Inga Horrocks

Inga Horrocks (nee Ichkitidze) passed away peacefully on Wednesday November 2nd 2022, surrounded by her loved ones.

Inga was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was the middle child of the three children of Suliko and Jana Ichkitidze.

As a young woman Inga had a passion for linguistics. She studied tirelessly and as a result became one of eight people in the city of Tbilisi, to be accepted to Ivanovo University, one of the most prestigious universities in Russia at the time.  Inga earned her bachelor's degree and continued working on her master’s degree in her hometown of Tbilisi.

At the age of 24 Inga was married and became a mother to her first two children Mariam and Giorgi. Along with raising her family she owned a private practice where she taught English language to adults with her own published books. At the same time, she was teaching English literature at the same school where her daughter was attending.

In 1999 Inga immigrated to the United States in search of a better life for her family and fulfilled her dreams when she brought her children to the United States. Inga opened her physical therapy office in Manhattan where she met her husband, Sam Horrocks.  Inga and Sam dated for a couple years and became man and wife on September 8th, 2011. In the same year, they welcomed their daughter Jeana Sophia Horrocks.  After two more years the three of them moved to their new home in Wayne, New Jersey.

At the age of 52 Inga decided she wanted to become a lawyer and enrolled in Concord Law School.  She had plans to become an immigration lawyer and open her own practice.  Although she was battling stage 4 cancer, she was able to successfully graduate from law school in August 2022 and proudly wrote “There is a new Juris Doctor in town!”.

Inga was an extremely talented and creative individual and had many hobbies such as playing the piano, reading, gardening, baking and cooking. She also created her own line of soaps and skincare. She always had new ideas of things she wanted to create or do or accomplish.  She could transform any ordinary day into a big party!

Inga treasured traveling with her family to various destinations, such as Paris, Hawaii and Mexico and looked forward to her yearly Disney Cruise with her youngest daughter Jeana and her grandchildren Mariam and Nicholas.

She had the unique ability of connecting with people on a deeper and personal level. She was loved not only by her own friends and family but by her children’s friends and family as well - to many she was like a mother, an inspiration, a role model, and a friend.  Inga was the glue that held her huge family together and will be deeply missed by everyone that knew her.

Inga was adored and is survived by her husband Sam Horrocks, their daughter Jeana, her daughter Mariam along with husband Beqa and her son Giorgi along with wife Mariam. She is also survived by her mother Jana, three grandchildren, Mariam, Nicholas and Alexander, and her brothers Goga and Roma.  She was predeceased by her father Suliko Ichkitidze.