Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer-C Raynsford

Subject: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 03:55 PM

My heart and the hearts of many dear local friends are broken today. A beautiful woman of our village, Carol Raynsford, was found murdered in Arizona over the weekend, along with her partner. It seems like a random act of violence.

I've tried to link to one of the stories; it's in the Washington Post and several others. But when I test the links, it doesn't let me in.

Sit with me awhile, please.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 04:08 PM

Sorry Allison, pointless tragedies are always the hardest.

(((A)))

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Jeri
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 04:11 PM

Article in Union Leader

We can sit and maybe sing some...

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 04:17 PM

Thanks, Jeri and John.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 04:21 PM

This will give you what you want.



http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_n2/sheriff-found-sedona.html

Enjoy.

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From: My guru always said
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 04:32 PM

So very sad, a terrible tragedy!

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 05:15 PM

Sitting with you...

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: open mike
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 05:33 PM

Sending blessings to their families and friends....I hope this crime will be solved and those at fault brought to justice! I am singing
Poor, Wayfaring Stranger for them.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: maeve
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 05:45 PM

I'm so sorry this has happened, Allison.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 06:19 PM

What a senseless tragedy, Allison, my sympathies and support to you and her family and friends.

I hope she is listening to the "flowers sing" as her CD was named. With her apparent beliefs, I hope she is able to "visit" her new grandbaby.

I will sing Until the Darktime Ends for both of them. May our singing join in giving you, her and her partner, and family and friends the comfort so beautifully expressed in "singing voices."

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Genie
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 06:20 PM

Sitting with you too, Allison.   What a senseless loss.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: foggers
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 06:25 PM

Sitting with you from across the Atlantic; songs and thoughts for all the people hurt by this senseless act of violence. And may there be justice and healing too.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Bobert
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 06:30 PM

Completely senseless and insane...

100,000 Americans get shot every year and if you believe the NRA's mythology it would be 22 times more than that if we controlled the sales of handguns...

This story makes me sick...

It's one thing to hear about someone being found shot and quite another to put a face and story with it...

I am so sorry to read of this... My heart goes out to you, Allison, and all of Carol's friends and family...

B~

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Anne Neilson
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 06:49 PM

Having never met either you or your friend, Allison, I can nevertheless share your sense of devastation.

I came home from a weekend conference some years ago to news that my boss/friend was dead, and it was rapidly confirmed that this was 'suspicious'. Waiting for any information was emotionally draining; waiting for an arrest and a trial (several months) was nervewracking; and waiting for a verdict (to help us come to terms and make some sense of the horror of Mary's death) was a nightmare, because the trial was abandoned.

You can never change what has happened, but please try to focus on the good memories -- it's the only way to proceed, and I'm absolutely sure that it's what your friend would have wished.

Heartfelt condolences!

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Janie
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 07:08 PM

I'm so sorry, Allison.

Janie

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 07:11 PM

condolences & hugs

When I was a teenager, my greatuncle's stepson was killed in a pub. Stepson & his son were having a quiet game of pool when somehow he "offended" a bloke who was very drunk. Bloke later followed them into the carpark & attacked stepson from behind, killing him.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Jack Campin
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 07:34 PM

Is Raynsford's former husband Keith Duesenberry related to Peggy Duesenberry, the old-time/contra fiddler who lived in Scotland a few years ago? (I've lost touch - used to play with Peggy for the local contra group, but she got too ill to continue).

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 07:36 PM

Allison, I am sorry.
Your friend had a wonderful life and a swift death. Maybe that is a blessing,
I will join you in a song.
Mary

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: saulgoldie
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 07:45 PM

So sorry to hear this. My deepest condolences.

Saul

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From: wysiwyg
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 07:52 PM

(((go in it, go above it)))

~S~

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Mary Katherine
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:09 PM

Condolences on your loss. Such a heartache for you and all who knew them.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:11 PM

There's nothing I can add to what's been said. Nothing.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: ranger1
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:11 PM

Sitting with you, Allison.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:18 PM

So sorry for the losses, Allison.

