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John Koborie stands next to a portrait of his daughter Rebecca, who was killed in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. This was the last photograph Ms. Koborie had taken for a CD of her songs.
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Published September 10, 2006 11:43 pm - The first recipient of a scholarship memorializing Sharon native Rebecca Koborie, who died Sept. 11, 2001, in One World Trade Center, is finishing her college degree.

Memorials honor Sharon native and 9/11 victim Becky Koborie


By Courtney Anderson
Herald Staff Writer

SHARON

Megan Adovasio of Sharon was just starting her senior year of high school when the world was turned upside down.

Now, she’s finishing her college degree thanks in part to a scholarship memorializing Sharon native Rebecca Koborie, who died Sept. 11, 2001, in One World Trade Center.

It’s been five years since John and Julianne Koborie lost their oldest child, but “nothing has changed” for them, Mr. Koborie said. “Absolutely nothing.”

“She’s still in our minds every day,” he said recently from their Trumbull Avenue home. “She never leaves.”

Miss Adovasio was the first recipient of the Koborie scholarship, which gives preference to students who pursue a career in the field Becky devoted her time and talent to: music.

Ms. Koborie graduated from Sharon High, where she was a good student involved in music, and moved to New York City after getting a degree in theater arts and music from the University of Cincinnati in 1977. She had just finished a master cabaret class in Manhattan before her death and was choirmaster for the insurance company where she worked.

A marketing major at Clarion University with a music and French minor, Miss Adovasio said she feels honored to be part of Ms. Koborie’s legacy.

While she is saddened by what the Kobories have gone through, Miss Adovasio said she was grateful someone wanted to help her follow her passion. She called the scholarship a “great tribute” to Ms. Koborie.

“I love music so much,” Miss Adovasio said. “And she loved music … (the Kobories) found a way to let her spirit live on.”

“Becky’d like the scholarship,” her father said. “She would be all for it.”

Mr. Koborie said the family hopes recipients “become something in life,” and no matter what they do, they’ll carry Becky’s dreams with them.

Becky was vibrant, outgoing, funny, good hearted and “game for anything,” her parents said. Throughout her life, Ms. Koborie was very involved in the community, giving her time and money to charity and individuals in need.

“She was somebody you’d like to know,” said Mrs. Koborie. “She loved New York. She went to as many plays as she could. Her apartment had stacks and stacks of playbills.”

“She was always into something,” said Mrs. Koborie of her daughter. “She was an overachiever, I think.”

“I don’t think you could find anyone who’d have a bad word to say about Becky,” said classmate Sue McLaughlin of Hermitage. “Becky would walk into a room and the room would light up. She was the eternal optimist.”



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