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Remembering Karen Norcross by Amy Roe, Editor from Real Change November 24, 2010 Longtime Real Change vendor Karen Norcross passed away recently, of complications related to heart disease. She was 58. Her death took many by surprise. “It was stunning,” said her caregiver, Fedumo Abdi. “She still had life in her.” Karen’s outgoing nature made her a natural vendor. “She liked being out and meeting people and seeing all her repeat customers and getting a chance to get to know them,” said her son, Jason Norcross. Selling Real Change gave her a sense of pride and the opportunity to connect with people. “She would tell me about their lives as…

From Real Change November 29, 2009 Queen Anne vendor dies Real Change vendor Linda Spafford passed away on Wed., Nov. 4. Spafford, who sold the paper outside the Metropolitan Market in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, died of a heart attack. Spafford, whose maiden name was Linda J. Funston, moved with her family from North Dakota to Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood when she was 14. She and her two kids were kicked out of their apartment in the mid-1990s after she sued her landlord for faulty maintenance. She stayed in Belltown homeless shelters for about a year, then moved into public housing and in 1999 began selling Real Change to make…