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:27 PM

*hugs* and deepest sympathies

-- Gary

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Micca
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:42 PM

You, and all the Ladies of the Chorus are in my thoughts at this sad news, I have come to feel a strong link with you all over the years I have been visiting and feel that your tragedy is also mine, in sadness Micca

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Charley Noble
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 08:49 PM

Deepest sympathy as well.

Utterly senseless!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Don Firth
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 10:07 PM

With you, Allison.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: georgeward
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 11:10 PM

I'm here too, Allison.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: caseyabrams
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 11:23 PM

So sorry to hear this! I'm from Cambridge- will you folks let me know if any benefits are planned? Would love to contribute.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 11:27 PM

Very sorry to hear, Allison.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: JennieG
Date: 09 Jan 12 - 11:37 PM

So sorry, Allison - sending you a virtual hug from here.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 04:21 AM

I'm sitting with you as well. I have also added Carol to the Mudcat Memorial.

I'll sing for you both later.

Peter

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From: fat B****rd
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 06:46 AM

Best thoughts to you from over here in Scotland.
CHarlie.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 09:12 AM

The latest news reports say that the suspected shooter also killed a police officer and was in turn shot and killed. What a sad mess.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 11:11 AM

No words can express how horrible this is. I'm so sorry.

Dan

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 11:22 AM

Thanks, dear friends. It really helps to have your love and sympathy.

Jack Campin, yes, the very one. Keith died many years ago, after their divorce.

Casey, thanks so much for the offer. As far as I know, the only thing planned so far is a memorial service here in Nelson on Jan. 21. Anyone can PM me for more details.

SINS, I hadn't heard that the link had been established, but I knew it was considered a strong possibility.

Micca, give a special thought to Alouette, who is devastated, sick with a nasty flu-y cold, and expecting her daughter Margie to pop premature twins by the end of the week!

But life does go on, and I'm in the throes of preparing for another Animaterra chorus season. When all else fails, sing.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: open mike
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 01:00 PM

wow this story is taking strange twists and turns..

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/man-who-shot-deputy-a-marine-1-9-2012

the suspect who was shot was " A Marine, 30 years old, with a consuming interest in the unexplained -- an author who wrote about the apocalypse, Armageddon, and judgment day. "

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083997/Carol-Raynsford-Grandmother-violently-gunned-car-Sedona-Arizona-shaman-spiritual-quest.html

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/01/ariz-authorities-probing-whether-couple-slaying-linked-killing-neighboring-county/xlf26sdziSzwKj9SE1jbQK/index.html

If he is the guy who caused the deaths of Carol and her partner, he paid the ultimate price. Very bizarre.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 10 Jan 12 - 11:14 PM

Oh, how sad. Wishing comfort to their family and friends.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer-C Raynsford
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 11:13 PM

Arizona authorities believe that the killer has been caught.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer-C Raynsford
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 09:59 AM

There be a memorial service for Carol here in Nelson on January 21. Between now and then, friends are folding paper cranes to celebrate her love of life and peace.

A few years ago she performed in a production of a living history project called "Hotel Nelson". Her part was a parody of sorts, a wonderful song that she wrote called "Hill Farms Don't Pay". You can see her (in costume, but not far from the real Carol!) here (Gordon Peery at the piano).

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer-C Raynsford
From: Crowhugger
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 10:52 AM

Heartfelt condolences. I'm folding and singing for you, Allison.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer-C Raynsford
From: GUEST,999
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:16 PM

I'm so sorry about it all, Allison. It's beyond senseless.

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer-C Raynsford
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 01:15 PM

How stupid, how unnecessary, how just plain sad. Really sorry for your loss, Allison. Hugs and songs...

I really do object to the adjective "elderly" in several of the news stories. Sixty-three is full of life and in our middle years. We should have had their company here on earth for many more years.

Linn

Subject: RE: Obit: Senseless killing of NH singer-C Raynsford
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 01:48 PM

So sad...I, too, am singing and folding, and hoping it will offer some comfort to you, Allison, and other friends, and to family members.
Carly Gewirz