Our Faerie Ancestors

Our Faerie Ancestors (Beloved Dead)

In Loving Memory of Members of the Radical Faeries

This is the compact page, for cellphones & PDA's; a full version is available. Sorted by date of death. Names without a date are towards the bottom, in alphabetical order.
Updated 1/3/12

Rhoda Roadkill (Randy Zirkle)
- 11/26/11(2)
Phoenix Super Wonder Fairy (Joe)
7/69- 10/20/11(2)
Arthur Evans
- 9/11/11(2)
Brian Fairbrother
- 9/8/11(2)
Luna JP Spiral Hartsong (JP Hartsong, Jerome Patrick Cronin)
3/24/79- 6/29/11(1)
Marsha Force-Ferreira (Mishka the Doll)
3/1/57- 5/7/11(2)
Crazy Owl (Charles Emerson Hall)
8/5/27- 4/4/11(2)
Jacynth Astarin Ghostboy (Joel West)
- 2010
Not confirmed yet.
Alex Summers
- 12/3/10
Chrissie Contagious (Christopher Cammaratta)
8/30/74- 9/10
Jamshed (Ken Storer)
3/9/40- 10/8/10(2)
Sean Kaos, The Aaoo (Sean Dupont)
2/26/69- 6/22/10(1)
Tuffolbird (Walter Lear)
- 5/29/10 (age 87)
Lightning Raven (Keith Allen O'Bea)
10/13/64- 3/21/10(1)
Ben Gardiner (Oola)
7/11/21- 1/23/10(2)
Dream Eagle (Christopher Carlson)
- 1/12/10(2)
Wolf Creek resident '03-'06
Syl (Silver Angel, Paul Patterson)
- 7/09(1)
Yezal Achadabraheem
- 3/4/09(2)
Andrew Ruskus
5/23/69- 2/3/09 (approx)(1)
Haia (Ted Burke, Ted Joseph Berkowitz)
7/23/35- 1/6/09(2)
Bumble Be (Raymond Malcolm Miller)
7/6/63- 11/19/08(1)
Wessie (Wesley Alfred Russell)
6/14/29- 10/24/08(2)
John Burnside (John Lyon Burnside III, 'n'John)
11/2/16- 9/14/08(2)
Louise Isabelle Coggins
5/16/32- 6/10/08
early pioneer of Short Mountain Sanctuary
Stewart Thomas Scofield
3/26/48- 4/19/08(2)
co-founder of RFD; Billy
Ha!
- 2/24/08
friend of Short Mountain Sanctuary
Bennett Tanner
1/26/53- 2/12/08(1)
Archangel (Michael Saya-Moore)
11/6/51- 11/28/07(1)
Terry Kennedy
- 11/24/07
Ariel (Harlow Russel III)
12/31/37- 10/4/07
Sam F Smith
1/15/40- 10/4/07
Nestor Parala
8/21/22- 7/18/07(1)
Breize (Greg Lyman)
10/16/76- 5/3/07(2)
of Nashville and Portland
Buckwheat (Peter Bernard Kesselman)
5/6/57- 12/21/06(2)
Emmett Mitchell Steele
- 12/27/06 (age 79)
Cassandra (Art Polansky)
- 12/5/06(1)
of Asheville, NC (not the SF Cassandra)
Hooter (David L Carpenter)
10/9/57- 11/18/06(1)
Michael Wilford
2/3/71- 11/6/06(2)
Assunta Maria Femia (Francis Thomas Femia, Sister Species of Crow)
12/9/47- 11/4/06(2)
San Francisco's "Wild Nun", last resident of Magdalen Farm.
Skosh (Robert Pattison)
9/15/42- 9/10/06(1)
Portland's longest-living PWA, died of cancer. Friend of the Cockettes, Sebastian, Steven Arnold, Sylvester, Todd Trexler.
