LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A young woman who was raised in Lake County and whose life was cut short earlier this month in Hawaii will be remembered at a memorial service next week in Santa Cruz.

The memorial service for Celestial Summer Dove Cassman, 35, will be held at 3 p.m. at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz on Saturday, Sept. 24.

Her family is holding the service at the spot overlooking the ocean, which she loved.

Cassman was found murdered near Nakalele Point in Maui on Sept. 1, a day after she and her ex-boyfriend, Gerald W. Galaway Jr. arrived on the island, according to authorities.

Galaway attempted to escape from police by jumping off a 100-foot cliff into the ocean. He was later rescued and hospitalized, and last week was formally arrested and charged with her murder.

Hawaiian media reported that Galaway has entered a not guilty plea in the case.

Cassman, who graduated from Clear Lake High School in Lakeport in 1994, received a bachelor's degree from University of California, Santa Cruz, later going on to receive a law degree from UC Davis' law school.

A much-loved woman and a well-respected attorney, Cassman returned to Santa Cruz in 2007 to accept a job with the law firm Atchison, Barisone, Condotti and Kovacevich.

Cassman's family said she often could be seen pedaling her bicycle or riding her pink motor scooter to work, complete with high heels, business suit and a flower in her hair.

Working in the field of public law, she served as deputy city attorney for the coastal cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola and Half Moon Bay, according to her family.

Cassman's obituary can be found here: http://lakeconews.com/content/view/21451/938/.

A memorial Web page can be viewed at www.ilasting.com/celestialdovecassman.php .

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