Wendy Pamela Osheroff
1959 - 2017
Gestures
Happy birthday Wendy
This past year has been a continuation of the unusual.
I purchased a 2006 BMW convertible this past Spring. I remember how much you really loved yours, though I think it was a Saab, though sometimes I wonder if it was an Audi. Anyway, I named the car Winde Spirit in your honor and remembrance.
Just a reminder that you are missed.
I have some fond memories of my interactions with Wendy while we were coworkers at Talecris Biotherapeutics in RTP, NC. I knew Wendy as a dedicated and devoted Pathogen Safety scientist. She took great pride in her work, and she had a formidable work ethic. I tended to stay late most evenings, and I would often find Wendy online and/or in her office well beyond 6pm. Occasionally, I’d joke that she should “turn out the lights and lock up the building” before she left for the night or the weekend. She would invariably grumble about her workload, but it was easy to see how much she loved both her profession and her career.
I recall working through the noon hour one random weekday years ago. I rushed out to a nearby sandwich shop after 2pm for a very late lunch, and I expected to be the only patron in the shop. Instead, I found Wendy sitting alone at a table as I walked in. Upon chatting, I learned that she had also chosen to work right through the lunch hour, enduring an empty stomach, so that she could maintain her momentum on some paticular task. That lucky coincidence afforded us some time for a nice conversation while we enjoyed our mid-afternoon lunches.
Wendy was also once part of a project team where I was serving as the meeting facilitator. The attendees were all scientists or technical staff members and, upon our first meeting, it was a solemn group. Strictly business! Wendy quickly recognized the unnecessary formality and interjected: “Why is everyone so serious today?” It was a gentle way of reminding us all that it was OK to relax, lighten up, enjoy the camaraderie, and have a little fun. She was exactly right, and I’m glad that she chose to speak up.
Wendy’s passing is undoubtedly a tragic loss to all of her friends, her relatives, and her colleagues. I extend my deepest sympathies to all.
My sincere sympathy to Wendy's family. I was saddened to hear of her passing. I worked with Wendy for many years in North Carolina and we enjoyed our common roots of being from New York. She will be greatly missed by family, friends and colleagues.. Rest in peace with the Lord.
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