Homeless Who Died In Santa Cruz Co. During 2019 Remembered

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — A ceremony to remember 58 homeless people who died in Santa Cruz County during 2019 was held Thursday morning in Harvey West Park. Meanwhile, homeless advocates will be holding another memorial Saturday to remember what they say were 84 unhoused people who died in the county during 2019.

Dozens of people gathered Thursday as community officials read the names of the deceased, loved ones spoke, and those in attendance were invited to visit nearby Evergreen Cemetery, where a permanent homeless memorial will be erected.

The ceremony was hosted by Housing Matters, the Santa Cruz County Homeless Persons Health Project and Encompass Community Services' River Street Shelter.

The Santa Cruz Homeless Union is organizing Saturday's memorial that will take place from 4-6 p.m. outside the downtown Santa Cruz Post Office at Front and Water streets. The Santa Cruz Homeless Union is one of many that will be holding memorials in cities across the country December 21 to mark National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.

The following list contains the names of the 84 people (and their age at death) who will be remembered during Saturday's ceremony:

1. KEVIN ALLEN - 40
2. MICHAEL ANDERSON - 68
3. STANLEY ARNEY - 66
4. DARIO BARRAZA - 87
5. WILLIAM BIRD - 56
6. KATHLEEN BRADY - 67
7. DAVID BUCKMAN - 62
8. SARA BURKE WARNER - 46
9. ROBERT CARR - 76
10. JOE CLARK - 55
11. SUSAN CONRAD - 55
12. KEVIN COOK - 66
13. CARRIE COURREJOU - 62
14. LIEF COWLEY - 50
15. DIANA CROTTY - 55
16. CONNIE CUNNINGHAM - 57
17. STEPHEN DAVIS - 69
18. RENATA DAVITI - 71
19. DONALD DUDA - 61
20. WILLIAM EARLE - 63
21. JESUS FARIAS - 34
22. ROBERT FOSTER JR. - 67
23. ELIZABETH FOWLER - 31
24. ANTONIO GALERA - 67
25. JAMES GLASS - 29
26. MARIA GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ - 61
27. SCOTT HALL - 52
28. SONNY HARPER - 43
29. LEONARD HARTKEMEIER - 70
30. BONNY HILL - 67
31. JONAS HOGG - 47
32. CHARDELL HOWELL - 43
33. WILLIAM HUBBARD - 63
34. JOHN HYSLOPE - 56
35. RENE IGLESIAS - 54
36. RUBILA JAVIER - 53
37. STANLEY JOHNSON JR. - 65
38. DENNIS KARNES - 67
39. MICHAEL KRIZ - 55
40. RUSSELL KURTZ - 65
41. CHET LEIKER - 47
42. JASON LITTLEFIELD - 46
43. DANIEL LLOYD - 72
44. EDDIE LOZANO - 56
45. BARRY MARTINSEN - 68
46. MARK MAZENKO - 68
47. SEBASTIAN MEHEW - 26
48. KURT MIEDECKE - 57
49. CHARLES MILLER - 44
50. ALYSSA MORENO - 29
51. ASA MOSLEY - 50
52. MARJORIE MULLINS - 65
53. JOSE MURILLO - 49
54. DENIS MURPHY - 70
55. BROOK PETTYJOHN - 44
56. JESUS PONTOJA - 69
57. CAMERON POOLE - 20
58. JULIE POPA - 61
59. MARIO PRECIADO - 37
60. DESEIRE QUINTERO - 55
61. OSCAR RAMIREZ - 29
62. RAFAEL RAMIREZ - 61
63. GEOFFREY RATHERT - 58
64. JAMES RHODES - 64
65. JAMES ROBINSON - 61
66. RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ - 68
67. VICTOR RODRIGUEZ - 69
68. DEBRA RUSHLOW - 63
69. JOHN SALAS - 55
70. HENRY SALAZAR - 60
71. THOMAS SCHAEFER - 44
72. SHARON SILVA - 64
73. DANA SPRIGGS II - 40
74. NATHAN STOCKARD - 67
75. RAYMOND SUMMERHAYES - 74
76. RICHARD TATE - 68
77. JAMES TEETERS - 58
78. JUAN TIJERA - 60
79. RUBIN TIPTON - 31
80. JASON WAMSHER - 48
81. RYAN WEISEL - 36
82. BIANCA WHITFIELD - 34
83. RICHARD WILLIAMS - 78
84. DICK YOUNT - 76

According to county figures, there were 2,167 homeless people living in Santa Cruz County during the Point-in-Time count conducted on January 31.