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July 17, 2018
From Mike— It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Tricia’s Mom, Ruth McGregor.
Ruth Lavern McGregor, Born July 10 1932 in Beckley WV, Passed July 07 2018 in Cincinnati OH. Celebration of her life at Kenwood Baptist Church, July 21 2018 at 10 am. 8341 Kenwood Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45236
Final Homegoing of Ruth McGregor
It is with Christian joy and sorrow that we announce the final homegoing of Ruth McGregor on July 7, 2018.
We express sympathy to Tom McGregor, her husband of forty-two years.
Ruth was a faithful member of Kenwood Baptist Church for over sixty years. She began her time with the church in 1952 in Evanston when the church was the Evanston Baptist Church. One of her greatest joys was singing with her friends in the choir. We remember her standing on the front row smiling and singing. She also served Kenwood as the youth director and wedding coordinator for many years. Ruth is known for her expressive love for everyone she met.
Ruth’s life will be celebrated on Saturday, July 21 at 10:00 AM in the Matthew’s prayer garden behind the church, where Tom and Ruth were married forty-two years ago, before the cross.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Kenwood Baptist Church in Ruth’s name.
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This memorial website was created to celebrate and remember the life of Tricia Marie Calhoon. The site is a work-in-progress; we hope you will share your own stories and upload photos of wonderful moments you shared with our beautiful Tricia.
Tricia Marie Calhoon (Shamblen), daughter of Ruth and Tom McGregor and the late Richard L. Shamblen, passed away on Friday, May 13th in Gig Harbor, WA. She attended Indian Hill High School, OH, Class of 1983, and is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. She was an amazing wife, friend, sister, auntie, daughter and “dog mom”.
Tricia is survived by her best friend and loving husband, Mike Calhoon, her parents Ruth and Tom McGregor, her “dad” Jerry Calhoon, her sister Susan, many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, and canines Maya and Piper.
Her friends would all agree, Tricia had a magnetic personality with a heart of gold. She loved travel and thrived on the energy of others, making her 25-year career as a flight attendant a perfect match. In 2005, she became a co-owner of the Wine Basket in Federal Way, WA making all who entered feel welcome. She was always willing to give of herself to help others. Tricia volunteered with the YMCA as a swim aerobics instructor and she trained inmates on pet care for the Prison Pet Partnership at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. Even during her illness, she stayed positive and looked forward to the time when she could return to these activities.
Friends and family will gather to celebrate her life on May 28 at 1pm at Kenwood Baptist Church, 8341 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45236. Additionally, a celebration of life will be set for her loved ones in the Pacific Northwest, please check back for date, time and location. In lieu of flowers, remembrance contributions can be made to the Prison Pet Partnership at website: www.prisonpetpartnership.org .
**UPDATE** The Celebration of Life for Tricia's friends & family in the Northwest will be on Saturday, June 18, 2016, 2-5 pm, in Tacoma, Washington at the Point Defiance Pagoda. Please join us for appetizers, music, and celebration!
Tributes
Leave a tributeWe hung out together at U.C. spent a lot of time at the bars in Clifton.
I was so bummed when she didn't make it home for Christmas I so wanted to see my friend. I love you Tricia R.I.P.
Sincerely Myron
"All life is lived in the shadow of its own finitude, of which we are always aware — an awareness we systematically blunt through the daily distraction of living. But when this finitude is made acutely imminent, one suddenly collides with awareness so acute that it leaves no choice but to fill the shadow with as much light as a human being can generate — the sort of inner illumination we call meaning: the meaning of life." --Maria Popova
Today I post this quote in honor of my friend Tricia, who lost her fight with cancer earlier in the day. Because Trish, more than anyone I knew, filled "the shadow with as much light as a human being can generate." She had a smile to light up a room, never went anywhere (and, as a flight attendant, she traveled all over the world) that she didn't make another good friend, and embraced life and its myriad experiences to the absolute fullest. We met one day coming out of chemo and had many laughs together despite the suckiness of chemo and radiation. She was a loving wife to Mike and mother to several canine children, and had a compassionate heart that reached out to encompass the world. My heart is heavy, but I like to think of her free now to travel anywhere she wants to, unfettered by silly considerations like gravity and security lines at the airport, and those human political constructs called borders. Travel on, my friend.
Tricia Calhoon's photo.
Leave a Tribute
We hung out together at U.C. spent a lot of time at the bars in Clifton.
I was so bummed when she didn't make it home for Christmas I so wanted to see my friend. I love you Tricia R.I.P.
Sincerely Myron
What a wonderful woman
Tricia always had a big smile on everytime we got to see her. One could not keep from smiling with her. She was just so loving, caring, and giving of her self that when we talked the energy was so wonderful I didn't want the time to go by.
I learned a lot from Tricia. Her knowlege of wine, flight attendant duties, overseas trips, music, politics, and life in general.
I used to tease her about how to drink wine, with a glass of ice and some wine added. That made her eyes roll and a few choice words to me. !!!!!!!!
Tricia could turn on the charm but she could also stand toe to toe with anyone and not take any BS from anyone.
Tricia's love of flying was so deeply inbedded in her soul that any time she could fly she would go. Whether it was on Delta Air Line Jets or with Mike and I in a Cessna. I like the fact that Tricia knew the difference between a white knuckle landing, a bad landing, a aircraft carrier landing, a good landing, and a woody landing.
I would of loved to see Tricia and the band she was in perform on stage. I know her love of music was so much that she would listen to any song or musician. I even got her to listen to Frank Zappa's music. And she told me she liked some of his songs.
Tricia was a woman who did so many things and gave so much of herself to others that made her a super wonderful woman.
Our hearts and thoughts go out to Mike and the Calhoons and the McGregors and all the people who was with Tricia to help her, be with her, and comforted her with her battle against a heartless disease called cancer.
Helen and I are fortunate that Tricia called us friends (and she called me a few other choise names but they were all good) and that we shared some time and memeries with her.
My beautiful aunt
My aunt Tricia was simply an incredible person and will be forever missed. She was always positive and always had a smile on her face. She was an incredible influence on my life and always someone I could turn to to talk about anything. You could always trust her and she was always honest with you. She loved to have fun and anyone with her was sure to have a good time. She loved to travel the world and experienced life to the fullest. She loved her family and friends.
Shared by Holly Turley on Facebook
Mike, the Turley family is so sad to hear the news of Tricia's passing. Brent, Bryce and I hold many happy memories from the years we shared as neighbors. Bryce enjoyed coming over to play with Fletcher and Chewy and hang out with you two. I loved working with Tricia to figure out the short cut path to connect our houses so we could hang out together on the hill top. Tricia was such a bright light, and her happy smile could light a room. What a joy it has been to call her a friend. All our love and prayers go to you.