Showing posts with label Paul and Monica Shay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul and Monica Shay. Show all posts

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Monica Shay memorial travels from Avenue A to the Christodora House

All photos by Bobby Williams... Bo Bob Arihood has more photos and a narrative here.










Remembering Monica Shay on Avenue A



Photos by Steven Hirsch.

Monica Shay media coverage on Avenue A


EV Grieve correspondent samo notes the news trucks on the scene on Avenue A to capture the memorial for Monica Shay. Per samo: "nice to see how we as a community are banning together. just wish it didn't need to happen out of sadness."

Reminders tonight: Memorial in Tompkins Square Park for Monica Shay


Monica Shay died on Thursday after being shot last weekend at the Pennsylvania country home she shared with her husband Paul. She was 58. Tonight at 8, her friends and loved ones will gather in Tompkins Square Park for a memorial vigil.

As The Villager noted, she and her husband Paul, who is expected to recover, were prominent neighborhood activists. "They helped the East Village squatters who took over city-owned buildings in the 1980s. They also supported the encampment that homeless people set up in Tompkins Square Park."

The memorial will be held at Seventh Street and Avenue A at the entrance to the Park.

[Photo of Monica Shay from 1990 by Clayton Patterson via The Villager]

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Monica Shay has died; memorial vigil scheduled in Tompkins Square Park Saturday night

Outside the Shay's apartment building on East 10th Street earlier tonight...

According to various published reports, Monica Shay, 58, was pronounced dead at 3:07 a.m. today in her room at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. Monica Shay is the third victim to die after the massacre Saturday night at the country home she shared with her husband Paul. Their nephew, Joseph Shay, 43, was killed in the shooting. His girlfriend, Kathryn Erdmann, 37, of Fall River, Mass., was also critically wounded. Her 2-year-old son, Gregory, was shot and killed while he slept.

Paul Shay, 64, and his nephew's girlfriend, Kathryn Erdmann, 37, were expected to survive bullet wounds to the head, the Daily News reported.

On Monday, a SWAT team killed Mark Richard Geisenheyner, the ex-con who police say was responsible for the murders.

Monica Shay worked for the Pratt Institute where she was the director of its arts and cultural management program.

There will be a memorial vigil for Monica Shay on Saturday night in Tompkins Square Park at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Vigil tonight for Paul and Monica Shay on East 10th Street


Paul and Monica Shay were each shot in the head Saturday night in their Pennsylvania weekend home. Their nephew, Joseph Shay, 43, was killed in the shooting. His girlfriend, Kathryn Erdmann, 37, of Fall River, Mass., was also critically wounded. Her 2-year-old son, Gregory, was shot and killed while he slept.

Yesterday, a SWAT team killed Mark Richard Geisenheyner, who police say was responsible for the murders.

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