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Tiffany Sedaris Obituary
June 13, 1963-May 24, 2013
Somerville, Massachusetts
Tiffany Joyce Sedaris, 49, passed away peacefully on May 24, 2013, at her home in Somerville, Massachusetts. Tiffany was always full of life and deeply immersed in the arts, including yoga, jazz, gourmet cooking, and mixed-media sculpture. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, she was head pastry chef at the renowned Harvest Restaurant at Harvard Square and the Quebrada Bakery in Arlington, Massachusetts. Tiffany was a talented and accomplished artist, best known for her stained-glass mosaic sculpture, which she exhibited at Somerville's Blue Cloud Gallery and at the annual Somerville Open Studios.
Tiffany was born in Endicott, New York on June 13, 1963, to Louis H. and Sharon L. Sedaris. She was the fifth of six Sedaris children who grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tiffany attended Carroll Junior High and Broughton High School in Raleigh before moving to the Boston area to pursue her culinary career.
Tiffany is survived by her father, Louis H. Sedaris of Raleigh, NC; sister Lisa S. Evans and husband Robert Evans of Winston-Salem, NC; brother David R. Sedaris and partner Hugh Hamrick of London, England; sister Gretchen E. Sedaris of Louisburg, NC and partner Marshall Wyatt of Raleigh, NC; sister Amy L. Sedaris of New York, NY; and brother Paul A. Sedaris and wife Kathy Sedaris and their daughter Madelyn of Raleigh, NC. Tiffany's mother, Sharon L. Sedaris, passed away in 1991.
Tiffany will be remembered for her artistic nature, a keen sense of humor, and her willingness to help others. She was loved by her family and her many friends and she will be missed.
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Jan Collins
May 28, 2025
It was 2 days ago I was going down the bike path and Tiffy popped into my head. Tan on her 10 speed. We knew each other for many years. I miss her, and wish she'd had a better shot at life. Yesterday I got to thinking about going to the Buddhist memorial for her. I miss you Tiff.
Markster
May 3, 2023
It's been a long time since Tif has popped into my mind, but today she did. Maybe because it's coming up on ~10 years (and I'm sure that's it). I was thinking about this time of year and how pleasant it was to walk around Magoun Square so many years ago. I hope you're raising heck up there!
Jan Collins
May 31, 2021
Thinking of you Tiffy......love Jan
Cheryl Overton Pavlovic
June 5, 2020
I always missed Tiffany after she left Raleigh! I thought of her often and wish we had reconnected over the years! She was just that kind of person throughout your entire life you wouldn't forget! She loved me in a flannel shirt and jeans hanging out on N. Hills Drive just chilling, Lol! Miss you girl!! Peace!
Debi Longo
May 28, 2020
Tiffany, I loved your laugh. We occasionally had tears together but our conversations always ended with a laugh. I miss you today as much as I did when we lost you. I know you are making the angels laugh. Love you always ~ Debi Longo
Rae Eddy
March 24, 2019
Much love to the Sedaris Family.
Charles Ronca
July 3, 2018
I was saddened to read that your dear sister passed away. I feel like I "know" all of you through David's writing. God bless Tiffany and all of the Sedaris family
May 26, 2018
You'd be surprised how often I think about you.....not just me, all of us, Rob, Simon Mike.....Elizabeth came by last week, that you worked with at the bakery, her too.....wish you were here
Love Jan
Joanne K
August 16, 2016
Thinking of you Tiff.
Anne Miscoski
August 15, 2016
Thank you Glass Girl, I think of Tiffany often and miss her. Memories of younger years help.
Anne M.
Fred Ray
August 8, 2016
You are missed and Loved!
Jan Collins
August 7, 2016
Tif, Tif, Tif, you'd probably be surprised how often I think of you. Somerville keeps getting foofier and foofier. You wouldn't believe Davis, just since you're been gone. I miss you....I run into Rob now and then. Well, towns not the same without you. Love Jan
August 6, 2016
Thank you, Glass Girl
Fran
August 5, 2016
Missing you Tiff. Yesterday I did something nice in your honor.
