Tracie L. Longman

LONGMAN, Tracie L. Tracie Lynn Longman died on Monday, July 3, 2023, at her home in Newton, MA. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family. She succumbed after a 4-year battle with ovarian cancer, which she fought with relentless physical training and a positive attitude, binding the family together with tradition and her keen sense of humor. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on December 9, 1959, she was the daughter of Richard and Mary Longman. Tracie graduated from Smith College and Boston College Law School. While in law school she clerked for Judge William G. Young who presided over the Big Dan’s Tavern rape trial. She later became a skilled litigator and partner at the firm of Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo specializing in civil litigation and products liability where her cases included the lawsuits arising from the Malden Mills fire in 1995. She retired from the legal profession in 2004 to focus on making a home for her husband and two children. Tracie was a dedicated volunteer and president of the Newton Food Pantry until 2021. She also served on the board of overseers at the Huntington Theater in Boston. Tracie was renowned within the family as an excellent chef and a meticulous organizer of family celebrations, both large and small. Tracie’s passions included travel, especially to places where she could skin-dive and hunt for sea glass to add to her collection; she snorkeled the waters and reefs of Turks and Caicos, Aruba, Hawaii, and St. John. In addition to her husband, Chaitanya Kanojia; she leaves two children, Ethan and Lily Kanojia; two brothers, Christopher Longman Esq. of Williston Park, NY, and Richard Longman Esq. of San Diego, CA. Extended members of the family include Thuy Lam of West Palm Beach, FL; Mary Lam-Rodrigues of Oxford, MS; and Virginia Lam Abrams of Brooklyn, NY. A private memorial will be held at a later date on Ocean Drive in Newport, a place where she loved to spend time with family. In lieu of flowers, remembrances in Tracie’s name may be made to the Greater Boston Food Bank or the Huntington Theater in Boston.