Today marks a year since we lost Ricky. I can still hardly believe that she's gone. Though we lived hundreds of miles apart and saw each other only on the most special occasions, I so enjoyed our lively phone visits, chewing over theatrical productions, debating politics, and having many laughs. She was the last living link to my family's connection to Austria, and I miss that too. May she rest in peace.

I remember with fondness the summer visits our family had with my cousin Ricky and her parents in Ithaca and Lake Cayuga.  In later years the pleasure  of spending time with Ricky and Doug in “The City” or a family gathering  was always punctuated by Ricky’s laugh, her genuineness, excerpts from her world travels, and her love for the theater and movies.  No need to follow Roger Ebert as Ricky had long since reviewed the performance.  She was loved by many and her loss creates a vacuum that will be hard to fill.

Our lovely cousin Ricky - I was in awe of her from the time I was little, when she asked me to be her "flower girl" in her wedding to Doug. Sophisticated, articulate and intelligent - but funny and fun, with a great sense of humor and a wonderful laugh I'll always remember with love.

My cousin Ricky was a very special person -- vibrant, smart, funny, lover of art, music and theater, a world traveler.  I admired her very much and am deeply saddened at her sudden passing. My husband and I express our deepest sympathy to her husband and their close friends.

Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel

Ingrid Matheson

immediate need

Death has occurred or is near

plan ahead

Pre-plan a funeral or cremation

Plan a Funeral or Cremation Default Desktop

Find Obituaries and Services

Send Flowers

sympathy and etiquette

grief library

celebrations of life

What to Say When Someone Dies

Show Your Support

Sympathy and Grief

obituary

services

memories

Obit Detail

In the care of

share to facebook

share by email

share link

Share Obituary

ideas and resources

Sympathy and Grief Mobile

OBITUARY

Ingrid Matheson

17 December, 1936 – 23 March, 2020

Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel

Show your support

Add a Memory

Share Obituary

Get Reminders

Services