Obituaries & Memorials

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Eric Falquero July 25, 2018

Vendor Memorial: Leonard Hyater Jr.

Street Sense Media vendor and contributor Leonard Calvin Hyater Jr. died on July 13, 2018.
Image of Leonard Hyater.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Matthew Berrick July 25, 2018

Vendor Memorial: Alvin Dixon-El 

Alvin James Dixon, a native Washingtonian and Street Sense Media vendor, died on June 14, 2018.
Image of Alvin Dixon

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Brian Carome July 2, 2018

Love, always, for Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang

A memorial for Street Sense Media Artist-in-Residence Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang.
Photo of a woman with her arms outstretched in both directions, as if singing or spinning in a dance.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Eric Falquero July 2, 2018

Obituary: Matthew Joseph Farkas

Matthew Farkas, a resident at 801 East men’s shelter for several years, died on May 11 at the age of 36. It was exactly one month before his birthday. 
A photo on the left of a young man in a tuxedo and a photo on the right of an older man wearing a white hooded sweatshirt.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Eric Falquero December 22, 2017

Vendor Memorial: The mysterious, masonic “Mick” Matthews

A memorial for John “Mick” Matthews, who sold the Street Sense Media newspaper off and on from 2008 – 2014. He died too soon in September 2017.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Maren Adler June 11, 2017

Obituary: Joey Henderson

Obituary of Tenleytown resident Joey Henderson. Mr. Henderson loved sports and enjoyed simple pleasures such as feeding the birds. He chose to live outside rather than go to city shelters.

A photo of Joey Henderson and his friends and family.

NewsBy Bryan Gallion June 2, 2017

Obituary: Larry Michaels, as he arrived

Part of an ongoing initiative to write obituaries for the homeless death. The point is to remember as they came not as they went.

A pencil drawing overlaid onto a picture of a street.

NewsBy Bryan Gallion May 17, 2017

Obituary: “Showtime”

Bryan Gallion talks about Freddy Cougar and how his lifestyle was.

A Photo memorial of Freddy Cougar

NewsBy Ashley Clarke April 19, 2017

Obituary: George Siletti

Friends gathered on April 6 to celebrate the life of the late George Siletti, advocate for the homeless for many years. With the help of kind people he overcame his own three-decade battle with homelessness.

NewsBy Laura Thompson Osuri January 25, 2017

Obituary: Stacey McCormick

Stacey McCormick, a former resident of Open Arms Housing who died at 52, is remembered for her artistic talent and impact on others.
Photo of Stacey McCormick

NewsBy Carlos Rocha January 11, 2017

Obituary: Timothy Ray

Timothy Ray, who died at age 51 in December, was generous, hardworking and deeply committed to his faith and friends.
Tim Ray led some of his friends from the streets to be baptized with him in a [park at Annapolis, Maryland.

NewsBy Robyn Di Giacinto December 14, 2016

Obituary: Enzel Sudler

Street Sense honors the life of Enzel Sudler– a car enthusiast, comedian and beloved member of the homeless community who passed away in Oct. 2016.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Mary Walrath November 16, 2016

Vendor Memorial: Kanell Washington

Street Sense remembers beloved artists and vendor Kanell Washington, also known as Kenneth Ward.

Kanell Washington standing with a place of food and looking at the camera

NewsBy Mary Walrath October 5, 2016

Obituary: Larry Avents

A memorial honoring Larry Avents, a D.C. man who had been experiencing homeless for 20 years. He passed away in August of 2016, and is remembered fondly by those who knew him.

A black and white photo of Larry Avents standing on a D.C. street and smiling

NewsBy Jerome Dineen September 26, 2016

Obituary: Weldon Moore

Weldon Moore, a man who lived on the streets for 15 years and could quote the Bible from memory passed away three weeks ago after losing a four-month battle with pancreatic cancer at age 55. Friends recounted Moore’s struggle and his dedication to Christianity at a memorial at Franklin Square park last Sunday.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Ken Martin / Angie Whitehurst June 2, 2016

Vendor Memorial: Sharron “Sunny” Chadwick

Sunny Chadwick passed away in the hospital on May 2, 2016. She was 59 years young. Services were arranged by her family.
A photo of a garden.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Joe Jackson / Charles Davis April 22, 2016

Community Memorial: Cristopher Gross

Vendor/Artists Joe Jackson and Charles Davis share heartfelt words in memory of their close friend Cristopher Gross who passed away on the ground outside of Tenleytown Station in March.

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Josh Maxey March 23, 2016

Vendor Memorial: Phillip Howard

It is never easy saying goodbye to someone that we care about. The Street Sense staff would like to offer…
A photo of Phillip Howard

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Josh Maxey January 5, 2016

Vendor Memorial: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson passed away on Wednesday, December 16. He was scheduled to go into surgery on his back, and the…
Photo of Michael Jackson

Obituaries & MemorialsBy Marcus Green December 17, 2015

Vendor Memorial: Roberta Bear

Dear Bobby Bear, Farewell. I miss you so much. God has called you home. I can’t go back, only forward…
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