Sheila Potter

August 23, 2014

Sheila Power Potter lost her brave battle with cancer on August 23, 2014 at Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY. She was born September 8, 1935 in Red Bank, NJ, the fifth child born to J. Brownson and Catherine Lawless Power. She attended Ladycliff College, graduating in 1957 with a BA in English. On June 28, 1958 she married her dearly beloved Charles D. Potter at St. Joseph’s Church, in Greenwich Village. They settled in Hawthorne, NY, where they were communicants at Holy Rosary Parish, and where they raised their five children. Besides being a wife, mother, and teacher, Sheila worked for the Archdiocese of NY for many years in the Family Life Office as the Natural Family Planning Coordinator. In 1993 John Cardinal O’ Connor appointed Sheila a Vatican delegate to the United Nations. After their children were grown, the Potters moved to Peekskill, NY where they became communicants at St. Columbanus Parish in Cortlandt Manor. Shelia is survived by her husband of fifty six years, Charlie, of Peekskill, and her children; Monica Couch of Yorktown Heights, Regina (Andrew) Munz of Mahopac, Lisa (Robert) Kepler of Mohegan Lake, Charles D. Potter III of San Jose, CA, Barbara (Martin) Beirne of Riverdale, 13 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, sisters Catherine Doza of Jupiter, FL, Suzanne Power of Wappinger Falls, Ruth Cleary of Riverside, CA, and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was predeceased by her sisters Joan Cullen, Barbara Mattura and Alicia Bertrand, and her brother, J. Brownson Power. There will be visting at Dorsey-Carlone Funeral Home, 1100 Cortlandt St. Peekskill, NY on Wednesday September 3 from 4 -8 PM. A mass of Christian Burial will be on Thursday September 4 at 10 AM at St. Columbanus Church, followed by inurnment at Assumption Cemetery, Cortlandt Manor, NY.