Gabrielle Welford died April 24, 2011, Easter morning. Sweetheart, comrade, friend of the poor, lover of goats and wood rats and all things wild and natural.

We promised each other that if she survived we would travel together.
She wanted to make art and tend her garden, to continue her writing and publish her novel. She knew she would probably die soon but she didn't want to give up her art. And so, in her last months, she and her artist friends got together several times to make art together.

But most of all, she wanted to live to see her grandchildren..

With will and discipline she tried to understand what was happening to her. She read everything about her cancer. She emailed; she phoned. She struggled and fought, looking for a way out. She hoped for a cure, She would make some progress, and feel better but then sadly, heartbreakingly, there would be a setback, a loss. She cried and so did I with every setback. But she had hope until the very end. She would lead on with her powerful will.

She left instructions for her memorial and I will do my best to live up to them.

I miss her so.

King Collins

There will be a memorial on June 5 at Round Mountain Ranch in Ukiah, CA.

Below is a brief chronology of her illness.

In September I wrote: "Gaby took sick at the beginning of the year (2010). Since then she's been fighting ovarian cancer traveling to clinics in Tijuana, Arcata and Berkeley. She's in Berkeley now, living near her sister Janie and Mom Dorothy. She is getting weekly chemo treatments from Highland Hospital and still very much alive."

Update Feb 25, 2011. The chemo worked as the doctors expected, reducing the cancer and the symptoms significantly, but as they predicted, the cancer has become resistant, Right now, its pretty tough. The symptoms have returned. So another kind of chemo will have to be used. We're going up to St. Helena where we hope there will better care. For more write to me or see her journal at CarringBridge. Her current address: Gabrielle Welford 2951 Derby St., Apt. 146, Berkeley, CA.

Update March 9. Gaby is at her apt. in Berkeley, after spending 3 days at Alta Bates. She is doing better after suffering pain, stomach cramping.

Update March 30, Berkeley. Gaby is sleeping a lot, up and walking a bit, eating small amounts. She's taking heavy meds, pain and nausea under control pretty well. Doctors now say she might live months maybe only weeks....dear Gabrielle, comrade, lover, friend.

April 24, 2011. This mooring, Easter Sunday, at 2:05 AM, Gabrielle Welford died.

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Recommended reading:
Raoul Vaneigem 2009 interview;
See also Stuationist Northern California at blogspot

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Susan (Crane): Robin and Chet's Mom

From Susan in Washington State

March 28, 2011
Susan sentenced to 15 Months

Five protesters sentenced to prison for breaking into Bangor base

From the News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, March 28,2011
Five anti-war protesters – including a Jesuit priest from the Hilltop – were handed prison sentences ranging from two months to 15 months in federal court in Tacoma today for breaking into Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to protest the nuclear weapons stored there.
The five – including two Catholic priests and a sister – were convicted by a federal jury of using bolt cutters to cut through three chain-link fences to enter an area where nuclear warheads are stored on the base, about 40 miles northwest of Tacoma. . . .

Update: May 12, 2011 Son Chet says the Susan is "in transit" and will arrive soon at "Dublin," a federal correctional facility in the Bay Area, which will mean that family will be visiting soon.

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