Chloe Priebe and Barbara began working together on this project in the Spring of 2020, just as Covid-19 began to take hold in the United States. What began as a moment in time has grown into a new era, an unprecedented time. One in which it is difficult to cope, and make sense of the constant grief. Having experienced loss herself throughout this pandemic, Chloe is passionate about creating a space in which it is possible to remember those we have lost, together, while also finding some sense of community in the loss.

After investigating existing memorial websites, it became immediately clear that a difference could be made with this project. The ultimate goal for Chloe was this: creating a memorial with us (C&R) could be free, and the burden would fall to us, not the visitors and mourners, to keep these memorials, as well as a community gathering place, alive and accessible. 

Chloe has a background in design and spends much of her time working in the arts or trying to find new ways to help people. This is actually the first website-- hopefully of many-- that she has ever designed and she could not imagine a better first project. Chloe wants to dedicate her work on this project to the three people she couldn't say a proper goodbye to in the Spring of 2020: Robert Northrup, Don Reilly, and Sam Engel. She thinks of them every time she works on this site, and hopes that you will think of them, too.