Lucia Bernice Kondas, 65, was killed on October 12, 2011, in the mass shooting at Salon Meritage, 500 Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach, California. The attack began shortly before 1:30 PM when Scott Evans Dekraai entered the salon armed with multiple firearms and opened fire. Dekraai’s primary target was his ex-wife, Michelle Marie Fournier; eight people were killed in the rampage, including Kondas, and one person, Hattie Stretz, survived.

Kondas had a long career as a social worker and later as an administrator for the Orange County Health Care Agency. She was remembered as gracious and intelligent, and her funeral was held at St. Anne Catholic Church in Seal Beach. Dekraai was arrested after the shooting and charged with multiple counts of murder; he pleaded guilty to eight felony counts of special circumstances murder and one felony count of attempted murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

If anyone knew Lucia or was at the salon that day, please share what you remember.