Webb Alexander Haymaker

so sorry

I am late in sharing my condolences, but I only read about Webb's passing in the Carleton Voice today. I remember reading the powerful article in the same publication a few years back about Webb and his father and what they have done to stand against gun violence. I didn't know Webb well (I graduated from Carleton in 1999). But I vividly remember the respect that most of my favorite music professors had for him, especially Professor Rhodes. Webb always seemed very steadfast in his studies and...

I live on the West Coast now, so I just heard about this today, more than a month after. I am devastated, and cannot begin to find the right words. Webb, you were an amazing young man and a gift to us all. There are no words for this. Rest in power.

I had the pleasure and the honor of knowing and having Webb in my life as a colleague and a friend. Initially, as we both have just arrived to Connecticut, he reached out to me with his usual gentle and kind manner to ask for support in helping youth at risk in a job he had just started in New Haven, Connecticut. Quite quickly, what began like clinical supervision resulted in a friendship built on mutual admiration. I feel lucky to have met Webb and mourn his loss as his presence in my...

I am so sorry for your loss. May God's hands wrap you in his arms and hold on tight.

I read Webb's obituary and was so impressed with his giving spirit. It is so good to hear about a person with such a magnitude of caring about others. From what I read, wish he could still be here, but heaven has found another helping hand.

I remember Webb playing saxophone at the Blue Service at the Unitarian Church. My heart is with those he left behind.

So sorry to hear this sad news, Holly. So many, including my family, have been touched by suicide, and it's so hard to understand. You and your family will be in my thoughts.