‘I will make sure his legacy will carry on’
Bayside funeral director dies following a long battle with cancer
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | MAY 15-MAY 21, 2020 11
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arrangements and ease
the emotional burden
of making the final arrangements
for a loved
one. He also knew that
price and budgeting are
also important decisions
in planning a direct
burial, cremation or full
services.
“These things were
very important to my
father and they are also
very important to me
as well,” Marissa Jamie
said.
Jamie Jr. is survived
by his wife Lynn. They
were married in 1969.
He was laid to rest next
to his son on May 12 at
Nassau Knolls Cemetery.
Reach reporter Bill
Parry by e-mail at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–
4538.
BY BILL PARRY
He fought cancer valiantly
for more than two
decades, but on the eve
of a new round of chemotherapy
was about to begin,
Edward D. Jamie Jr.
lost his battle due to complications,
according to
his family. He was 76.
Jamie was the second
generation funeral
director in his family
following in his father’s
footsteps and he operated
the Edward D. Jamie
Jr. Funeral Chapel on
Northern Boulevard in
Bayside since 1969. His
daughter Marissa Jamie
is studying for her funeral
director’s license,
and she, like her father,
will take over the family
business.
“I worked with him
since I was 13 and I will
make sure his legacy
will carry on,” Marissa
Jamie said. “Everyone
loved my father. He was
a pillar in the Armenian
community. Anyone who
needed help he was there
no matter what time of
day or how far he had to
travel. We will keep the
funeral home and we will
run it the way he always
wanted it run.”
Her brother Christopher
passed away in
2001, when Christopher
was attending funeral directing
school.
“My father got an honorable
discharge from the
U.S. Army and took over
my grandfather’s funeral
home in Elmhurst and
now it’s my time to do the
same,” Marissa Jamie
said. “Because of him, I
know how important it is
to be a funeral director
and it’s very important
to me to keep everything
he believed in alive.”
Edward D. Jamie Jr.
knew compassion, service
and dedication to
those in need and would
often go to a decedent’s
home to meet with the
family to make all of the
Edward D. Jamie Jr. Courtesy of Marissa Jamie
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