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Leaf Re-Dedication June 11, 2019
At 3 PM Tuesday, June 11th at the Columbia City PCC (3610 S Edmunds), we’re re-laying and re-dedicating a Leaf of Remembrance for beloved Real Change vendor Robert Hansen. This Dedication has long been in the works, and is a beautiful story: Robert’s Leaf was first laid in 2011 at the Seward Park PCC, where he’d been a much-loved vendor for many years. When the store moved to Columbia City, Robert’s Leaf was requested to move with it! It took us some time to navigate the bureaucratic permitting processes, but we’re very glad now to be able to honor this request for Robert’s Leaf to be placed outside “his” PCC.…
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Arlene Tjart, 1948—2015
Arlene’s Leaf is placed at Noel House. If you have photos or memories of Arlene you’d like to share, please post a comment below.
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Darlene Heflin, 1939—2017
Darlene Heflin died at the age of 78. She’d been a Morrison resident for more than a decade; prior to that, she was among the original participants of Noel House. Darlene’s Leaf is placed at Noel House. If you have photos or memories of Darlene you’d like to share, please post a comment below.
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Latesa Burgess, 1969—2017
From Latesa’s Memorial Service: “The ‘TINY’ woman with a BIG heart! Latesa was born on June 3rd, 1969 to the union of Jackie and Wallace Burgess (deceased). She attended Rainier Beach High School where she met her first love and the father of her three beautiful children, Darryl Wigfall Sr., and for more than 20 years it was always Big “D” and Aunty Tesa. Latesa has always been so “Full of Life.” She lived life out loud, welcoming everyone not only into her home but her heart. Aunty Tesa loved every child that entered her life. Cooking was her thing, she fed everyone who was in her presence and put…
