Kelly Muldoon

>MULDOON, Kelly Rae, 12, of Tampa, passed away March 12, 2007. Kelly will be forever missed by her loving parents, Steve and Lynnette; her brother Michael; and her grandmother, Jackie Johnson. Kelly was predeceased by her grand- parents, Ray and Pauline of Fayetteville, N.Y., and John Johnson of Manlius, N.Y. Other survivors include her uncles, Richard (Kit) Muldoon of Gillette, N.J., Dr. Steven (Elizabeth) Johnson, Piscataway, N.J., William (Suzanne) Muldoon, Billings, Mont., and Jim (Kathy) Muldoon Syracuse, N.Y.; aunts, Barbara Van Fleet (Herman) Philadelphia, Pa., Wendy Kolmar, Madison, N.J. Cheryl Johnson (Bernard) Syracuse, N.Y., and Julianne Ralph (John) Syracuse, N.Y.; and cousins, Alison, Anna, Katie, Suzanne, Brian, Alex, Jamie, Christopher, Kevin, Conor, Megan and Emily. Her many aunts, uncles and cousins all love her dearly and will miss her very much. Kelly attended Lake Magdalene United Methodist Preschool, The Cambridge School and was most recently an honors student at Most Holy Redeemer School, where she excelled in reading and math. She was a pianist for eight years and participated in many recitals. She loved to participate in all sports including softball, basketball and swimming and starred at many others, but her favorite was soccer. She was a proud member of her Hillsborough County United team, "The Crispers," for many years. She recently became an honorary member of the University of North Carolina woman' s national championship soccer team as they befriended her after meeting Kelly in North Carolina this past season. The UNC girls were inspired by Kelly' s courageous spirit, and played in honor of her this season and won 27 games in a row after meeting her. Kelly recently attended the national championships, cheered her teammates on and participated in the championship celebration. Kelly was an Irish dancer with The Butler School for four years and traveled to numerous competitions. She was a talented artist following in the footsteps of her mother, grandmother and great-grand-father. She enjoyed reading, writing, mastering crossword puzzles, Pente, Sudoku, Boggle and playing memory games. Kelly enjoyed the beach and loved to travel. Kelly was a very special, caring, sweet, sincere, kind, loving, courageous, athletic, wonderful girl who fought the battle of her life and touched many people with her relentless spirit and positive attitude throughout her long battle with cancer. We want to give special thanks to all of the nurses and doctors at All Children' s Hospital, the caring staff and volunteers at hospice, and Kelly' s special friends, Sarah, Dana, Ronda, Marie, Carolyn, Shona, Lynda, Carol, Sue, Lani and Randy, her teammates and her dog, Buddy. She will be missed by so many people but her memory will be with us forever. There will be a gathering of friends 4-8 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at Blount Curry Funeral Home, Carrollwood Chapel, 3207 W. Bearss Ave., Tampa, and a celebration of her life will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation in Tampa in honor of Kelly. An online guest book can be viewed and signed at www.blountcurry.com