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During his term on the New Town Municipal Complex Committee, John assisted in the organization and implementation of “Vision Sessions” which allowed the residents of Hollis to articulate their wishes for what our Town could be in the future. Creative and collaborative in his approach, he was able to incorporate other people’s ideas and present them all to us in a different and positive light. Extremely organized with the capacity to think outside the box, John had an innate ability to inspire others to join him in the pursuit of a potential new higher learning center for improved library services for our Town. His continued perseverance, thoughtfulness and detailed planning towards this pursuit allowed him to turn a seemingly large project into achievable goals, and move it forward. Having had a very successful career as an executive of a large corporation, John was able to utilize his leadership and management abilities to be effective. He educated others during his professional life and while serving the Town the building blocks of being resourceful: planning, organizing, decision making, and problem solving, to be able to attain goals. His positive, can-do approach has enabled others to follow in his footsteps. He will be missed by our community, which he dearly loved. Lastly, John would agree that there is an equally giving, talented and creative person who stood with him, and was the most significant in his life and his in hers. The Select Board would also like to thank Barbara for sharing John with all of us. In remembrance of John Daniel Sheahan: There are 3 Cs in life: Choice, Chance, Change. You must make the choice , to take the chance , if you want anything in life to change .

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