Sheridan Halloran

Sheridan Halloran, 22, of Bloomington, Indiana, took her own life on May 12, 2016. Born on January 26, 1994, in Indianapolis, Indiana she was the oldest child of Jennifer and Kevin Halloran Sheridan attended St. Charles School, Bloomington High School South, and was a recent graduate of Indiana University. Sheridan received dual bachelor degrees in Spanish and Linguistics, graduated with academic honors (3.765), and was selected as a one of six Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Fellows from Indiana University. Sheridan was to teach English in South Korea beginning in July. Sheridan was a lovely woman. She had an extraordinary range of interests. She was exceptionally gifted artistically, being an amateur filmmaker, painter, writer, and photographer. Sheridan had a deep love of music, teaching herself piano and guitar, and composing her own music. Sheridan was an athlete, receiving four varsity letters in swimming at South, ran (begrudgingly) a half marathon, and was a two year member of the women’s Ride On Little 500 cycling team. Sheridan enjoyed learning about foreign cultures and traveling: backpacking around southern Europe, visiting central Mexico, and studying in Spain for a semester. Sheridan loved languages; she was fluent in Spanish and Italian, studied Hungarian, and was self-taught Swedish and Morse Code. Sheridan had the ability to complete anything that she set her mind to. Sheridan had a wicked sense of humor, and was delightfully quirky. She was exceptionally good with the old and young. Sheridan tutored struggling readers and supervised other tutors. Sheridan’s left-behind communication evidenced that she struggled mentally for years, and wrongly believed that there was no hope for her to ever feel or think in any different way. She wrote that she had never been honest with anyone about how deeply she was hurting. Sheridan is survived by her heartbroken family and friends: her parents, Jennifer & Kevin Halloran; her sister, Delaney; brothers, Griffin, Riley, Evan, and Aidan; her grandparents, George & Phyllis Halloran, and Terry Halloran & Jim Weikert; and her great-grandmother, Marguerite Carpenter. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church on Thursday, May 19, at noon, with a luncheon afterward. The family asks for no flowers, but all memorial intentions be expressed as contributions in Sheridan’s name to Mental Health America-Monroe County, Attn: Suicide Prevention Coalition, P.O. Box 1816, Bloomington, Indiana, 47402 Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37 is handling arrangements and online condolences, photos and memories may be shared with family and friends on www.allencares.com.

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Sheridan Halloran

January 26, 1994 - May 12, 2016