In Memoriam
(A Tribute to those who have
passed on the Streets)
The names listed below include homeless people that were
publicized in local publications or were reported to us. If you know someone who has passed on the streets and would like for them to
be included in this list, please click here to
complete our online survey form or email us at
staff@createpeaceathome.org and
provide us with the information.
Anthony Lucero Caught fire and died under the I-80 Central Avenue exit ramp in Richmond,
CA in November 2004.
An article from a local publication regarding Anthony Lucero:
Carlette Kennedy, but her name on the streets was Candy or
sometimes Charlie. (information submitted by Nathan Balser) She was born in 1945. She was 61 years old and died in San
Francisco, CA from Pneumonia. She was sick and went to St. Francis
Memorial Hospital. They took her in, and when they found out that she
was homeless and did not have contact with any family, they told her
that they could do nothing more to save her, that they would not revive
her and at that point she just gave up.
What made this person so special? - Many things. For most she was my
mother, a mother to 5 of us. She was not perfect by any means, but she
was still and will always be my mother. The memory I keep playing over
is when I was about 9 she took me by myself to the mini mart and we had
an ice cream cone on the way home. It was hard for us to share times
like these together. I was probably her most difficult child and there
were many many times that we butted heads. I just wish that I could
have gotten to know her as an adult. There are so many memories that
made our childhood unique and almost so bizarre that people don’t
believe the stories we have to share. I wouldn’t believe them myself,
if I had not lived through them.
Any other comments? - I just wish that all these people living the
same life my mother lived could find peace, hope and know that their
families still love them. She may have felt alone, but there was not a
day that we did not think of her. We even tried to ‘rescue’ her from
living down there, but after a few weeks, she wanted to go ‘home’. She
did not want to be judged by us. She felt as though we all judged her
for her choices in life. At times we may have, but as we understood her
disabilities, we understood her. These people are not bums, they are
human beings that deserve what the rest of us need. We are all equal.
I do not know when she started living back there. I just would like to
know who she was and what she was like.
Dalrus Joseph Brown
Age 52, murdered in West Oakland.
A few articles from various publications regarding Dalrus Joseph Brown (newest
to oldest):
Frank Shorman, Jr.
Shorman had a long history in Berkeley as an activist on behalf of homeless
people and others stamped as outcasts by a society based on competition, money
and power.
An article from a local publication regarding Frank Shorman:
Gilbert Estrada
Gilbert Estrada, a homeless resident of Berkeley, was found dead on
Monday, October 23, lying behind a dumpster, on flattened cardboard boxes
serving as a "mattress" against the gravel.
An article appeared in the November 2006 Street Spirit Publication:
Laura Morgan In mid-June 2004, my close friend Laura Morgan was released from the
Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Facility to enter a program in the
Salvation Army. This was the beginning of the end of her life.
An article from a local publication regarding Laura Morgan:
Leslie Deneveu
of Oakland, murdered, and then head, arms, and legs severed.
Mary Jesus
On December 10, 2004, tragedy struck downtown Oakland, when a 33-year-old woman
who felt brutalized by Oakland's kangaroo courts plunged to her death from the
Oakland Tribune Tower.
A few articles from various publications regarding Mary Jesus (newest to
oldest):
Robert Wagner Robert Wagner, 58, of Santa Cruz was dying of cancer. A fatal tumor occluded
his airway, and as he slept on a park bench directly outside of Santa Cruz Mayor
Mike Rotkin's office, he died of asphyxiation.
An article from a local publication regarding Robert Wagner:
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