She was only a few weeks away from giving birth to her first child when she passed out in her classroom and died.
It was reported by USA Today that Courtney Fannon, 29, was found unconscious in her classroom on Friday. She was a special education teacher at Kendal Central School in the rural community about 30 miles northwest of Rochester.
The news source said she passed out soon after sending her husband Kurtis a text, but they didn’t say what the text was about.
She was only a few weeks away from giving birth to her first child when she passed out in her classroom and died.
It was reported by USA Today that Courtney Fannon, 29, was found unconscious in her classroom on Friday. She was a special education teacher at Kendal Central School in the rural community about 30 miles northwest of Rochester.
The news source said she passed out soon after sending her husband Kurtis a text, but they didn’t say what the text was about.
The cause of death could not be found.
A GoFundMe page for the family was written by her husband’s friend Matt Smith. It said, “The world lost two beautiful souls, Courtney Fannon and Hadley Jaye Fannon, long before any of us were ready to live in a world without them.”
“They were called to eternal rest the night of March 8th, after a very tragic and unexpected turn of events,” he wrote in the account, which as of Thursday morning had almost $53,000 in it.
It had been since 2018 that Fannon had taught special education in the district.
“Every day, Courttney was a special education teacher who loved her job and gave her all,” schools Superintendent Nicholas Picardo said in a message, as reported by USA Today.
She loved teaching and was good at it. When she wasn’t in the classroom, she was walking around our halls with a smile and a friendly hello, he said.
Smith wrote in a long post on GoFundMe that Kurtis is living the “worst nightmare of having to return to a home, filled with baby toys, bottles, furniture, and a finished nursery, that will no longer be filled with the cooing sounds and shuffling of a newborn.”
They got married in August 2022 after dating for 10 years. Fannon was going to give birth “in just 4 short weeks,” he wrote.
Smith went on, “For those who did not have the wonderful chance to meet or get to know Courtney, there are only positive and good things that can be said about her.”
“She was kind, honest, and well-organized in a way that put her students ahead of herself, changing their lives and the lives of their caregivers for the better,” he wrote.
In his tribute, Smith also talked about the unborn girl.
Hadley, we never got to meet you, watch you grow up, or see you do great things, but I know that you will live on in everything your family does to make sure that the few breaths you were able to take were not wasted and will not be forgotten, he wrote.
“Someone that young shouldn’t have to watch over their father, but with your mom’s help, I’m sure you’ll be ready to send messages and signals that you are there, just like your mom would be ready for anything,” Smith wrote.
“Hadley, to the sweet little girl who never got to live in this world. “It makes me feel better to know that you weren’t alone and that your loving mother will always be there for you,” he said.
The funeral Mass for Courtney and Hadley will be held at St. Vincent DePaul Church in Churchville on Saturday at 11 a.m.
