Laura Ragonese-Snik & Friends
Laura Ragonese-Snik & John
Laura Ragonese-Snik & Maria
Laura Ragonese-Snik Tribute
Laura Ragonese-Snik Remembrance Card
Laura Ragonese-Snik's Wedding
Laura Ragonese-Snik & Mike
Laura Ragonese-Snik Tribute
Laura Ragonese-Snik Tribute
Williams College Tennis Courts, Laura Ragonese-Snik
Laura Ragonese-Snik Tribute
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
Montclair State University 9/11 Memorial
East Newark 9/11 Memorial
Fair Haven 9/11 Memorial
Freehold Township 9/11 Living Memorial Tree Grove
Crescent Beach Park - Flagpole/Memorial for 9/11 Victims
Garrison Elementary School American Patriot Garden
Keansburg Beach Front Memorial
For My Dear Sister Laura … 11 months younger then I to the day, our earthly journey was in parallel. Now, you have moved on to the higher place, and though I feel your spirit, I long to see your face. When I think of you (and it is often), I remember all the wonderful things about you (and there are many). Your zest and enthusiasm for life, your "can do" attitude, that beautiful smile, and that voice -- it came from the tip of your toes--I miss that most of all. The years we spent singing & dancing together, all the wonderful music and the love of the theatre that we shared … I just don’t know how to find that love again without you.
I am angered by the event/people that took you from me (and from our family), but I know you did not live your life in anger. You focused on the good in everyone and never judged people by their mistakes. You loved with no condition and that, my dear sister, is the true lesson and the most precious gift you have left us all with. I miss you more then words can say. I know that you are in a happier place and looking out for us all. I send all my love to you everyday and every way I can think of. I will love you and be your older brother forever. Until we sing and dance together again… Love, #1 brother, Michael
New York Times Portraits of Grief
Laura Marie Ragonese-Snik had an angelic alto singing voice and musical tastes that ranged from religious folk to Madonna's "Open Your Heart." But she was also not one to hide her light under a basket. She loved to perform; given half a chance, she would. "At a party or get-together, she was the first one up," said Maria Ragonese, her sister-in-law and former backup guitarist. "If there was karaoke, there she was."
Mrs. Ragonese-Snik, 41, commuted in recent years from Bangor, Pa., to the World Trade Center for her job as a special risk consultant at Aon . Her business life focused on numbers and calculations. But beneath that, the big alto and the big personality that went with it was always there.
Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ragonese, said that somewhere in her mind's eye it was still the mid-1980's, Brooklyn, where she and Laura met and where they first performed together. It's 10 a.m. Mass at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, and a young Mrs. Ragonese-Snik is stepping out front, banging on a tambourine, singing "Here I am Lord," and wowing them in the back pews.
While looking up an article
While looking up an article on the internet I came upon this site. Obviously the name caught my attention. Whether or not we are somehow related... I do not know. I do however offer you my deepest sympathy for your loss. Ironically, I handled the memorial services for 9/11 for 2002 and 2003 including placing a memorial in front of our school. (I am a teacher) Again accept my deepest sympathies and know there are many of us who still think about the tragedy often.
Posted by Donna L. Ragonese
I am so sorry things happened
I am so sorry things happened like they did. Everyone who passed away on 9/11 will be remembered forever never forgotten. I'm very sure every loved one of yours misses you dearly. It seems like you and your brother would sing and dance together. My brother and I do the same thing and I couldn't imagine how I or he would feel to loose that. At least now you can live in a peaceful place. R.I.P Laura.
Posted by Cassidy Mahoney
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