Elicia Brown Pomeroy, journalist who wrote movingly about her cancer diagnosis, dies at 48

New York writer Elicia Brown Pomeroy, who wrote for JTA and other publications about her battle with ovarian cancer, has died.

In November 2015, Brown wrote a column for JTA describing how she received her diagnosis of ovarian cancer on the day that her husband’s sister died of a similar disease. Brown was buried next to her sister-in-law in a small Jewish cemetery in Sag Harbor, New York, on Sunday. She was 48.

She wrote a regular column for the New York Jewish Week for many years, where she also worked as a staff writer. She also contributed to the Forward and JTA, as well as other publications.

She was a graduate of Barnard College and received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

She was awarded a Rockower Award for Excellence in Personal Essay for her essay for JTA titled: “At Hanukkah, finding light in a time of illness and darkness,” in June by the American Jewish Press Association.

She is survived by her husband, Jeremy Pomeroy, and two teenage children.