Geraldine Cassens

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Geraldine Cassens

March 02, 1945 - June 15, 2022

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OBITUARY

Geraldine Rose Cassens, born in Oswego, NY on March 2, 1945 passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 15, 2022. Aged 77, she leaves behind her brother, Peter Pick, his wife, Margaret, her two beloved daughters, Kayci Browne and Cori Seyhoon, her son-in-law, Soroosh Seyhoon, and her grandchildren Maya, Kaz, Kaelan, Zayden, and Zealand. Her positivity and joyful spirit had a profound impact on all those she met.

Geri was born in an internment camp for Jewish refugees in Oswego, NY, after her family had endured much hardship in Europe during World War II. They were eventually granted refuge by the US Government from an Italian concentration camp, but she was never able to meet her father, as he was killed before the family left for America, her mother made the journey pregnant with her and her young brother. Her family's incredible story is documented in the book and film "Haven" by Ruth Gruber. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171587.Haven).

As a child, growing up first in Newark, New Jersey and then in New York City, she enjoyed theater, dancing and singing at George Washington High School, where she met her best and lifelong sister Evi Bassoff.

Geri’s own mother, Anni Singer, helped instill a sense that she could accomplish anything, and she pursued academics at the highest level. Her love of math eventually led to a Statistics class in Behavioral Psychology, which set her on the path to a PhD in Neuropsychology from Tufts University in Boston, MA, where she met other dear friends who became family along the way. There, she organized an annual Thanksgiving for her young friends, which continues to this day.

Her time in Boston, at Tufts and completing research at Harvard University were formative years in her professional development, which propelled her to eventually move with her two daughters to work at Hartford Hospital and the Institute of Living in Connecticut where she spearheaded the Neuropsychological Society of Connecticut and influenced the field for decades to come as a teacher, elite clinician with a private practice in both Connecticut and Cape Cod, MA.

At home, she raised her two daughters with love, joy, travel and many, many parties at home. In more recent years, she loved being a 'Nana', creating fun activities for her grandchildren, watching soccer games, movies, playing games, eating out at her favorite seafood and French restaurants, and making her famous meatloaf or Goulash which always left smiles.

She adored the sea, water or any lake and missed Cape Cod dearly after moving to Austin in 2018 after she retired. While she loved being close to Cori and the grandchildren, she felt like a “fish out of water” and craved more connection to her beloved East Coast upbringing.

She was the absolute best mother, sister, friend, and Nana to her adoring grandchildren. She will be forever missed, but never forgotten as her spirit of joy and positivity will live on in all of us now.

Following her wishes, her ashes will be spread at Gray's Beach in Yarmouth Port, Cape Cod, MA.

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Peter Stein:

March 7, 2023

One of the sweetest, most lovely people I ever knew, it was my great luck to have known and loved Geri during our high school years. We lived around the corner from each other in Washington Heights and hung out on the “wall” on 161st St and Riverside... more
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Lindsye Parker:

August 3, 2022

When Geri first passed, it was impossible for me to write this. How do you compact a 50 year best friendship? Let me try. When Geri and I were first introduced by Brother Billy -- the 3rd member of our eventual posse who proclaimed Geri and I were a... more
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Sandy Schmedes:

August 1, 2022

So hard to see all these wonderful pictures of my fantastic friend ! Geri and I had the fortune of being close from 2001 to present. She bought my house on Cape Cod and we just hit it off so well. We had many fun years together ! We traveled a lot and... more
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Corinne Harrington:

July 15, 2022

Dr. Cassens had supervised me when I was a post doctoral fellow at the Institute of Living (1995-1997). Typically, I met with her after I tested a child, teenager or adult. She would look at the data and right away have impressions. I would marvel at... more
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Michael Fulco:

July 11, 2022

From Michael Fulco

I first met Geri in 1988, a couple of years after she came to Hartford to start the postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the Institute of Living. Her reputation grew each year, as she sponsored high-powered professional... more
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July 7, 2022
Leah Bassoff:

July 6, 2022
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Leah Bassoff:

July 6, 2022

I have so many wonderful memories of my Aunt Geri. She always got a kick out of everything, was the life of every gathering, and loved bringing people together. She took me to my first Rockettes show at Radio City Music Hall, hosted me in Connecticut... more
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Susan Immergut:

July 4, 2022

I was so sorry to hear about Geri's passing. It has struck me hard although I hadn't been friends with her since jhs when we were in 7SP1 in jhs 115 in WAshington Heights. We were 11 years old. Geri absolutely glowed in that second seat in the first row... more
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Bruce Bassoff:

July 1, 2022

I knew Geri for close to 60 years, so I have many, many great memories of her. The one I would like to share reveals, I think, her wonderful spirit. One summer many years ago Geri traveled with my wife and me to France, where we stayed in Paris and... more
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Cori Seyhoon Kayci Browne:

July 1, 2022
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Evi Bassoff:

June 30, 2022

I first met Geri in September 1958 at George Washington High School in Manhattan. We quickly became best friends. She was the friend of (and over) a lifetime: great-hearted, funny, adventurous, smart, undaunted and 100% trustworthy. The daughters of... more
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June 29, 2022 · via iPhone
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