ANDREA-JAY-Obituary

ANDREA JAY

Staten Island, New York

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Andrea Jay, 69 Teacher and writer Andrea Jay, 69, of Castleton Corners, Staten Island, N.Y., passed away on March 16, 2017, after a short battle with lymphoma and a long battle with leukemia. "I wish I'd get a disease with an easier spelling," she lamented. In the early 1980s, Miss Jay wrote for...

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Missing Andrea as always. Just found a box of letters and postcards she wrote me over the years. So funny and witty and outrageous. She was one of a kind.

Missing Andrea-her wit, her art, her view on life! You are missed my friend.

It has been 3 years since we lost Andrea. There was no one like her in the world. Miss you and your incredible mind and wit.

Handmade postcard Andrea sent me 2011

I am missing Andrea so much. She wss so unique and funny and always made me laugh.

I keep a few of Andrea's unique cards that she designed so well in my Phone/Address book so that each time I have to look up a number of someone to call, one of her cards slips out, always drawing a special smile for a wonderful, talented, exquisite human being. Smiles....Francine Raggi-Collins CSI

I'm so thankful she and I crossed paths through the mail. I'm very sorry to hear she is gone, I will miss her.

I'm so very sad to hear of Andrea's passing. We were both substitute teachers back in the 1980's, mostly at Curtis High School. There were some similarities in our appearances, so the students often confused one of us for the other. I was frequently called "Miss Jay", but since my last name is Johnson, I just thought they were calling me "Miss J.", not realizing they actually thought I was Andrea.
We became good friends in those days, and anytime I discovered Andrea was teaching at the...