In Memoriam: Laura Jane Seeley

I would like to be in touch with the community about a recent sad event and the usual format of an obituary does not always lend itself to personal communication. There is now an empty place in the world that can never be filled. Laura Jane Seeley left this world on Tuesday, August 22 when the car she was driving crashed violently into another vehicle while returning home from visiting her mother in New Hampshire. The day was clear and sunny, yet her vehicle crossed into the opposite lane and struck a large pickup truck. We may never know why this happened. Fortunately, the two people in the truck were not killed and we have been informed that their injuries were not life-threatening. And it is also fortunate that Laura’s two girls were not in the car because they were still visiting with their grandmother. What we do know is that Laura Jane has two parents, two children, a dedicated life partner, a sister, aunts and uncles, a nephew, and many other extended family, and of course many friends, and for these folks Laura Jane will never again be fully present in our lives. Her physical absence leaves an immense emptiness and her spiritual absence leaves us struggling to understand and cope with a world without Laura Jane.