Raye Simonian Obituary

Simonian, Raye LANSINGBURGH Raye O'Leary Simonian, 69, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died at home, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Born and raised in Cohoes, daughter of the late Raymond and Joyce Ellett O'Leary, she has resided in Lansingburgh for the last 30 years. Raye had been a waitress at the Saratoga Race Track in the 1980s and 90s, and had worked at the CVS in Lansingburgh for several years, retiring 10 years ago. She is the beloved wife of Richard P. Simonian; devoted mother of Richard (Nicole) Simonian of Glenville, Randy (Leah) Simonian of Albany and Robyn (Kyle) Sharp of Watervliet; cherished grandmother of Mackenzie, Logan, Victoria and Kelsey Simonian and Dannika and Kennedy Sharp; loving great-grandmother of Eastyn Simonian; dear sister of the late Jill O'Leary Houle. Calling hours will be held at the McNulty Funeral Home, 147 Hudson Ave., Green Island on Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. with funeral services to be held at 7 p.m. immediately following calling hours. The family would like to thank Dr. Stephen Wrzesinski and his staff at St. Peter's Cancer Treatment Center and the staff at Community Hospice of Rensselaer County for the compassionate and professional care given to Raye. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in Raye's memory to Community Hospice of Rensselaer County, 295 Valley View Blvd., Rensselaer, NY 12144. Please visit mcnultyfuneral homegreenisland.com for more information or to sign the guest book.

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Published by Albany Times Union on May 23, 2016.

Memories and Condolences
for Raye Simonian

10 Entries

Colleen Breen

May 27, 2016

Robyn and family,
Our deepest condolences to all of you on the loss of your mom. May God bless all of you.

The staff of Troy Vision Center

May 25, 2016

Dear Richard and family,

Many fond and fun memories of growing up together with Raye in Cohoes area.
My sincere condolences.

Alyne Butler
Kelowna, BC

May 25, 2016

Randy,
Our deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family during this difficult time. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
The Gardenier Family

May 25, 2016

We are so sorry for your loss, our thoughts and prayer are with your entire family.
Love, The Pesta Family

Rosemary

May 24, 2016

May happy memories carry you through this sorrowful time. Wishing you and your family strength and peace. My thoughts and prayers are with the family at this difficult time.

May 23, 2016

Randy, My deepest sympathies to you and your entire family. May your Mom rest in peace. May God bless her and comfort you and yours.
Love, Lynne Wright

Victoria

May 23, 2016

Grandma, there are so many things I could say about you, and none of them would do you any justice your the most incredible human being ever. I will never fully be able to put into words how much you mean too me, but I could go on for the rest of my life trying. From day one you have always been by my side, pushing me to do things no one else would. Never judging me and always understanding things from my point of view. You always knew how to make me laugh and smile.. You truly are the best and always will be. You would play with all of us for hours even when we would pester you every second to keep going... I love you and I miss you so much. I will strive to do better for you, just like you would want. I'm going to make you proud grandma. I love you so much, always and forever..
Your granddaughter..

MacKenzie Simonian

May 23, 2016

To my first friend, first tea party guest and one to never get sick of rewinding Barney VHS's. To find the courage to write this seems easy when knowing the amount of courage you had through all of this. Your strength will be embedded into my mind forever, and in my time of weakness it will be a constant reminder to persevere. You left a piece of you in each one of us, all different. As you did anything in your power to make us happy.. From playing dolls or pitching wiffle balls anything you could do to make us smile. I will continue to strive to reach my goals for you to look down and smile upon me. I don't like the term "battle" or "fight" because when going into a fight you have a choice. However, you nor any of us would have chose to have this horrific disease bestow it's hand upon you. It doesn't make sense to me, why but to know that you are no longer in pain puts a tiny ease on my broken heart. I know you will be looking down on all of us and guiding us with your loving touch. I will be replaying memory after memory in my head and tell Eastyn of all of them as you would tell me stories when I was young. Until we meet again, watch over us Gram.
I love you forever & missing you always.
Your First Granddaughter.

MacKenzie Simonian

May 23, 2016

To my first friend, my first tea party guest , and the one who never got sick of constantly rewinding Barney VHS's. To find the courage to do this was easy when seeing the courage the you had through all of this. The strength you showed will forever be embedded in my mind and in my times of weakness will be a constant reminder to perservere. I don't like the term "battle" or "fight" cancer because when going into a fight you have the choice. However you nor any of us had the choice for this horrific disease to bestow its hand on you. You left a piece of you in each of us , all different as you were a woman of many many hats. To playing dolls to pitching wiffle balls you did it all to put a smile on our faces. I will continue to strive to accomplish my goals to have you looking down with a smile . I know you will be with all of us , watching and leading with a loving touch .
I will love you forever & be missing you always.
Your first granddaughter .

debbie schwencke

May 22, 2016

Randy,Leah and Kelsey,

hoping your fond memories of Raye bring you peace.

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