Christian I
August 2, 2016
I just wanted to reopen this for a couple of days to honor Tiffany. Although I was never fortunate enough to meet her - I'm only 24 and in and out of Raleigh for school - but so many mutual friends have told me what an incredibly kind, intuitive, and wonderfully weird soul she was. I hope the entire Sedaris family is doing well, and I want to say thank you to Amy for countless much-needed laughs (via Letterman interviews or Strangers w/ Candy) after a bad day.
April 2, 2014
I hope her mural came out! Ps I'm going to go down to the statue on the bike path and plant her some flowers. Elvira and Zeke gave me some seeds from their garden. Maybe Lena can come too, Place a little piece of found glass there.
April 2, 2014
Awesome! Tiff loved the sun. And the music. I have a piece she did for me and Lena. This one is me chasing lena through the garden. The familar 'lady in the garden' Her ode to Maria, Elvira, Aurora and Mrs Yip, all our 80 something year old neighbors who had lived for decades in Somerville without ever learning English. All year they were out working in their yards, Snow shoveling in winter and gardening from March through October. All of us women in our 30's and 40's, Tiff, Jen (Capuano), Julie, my friend Anya, we all loved watching these women so strong and industrious, despite their age and injuries, as they worked, bent over, in their gardens. We all felt honored to be women who would one day be that. Dont feel too sorry for Tiff. Because she loved her life. The baskets of fresh veggies left outside her door (just all the ladies watching out for her). Picking through her trash finds for just the right head, or hunk of glass. the hot sun browning her skin. Al Green, loud. She loved life. She was so alive. I' a techno idiot but I'm going to try to attach a photo here, of the mural.
Jan Collins
March 29, 2014
I have a bag that belonged to Tiffany, a mutual friend of ours gave it to me. When I use it, I feel like I'm taking Tiffy somewhere. We just went to Florida on a road trip, went to some flea markets, heard some good music, got out in the sun after this cold cold winter.....I hope she had a good time.
Michael Radford
March 22, 2014
Prayers out to all of the family,Tiffany was vibrant,funny,and wild.Growing up on North Hills Dr. was great,and the family was even better to me in so many ways.Tiffany will be missed.
Allison Thompson
February 19, 2014
Tiffany was one of my best friends on North Hills Drive when I was a kid. I have a memory of she and I in a big sycamore tree that had big open welcoming limbs. We used to climb that tree and bounce up and down on the limbs until,I think,someone told us to stop.
It was the kind of neighborhood with many kids and we had a good time playing all over the place. I feel lucky to have been friends and had such fun with Tiffany back then. So sad at the news of her death.
My sympathies and prayer to the Sedaris family and to my friend Tiffany.
annie dacotah
February 12, 2014
i hope your spirit rests like dew on a leaf.with all the colors you loved reflecting tiny rainbows
Joanne Kenney
February 12, 2014
Would love to see photos of tiffany in Raleigh...please post. I really miss her. She'd love to see such appreciative notes.
Joanne Kenney
February 12, 2014
Hi Amy. I miss Tiffany. So I go to youtube and watch you...which is so like seeing her. ...I dont even know if YOU know that. I loved her. And I know how much she loved all of you. I hope you kept her broom and mop handles.
Barbara Andrew
February 1, 2014
I don't know your family personally; I happened to tune into This American Life today and listened with a sense of compassion and sincere sorrow to David's story about the loss of your sister and daughter. My heart and prayers go out to all of you as you walk through the grief of Tiffany's passing. I've struggled with the same question of how to account for my own two siblings that have passed on way too early in their lives, that's always a sensitive and tough issue, but for me it always comes down to not wanting to exclude them. I was deeply affected by David's writing and sharing of his story in his own voice, and so grateful he was willing to share something so deeply personal. I'm sure there will be many who will be joining me in holding you all in prayer. May God bless.
