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Angelica's Obituaries are up online.
Here is one from the Gallup Independant (she was a New Mexico native, having just moved from there again to Calfiornia few months ago):
NEWARK, Calif. — Memorial services for Angelica Marie Schaaf Rayl, 31, will be at a later date.
Rayl died May 5, 2011. She was born Sept. 24, 1979, in Gallup.
Rayl graduated from Gallup High School in 1997, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque to study Political Science and was currently pursuing a law degree from Maryland University. She was an creative and successful entrepreneur and published business woman. Rayl started her own company, Desert Maiden Bathworks, in 2005. After moving to Rio Rancho, she started a second company, Duke City Soap co., in which she sold jewelry and various bath and body products online and at the Idalia Road Marketplace. She was a talented soapmaker and had recently introduced a new product line known as Megami Sekken. In her position as State Director of ‘Bites of Hope’, she was committed to educating the public about healthy living for individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer. She was a talented musician and played the oboe for several years. Rayl recently auditioned for a part in a local production of The Wedding Singer. She loved to cook, craft, garden, travel and spend time with her family.
Survivors include her husband, Kevin Rayl; sons, Jacob, Kieran, Noah, Samuel.
Rayl was preceded in death by her grandfather, Maurice Cordova; mother, Monica Cordova.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to 6409 Potrero Dr., Newark, CA 94560 or to Angelica’s personal Paypal account, digital_merc@yahoo.com, which will go to her immediate funerary costs.
This second one in Albuquerque mentions her seller advocacy and etsy's general suckiness.:
RAYL -- Angelica Marie Schaaf Rayl of Newark, California passed away on May 5, 2011 at the young age of 31. Angelica was born to John Schaaf and the late Monica Cordova on September 24, 1979, in Gallup, New Mexico. She was a 1997 graduate of Gallup High School. She went on to study political science at the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque), and was currently pursuing a law degree from Maryland University. She married Kevin Rayl on March 7, 2001. They lived together in several states before relocating to Rio Rancho, NM in 2008 and then to Newark, California in early 2011. Angelica was a very multifaceted woman. First and foremost, she was a devoted wife to Kevin, and loving mother to their four boys. She was also an extremely creative and successful entrepreneur and published businesswoman. Angelica started her own company - Desert Maiden Bathworks in 2005. After moving to Rio Rancho, she started a second company - DukeCitySoapCo - in which she sold jewelry and various bath and body products online and at the Idalia Road Marketplace. She was a talented soapmaker and had recently introduced a new product line known as Megami Sekken.
She recently accepted the position of User Experience Billing Lead at the online gaming community Kabam, which led her and her family to Newark. Angelica had many passions and interests. She was a notably vocal presence for the online selling community Etsy.com. Unhappy with certain business practices of the popular artisan website, Angelica publicly spoke out, calling for changes to be made.
In her position as State Director of "Bites of Hope," she was committed to educating the public about healthy living for individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer. Furthermore, Angelica was a talented musician. She played the oboe for several years while at Gallup High School. Angelica also loved to sing, and had recently auditioned for a part in a local production of The Wedding Singer. She loved to cook, craft, garden, travel, and spend time with her family. Angelica was preceded in death by her grandfather Maurice Cordova and mother Monica Cordova, both of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Survivors include her husband Kevin Rayl; and sons Jacob, Kieran, Noah, and Samuel. A memorial will be held at a future date and time when immediate family can attend.
All donations made to Angelica's personal Paypal account, which is set up at digital_merc@yahoo.com will go to her immediate funerary costs. Contributions may also be sent to the following address: 6409 Potrero Dr., Newark, CA 94560.
Someone made a lovely slidehsow of her pictures online here.
Due to just having just moved to California for new jobs, and her husband losing his two days before her death there will be a funeral some later time. He is struggling to just cover her burial. Anything you wish to do, be it outright donation or online sales contribution (see last post on what to do) is welcome and needed.
There is donation info in the obituaries, but i will repeat it here:
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to 6409 Potrero Dr., Newark, CA 94560 or to Angelica’s personal Paypal account, digital_merc@yahoo.com, which will go to her immediate funerary costs.
4 Comments:
I always told her that even half of her life would exhaust me! She had so many things going on and so many interests. She wasn't happy unless she was busy busy busy. Even the obits had to leave stuff out, like the period she worked writing for Handmade News, and that she was studying Japanese. She was always full of surprises and people often underestimated her.
I remember one time she told me that some business visitors from Japan came to her workplace, and when she was introduced to them, she greeted them in flawless Japanese. (not just hello, she spoke a few sentences to them)
Another co-worker later said to her incredulously: "I didn't know you spoke Japanese!"
She just smiled. There was a lot that people didn't know.
I was privileged to know you, Angelica.
I am still so shocked and saddened by Angelica's sudden passing. she was clearly so full of life, and so important to her friends, her family, and those of us in the craft community who relied on her mentorship, her courage, and her sense of humor.
This is such a tragedy and such a terrible loss to ur community. It seems that the best among us are the first to be called home, but to part her from her four young children seems unspeakably cruel. I just hope that those of us who knew her from the craft world can be there for her family the way she was here for us.
Nothing we can do will erase the pain her family must be enduring, but i hope we can at least ease the financial strain a little so that they can focus on healing. I have made one pp donation so far and hope to do more as funds become available and i encourage everyone to do the same, even if it is five or ten dollars at a time.
She sounds like some who was much loved by her friends. Perhaps her pic with "in memoriam" would be appropriate for this site. Those of us who didn't know her have the feeling that we missed out.
So sad. Bless her family.
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