Shannon

I did not know Shannon, or her family personally. I did however know them silently. I learned about the family through a friend and I have been following her story for a while. I have thought about her daily and prayed hard for her. Her parents have inspired me beyond belief. Even now after her death the posts on the blog they have kept continue to amaze me. She is someone I don't want to forget. In reality this blog is a journal for me. It is the way I choose to document our life together. If there is one thing I have learned from Shannon's parents...it is that there is so much power in the beauty of an ordinary day. 

Shannon Anne O'Hara — Rochester

 

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Posted: Jan 07, 2012, 2:53 pm

The Funeral Mass for Shannon Anne O'Hara will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at St. John the Evangelist Church in downtown Rochester. The Rev. Msgr. Gerald A. Mahon will be officiating. A reception will follow in the St. John's gymnasium. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the service Tuesday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Shannon O'Hara, 13, died Friday at her home in Rochester, after a nine-month-long battle against an inoperable brain tumor. She was born July 29, 1998, in Rochester, to Dan and Jennifer (Harkins) O'Hara. Shannon was an eighth-grader at Willow Creek Middle School. She previously attended Bamber Valley elementary. Shannon enjoyed school, friends and sports of all kinds. She was a huge fan of all the Minnesota teams, and she participated in athletics, playing youth soccer, being a member of the Mayo High School Girls Golf Team, and her favorite activity, playing youth hockey. She is survived by her parents; her younger sister, Erin; her maternal grandparents, Chuck and Gwen Harkins of Henderson, Nev., and paternal grandparents, Ed and Marian O'Hara of Edina; as well as 17 aunts and uncles, and 21 cousins, Eric (Jennifer) Harkins of Shakopee and their children, Jack and Laurynn; Mike (Connie) O'Hara of Rochester and their children, Kevin (Meaghan), Liam, Anne and Nora; Mary O'Hara of Florida, Molly (Norv) O'Hara-Sytsma of Seattle, Wash., Tim (Suzi) O'Hara of St. Paul and their children, Maggie (Doug Mackaman), Kallie, Brendan and Sean; Pat (Mame) O'Hara of Arizona and their children, Leila and Joe; Megan (R.T.) O'Hara-Rybak of Minneapolis and their children, Charlie and Grace; Katie (Bill) O'Hara-Scott of St. Paul and their children, Francie and Tessie; and Bridgid (H.J.) O'Hara-Hoppmann of St. Louis Park and their children Carey, Ellie and Teddie.

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