Julie Sturges O'Connor, Longtime Resident of Bronxville, Dies April 12, 2016, at 90
By the Family
Apr. 20, 2016: Julia Sturges O'Connor, 90, of Bronxville and Shelter Island, NY, died peacefully in hospice care at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville on April 12, 2016.
Predeceased by her husband of nearly 65 years, Robert Hartley O'Connor, Julie is survived by her sister, Cary S. Burns of Rye, NY; her children, Sandra D. O'Connor (Edwin Hydeman) of New York and Shelter Island, Russell H. O'Connor of Cody, WY, and Linda (Drew) Casertano of Millbrook, NY, and Weekapaug, RI; and her grandsons, Alexander (Renee) Casertano of Larkspur, CA, Tyler (Annie) Casertano and their son, McCauley Casertano, of Washington, DC, and William Casertano of New York. Her brother, Perry MacKay Sturges Jr., predeceased her.
A daughter of avid sailors who met on Shelter Island, Perry MacKay Sturges and Julia Green Sturges, Julie grew up in Princeton, NJ, spending her summers on Shelter Island. She attended Miss Fine's School and Milton Academy and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1948.
She met Bob on a blind date arranged by a mutual friend of their fathers'. They were married in 1950. While raising their children in Newington, CT, in Loudonville, NY, and on Shelter Island, Julie volunteered at countless organizations. She was an avid needleworker, gardener, tennis and paddle tennis player, and golfer. She made her fourth hole-in-one at age 75.
A resident of Bronxville for 41 years (in Cedar Knolls and for the last 6 months at The Avalon) and a summer resident of Shelter Island since 1961, Julie was a member of the Bronxville Field Club, Christ Church Bronxville, where she served on the altar guild for 40 years, Gardiner's Bay Country Club (Shelter Island), The Garden Club of Shelter Island, and St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Shelter Island). She was a former member of the Shelter Island Yacht Club.
The funeral will be held at Christ Church Bronxville on Saturday, April 30, at 1:00 pm, with a reception immediately following the service. A private interment will take place in St. Joseph's Memorial Garden at St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Shelter Island) this summer.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital, Development Dept., 55 Palmer Avenue PH4, Bronxville, NY 10708; Christ Church, 17 Sagamore Road, Bronxville, NY 10708; or St. Mary's Episcopal Church, P.O. 1660, Shelter Island, NY 11964.
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