Jill Louise Caputo
August 10, 2010
Caputo, Jill Louise, 30, Workforce Innovation employee, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in Tallahassee, FL. Family visitation will be 3:30 to 5:00 pm Friday, August 20 at Downing Lahey East Mortuary. Rosary will be held 6:00 pm Friday, August 20, 2010 with the Funeral Mass being 9:30 am Saturday, August 21, 2010 both at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Jill touched so many lives in such a special way. We will miss our angel here on earth, but she now has her wings. Jill was preceded in death by her mother, Karen Kinser Caputo. Survivors: Father Tony; Sisters Kelly Burbach (Greg) of Wichita, Jennifer Caputo of Bloomington, IN; Nephew Brett Burbach; Niece Blake Burbach both of Wichita; Uncle Rick Kinser (Sandy) of Bloomington, IN; Aunt Becky Kinser Arthur of Stockton, NY; Aunt Phyllis Kinser of Bradenton, FL; Uncle Frank Caro (Carol) of Wichita; Uncle Alfred Caro(Louise) of Wichita and numerous cousins and friends. A memorial has been established with: The Guadalupe Clinic, 940 S. St. Francis, Wichita, KS 67211
Family visitation will be 3:30 to 5:00 pm Friday, August 20 at Downing Lahey East Mortuary. Rosary will be held 6:00 pm Friday, August 20, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
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Tony, Kelly, and Jennifer, I was so saddened to hear about Jill. Her fight as a fifth grader to survive her stroke, her will to be involved in high school like the other students, and watching her complete her goal when she graduated from K-State are memories I will cherish. Her smile was contagious. There are not words to tell you how much she has touched my life. I continue to pray for you during this time.
I’ve known Jill as a member of the English Department at FSU for many years now. I’ve taken classes with her, chatted with her, eaves-dropped on her sessions in the Reading Writing Center. That Jill will no longer wheel through the halls and sidewalks of FSU saddens me to imagine – not just because she has died much too young, but because I have known few people more determined to live life for all it’s worth. With bravery and determination, Jill reached out to make friends, to become a better writer, to teach writing to others. Even now, I cannot think of one thing Jill Caputo ever considered as beyond her reach. Disability? No. Jill refused to live as a ‘disabled’ person. She chose to make her mark – to carve a space for herself – and she will be remembered. I, for one, will look for her round every corner, missing her in that hard-one space. My deepest sympathies to Jill’s family.
Jill was my student in the creative writing program at Florida State University and I’d like to tell her family she happened to be an extraordinary writer, her prose filled with grace and a wonderful sense of humor artfully blended with light and darkness. She would come to our house for dinner on holidays and keep everybody laughing, and no one who knew her will ever forget her tenacity, her talent, or her beauty. Despite that wheelchair, she was a complete human being, a lovely person, a woman in full. Long may you run, Jill.
Jill worked as an intern for me here at Florida State University, and she was a student in one of my classes. As her professor I wasn’t as close to her as were her friends and fellow students, but I felt that I knew her pretty well. I remember her eyes, her big laugh, and her way of making sure that people didn’t ignore her. She could be very funny. I last saw her only a couple of weeks before the accident, rolling down a sidewalk near campus, and dressed very fashionably. She looked great. I’m still shaken by the news of her death. It’s so heartbreaking.
Tony and family…Norm and I are so very sorry for your loss. We didn’t know Jill well, but you are so right…she touched us in the short time we were with her. She certainly didn’t let her handicap slow her down in any way…we admired her for that! Right or wrong…the first thought I had when I heard about it was the vision of her and Karen so so very happy to have one another again! We love you and pray for your mourning to be healthy, happy, and with a smile on your faces when you think of her.
First I want to extend my deepest sympathy for your loss of Jill. I was a nurse and took care of Jill when she first had her stroke at age 11. I remember how strong and beautiful she was. She inspired me each day with her will to live and strength and courage to recover. I am sorry for you loss and my thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Dear Tony and family, Preston and I just returned from vacation and learned of your loss. Please know you all are in our thoughts and prayers. Fondly, Katy and Preston Brammer
Dear Tony and family, Preston and I just returned from vacation and learned of your loss. Please know you all are in our thoughts and prayers. Fondly, Katy and Preston Brammer
Jill, there is so much I could say. I already shared some of what your friendship gave me on my blog. http://lacatolicaloca.blogspot.com/2010/08/good-friend.html You really helped me grow in high school, and I wish that I had been better at staying in touch. I’m so glad we’ve kept in better touch this last year and a half or so. Please pray for me and my family, ‘the prayers of a righteous one profit much.’ So many here on earth will miss you. Tony, Kelly and Jenny — I’m so sorry. I love you guys.
Tony, We are so very sorry to hear about Jill. You and your family are in our prayers.