Contributions to the tribute of Nicole Caruso

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Anonymous posted a condolence

Monday, November 19, 2012

I met Nicole first day of seventh grade at St. Martin de Porres school in Poughkeepsie. It started a friendship that would span almost two decades. Nicci was a very pretty and talented young girl and she and I shared many interests. We shared a love of music, especially our favorite band of the times Duran Duran. Nicole loved dancing and I eventually joined the same dancing school that she attended where she was on the competition team! She did it all; Toe, ballet, jazz and tap and she was very, very good. Sometimes we would just hang out in her room listening to the hits of the 80's and we would just sit and try on her vast collection of tap and dancing shoes. She loved animals and enjoyed many different pets over the years, birds, cats and dogs. I remember she loved horseback riding too and took lessons for a while until she discovered she was allergic to horse hair! Nicole also had a talent for art. I remember one of her paintings in art class winning a prize and was on display first in the school, and later hanging in a frame in her mother's house. She was recognized for a clay sculpture of a man's head (which only she and I knew was the head of our favorite Duran Duran member John Taylor.) Although the term "BFF" (best friends forever) wasn't coined yet, Nicole and I were definitely BFF's. If I wasn't at her house, she was at mine. We had sleepovers constantly and we drove our parents crazy with the phone calls back and forth for hours at a clip. I remember one of the things she told me she liked best about staying over at my house were the sounds we heard outside my house at night; the frogs, the water lapping in the pool and even the occasional zap of our electric bug zapper! We fought of course as friends do, especially the further we got into our teens, sometimes we cried, but mostly we laughed. We joked and had fun, we laughed about the dumbest things which is what made it so great. We grew up together and we were for a long time inseparable. Nicole was a loyal friend and she was always there for me even though I didn't always return the favor. We lost track of one another for a while, and ironically I started trying to look her up quite recently. She had been on my mind a lot and as recently as yesterday I mentioned her name. I was not prepared for the news I heard today when my mother called me and it was too late for me to even come and say goodbye. Nicole was quiet and she was shy. Whatever she was dealing with she dealt with it on the inside. She had amazing strength. Nicole and the beautiful, wonderful friendship she gave me over a span of just 20 years will give me a lifetime of memories that I will cherish in my heart forever. I am so sorry I was unable to tell her. You will be missed Nicole but you will never be forgotten.

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Patricia Narbaiz (McGlinchey) posted a condolence

Monday, November 19, 2012

Valerie, Tori, Emily and Jill...I wish to extend my deepest sympathies to you and the rest of your family. I am shocked and terribly saddened to hear the news. My heart goes out to you all. God bless you.

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Denise Ferro posted a condolence

Monday, November 19, 2012

Nicole, I will never forget you. I never have. I thought of you often over the years. I'm so sorry that we lost track of each other and now after all these years, I find you, but not the way I thought I would. I remember the battle you had with your demons 17 years ago, but I also remember your smile, your cheery personality, your strength, your silliness and the fun times we had in high school and when we found each other again a few years after high school. Those are the memories I will carry with me, always and forever. Rest in Peace Nikki.

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My deepest sympathy to you all at this very sad time. Trish Akehurst posted a condolence

Monday, November 19, 2012

In loving memory of

Nicole

1972 - 2012

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