Auntie Bon-Bon Bliss Ninny (Brian Lee Bachmann)
8/30/60- 8/28/06(2)
Manwitch (Paul Beard)
3/22/63- 8/7/06(2)
Ken Bear
- 7/22/06
Diamond Heart (Jeoffrey Douglas)
8/26/46- 7/14/06(1)
Leonardo Smith
10/12/72- 6/5/06(2)
Honza
- 5/2/06
Robbie (Robert Ramirez)
4/9/70- 4/20/06(2)
Katie Eagle Singer (Dan Jones)
4/22/55- 3/22/06(2)
Soma (Ronald Wayne Cattani)
10/26/53- 2/27/06(1)
Lupin (Gary R. Barnes)
5/20/44- 1/3/06
Pulse (Paco Pedroza)
- Jan 2006(1)
Jonathan Dimmock
7/29/66- 12/10/05
Adam Kazimir Ciesielski
11/28/47- 11/25/05
Reed Grier
4/16/53- 8/12/05 (age 51)
Dr Puppy (Ben Alexander)
6/19/72- 5/13/05(1)
Yvain Reed
2/19/?- Jan 2005(2)
Dr Frank N Sense
- 2004
Drag Queen Dane
- 10/04
Nelson Evans
10/6/55- 8/17/04(2)
Dotti (Gary Reagan)
4/3/51- 5/4/04(2)
Yarek Unowho
2/26/76- 1/21/04(1)
BamBam (David Charles Lee)
12/30/54- 10/15/03(1)
Clueless Joe (Regular Joe, Joe Selby)
9/29/58- 5/3/03(2)
Herbert James Anderson (Justin Case)
9/7/56- 4/13/03
Sunshine
- 4/03(2)
Miss Kitsch (Ernest Schmidt)
9/15/57- 3/8/03(2)
Firefox (John)
- Mar 2003
Lou Harrison
5/14/17- 2/2/03
Violet Plague, Tug
6/6/71- 1/1/03(1)
Robert Rothenmeyer
4/6/45- 10/27/02
Harry Hay (Henry Hay)
4/17/12- 10/24/02(2)
David Schremp (Spiral)
7/17/65- 8/26/02(1)
Kit Scott (Christopher Hanley Scott)
4/20/?- 8/16/02
Smee Holzberg
9/9/56- 7/13/02(2)
of Vancouver, BC
Blackheart (Cody McBride)
- April '02
Beautiful Dove (David Baker)
2/18/47- 2/20/02(1)
PA'dre Alfredo
- 2/4/02
Makai
1/6/70- 1/5/02(1)
Phrogue
- 2002
Marty Soccie
- 2001(1)
Rob (Robert John) Battista
1/9/67- 8/3/01(2)
Tapestry Asht'n (Michael Ashton)
- Summer '01(2)
Jeremy Sparkles (Jeremy Corry)
12/11/70- 7/6/01(1)
Blue (Bluford) Moor
10/17/65- 7/5/01(2)
Kevin Murray
- 6/5/01
Satya Little Bear (Steven A Ledford)
10/20/51- 5/4/01(1)
Ray of Sunshine Ankrom
- 1/01
Stephen Genden
2/20/66- 7/19/00
Richard Dierks
8/25/56- 6/28/00
Sai (Jere David Liner, "short and intense")
1/26/49- 6/5/00(2)
Faygele Ben Miriam
10/21/44- 6/5/00(1)
Jerry
- 5/?/00
died at American Ridge, in his 60's
Simon McLeod (Frank Davis)
- Summer '00
Michael Benjamin
3/17/67- 4/5/00
Gordon Kirkwood
- 1/16/00
Niles
- 11/18/99 (approx; about 28 years old)
Light Eagle, Henahan (David Joseph Stewart)
2/24/64- 10/2/99(2)
James Broughton
10/15/13- 5/17/99 8pm(2)
Poet and Faerie Saint
Arland Nelson
4/18/30- 12/13/98
Ted Kirk
1967- 10/26/98(1)
Robert Halwachs
11/3/51- 8/1/98 5am(2)
Earth (Mark D Holmes)
7/9/61- 3/15/98
Scott O'Hara
10/16/61- 2/18/98
Boo Boo (Chris Cory)
- 2/1/98
Earl Galvin
5/3/46- 1/14/98(2)
Sir-ena (Kevin Fewell)
4/22/56- 12/16/97
Brian Lee Smith
8/13/59- 9/17/97(1)
Tom Lightwater
11/18/69- 9/3/97(1)
Loka Wolf (Robert Weiler)
2/5/48- 2/24/97(1)
Craig Seeley
5/30/49- 1/23/97
Karl Clothier
5/31/67- 11/6/96
Jan Lynch
5/22/51- 11/6/96
Gabriel Arreola
2/10/64- 8/28/96
Coral, Wharf Rat (Ken Cheesebrew)
1/19/61- 8/8/96(2)
Donny the Punk, Swami Lingananda (Stephen Doneldsen)
7/?/46- 7/18/96
Bradley Rose
7/5/57- 6/11/96
James H. Hanneken
1/9/55- 6/15/96 (age 41)
Richard Avilla
10/16/56- 5/13/96
Gryphon Blackswan (Christopher Tate Anderson)
4/19/51- 4/18/96(2)
Tom Huff
8/17/61- 4/9/96
Andrew Slavin
9/18/54- 4/3/96
