Harmony Noel Sellers was born on May 9, 1971, and passed away on December 6, 2024.

She was born at the Garberville hospital and grew up as a multi-talented and vibrant individual.

In her childhood, Harmony excelled in ballet, horseback riding, music (playing the flute) and art. She was highly social, always surrounded by many friends. Throughout her life, she excelled in many jobs and pursued a variety of passions.

Beginning in high school, she acted in several plays and later directed and performed in her mother’s Western film, which was filmed on an Arabian horse ranch on the Central Coast of California. She attended college in Santa Maria as an art major for a couple of years and later managed the deli at the San Luis Obispo airport, where she met her partner and Nicholas’s father, Richard Cartier.

Richard’s mother owned a bagel shop on the coast, where he learned to bake bagels. He delivered to Harmony’s deli, and that’s where they met and began planning their future business together. Their bagel shop started as a wholesale business, funded by Harmony’s inheritance from her grandfather’s estate.

After surviving an explosion that should have been fatal, Harmony and Richard went on to welcome their son, Nicholas Noel Sellers Cartier. Nicholas was born prematurely, after a difficult pregnancy that required Harmony to be hospitalized in San Francisco for a month. Despite weighing only four pounds at birth, he was pure love and joy, bringing immense happiness to Harmony, Richard, his grandmother Sonnie Sellers, and his uncle Korey Sellers (who sadly passed away in 2023).

A year later, their retail and wholesale bagel business — Bagels Naturally — reopened in downtown Garberville and flourished. They offered everything organic—from a dozen cream cheese flavors to fresh juice, smoothies, coffee, sandwiches, pastries, soups, salads, and even herbs. However, after several years, the business began to decline due to high overhead costs and limited local interest in organic food.

As the business struggled, Harmony faced profound challenges. She had already separated from Richard before its closure, leaving her to run it alone. When it ultimately shut down, she fell into a deep depression, mourning the loss of her investment, passion, and hard work, realizing she had chosen the wrong location where her efforts were underappreciated.

Afterward, Harmony took on various jobs, including drywall, painting, and car repair — skills she had been naturally talented at since a young age. She worked hard to support herself and her son. Later, she found purpose in caregiving, starting with helping her mother after a hip replacement. She spent several years as a caregiver, touching the lives of many with her kindness and compassion. Everyone she cared for would remark on her sweetness and warmth.

Harmony passed away after surgery and a prolonged hospital stay. She was sent home still in recovery but passed just eight days later in the home of a dear friend and client in Hydesville.

Services are still under consideration.

“Harmony will be missed by many, as she was a constant light in an uncertain world.”

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