A touching social media post penned by a Brooklyn mom announced her own passing on Tuesday. The deeply moving post was written to ensure friends and family knew how much she was loved.
Casey McIntyre, a 38-year-old publisher at Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House, passed away recently following a battle with ovarian cancer.
Her heartbreaking Instagram post, which began with the words “A note to my friends: if you’re reading this it means I have passed away,” accompanied a series of photos showing McIntyre smiling while surrounded by loved ones.
McIntyre’s husband, Andrew Gregory, noted in his update that her post was sadly cut short due to her declining health. He expressed his heartbreak at not being able to see the list of things that brought her comfort and joy. He added his own imagined list of what his wife cherished.
The post quickly went viral, with thousands of likes and hundreds of touching comments from friends and well-wishers.
On Wednesday, Gregory updated his wife’s Instagram page with screenshots of the obituary he shared from his own account. The obituary described McIntyre as a beloved family woman and an “inveterate New Yorker.”
Born on Feb. 1, 1985, McIntyre grew up in Upper Manhattan and Tenafly, New Jersey. She and Gregory wed in 2015, and she was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer in 2019. Despite the challenges, the couple welcomed their daughter, Grace, in April 2022.
A memorial service is set for Dec. 2 at the Prospect Park Boathouse, where mourners can celebrate McIntyre’s life by anonymously purchasing medical debt and then anonymously forgiving it via the charity, RIP Medical Debt.
More than $44,000 has been raised as of Wednesday afternoon.
