Mourners leave after Gail Palmgren’s funeral services Friday. Friends and family congregated at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga on Friday to pay their respects to Palmgren, whose remains were found close to her wrecked vehicle on the side of Signal Mountain.
Gail PalmgrenRows of dark oak pews flanked an aisle of seafoam-green carpet in the sanctuary of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Ashland Terrace.
Three steps led up to a broad dais under a modern wooden cross suspended from the ceiling. On one step, centered under a small table bearing an embroidered cloth, sat an 8-by-10 framed photo of Gail Palmgren. To the right, a single spray of flowers, including yellow roses and red carnations, stood beside the lectern.
An estimated 100 people came Friday to say their good-byes to Palmgren. Before taking their seats in the pews, they milled about an anteroom where a table bore a collection of photos and a laptop with videos.
Palmgren, a mother of two, was last seen April 30 after she dropped her two children off at the family’s St. Ives subdivision home on Signal Mountain.
Seven months later, rescue crews and investigators with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office found her crimson Jeep Rubicon about 300 feet down from East Brow Road, where she went over the edge of the mountain. She was thrown from her Jeep as it overturned and tumbled down a couple of bluffs.