![]() ![]() Her absence is profound in the hearts of friends and family." "She listened without judgment, provided wise advice when asked, and offered kind words and gentle reassurance to those around her. "She was fun, often tickled by quirky humor, and if she got going, would laugh until she cried," the obituary said. She was a school psychologist before pausing to homeschool her three sons, which "brought her joy, purpose and fulfillment." Karnatz had completed the Boston Marathon four times, according to an obituary. And we had plans together as empty nesters. "And plans together for the mundane days in between. "We had plans together for big adventures," he wrote. In a Facebook post, Tom Karnatz wrote that he and his wife had big - and little - plans together. The license plate of a minivan said "RUNNR." Two cars parked in the driveway had matching 26.2 stickers - marking the mileage of a marathon. She had completed 5.1 miles of her planned 7-mile run on the greenway the night she died. Karnatz, 49, was an avid runner who frequented the greenway where some of the shootings occurred. We’re absolutely heartbroken and miss her dearly." Her husband, Tom Karnatz, told the AP that she "was a very loving wife and amazing mother to our three sons. ![]() "And she was always kind and gentle to everybody she met," Judd said. Marvin Judd said Connors was a "sweet person" with a "good heart." It’s senseless."Ĭonnors’ neighbors said she was always friendly while walking her Jack Russell terrier, Sami. "People outside enjoying the weather, talking. "It is just a senseless killing," he said. Howard is left to wonder what motivated the shooting. "Her friend was more or less by the driveway like she was about to go home or was on her way home, and my wife was on the porch," Howard said. "She couldn’t have been home more than five or 10 minutes before this happened," Howard said.Ĭonnors and a neighbor, who was listed among the wounded, were shot, Howard said. Connors had taken a friend to Red Lobster to celebrate her friend’s birthday before coming home. Late Thursday afternoon, Howard left the house to get food for lunch - he works the third shift - and to buy a lightbulb for the porch. They had tickets for the next Black Panther film, coming out in November, and planned to go to the North Carolina State Fair. "And she was going to make sure it was done right."Ĭonnors and her husband liked to get out of the house and explore Raleigh’s restaurant scene. "Anything that had to be done, she was going to do it," Howard said. She also left her job in human resources to care for her mother after she had a stroke. When her father died, she was the one who went to Veterans Affairs to straighten things out - using "choice words" - to ensure he was buried in a veterans cemetery, Howard said. ![]() Connors, 52, was the matriarch of her extended family, the one who "got things done," her husband Tracey Howard told The Associated Press. ![]()
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