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Geri Fessler
Mrs. Fessler died on December 21.
Geri Ilene Fessler, founder of the Heather on Earth Music Foundation, was born in Brooklyn, on March 13, 1961. A lifelong resident of Merrick, our beautiful Geri died on Wednesday, December 21.
She was the daughter of Myrna Rosenbaum and the late Stephen Rosenbaum, sister of Dr. Mara Greenwald, wife of Eric Fessler, mother to Heather, Gillian, Shaina and Taryn.
Geri founded the Heather on Earth Music Foundation to honor the memory of her daughter Heather Samone, who died on September 28, 1985. The foundation’s purpose mirrored Geri’s endlessly positive outlook on life, which she lived by the words Smile, Live, Love, Laugh, and her lifelong love of music.
The nonprofit organization is the first of its kind created solely to provide funding for the implementation and subsequent ongoing support of music therapy programs in children’s hospitals from New York to Tel Aviv.
Geri was a remarkable woman who made it her life’s work to deliver the magic of music into children’s hearts as they are healing. To honor Geri’s memory, please lend your support by visiting heatheronearth.org.
– Jill Price
