J. Paul Sheedy

J. Paul Sheedy J. Paul Sheedy, 93, died Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Westminster Oaks. The service will 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Tallahassee with private burial at a later date. Visitation will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 23 at Good Shepherd. The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308 or Good Shepherd Building Fund, 4665 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL 32309. Bevis Funeral Home (850-385-2193) is handling arrangements. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Sheedy moved to Tallahassee in 1978 from Buffalo, New York. He was an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1942 to 1945. After leaving the FBI he was an account executive with BBD&O Advertising, and later the Wildroot Company, Westwood Pharmaceuticals, and Bristol-Myers/Squabb. He was also a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church. Survivors include his son, Dr. J. Brian Sheedy (wife Wende) of Tallahassee; two daughters, Barbara S. Anderson (husband Robert) of Clarence, N.Y. and Paula M. Wolfe (husband Timothy) of Tallahassee; a brother, Dr. K. Joseph Sheedy of Amherst, N.Y.; a sister, Imelda Clauss of Clearwater; six grandchildren, Robert S. Anderson of Tallahassee, William Paul Anderson of Akron, N.Y., Michael B. Sheedy of Tallahassee, Kelly M. Lawrence of Galt, California, Kiera S. Camron of Tallahassee and Sarah A. Elliott of Sacramento, California; and 12 great-grandchildren. Mr. Sheedy was preceded in death in 2004 by his wife, Marie.