January 22, 2014
hi. this is diane Schultz mcclain. I forgot to add my maiden name when I wrote here june 3, 2013. amy, thank you for keeping the book open. I see many of tiffany's friends did not find out for a while of her death. I hope you are all working through your grief and refinding peace of heart as best you can. diane
Patrick Mullaney
January 21, 2014
Met Tiffany a few years ago at Ace Wheelworks and talked and later talked some more, this was a good lovely person. I've seen some deaths, this one like a few others derails you and makes you wish it could be different. I continue to think and speak well of her.
Tricia
January 17, 2014
Tiffany was my roommate in the late 80's while we both attended a culinary school in Cambridge, MA. We kept in touch for many years but lost that connection as time passed on. She was a good friend and someone that I will never forget. She loved to laugh and had a very kind heart. My condolences to her family and friends. Tiffany was full of life and a friend that I will never forget.
Jan Collins
November 22, 2013
You can't even know how upsetting it is to know that I won't bump into Tiffany again...for over 20 years, whether it was in our bank, or the goodwill...whether we talked about art or child care, or Buddhism, you were never bored. I keep thinking about a day I spent with her at her little house, in her little room, looking at her stuff, listening to music, turning our faces to the spring sun in rickety lawn chairs out back...I'm grateful I have that memory, because it's so painful to think of her being gone. When I'm in Davis, I see her out of the corner of my eye, and it throws me, but at the same time, I'm glad she lets me see her....
Kathleen
November 7, 2013
I didn't know Tiffany, I have only read about her in the writings of her brother David. I am one of six siblings myself and always could relate to David's stories of growing up amidst so many others in the 1960s and 1970s. We lost one of our brothers this year too, he would have been 48. Now we are five as well. My deepest sympathies for your loss.
Debi Longo
November 1, 2013
Dear Amy and Sedaris family, Tiff and I were what I guess you would call "phone pals". We never met but we had many long talks and became good friends. I originally contacted her about buying the art piece she called The Glass Girl. I remember telling her that I felt The Glass Girl was captivating yet grotesque, beautiful and yet broken. Every time we spoke she would ask me again to describe what I saw in her and why.
After a while it was apparent that she could not bring herself to let her go. I'm telling you this because The Glass Girl obviously meant something to Tiffany, something very, very personal. If you have this piece, please keep her safe. She told me many times how beautiful it was when the sunlight came through the window and shined on the Glass Girl. I hope with all my heart she saw the sunlight one last time. I'm brokenhearted that she is gone. I will never forget Tiffany and I will always, always miss her.
Richard G
October 26, 2013
I just learned of Tiffany's passing. She used to babysit us growing up, and my parents always spoke very fondly of her. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Sedaris Family.
Lynne Korman
October 23, 2013
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Lynne Korman, San francisco
Isabel Suzarte
October 23, 2013
I had the honor of meeting you last year at the Somerville open studios. We had a long talk and I was lucky to hear you generously talk to me about your art and about your process. I totally identified with you as an artist. You knew how to look for new form beyond the physical and bring it into the physical. I know I was in the presence of genius. I am grateful to have had your attention that day. I hope you are now in the company of angels.
October 22, 2013
I knew you because your brother David wrote about you, and I will miss reading about what you are doing. Sympathy to your family, and may you rest in peace. Fran G., Boston
Antney Oslund
October 22, 2013
I learned of this only today and I am immensely saddened for each of you left behind. I certainly did not know Tiffany but what I do know is that the loss of a sibling is among the very most difficult things we can endure. Having suffered a similar loss still does not make me eligible to say "I know how you feel". It is my most sincere wish that each of you find the happy and endearing aspects Tiffany had to offer and that you hold those close to you as you attempt to heal. I look at that photo and I see such a beautiful woman.
Iuliana Graham
October 22, 2013
Rest in peace
Susan Napier
October 21, 2013
loving condolences to the Sedaris family.
Jeffrey Gates
October 15, 2013
I dated Tiffany for a short time in the late 80s. Her roommate was a waitress at Davio's on Newbury Street, a restaurant I managed and had introduced us.
