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Samantha Jane McCarthy

Samantha Jane McCarthy, 11, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital after a long and courageous battle with Fanconi anemia and a recent bone marrow transplant.

Sam’s experience will help pave the way for medical cures for other children in the future. She would have been a student at Hastings Middle School. She was an active member of Our Lady of Peace Parish. She loved music, playing the piano, her friends and her little brothers.

She is survived by loving parents, Dan and Nikki McCarthy; three brothers, Finn, Joe and Jack; best friend, Kyra Baker; and the rest of Sam’s extended family, Todd, Christiane, Noah and Sophie; grandparents, Joe Feidner, George and Patti Sidner, Marilyn McCarthy and Jim and Rose McCarthy; aunts, Abby Feidner and Kelly McCarthy; great uncle, Bob Gale; great aunt, Mary Lou (Alan) Brown; and cousins, Katie McCarthy, Ben and Andy Brown.

In lieu of flowers, contributions, if desired, may be made to the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, 1800 Willamette St. Suite 200, Eugene, OR 97401. Please support medical research. www.southwickfuneral.com.