanying the trip across the street to collect the mail. Silence.
My mother did something unthinkable to most that quite took these neighbors by surprise; she called next door to express concern for the dog's welfare and tell them she missed having the dog present and giving notice anytime he saw someone approach. Turns out the dog had undergone surgery and was recuperating inside for period but her heartfelt concern evidenced by her reaching out to the owners not only to inquire about their pet's well being but to pay the only compliment they ever received about the dog. They thought no one could stand their dog and would be disappointed when he had recuperated and was back outside.
She did small things like that on a regular basis- she went the extra mile too few of us bother to go for our friends these days.
She deserves to have her remains placed in accordance with her wishes and to have an appropriate marker memorializing her life that touched so many but no one outside of our family has been made aware until now that my siblings are so bitter that she didn't leave them as much as they feel they were entitled even though they have helped themselves to her car, furnishings, home and property instead of dividing the estate equally between us three children and even after they have sold items such as her beautiful baby grand piano- they split the the proceeds between themselves, harshly deride our mother and continue to pillage her estate for all they can simultaneously refusing to see that she is properly laid to rest and memorialized. If you knew my mother and see Margaret or Pat in Albany- ask them EVERYTIME you see them just when they will be placing my mother in her rightful resting place!! They have not paid rent and have been living in her home rent free since her death- surely out of gratitude for not having to pay rent like I have all this time (since 2008 and counting) is worth the lousy $700.00 maximum it costs to do this for her! And the proceeds from selling her property that have been improperly split 2 ways should have gone to her dear friend to repay her for paying mom;'s cremation and funeral expenses that we could not at the time but could have with the sale of that piano - or from the rent that should be being paid to the estate for use of the house, or the sale of her car that needed to be transferred legally as opposed to being misappropriated to someone who isnt even thankful but continues to badmouth the woman who gave him life and too much else he ought to remember and was never entitled to.

Grieving daughter of Leila June Barry Carrick & John Arthur Carrick
Determined to see that my mother's cremated remains are one day laid to rest alongside my father in the adjacent plot that she purchased for that purpose. She was a woman of considerable charm and unparalleled intelligence] before we had the internet and the instant ability to "Google" subjects for information that it gave us, there was my mother. She had the broadest, most highly detailed and accurate knowledge base of anyone I have ever known and even after I, and others, could access the internet via our smartphones, I turned to her as my primary information gathering resource.
She was incredibly social and enjoyed visiting with everyone she ever met. Genuinely warm and thoughtful in ways that are becoming less and less common making her natural compassion seem extraordinary to those whom she touched. For instance: The people who lived next door to my mother had a Rottweiler that never ceased to bark repeatedly every time he saw anyone regardless of how frequently encountered never seeming to recognize or become familiar with anyone outside his owner's family.
Well, needless to say, many people in the neighborhood did complain about this dog's incessant barking. Then, suddenly, there was no barking. No loud barking protestations accompanying the trip across the street to collect the mail. Silence.
My mother did something unthinkable to most that quite took these neighbors by surprise; she called next door to express concern for the dog's welfare and tell them she missed having the dog present and giving notice anytime he saw someone approach. Turns out the dog had undergone surgery and was recuperating inside for period but her heartfelt concern evidenced by her reaching out to the owners not only to inquire about their pet's well being but to pay the only compliment they ever received about the dog. They thought no one could stand their dog and would be disappointed when he had recuperated and was back outside.
She did small things like that on a regular basis- she went the extra mile too few of us bother to go for our friends these days.
She deserves to have her remains placed in accordance with her wishes and to have an appropriate marker memorializing her life that touched so many but no one outside of our family has been made aware until now that my siblings are so bitter that she didn't leave them as much as they feel they were entitled even though they have helped themselves to her car, furnishings, home and property instead of dividing the estate equally between us three children and even after they have sold items such as her beautiful baby grand piano- they split the the proceeds between themselves, harshly deride our mother and continue to pillage her estate for all they can simultaneously refusing to see that she is properly laid to rest and memorialized. If you knew my mother and see Margaret or Pat in Albany- ask them EVERYTIME you see them just when they will be placing my mother in her rightful resting place!! They have not paid rent and have been living in her home rent free since her death- surely out of gratitude for not having to pay rent like I have all this time (since 2008 and counting) is worth the lousy $700.00 maximum it costs to do this for her! And the proceeds from selling her property that have been improperly split 2 ways should have gone to her dear friend to repay her for paying mom;'s cremation and funeral expenses that we could not at the time but could have with the sale of that piano - or from the rent that should be being paid to the estate for use of the house, or the sale of her car that needed to be transferred legally as opposed to being misappropriated to someone who isnt even thankful but continues to badmouth the woman who gave him life and too much else he ought to remember and was never entitled to.