# Cristi Lamb (Persephone) R.I.P. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525 "2004-03-04T15:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/161 "2004-03-05T04:21:30Z")
I didn’t know her well at all, but it just seems so shocking when I remember her posting just this week. Patrick, Tim and the children, I’ll say a special prayer for you when I go to bed tonight. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/162 "2004-03-05T04:29:28Z")
My deepest symapthies to all who loved her. She will be missed. -David ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/163 "2004-03-05T04:31:59Z")
The poster formerly known as **Satan** sends his condolences and will miss her. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/164 "2004-03-05T04:37:33Z")
I have nothing useful to say. I’ve written eight hundred things and deleted them all. It all boils down to: I will miss Cristi so much. She was a wonderful friend. I hope she had a chance to finish the books I lent her. I am so mad I can’t lend her another book I recently read, I know she would have enjoyed it too. Patrick, there are no words. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/165 "2004-03-05T04:43:37Z")
Words do seem… inadequate, at best. Our condolences to **Euty** , Tim and the kids. So very, very sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/166 "2004-03-05T04:47:39Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Can someone who knows her family do a search on her, and print out all the threads **Persephone** started? It would be a great thing to save for her kids for when they get older, so they can get to know their Mom’s “voice” (especially since so many of her threads were about them). > > It would be a shame for Future Hamsters to destroy them–someone should print them out now and hang onto them. When her kids are adults, they’ll want to have them. That is a wonderful idea. I can’t believe my roomie from NYC is gone. The sweet woman who introduced me to my husband. She was one of the few TRULY kind people I have ever had the fortune to meet. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/167 "2004-03-05T04:48:43Z")
Man, reading the title of this thread really put a rock in my stomach. What a horrible shock. Being a fellow Michigander, I always kept a look out for posts from Persephone. I really wish now I’d have gone to a MI-Dopefest or two. _Carpe diem_. You’re in my thoughts Euty; God bless. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MadnessIsAVirtue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MadnessIsAVirtue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadnessIsAVirtue)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/168 "2004-03-05T04:51:30Z")
Wow. I didn’t really know her, except as a name on a screen, but it sounds like she was a wonderful person. My condolences to all who knew and loved her, irl or online. Especially to Patrick, Tim and the kids. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/169 "2004-03-05T04:53:04Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > Funny you mention that. On a couple of occasions, she mentioned to me in email that she had had tea with Eve, MissCreant, and Manhattan. (Apologies if I’ve forgotten anyone or am mistaken.) > > It meant a lot to her, and she enjoyed it immensely. It is my favorite memory from NYC. (besides meeting my husband **Mr. Cynical** ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/170 "2004-03-05T04:54:54Z")
I didn’t know Cristi very well, though I have read a few of her threads. I would just like to add my condolences to the list. I’m terribly sorry for your loss **Euty** , and for Cristi’s children and family. ~J ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/171 "2004-03-05T05:06:11Z")
I didn’t know **Persephone** that well, but I always read her posts with interest. She seemed like a nice, caring, intelligent person. I’m sorry I didn’t take the time to get to know her better. My deepest condolences. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/172 "2004-03-05T05:26:01Z")
My goodness, how surprising. I remember one beautiful post about when her stepson came to live with them that was one of my first wonderful memories of here. My condolences to all. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/173 "2004-03-05T05:32:31Z")
What I remember most about Cristi is that she was always glad to see me. She had a face that was meant for smiling, and the way it lit up and the big smile she would greet me with would always make my day. I am much, much richer for having known her, the world is a much poorer place tonight. Damn. We need a crying smiley. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/174 "2004-03-05T05:50:44Z")
She’s one of the first posters I remember, from back when I first discovered this place. I really don’t know what to say. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/175 "2004-03-05T06:09:33Z")
My condolences to Tim, **Euty** and all of Persephone’s family. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/176 "2004-03-05T07:15:18Z")
My condolences to the family and **Euty**. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/177 "2004-03-05T07:24:16Z")
I met Persephone at ChiDope 2002, and she was really sweet, I admired Persephone’s bracelets, which she got at an Ann Arbor art fair. I went back to the hotels with Eutychus and Inertia, Persephone and Eutychus hugged me, and i remember that now. I am sorry that she is gone and that i never got to another dopefest to hang out with y’all. Euty, i am so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/178 "2004-03-05T07:50:36Z")
It’s amazing, how the community here draws you in. I never met **Persephone** in real life, and I barely interacted with her online. For all intents and purposes, she was a total stranger to me. And still… fuck. This is terrible news. At least it sounds like she went peacefully. My condolences to her family, and to **Eutychus**. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/179 "2004-03-05T07:53:08Z")
I barely knew Cristi, yet I’m incredibly saddened to hear of her passing. I couldn’t believe it - it was… I couldn’t believe that she could just…up and go. I met her at NYCFest 2003 & again at Ribfest this past summer; she was just such a smiling, big presence. I can’t imagine the pain her loved ones must be in if I’m feeling so crushed; my heart & thoughts go out to her little ones, Tim, and Euty. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525/180 "2004-03-05T08:00:35Z")
I finally get a chance to hop on here for the first time in several days. And this is the first thing I see. I can feel the pain and the loss from all of the dopers who were fortunate to know **Christi** , either on here or IRL. It is the same pain that is in my heart tonight. I was so looking forward to finally getting to meet her when I got up that way for **pipefitter** s wedding (I am to be his Best [sub]wo[/sub]Man). Now I have to email him and give him the news, since I know he hasn’t been able to be on here in some time. The world is a dimmer place now. You are sorely missed, my friend. _“I’m sorry.”_ doesn’t begin to encompass what I’m feeling for Tim, their kids, and **Euty** , but words are failing me here. God Bless you, Christi. And may He watch over your family, and Patrick, and help you through this, help you survive what must seem right now to be unsurvivable. I’m putting my arms around each of you in a big bearhug in my heart. Thank you, **Opalcat** , for your memorial. I will go to it when I feel ready to. I would gladly copy all of her threads and posts that I can, but my pc has been really acting up, and I would hate to not be able to do it completely. Perhaps some of the mods could help? purrplebear, wishing there was a heartbroken, crying smilie…feeling more like a midnight blue bear at the moment… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cristi-lamb-persephone-r-i-p/232525.md?page=10)