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PEF President Wayne Spence thanked PEF retirees and retired PEF staff for coming to honor former President Sheedy. Left to right: President Spence, Molly Sheedy, Linda Rubenstein, Bernie Mulligan, Margaret Wexler, and Sherry Halbrook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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July 28, 2023 —<\/em> On July 10, PEF President Wayne Spence, PEF Staff and PEF Retirees gathered with Molly Sheedy to honor her late husband, James (Jim) Sheedy at PEF headquarters in Latham, N.Y. Sheedy was one of the founding members of PEF. He passed away in August 2021.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Molly Sheedy reached out to PEF earlier this year to discuss a way to honor Jim.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked with her to plant one of his favorite trees \u2013 a Japanese Maple \u2013 and had a plaque created honoring his years of service,\u201d President Spence told attendees at the ceremony.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheedy is the longest serving Statewide Officer in PEF history. After being elected to the Executive Board representing the Department of Transportation, he served as a vice president from 1979 to 1982, then secretary-treasurer from 1982-1994, and one term as president, from 1994-1997.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDuring his presidency, Jim was laser focused on unifying PEF and working toward better contracts, job improvements and stronger laws to protect members,\u201d President Spence said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"James
PEF President Spence and Molly Sheedy gather by the memorial at PEF Headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was Sheedy who worked to structure the union and created the Contract Administration department, which helped PEF negotiate its first contract with the State.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After 18 years of service as an officer of PEF, Sheedy returned to his job as a civil engineer at the NYS Department of Transportation, where he worked until 2000 before retiring to Arizona.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Retirees who worked with Jim Sheedy, like Bill Crotty, the Retirees President from Region 7, described Sheedy as \u201chard working, kind, decent, smart and honorable.\u201d Others described him as a humble man.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was PEF\u2019s North Star,\u201d Molly Sheedy said about her husband. \u201cAnd it was thanks to PEF that we met.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Molly and Jim met while she worked as a nurse at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. She was an active union member herself, attending conventions each year, including the one in Niagara Falls when she first met Jim. They would have celebrated their 36<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary this year. She recounted stories of their time together and his dedication to not only the union, but to charity work.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI found two full pages, single-spaced, dedicated to every single charity he was involved with or donating to,\u201d Molly said, as she recalled cleaning out his office following his passing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the day started off with a downpour, the sky later cleared, and the sun shined as Molly visited the memorial and spoke about her late husband\u2019s legacy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe would have appreciated this,\u201d she said. \u201cBut he would also have hated it.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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