Jennifer Nicole Coon

On July 25, 2022, Jennifer Nicole Coon, 41, passed away at Ellis Hospital after a sudden onset medical emergency. Though she has gone much too soon, leaving many hearts broken, she is now set free to fly like the butterflies she loved.

Jennifer, was the beloved daughter of Sharan Fisher Coon and Gary Martin Coon of Colonie whom she deeply missed. She was the devoted mother of Jared Aumand and Justin Aumand who were her heart. She shared her sons with her former husband Michael R.Aumand.

Her loving sisters Allison Worcester ( Jeff ) and Lisa Hughes and her brothers Jeffrey Coon( Christine)and Thomas Coon( Claudia ) are left to mourn her. She was predeceased by her sisters Michele Grandy, Sandy Williams, and Susan Espey.

Jennifer also leaves behind many nieces and nephews ( and now grand nieces and nephews) who loved and grew up with their Aunt Jenny's bright spirit. ( Rick, Jason, Ashley, Joseph,Jonathan, Matthew, Katherine, Sarah, and Ben ; Lia and Richard; and recent additions to the family who were just getting to know her: Eleanor, Asher and Olivia; Hailey and Landon)

She brightened the lives of many others including her mother- in- law, Maureen Aumand, her sons' dear friends, Daphne Fleischer and Kelly Jo Wisler and her life long friend Sheri Nellis, her close friend, Leandro Gimenez,as well as friends, Eileen Weatherwax , Heather Tice , Lisa Millington and Juan Rodriguez.Her extended Aumand/Baillargeon family will also miss her.

Maya and Theo were Jen's four footed babies. She delighted in them.

Often individuals are said to " light up a room". In Jen's case this was not a cliche. She was a beautiful woman for sure but it was her charm and laughter which were infectious. Her LaFiesta and Delmonico " families" can attest to that.

This life affirming and intelligent energy enabled Jennifer to obtain a series of interesting jobs: she worked for many years as a scheduler for Premiere Limo Service; she worked also as an assistant for the Science Department at Siena College , for Homeland Security as a payroll specialist, as the secretary to the Superintendent of the Albany City School District and as a secretary to the Dean at Albany College of Pharmacy. It was in her current job though at National Grid that she found her work home despite the recent challenges of remote working.

Jennifer loved and was talented in creating beautiful living spaces: she had a decorator's eye. Her artistic bent led her to try her hand in creating a business of making beautiful and useful resin art pieces.

Jennifer was happiest in her backyard sitting around a fire with friends as well as at Hearthstone Point, Lake George. The day before her life was abruptly ended, she had spent a perfect day there with Jared and Justin, Daphne and Kelly Jo. That night she posted a photo of the lake stating " This is my happy place."

Of all her work and creative endeavors though, of all of the friends and relationships in her life, it was her sons that held the highest place always in her mind and heart. Jen would and did go to the " moon and back" for Jared and Justin. She lived for them and their well being. She was a fierce Mamma bear.

During the course of her too short life, Jennifer Coon experienced a great amount of disappointment and painful loss yet the myriad of social media posts marking her passing talk about the joy and light and wisdom she engendered.

As she herself tells us in a recent post:

"What I've learned...
Life is short and tomorrow is truly never promised. Hug and kiss the ones you love. Don't just tell people you love them, show them.
What doesn't kill you, makes you learn and grow if you allow it to.
Learn to let go of negativity including people who "say" they care but show otherwise.
Learn to love yourself because there's nobody who will love you more than your own self.
Don't let others rule your life. Live for you!
Develop hobbies to keep yourself happy and busy.
Overthinking will turn a small situation into something it's not (working on this lol)
Being an empath can be a curse unless you set boundaries and stand your ground.
Last but not least, learning to trust in God and know you are never alone.
I am here, I am learning, this is a journey and we're all in this together. Our books may all be different but we're struggling together."

And….
"Life can be such a crazy journey filled with smiles and
tears and lessons to be learned. Taking care of yourself
both mentally and physically is so important. Only YOU
can do that. Make sure you love yourself because In the
end it is the best, most important love."

The community of relatives, friends and co- workers who delighted in her smile, her laugh , her sense of humor, her wisdom and her love is large and heartbroken. Jenny Coon will be deeply missed. In her honor let's strive to remember that " life is short and we are truly never promised tomorrow " but that " we are all in this together..we are not alone."

Calling hours will be held at New Comer Funeral Home, 343 New Karner Road , Albany, New York 12205 on Monday, August 1st, from 4-8 pm. A private internment service for family and close friends will be held at Memory Garden Cemetery in Colonie, NY on Tuesday, August 2 at 1:30 pm.
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