Van Robert Ault
11/11/56- 4/2/96(1)
Tura (Gregory J Carlisle)
2/17/62- 3/19/96(1)
Chris Davis
3/16/58- 3/16/96
Peaceflower (Kevin C Switzer)
6/19/56- Mar 1996
Glen Margo
11/30/47- 2/25/96
Russel Morgan
9/15/67- 2/5/96
Michael B. Stream
3/17/61- 2/2/96
Blaze (David Mills)
8/28/54- 2/1/96
Desert Hawk (Lawrence Martinez)
- 1/28/96
Orca (Rob Harrison)
- 1/22/96
Douglas Liles
4/9/44- 1/14/96
Daisy Chainsaw
2/26/75- 1/7/96(2)
Denzel (Denny Anderson)
- 1996
Luke
- 1996
Mike Taylor
- 1996
Crystal May (Eric Wuhlgemuth)
- 12/30/95
Pacifica (Jason Keidan)
9/7/56- 11/25/95(1)
Michael Biernbaum
9/9/43- 11/14/95
Pami (Bill Parker)
11/20/45- 11/17/95
Greyfire (Kevin Lee Ritchie)
- 11/6/95
Edwin Leigh Hand
4/6/62- 10/24/95
Portia Manson (Gene Barnes)
10/1/64- 10/9/95(1)
founder and publisher of Hippy Dick Magazine
Doug Murphy
- 10/4/95
Diet Popstitute (Michael Joseph Collins)
2/13/58- 8/25/95(2)
Hayoekah, Billy Jack (John Hawkins)
8/4/70- 8/25/95(2)
Tony Thomas
- 8/8/95
David Herb
6/18/69- 7/17/95
Rick Graf
8/21/49- 7/11/95
Ken (Kenneth) Bruya
2/27/50- 6/11/95
Tommy Tadlock
5/20/41- 6/4/95
Pavel Paucha
- 5/31/95
Stephen Maxxine Mack
12/19/60- 3/17/95(2)
Garnet (Renne Harris)
- 5/20/95
Not the former Wolf Creek resident
Ram Narasimha (Gary Wagman)
4/11/54- 4/21/95(2)
Ekstasis (William Dratz)
8/21/48- 3/19/95
Joel Garretson
11/10/63- 3/15/95
Sylvan (Bruce Lombardi) "Radiant Bear"
- 3/?/95
Charles Lewis
- 3/?/95 (age 46)
Miss Kitty Litter Green (Dan Jones)
12/1/62- 3/12/95(2)
W Wayne Carr "Homunculus Troglodyte", "Infected Faggot"
4/10/54- 2/21/95(2)
Producted the zine Infected Faggot Perspectives. There's a memorial in LA at the little triangle plaza, Santa Monica and Crescent Heights.
Shine (Tom Mapp)
8/28/47- 2/18/95
Nymphaea Ric Laraia Guru Darshan
11/7/52- 2/13/95(2)
Leslie (John Harlee)
- 1995
Persika (Cary Gray)
- 1995
Richard Klee Smith
- 1995
Rob Harmony
- 2005
Jason Doemel
1/27/73- 12/11/94
Gwen Cummings (Wade Richards)
9/5/63- 11/25/94
Tide (Carl Boesel)
5/17/59- 10/16/94
Gidget (Ted Birth)
5/17/59- 10/16/94(2)
Ryk (Richard) Camidge
7/24/59- 10/12/94
Kalyn Tranquil'son (Colin David Smith)
7/13/60- 9/18/94
Hawk (Robert Hogeveen)
- 8/24/94
Daisy (David M. Lindahl)
2/15/57- 8/26/94
Laughing Boy (Paul Madrigal)
11/28/66- 8/15/94
Daddy Bear Rings (Barey Miner Cundiff)
2/1/50- 7/1/94
Laughing Otter II (Benny McAdams)
12/21/41- 6/14/94(2)
Bruce Priebe
12/18/51- 5/21/94
Wally Hilton (Gardener)
3/25/52- 1/23/94
Patrick Hemming
9/4/63- 4/26/94
Dickey Lee Stafford
9/16/57- 4/14/94
J Lynn Johnson
4/26/47- 1/24/94
Terry Jones
10/22/62- 1/22/94
Greg Scott
1957- 1994
Pepa (Jose Sequiera)
- 1994
Akbar (Gary Dowd) (1)
Ven (SteVen Sipe, Ven-Q, Amethyst) (1)
Michael Callen
4/11/55- 12/27/93(2)
co-author in 1982 of first safer-sex publication, "How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach"
Stephen Breckenridge "Lillian"
- 12/25/93
Raven Wolfdancer
11/9/46- 12/13/93
Girlette Hussey (Randy Esslinger)
- 12/6/93
Albert Bell "Rooster", Ms. Moutha
2/22/27- 11/20/93
Muffin (John Kevin Lally)
9/22/52- 8/31/93
Faerie Fagdalen (Desi/Jeffrey White)
- 8/19/93
Giovanni Mucci
6/20/46- 8/15/93
Curt Gartrell
- 8/93
