Give Kristen a Proper Service and Goodbye

Holly Nicole Stoumbaugh is organizing this fundraiser.

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This is my sister Kristen Spomer, after years of suffering, she died unexpectedly on January 29th, 2025. Ever since our mom passed away in January 2020, my sister has struggled to fully recover from the grief. Her beautiful daughter, Alexis was with her when she passed away. She’s only 11 years old and my heart breaks for what she will end up going through losing her mom so young. It pains me to have to ask my community to offer the financial support needed so I can make arrangements.

My sister was funny, smart, deeply sensitive and loved her daughter so much. Kristen deeply cared about the journey of healing and understood the challenges of mental health and disconnection. My sister struggled with severe depression and in so many ways, we all tried to help her through but it wasn’t enough to save her.

When we were little, we would make sleds with cardboard boxes in the summer, covered in dirt, we’d sled down the tall grass on the hill behind our house, building dirt ramps and flying through the air, my little sister’s laugh would echo through the afternoon sun. When she was really little, and would get scared at night, she’d crawl into my bed and snuggle up with me. Little did she know, she was comforting me too.

My sister suffered greatly in the end but her story doesn’t have to end like this.

I’m calling on my extended and chosen family to help me with whatever they can so I can give my sister a proper service, pay for cremation, find her a beautiful urn and to help pay for travel so I can l be there for her the way my mom would’ve wanted me to be. I made a promise to my mom when she died, that I would do whatever I could to help Kristen, and in my sister’s death, this is no different.

From the bottom of my heart, I’m hoping that I can help my sister pass onto the next phase of her journey with dignity, grace, love and ease.

Thank you all for your help, compassion, and empathy as I navigate this difficult time while also wanting to help my sister one last time.

With Love,

Holly Nicole