Funeral Arrangements Set for Student Journalist

Updated Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 11:22 a.m.

The viewing for Casey A. Feldman will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 215 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 23, also at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.

A limited number of free Ram Vans to the viewing and funeral will depart from the Lincoln Center campus at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, and at 7 a.m. on Thursday, and will return to campus after the services conclude. Members of the University community who wish to reserve a space should contact the Office of Student Affairs, Lowenstein 408, at (212) 636-6250 or deanofsalc@fordham.edu.

For those who cannot attend the funeral, the service will be streamed live online beginning at 10 a.m. at: www.forever-care.com.

Contributions in Feldman’s name can be made to the Springfield High School Student Theater Workshop, 49 West Leamy Ave., Springfield, PA 19064.

Casey A. Feldman, 1988 - 2009

Casey A. Feldman, 21, a senior at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, was struck by a car on Friday, July 17, in Ocean City, N.J., and died of her injuries later that evening at Atlantic City Medical Center. Casey was the news editor of The Observer, the Lincoln Center student newspaper. She lived in a Philadelphia suburb with her family, and was working at a summer job in Ocean City.

This memorial page is open to Casey's family, friends, classmates and the Fordham faculty and staff who knew her. Feel free to post your memories about Casey in the comments section, or e-mail them to:
howe@fordham.edu, along with any images you'd like to share.

The Lincoln Center student newspaper, The Observer, also has an article online with links to Casey's work, and will shortly include a picture gallery: The Observer Mourns the Loss of Its News Editor.

You can view the University's official statement on the home page: Fordham Mourns Loss of Student Journalist.

Casey was an exceptionally talented news reporter and editor—an inquisitive, dogged and thorough perfectionist. I'd known Casey since she was a freshman and it had been very gratifying to watch her grow. Her news reporting and editing won quite a few awards for The Observer, and she herself had recently been recognized as well—as a finalist in a contest for college reporters who write about religious issues. Casey's death is really a terrible loss to The Observer and to Fordham.
Elizabeth Stone, Ph.D., professor of English and communication and media studies, and faculty adviser to The Observer

Photo by Craig Calefate/Courtesy of The Fordham Observer