Jon Greenberg
2/25/56- 7/12/93
Steve Kasper
4/20/54- 6/22/93
Heartsinger (Richard Strange)
2/13/42- 6/20/93
Dale Larsen
9/20/54- 6/7/93
Cubby Bear (Gerry Downs)
- 6/6/93 (early 30's)
Tommie Tom-Tom (Tommie Hodges)
1/4/57- 5/30/93
Brian Jones, Miss Mary Louise
9/6/55- 5/20/93(1)
Moonbeam (Michael MacLean)
2/8/53- 5/10/93
Joe (Joseph L.) Drake
7/25/62- 5/2/93(2)
John Dunlap
11/12/57- 3/26/93
Thomas O'Malley
10/2/51- 3/25/93(2)
Sky Forest, Marina Barracuda, Dripping Beaver (Oliver Karthheiser)
1953- 3/15/93
Sylvan Centaur (Danny Roeder)
12/4/60- 2/22/93
Charles Halloran
5/21/57- 2/7/93
Maurice Lagasse
4/14/54- 2/93
Violet Flame, Eddie (Martin Edward Vold)
3/30/54- 1/29/93
Hal Tatelman
9/11/52- 1/2/93(1)
Mitch Bauer
- 12/10/92 (late 30's)
Ranger Ric (Richard Burton Gilbert)
11/5/48- 12/8/92(1)
Robb Caramico (Black Pony)
2/17/64- 11/30/92(2)
Manfred Ibel
4/9/37- 11/24/92(1)
Claude Branque
2/12/53- 8/17/92
Oskrr Earthsong-Feino
7/23/28- 4/25/92(2)
Jim Mehl
11/15/52- 3/29/92
Robert B. McNee
8/20/22- 1/8/92
Mica Kindman
5/8/45- 11/22/91(2)
Carl "Hue Mann" Stone
9/23/51- 8/17/91
Nova Begonia (Randy S Jacobs)
1/28/51- 8/91
Can anyone confirm he was Randy S, or these dates?
John C. Burton
4/14/52- 6/30/91
Gary Reynolds "Girlene" "Jereldine"
8/2/64- 6/10/91(1)
Gary Kichline
8/20/49- 6/8/91
Donald E. Bossard
2/21/56- 5/25/91
David Emerson Smith
1/10/45- 5/12/91(1)
Claude Zetty
5/2/24- 4/28/91
Butterfly (Walter Blumoff)
1/26/41- 4/26/91(1)
Michael Hampton
8/20/55- 4/2/91
Dwight DeLight (Dwight Dunaway)
6/28/54- 3/26/91(1)
Jamal Soares (Scott/Joao/John Soares)
- 2/14/91
Luis Hansa
1954- 1991
Robin Stephens "Rama Robin"
8/8/56- 11/6/90(1)
Francis Lee Mullis
9/10/49- 10/4/90
Brian King
- 10/6/90
Leo (David) Ayers "Lynx"
9/4/63- 9/29/90(2)
Stu Szidak
5/24/50- 9/21/90
Perle (Paul) Sudds
- 8/31/90
Gary Rovsek
5/15/47- 7/4/90
Baba Ram Rom (Tom Bond)
- 6/14/90(1)
Brian Corbell
3/21/62- 5/5/90
Gary Mason
8/1/47- 4/19/90
Michael Mason
8/21/47- 4/6/90
Robert R. Gravely
- 3/28/90 (age 45)
Sacha (Wayne) Voce
7/1/52- 3/7/90
Pat T. Dyke (Michael Brownfield)
9/30/59- 2/5/90
Rinaldo Itturino
- 2/9/90
Shi Hawkins
- 1990(2)
Ralph Coffman
- 11/22/89
Shastina Mylar (Lloyd Fair)
9/26/41- 11/22/89(1)
Gary "Glennda" Compton
10/30/50- 9/26/89(2)
Tryon Kennen
- 6/89
James R Lahey
7/4/50- 5/5/89(1)
John Glorioso
4/12/53- 1/5/89
Myles Storcamp (Bruce)
8/30/48- 10/24/88(1)
David Dvorsky
4/13/49- 10/24/88(2)
Gary Holt
8/17/49- 8/26/88
John Herschel Bandy
10/26/42- 8/9/88
Richard Nelson
- 8/3/88
Harvey Hand
- 1988
Purusha (Chris, Peter Christopher Purusha Androgyne Larkin)
1934- 6/21/88(2)
Author of The Divine Androgyne (online: see link)
Trecs De Lai Diffner (Eric Norman Diffner)
2/25/50- 10/19/87
George Jalbert, Chenille Dowdy Crow
8/29/45- 10/15/87
Magdalen Farm resident; sold the land (Wolf Creek) to Nomenus
Candor Smoothstone, Kenny Allison, Martin Xero
9/25/45- 9/11/87(2)
Thomas Feiertag
8/1/48- 9/87
Dennis Robert Ryan
2/2/49- 3/9/87(2)
Poni Mon Dada, Roan Simone Pony, Shrinath (Harry S. Vaughn)
- 5/17/86(2)
of Magdalen Farm; his ashes are under the comfry plant in front of Garden House. 1st Josephine County AIDS death.
