Boxing legend Joe Frazier lost his last fight to liver cancer but one of his nephews remembers him as a people’s champion and a fighter to the end. Joe Frazier fought many battles in his life and held the heavyweight championship of the world for … [Read more...]
Co-Founder of S.Q. Veteran Group Dies
By RONALD ‘YANA’ SELF Elmer G. “Geronimo” Pratt, an early leader of San Quentin’s Vietnam veterans group and a decorated paratrooper, died at his home in Tanzania, according to his sister. He was 63 years old. Pratt was a co-founder of the Vietnam … [Read more...]
S.Q. Veterans Say Goodbye to One of Their Brothers
Joe Diggs was a friend, father and a mentor to the men of San Quentin. He left this world honorably in a ceremony befitting a soldier who served his country in the United States Army. Diggs, 60, who was well known in San Quentin, passed away February … [Read more...]
OBITUARY
It seems like yesterday, seeing Phousaykeo “Luong” