Brain Support Network (BSN) is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to three missions:
1)... moreBrain Support Network (BSN) is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to three missions:
1) Providing information and support for anyone living with an atypical parkinsonism disorder (Progressive supranuclear palsy, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Multiple System Atrophy or Corticobasal degeneration) anywhere in the world;
2) Providing a support for care partners of those living with an atypical parkinsonism disorder in the San Francisco Bay Area;
3) Enabling families living anywhere in the US to donate the brain of anyone with any neurological condition (or healthy controls) to confirm the diagnosis and to further neurological research into causes, treatment options and cures. less
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OBITUARY
John H Storer, Ph.D. of Carrollton, GA passed away peacefully at home after a long illness. John was born in December, 1948 in Piqua, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard C. and Katherine (Lyons) Storer, and his brother Lowell D. Storer. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Jill Hastings-Storer, and their son Brandon H Storer, and his sister-in-law, Carol Storer of Ludlow Falls, Ohio, and his in-laws, nieces,... see moreJohn H Storer, Ph.D. of Carrollton, GA passed away peacefully at home after a long illness.
John was born in December, 1948 in Piqua, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard C. and Katherine (Lyons) Storer, and his brother Lowell D. Storer. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Jill Hastings-Storer, and their son Brandon H Storer, and his sister-in-law, Carol Storer of Ludlow Falls, Ohio, and his in-laws, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and foster children.
John was a 1966 graduate of Graham High School. He graduated with a B.S. in Anthropology from Miami University of Ohio in 1970, and a Masters of Education in Counseling Psychology and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Missouri/Columbia in 1985.
Dr. Storer's professional experiences included working as a Child Abuse Investigator for Boone County Division of Family & Children Services, a certified Addiction Treatment Counselor for Raleigh Hills Treatment Centers, an Assistant Professor and Co-Investigator for the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy's Community Control of Hypertension Program in the Mississippi Delta, an Assistant Professor and Researcher in the School of Health at Iowa State University, and the Director of the Office of Sponsored Operations and Special Projects at University of West Georgia in Carrollton. After his retirement from UWG in 2010, Dr. Storer worked on remodeling houses that had been foreclosed on in order to create more affordable rental housing in Carroll County. John, with his wife Jill, served as foster parents for children and teens in West Georgia counties, as well as serving on the Board of Lakeside Preparatory School from 2003-2009.
John was a great cook of both gourmet and comfort food. He was an accomplished musician with eclectic tastes in jazz, rock, blue grass, and popular music. He played guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and ukelele.
Dr. Storer was diagnosed with Multiple Systems Atrophy, a rare degenerative neurological disease for which no cure has been discovered. With the assistance of the Brain Support Network, Dr. Storer's brain has been donated to neurological research at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FLA.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests charitable contributions in memory of John Storer, These can be made online to Brain Support Network, www.brainsupportnetwork.org, or by mail at PO Box 7264, Menlo Park, CA 94026.
I was thrilled Mrs. Hastings and my mom kept in touch over the years because of their connection I was able to reconnect with Jill when Dom and I moved to the same town as Jill and John. We ended up living about a mile away from each other.
My memory... moreI was thrilled Mrs. Hastings and my mom kept in touch over the years because of their connection I was able to reconnect with Jill when Dom and I moved to the same town as Jill and John. We ended up living about a mile away from each other.
My memory of our first meeting with John was when Dom and I invited the two of them over for dinner. I was a little nervous because Jill and I had told me John was a foodie. That day didn’t go like planned. I had signed a permission slip for my son to put his name in a drawing for a Guinea pig. I didn’t think that I would be the only parent who signed the permission slip out of the 26 children. I picked up my son from school that day with a box containing the Guinea pig. No supplies just the Guinea pig so off we went in search for food, a cage and bedding. You can imagine how hectic I felt knowing I was going to have people over for dinner and I am running all around town. Of course, I was late getting dinner ready. John and Jill were very understanding while I made doing the final preparations. I felt like I had to explain why I was late. I asked “Do you know anything about Guinee pigs? And before I could go on John says I have a good recipe for them. I whipped around laughing. I could see that he was serious. He said, “Really, my friend from Peru gave me a recipe for Guinea pig.”
I never did get that recipe from John but that was a first of many dinners we had together. We always had good food and laughter. John, Jill, and I loved food and we loved mysteries we shared many books. When we found that we could combine the two that started the ball rolling for our mystery dinners. We had a blast getting in character and one of my favorites dinners was We were on a New Orleans River boat and John was the Riverboat Captain. I still can hear him doing a southern drawl. I can’t remember the dinner except I know it was good. John was a good cook.
The five years we were in the same town we had many dinners and gatherings together. A lot of talking and sharing of our lives. I could see that John was Jill’s anchor. He was her reality check at times, but he let her do her thing. This balance in their relationship made Dom and I chose them as guardians for our children. Our children already loved them. John was a gentle giant to them.
After we each moved away from the town that we met we still got together when we could. Dom and I just happened to move a couple of hours away from John’s parents so every time they came up to see John’s parents we would meet half way. My kids still talk about getting together to go to the movies, go bowling, visiting Annie Oakley’s home, the all-important oldest concrete road, going to a county fair, having a meal together and of course eating ice cream.
I know our lives where enhanced because we knew John. I am grateful for relationship. I will miss his smile and his laughter. What I will miss most is knowing John will not be there for Jill. Jill I am sorry for your loss but know you are not alone. We all embrace you with our love, thoughts and prayers.
The Sailing Ship
by Luther F. Beecher (1813–1903)
What is dying?
I am standing on the seashore.
A ship sails to the morning breeze
and starts for the ocean.
She is an object
and I stand watching her
Till at last she fades from the horizon,
And someone at my side says,
“She is gone!” Gone where?
Gone from my sight, that is all;
She is just as large in the masts,
hull and spars
as she was when I saw her,
And just as able to bear her load
of living freight to its destination.
The diminished size and total loss
of sight is in me, not in her;
And just at the moment when someone
at my side says, “She is gone”,
There are others who are watching her coming,
And other voices take up a glad shout,
“There she comes” – and that is dying. less