Kiera Beth Sheedy Camron

Kiera Sheedy Camron died peacefully at Margaret Z. Dozier Hospice House September 2, 2022 in the presence of her family. She was born in Pensacola, Florida, was adopted by Wende and Brian Sheedy and raised in Tallahassee. She attended Trinity Catholic School and Maclay School where she was a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society. She received a Bachelor of Arts (History) from Wesleyan College (summa cum laude) and was elected to Phi Beta Pi Honor Society and was a President’s. Scholar. She was a member of the College Choir and the Washboard Band. Following graduation, she served in an adoption agency in Orlando as a member of Catholic Volunteers in Florida. She returned to Tallahassee as the first Executive Director of Open Door Women’s Clinic. After marriage to Reed Camron in August 2000 and the subsequent birth of her first child, she became a teacher with the Sacred Heart Home Educators. She served as the SHHE president and was an active home schooler until her nearly four-year struggle with cancer precluded further teaching She was an adventurous child and pursued equestrian activities for many years with her late maternal grandfather, Richard H. Barrows, who was a member of the U.S. Horse Cavalry Association. She explored numerous regional waters kayaking with her father. She enjoyed the many annual family reunions at St. George Island with out-of-town uncles, aunts, and cousins. From an early age she revealed organizational and planning skills of a high level. She was a faithful Catholic woman who with her husband's help aspired to educate and form children with values and skills for service to God and others. Kiera was the youngest member of the Tallahassee-Sligo Sister City delegation as a teen. She participated in a group of fellow Good Shepherd parishioners who visited the Catholic Integrated Community in Munich and Rome. Her collegiate study abroad program took her to the University College Galway for studies in Irish history and culture. Newly-married, she visited Ireland with family and saw the small dairy farm where her great-great-grandfather Sheedy and family lived before immigrating to Pennsylvania. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Reed Camron, and her children John Paul, Meredith, David, Leah and James; her parents, Dr. J. Brian and Wende Sheedy; her brother, Michael Sheedy (Dana) and nephew Cullen Sheedy. She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Richard H. and Virginia Barrows and her paternal grandparents, J. Paul and Marie Sheedy. The family will host a visitation on Thursday, September 8, from 6 to 8 PM at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 4665 Thomasville Rd., with a Rosary at 7:30. The Mass of Christian Burial will follow on Friday, September 9 at 11 AM at Good Shepherd. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to Open Door Women's Clinic. Susie Mozolic of Bevis Funeral Home is assisting the family with their arrangements. (www.bevisfh.com 850-385-2193)

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Kiera Beth Sheedy Camron

November 7, 1975 - September 2, 2022