She loved to cook and make people laugh, in that order.
I am thankful she had so many that cared for her and very sad to hear she is gone.
Brian Carter
September 11, 2013
You will be missed Tiffany. You were a very special lady, I wish we hadn't lost touch, I wish I could turn back the hands of time just to see your beautiful smile again. Rest in peace, you are in a better place I am sure!!!
Jeff
August 20, 2013
May the Glory of God Shine on you forever!
Jeff Kantner
August 20, 2013
I do not know what to say here. I just found this out. I had just visited Lou a little before this. Everyone I am truly sorry for your loss. Tiffany rest in peace.
Fred Ray
June 28, 2013
You were Loved and Loved with your all!!PEACE
June 21, 2013
I remember Tiffany very well. We were "classmates" in Me. You were close friends with Robert. I spoke to you after his death several times. I know you were very upset. I just got the news today.
My love to your family,and may God bless you and them
Give Robert a hug.. Tell him how much I miss him,and now you
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Betty/Pam Simon
June 11, 2013
So very sorry for your loss Mom and our family sending our thought to you all
Mary Funderburg Moore
June 8, 2013
Those who live on in the hearts of those they leave behind will never die. Tiffany was a joy to know, especially as Amy's kid sister at Carroll. Tiffany leaves behind many great memories and works of art to keep her alive forever in our hearts.
Robert
June 7, 2013
Rest easy beautiful, You're free. Love Always
Patti Drake
June 6, 2013
I am so, so sorry for Tiffany's passing. I am just so shocked. Tiffany was my best friend back at our EC Brooks and Carroll Jr. High days. Her birthday was the day before mine, and to this day I have always thought of her on June 13. I have such great memories of Tiffany. She kept me in stitches. Never a dull moment!
My deepest, sincerest condolences to the family.
Jane Ward
June 6, 2013
Saturday mornings at Quebrada were so much fun because of Tiffany's energy and sense of humor. I am really quite stunned that she is physically gone. But she leaves behind a gorgeous body of glass art that (I always thought) reflected all that she saw in the world. What beauty she created. Farewell, Tiff.
June 6, 2013
I still can't believe it. Although i have not seen her since 8th grade, the loss still leaves a hole in my heart.
Chip Cutting
June 5, 2013
I worked with Tiffany for many years at the Harvest Restaurant. She was a fantastic baker! She also loved to refurbish old furniture and paint Easter Eggs, too! I have fond memories of her. My heart and prayers to her family in this sad time.
Lisa Kazmierczak LeBlanc
June 4, 2013
Growing up on North Hills Drive, it was so exciting to be part of anything Sedaris...esp Tiffany. All her life, she colored outside the lines. Every girl on our street was at one time or another a member of one of Tiffany's many clubs. Oh the fun we had.
Cherishing the memories and holding the Sedaris family close in prayer. God bless and comfort you all.
June 4, 2013
I have wonderful memories of the crazy and fun times Tiffany and I shared during our days together at Carroll and beyond. Her innate caring for others, wicked sense of humor, and appreciation of all things unique will be missed. Enjoy the laughter until I see you again. .....and btw...I still put Vasoline on my eyelids from time to time!!!! Late night junior high beauty tips!!!!
Tish Halle
June 4, 2013
Amy and Sedaris family,
I was saddened to learn of Tiffany's passing. My thoughts are with you all.
christine lucas
June 4, 2013
I am so sorry for your family's loss.
June 4, 2013
Please accept my deepest sympathies for your loss. Tiffany went to school with my younger sister Roberta. David and Gtetchen are longtime friends of mine. God's Peace to your families.
Caren Akin
Angie Bostrom
June 4, 2013
Tiffany and I were close friends in junior high...I have great memories of hanging out in the kitchen with her and Sharon after school, dancing in the basement to George Benson's Breezin' and so many more. I am stunned and saddened by this news and will be praying for the Sedaris family.
