Mary Sherlach, age 56

picture from People magazine

 

 

Information from People, Huffington post, CNN,

 

 

Sherlach, 56, was an expert in psychology, having earned her undergraduate degree in that subject at SUNY Cortland and a master's degree at Southern Connecticut State University. Before becoming a school psychologist, she worked as a rehabilitation assistant at a psychiatric facility, at a group home for disabled adults and as a community mental health placement specialist. Her experience in education included stints in the Redding, North Haven and New Haven public school systems before landing at Sandy Hook Elementary in 1994. During her time in Newtown, Sherlach kept busy as a member of numerous groups such as the district conflict resolution committee, safe school climate committee, crisis intervention team and student instructional team. From her Facebook page:

"My husband Bill and I have been married 31 years and are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, ages 25 and 28," she said. One a chorus teacher, the other getting her PhD in chemistry.

Sherlach listed her interests as gardening, reading and going to the theater. She and her husband lived in Trumbull, Connecticut, and "enjoy traveling and spending time at our lake home" in upstate New York's Finger Lakes region. 

 

She was looking towards retirement and she loved to sit on her front porch on her white wicker loveseat. She was a great neighbor. She was also a Miami Dolphins fan.

http://www.fccfoundation.org/cm/Sandy%20Hook%20School.html

 

On November 1st, I will know how the Dolphins did the night before... and on November 11, I will watch and root for the Dolphins in the Monday Night Football game in memory of Mary Sherlach.