Oikos shooting victim: Judith Seymour
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Judith Seymour had the healing touch.
Her parents were both nurses in New York before moving back to their native Guyana, and Seymour had been a certified nursing assistant before spending much of her career as a senior tax analyst.
But when she was laid off, and at age 53, Seymour, who lived in San Jose, went back to nursing and was looking forward to graduating from Oikos University in June and getting her license.
She regularly commuted to the school in Oakland and sometimes to the state prison in Vacaville, where she had clinical training, said her partner of eight years, Timothy Brown, 55, a union representative.
"I'm in disbelief and shock right now," Brown said from the couple's home on Tuesday afternoon, having watched the horror on television the day before.
He ultimately learned of Seymour's death from a friend, who was notified by a nursing instructor.