Bill Robie
June 4, 2013
To the Sedaris Family:
How very sad it is to lose one of the kids from the old North Hills neighborhood. We are profoundly sorry for your loss.
Ellie Cresswell-Costin
June 4, 2013
I am so sorry to learn this sad news. I often think about the fun times Tiffany and I had together growing up in Raleigh. Please know you are in my prayers.
June 3, 2013
I am so very sorry to hear about the passing of Tiffany. We played together on North Hills Drive as children. She was mysterious and beautiful. That's how i will always remember her.
-Lisa Robie Poole
Alicia Wautlet (Hayes)
June 3, 2013
I pray for your soul, Tiffany. You are in God's loving hands!
Cheryl Overton Pavlovic
June 3, 2013
I will always remember you Tiffany and cherish the memories of our youth together. Rest in eternal peace my friend and see you again one day. Love you.
June 3, 2013
I will never forget you Tiffany and cherish the memories of our youth. May you rest in eternal peace and see you again one day my friend. Love you,
Cheryl Overton Pavlovic
diane mcclain
June 3, 2013
dear david, lisa, gretchen, i mourn for your loss, the heartache that each of you have. i never knew tiffany..she was just a little girl when i knew you three.....but to lose a sibling is troubling and tragic. you are all in my heart.........miss you david and lisa. diane mcclain 919-618-2295...still in raleigh. my sincere condolences to the rest of the family. love diane.
Kiley Jones
June 3, 2013
Sorry to here this heartbreaking news about Tiffany . Kiley Jones
Anne Sullivan Miscoski
June 3, 2013
To The Sedaris Family,
My deepest sympathy for the Loss of Tiffany, a dear friend from my early years at Carroll. She will be missed immensely.
Bill Harris
June 3, 2013
To the Sedaris family..I was shocked and saddened to learn of Tiffany's passing...A beautiful soul taken way too soon....And though I haven't seen her in years, I will never forget her...My thoughts and prayers are with you in this difficult time...
June 3, 2013
Our collective hearts at Quebrada Baking Co. are broken by the loss of our dear, wonderful Tiffany. She filled a room with magic and love just by her presence. She had an enormous heart, and her talent was straight from heaven. We love you Baby Doll.
Claire Rabin
Ann Cresswell Tisserand
June 3, 2013
So many wonderful teen memories of Tiffany. I know the last thing she needed was any more siblings, but to the Cresswell girls (and there was a bunch of us, too) she was like another sister. Rest in peace, lovely one. So glad we have your beautiful art to remember you by.
Robert O'Neal
June 3, 2013
My thoughts and condolences to the family during this tragic loss of such a young talent and great person.
Pat Steigerwald-Brennan
June 3, 2013
To the Sedaris Family
My thoughts are with you. I am sure she will be sorely missed.
Sandy Small
June 3, 2013
our thoughts are with her family and friends!
Sean Pumphrey
June 3, 2013
To the Sedaris Family,
The Pumphrey family sends our deepest sympathy and condolences. Our thoughts and prayers to the Sedaris family.
June 3, 2013
Cathy, Paul and Madelyn, My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Sheila Churn
Lonnie Mcneill
June 3, 2013
Amy, so sorry to hear this. Will you be in Raleigh for David's signing?
Mitzi Brantley
June 3, 2013
Lisa, I'm so sorry. You and your family will be in my thoughts.
Dana Lyn Hoover
June 3, 2013
Amy...my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time of loss.
Darcey Moore
June 3, 2013
Lisa and Family, I am so sorry for your loss. Love to you Lisa.
Love and thoughts, Darcey.
Darcey Moore
June 3, 2013
Sedaris family, so so sorry. Love to you Lisa. Darcey Moore
Eloise Fleming
June 3, 2013
I only know of Tiffany Sedaris from her brother's descriptions of her in his books, but she sure sounded fun and unique. I'm sorry for her death which came too soon in her life. I'm sure she will be missed.
Chet Barrett
June 3, 2013
So sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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