Remembering the Homeless Who Died This Year

2016 Homeless Persons memorial day

2016 Homeless Person’s Memorial Day gathering at the Gazebo in Eureka.

On this the longest night of every year, communities across the nation gather to remember the homeless among them who have died. Today is Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day and there will be two gatherings in Humboldt County. One, starting at 2 p.m., will meet at the Eureka Gazebo. There will be “food, music, candles, an opportunity to share your thoughts and memories about the friends and neighbors we have lost,” according to the Humboldt State University Homeless Student Advocate Alliance.

A second will meet in Garberville under the clock in the center of town at 4 p.m. Both will accept donations of food and warm clothing.

Below is a list of some of the homeless who died this year in Humboldt. The list does not attempt to be comprehensive. It is simply one homeless advocate’s recounting. We’ve included photos if we had them.

Dee Faye Moon February 17, 2017

Adonia McGarityAdonia McGarity February 18, 2017

“Kidd” Feb 2017

Rebecca Stiles May 10? 2016
Colleen Branch June 23, 2017

Jbird

Herb Macias August 1, 2017

Dordzhi SandzhievDordzhi Sandzhiev–October 2017LevaughCharles “Chuckie” Levaugh–December 2017

Damien 2017

Sam Whitney 2017


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G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

GOD BLESS THEM ALL!!

sharon
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6 years ago

Kym, all schools closing. Check it out please…

69 roadrunner man mogtx
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Rest in peace

Lulu
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Lulu
6 years ago

Peace to these souls…

Jayne Dough
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Jayne Dough
6 years ago
Reply to  Lulu

YES

Hans Ashbaucher
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Hans Ashbaucher
6 years ago

Jbird – Arcata

Novadog
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Novadog
6 years ago

Jbyrd

Pizza88
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Pizza88
6 years ago

Thank you for acknowledging these folks 😊 RIP

Gypsy Rose
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Gypsy Rose
6 years ago

God Bless these poor people. It is so, so cold outside.

Okie
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Okie
6 years ago

December 2016 Austin Cade Brown
Beloved son, brother

Veterans Friend
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Veterans Friend
6 years ago

All of these people had a mother who loved them.
Peace to all.

Memy Selfandi
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Memy Selfandi
6 years ago

Many did not have a mother that loved them and many had abusive parents – painful to keep in mind and important to acknowledge.

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6 years ago
Reply to  Memy Selfandi

Why? Would it not be better to teach them that they have a surprising amount of self determination possible no matter what?

kindness helps
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kindness helps
6 years ago

We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world. This is heartbreaking.

Okie
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Okie
6 years ago

I want to wish all of the families peace in their hearts. I am Austin Browns mother and his memorial service is January 7th. He was found Dec. 26 2016 and stayed unidentified at the Coroners office 10 months despite being a missing person. I know this is so hard however some peace can be found. My love to you all.

Debra Carey
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Debra Carey
6 years ago
Reply to  Okie

Okie, I’m so sorry for your loss! What a nightmare our coroners office is. They are known to close and cremate before the facts are all in. Did your son die on the streets in humboldt county? If so would it be ok to put his name on our list? We have been keeping a list of folks we know that have died on our streets in humboldt county for 11 years. We have 83 people on that list. We honor those folks every year! I will put Jbird on it too Hans!

Jayne Dough
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Jayne Dough
6 years ago
Reply to  Debra Carey

Thank you for this article, we forget how good we have it sometimes.