Carl Wittman
2/24/43- 1/22/86
author of "Refugees from Amerika: The Gay Manifesto"
Crit Goin (Newbold Crittenden Goin II)
6/1/38- 1/86(2)
Stacy Brotherlover Kinghen (Robert Reich)
- 1985
Russel S Anderson
1/7/03- 2/12/85
David Stryker
4/24/18- 11/18/84
Bobbi Campbell (Sister Florence Nightmare)
1/28/52- 8/15/84(2)
Dennis Melba'son
- 6/25/83
crocheted the Cernunnos shawl


Dates for the following are unknown, so they're in alphabetical order
Alexander Ward
Arthur Ashe
Bill Kraus
Bill Powell
Bobby Reynolds
Bone (Wayne McDaniel) (2)
Brad Blum
Bruce (of Liberty TN)
Cal Nelson
Charlie Caerble
Gentle Rain (Charlie Nunez)
Connie Norman (WeWa Woman)
Cory Robertson
Dakota (Peter Gingrich)
Daniel Ashkenazi (1)
Daniel Hodges
David Baca
Don Munroe
Donnie
Douglas Wright
Dustin Parsons
Eddie Lee
Evan
Running Water memorial stones
Fred MacKissick
Freddie Brown (Adam Garrett)
Gibson Higgons
Greg Caffey
Greg Dubs
Hal Slate
Haron (Robert Enloč-Lind)
Howard Courkshaw
Irwin Fine
Jack Campbell
Jacob (Jake) McElligot
Jay (Jada) Joyce
Jay Dorff
Jeff Hiter
Jeff Kielar
Jeremy Bell (1)
Jerry Burngarner
Jerry Haney
Jim Adam Jr
Jim Feldman
Jim Irwin
Joe Teague
John Fox
Running Water memorial stones
Jonathan West
Joseph McKey
Kale
Creekland resident, not Kale from Chicago. Started the cornrow craze.
Kevin Kendall
Kevin Smith
Kim Derrick Tomlin (1)
Kip Newquist
Kurt Wrischedel
Laughing Otter "Widdershins"
Lynda Luna
Mad Dog
March (Steve Wilcox)
Matteus
Michael Cassidy
Michael Holmes
Michael Miesch
Michael Worman
Mickey Martin
Mike Gibbs
Mike Waybaster
Running Water memorial stones
Mirium
Momma
From the Magdalen Farm days.
Mommalon (Gregory Lawn)
Mother Superior (Bill Graham)
Newman Faerntgen
Opal
Paul Starr
Peter Hartman
Peter Ryan
Pim Burger
Puck (Mark Zirger)
Raven
Rich Moog
Richard Vincent
Rick Feld
Rick Wilkinson
Running Water memorial stones
Ricky Wilson
Robert Lewis Levitan
Robert Parker
Rock Sand (Tom Heskette)
Ron Bunn
Sundance (Ron Cohen)
Ron Goldstein
Ron Hale
Ron West
Roy Syllen
Sam Malone
Scott Lucas
Scott Mernan
Soula Ray (Ray Gertz)
Starbuck (Jim Searles)
Stephen LeBlanc
Stephen
from Portland
Steven Corbin
Straw
Stuart Teitler
Ted Strong
Terry Molitor
Ti Barfield
Running Water memorial stones
Will Batten
Willie Crook

This list has 385 people as of 1/3/12.

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