Memorial set for slain lesbian activist Barbara Shollar
Lesbian activist Barbara Shollar was shot to death on Christmas Eve and the suspect in custody is her live-in partner of seven years - Helen Chumbley. While a Memorial service for Shollar will be held tonight at the Hebrew Temple in New York City, friends of the couple are still trying to make sense of it all. Police discovered Shollar's body in the couple's backyard after police received a phone call from a relative of Chumbley's in Tennessee who reported that a hysterical Chumbley had called to say she had shot Shollar. "We're still so shocked and horrified by this," said Zelle Andrews, a leader of Westchester's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community who met Shollar about five years ago. "We've lost not only a wonderful caring colleague, but a very bright, highly educated person."
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