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Marlowe Sparks, 1959—2003
Marlowe’s Leaf is placed by Ballard Commons Park. If you have photos or memories of Marlowe, please leave a comment.
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Carlos Holguin, 1957—2005
Carlos Holguin spent much of his life in Michigan, where he was born. Three sisters and four brothers still live in Michigan. He also has a teenage son. While he was in Michigan he was involved with everyone in the family. He baby-sat his young nieces and nephews, getting down on the floor and playing with them. He showed up for high school graduations, for his niece’s wedding in 1998, and joined in quinceañeras. (A quinceañera is the celebration of a girl’s fifteenth birthday, considered to mark the transition from childhood to young womanhood.) His niece, Luz David, said that if there was Mexican music playing, you would find him dancing. “He’d dance…
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Carl Edwin Day, 1946—2007
Carl’s Leaf is placed by Ballard Commons Park. If you have photos or memories of Carl, please leave a comment.
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Douglas McCormick, 1955—2007
Douglas’s Leaf is placed by Ballard Commons Park. If you have photos or memories of Douglas, please leave a comment.
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Pete Reed, 1955—2007
Pete’s Leaf is placed by Ballard Commons Park. If you have photos or memories of Pete, please leave a comment.
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Fallen Leaves will be placed in Ballard October 13, 2013
Please join us at 3 pm on Sunday, October 13th, at the dedication of 25 Leaves of Remembrance around Ballard Commons Park. A reception will follow, at nearby Nyur Urness House. (see map} We are remembering these beloved community members: Byron Barnes, Bradley Fernandez, Michael “Mikey” Hall, Don Farquharson, Kenneth Gilfeather, Philip Keene, Dora Dundas, Charles Tompkins, Ken Trygg, Thomas Mumby, Anna Moore, Mark Jacobsen, Daniel Nelson, Matthew Korpinen, Stanley Sorenson, Paul Walling, Bobbie Joe Boling, Michael Gerrans, Pete Reed, Douglas McCormick, Carl Edwin Day, Carlos Holguin, Alexander Pichahchy, Dale Scenally, Marlowe Sparks sWe will tories, memories, and light refreshments at the Reception. View Larger Map
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Ballard Commons Park (22nd Ave NW & NW 57th St.)
Leaf placed August 27, 2023: Jack Wayne Dudley Jr. 1980–2023 Leaf placed August 25, 2021: Richard “Random” Recktenwald 1950-2021 Leaves placed October 13, 2013: Byron Barnes: 1965—2013 Bobbie Joe Boling: 1956—2008 Carl Edwin Day: 1946—2007 Dora Dundas: 1964—2012 Don Farquharson: 1961—2012 Bradley Fernandez; 1964—2013 Michael Gerrans: 1944—2008 Kenneth Gilfeather: 1959—2013 Michael “Mikey” Hall: 1956—2013 Carlos Holguin: 1957—2005 Mark Jacobsen: 1955—2009 Philip Keene: 1960—2013 Matthew Korpinen: 1969—2008 Douglas McCormick: 1955—2007 Anna Moore: 1968—2010 Thomas Mumby: 1949—2011 Daniel Nelson: 1946—2009 Alexander Pichahchy: 1933—2005 Pete Reed: 1955—2007 Dale Scenally: 1923—2003 Stanley Sorenson: 1939—2008 Marlowe Sparks: 1959—2003 Charles Tompkins: 1961—2011 Ken Trygg: 1963—2011 Paul Walling: 1950—2008 Leaves placed September 28, 2014: Jeffrey Parker Bouck: 1967—2014…
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Dora Dundas, 1964—2012
Dora’s Leaf is placed by Ballard Commons Park. If you have photos or memories of Dora, please leave a comment.
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Anna Moore, 1968—2010
Anna’s Leaf is placed by Ballard Commons Park. If you have photos or memories of Anna, please leave a comment.
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Seattle Justice Center Vigil & Leaf Dedication September 11, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013, the Homeless Remembrance Project dedicated four new Leaves at the Seattle Justice Center, after a Women in Black vigil for nine recent homeless deaths.
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September 11, 2013: Vigil & Dedication at Seattle Justice Center
On Wednesday September 11, 2013, Women in Black will stand vigil at Seattle Justice Center (5th & James) from noon to 1 pm, for nine people whose deaths we just learned about; nine homeless people who died outside or by violence, in the last four weeks. The vigil will be dedicated to Dan Campbell, a beloved Nickelodeon who died recently in his Small, Simple, Sturdy Sleeping Structure at Nickelsville, amongst his friends and family. At 1:15 pm, the Homeless Remembrance Project will dedicate four new Leaves of Remembrance at the Seattle Justice Center site.
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Leaf-Laying at Seattle Mennonite Church August 16, 2013
More than 60 people turned up for the Dedication of seven new Leaves of Remembrance on Friday, August 16, 2013. (Fourteen Leaves at this same location were laid last year, so there are 21 Leaves of Remembrance altogether at the site, Seattle Mennonite Church, 3120 NE 125th.)
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Leaf Dedications at Real Change and DESC, August 30, 2013
On Friday, August 30th, we laid five Leaves in Pioneer Square in front of the Real Change Office and in front of DESC. The Leaves honor Reginald “Reggie” Thompson, Geraldine “Geri” Jones, Crystal Miranda, James “Jimmy” Mayo, & Kathy McNeilly.
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Jeanine Whorton, 1967—2013
Jeanine was a sweet and generous soul who worked at the WHEEL Winter Women’s Shelter and volunteered wherever she could help. Jeanine’s Leaf was placed at the Seattle Justice Center on September 11, 2013. If you have photos or memories of Jeanine, please post a comment. Featured Leaf September 2013
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Bear, ?—2009
Michael Lindsay and his beloved dog Bear were killed in the same hit-and-run in 2009. After Michael’s Leaf was laid in 2011, friends of Michael requested a Leaf for Bear. Bear’s Leaf was placed at the Seattle Justice Center, beside Michael’s, on September 11, 2013, along with a Leaf for Michael’s brother, Vern Lindsay, who died that year.
