Aiden Joshua Garvey

GARVEY, Aidan Joshua Age 5, of Upton, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2009 at the Children's Hospital of Orange County in California after a one-month battle with Leukemia and complications from treatment. He was the beloved son of Joshua R. and Regina N. (Shearn) Garvey. Aidan was born on December 19, 2003 in Dunedin, Florida and would have entered Kindergarten this year. Aidan and his family are members of St. Luke the Evangelist Church in Westborough. In addition to his parents, Aidan is survived by his sister, Ava Garvey (2); his maternal grandparents, Daniel and Rebecca Shearn of Cincinnati, Ohio; his paternal grandmother, June Friedgen and her husband, Dale, of Worcester; his paternal grandfather, Michael P. Garvey of West Boylston; maternal great-grandparents, Rex and Margaret Ridge of Bucyrus, Ohio, and Robert and Madeline Shearn of Hampton Bays, NY; uncle, Brandon Shearn and his wife, Marie, of Cincinnati, Ohio; aunt Julie Sclafani and her husband, Kyle, of New Orleans; and aunt, Lindsay Garvey of Cambridge, MA; and his Godparents, Glen and Kristen Pascale, of Westborough, MA. Aidan was an extraordinary child. As the first grandchild in the family, he was appropriately adored. Aidan most loved his family, friends, superheroes, legos, music, dancing, art, swimming and chocolate. He was an incredible mentor to his little sister, and he inspired pure joy in everyone he touched. One could always count on Aidan to be humming the theme music to Star Wars or Indiana Jones, and to meet your eyes with his warm smile and big blue eyes with gold specks. Twice, Aidan was a proud ring-bearer at family weddings. He recently graduated from Pre-Kindergarten, where he was recognized as a gifted student who was already reading, writing and practicing math. Wise beyond his years, Aidan taught each of us lessons we will continue to realize for years to come. In his words, every day was "the BEST day of my life". Aidan's illness was sudden and unexpected. He was a strong, healthy boy right up to his hospital admission. The only solace to Aidan's family is that he never knew how sick he was, never suffered during treatment, and never doubted for a minute how much he was loved. Aidan's funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, July 25 at 10:00 A.M. in St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 70 West Main St., Westborough. Burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Upton. A memorial service for children will most likely take place the following week. Calling hours at the Rand-Harper-Pickering Westborough Funeral Home, 62 West Main St., WESTBOROUGH, are Friday, July 24 from 4 to 8 P.M. In lieu of flowers, a foundation will be created in Aidan's name by the family to honor Aidan's memory with information to follow. westboroughfuneralhome.com