A Season of Thanks
Give Thanks and remember those less fortunate.
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Denver, December 21, 2010 – For the twenty-fifth year, several hundred concerned citizens gathered on the steps of the Denver City and County Building this evening to attend the Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil.
Hosted by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), the candlelight vigil and name-reading ceremony paid tribute to 145 people who lived on the streets of the Denver metropolitan area and died during 2010. This was the only memorial service that will be conducted for most of these individuals.
The 145 Homeless Persons’ in Denver who lost their lives on the streets in 2010:
Daniel Adkins
Gerardo Aguilar, Jr.
Orlando Arellano
Michael Barker
Elfriede Beall
Marshal Beck
Donald “Sarge” Beebe
Jason Beierle
John Edward Bienick
Jeremy Bitner
Marie Boudreau
Juan Bravo
Morris Brooks
Benjamin Brothers
Bethel James Fierro
Paul Finney
Sean Fresques
Patrick Gallivan
Francisco Garcia
Jonathon Garrett
Gregory Gasser
Scott Gillette
Freddie Gioia
Thomas Glass
Roslyn Goodrich
Gabriel Gonzalez
Kerry Gordon
Ginger Griffiths
Tanya Guervara
Douglas Robert Hall
Kenneth Harlan
Enoch Harvey
Thomas Hecomovich
Deborah “Noah” Helmke
Jeff Hengst
Carlos Herrera
Janet Hodgson
David Jenkins
Luca Keep
Delores Keithline
John Keys
Marvell Kindred
Rebecca Koughn
Terry Kramer
David Krogman
Chuck Kutscher
Katrina Larson
J.D. LeLeeuw
Kent Long
Lilly
Gailey Brown
Leerolline Burke
Christopher Cappuccilli
Nick Capra
John Carter
Cyndy Castellano
Danny Castillo
Rachel Castro
Nick Chavez
Charles Christo
Matthew Cochrane
Daniel Lee Coleman
Avril Collier
Quenton Condon
Michael Lovato
James Lynn
Michael Marchant
Deborah Martinez
Raul Martinez
Viola Martinez-Trujillo
Manual Marquez
Michael Meredith
Daniel Miles
Joseph Miller
Ralph “Halfbreed” Miller
Tom Moffitt
David Montoya
Danny Moon
Paul Moreno
Randy Morse
Luis Muniz
Jim Nelson
William Norris
Nanette Kay O’Brien
Mary Olson
Ralph Opgenorth
Abdullahi Osman
Joe Pelham
Tim Peterson
Barry Pierce
Eric Pittman
Richard Ploski
Marcos Prado-Valencia
Justin Purkey
Peter Quibell
Lisa Ragsdale
Eugene Redwine
Raymond Scott Renkert
Matthew Reynolds
Carol Cordoba
Liboria Coria-Campos
Danny Craig
Ronald Craggs
Vince Cullotta
Thomas Dalgetty
Michael Anthony DeRogatis
Casey Dean
Sally Dean
Rory Dechant
Scott Decker
Justin Drew
Lisa Ersland
Tom Fehervary
Anna Robuck
Antonio Rodriguez
Lee Romero, Sr.
Anthony Roziers
Armond Sarracino
Paul Aaron Savely
Larry Schelkopf
Andrea Scherer
Kim Schrock
Susann Marie Segundo-Garcia
Christopher Sherwood
Phillip Smith
Gerald Strickland
Joseph Sullivan
Anita Susco
Michael Templeton
Keith Torgersen
Marvin Torres
Douglas Towell
Kimberly Tubbleville
Steven Trujillo
T.J. Trujillo
Sam Valdez
Veronica Vigil
Loris Walker
Dwain Walmsley
Brian Wichek
Johnny Yeager
Monte Zing
Jerry
Viola
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leave it to Drew to shine the light of reality on us so we can appreciate what we have.Somewhere are the parents of these 145 people wondering where their children are and how they are doing. How they became homeless isn;t the issue today- their families no matter what happened are still out there asking even in passing where they are. If you believe in a god you know they are in a better place and are without need. not cold, hungry, angry, lonely.
Merry Christmas to one and all.
Strive for excellence, nothing but your best.
Gene
Dear Mr Litton,
Your cartoon today reminds me of a cartoon you did for Thanksgiving many years ago when you were with the “Rocky”. It was a two panel shot. In the first panel it showed a football player and under his picture you wrote all the things he was going to eat before he played in his football game today. Then in the 2nd panel you showed someone who was starving and the caption “This man hasn’t eaten in weeks.” and underneath both was the phrase “Who will YOU be thinking of today?”
I feel that cartoons like that and this one are very important if only to show that life shouldn’t just be all about sports, sports, sports.
All the best
Louis
Thanks again Drew for using your talents to bring to light what is really important! I was one of the homeless for years and it is something that will be with me for the rest of my life. It is a hard life, but a proud people. My heart goes out to all of the families affected and to the long list of volunteers that give their time to help out those looking to get off the streets. A very Merry Christmas to everyone, and here is to a very prosperous and joyous New Year
I couldn’t help but notice that one had the nickname “Sarge”. I’m sure there are scores of vets among the homeless, not only in Denver but all over the country.
It’s bad enough that we have so many homeless, but worse still that those who gave for us that didn’t should suffer so. I’m not one to beat my chest for jingoism, but it’s just plain wrong.
Nice post Drew. Great reminder for what is really important–that mankind should be our focus, not the commercial aspect. Thank you again for another great year of sport and human commentary. Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year. cj
Thanks Drew.
I know this is an old article, but the love of my life, my husband is on this list. I can not explain how hard it was to learn that he finally lost the battle with his addiction.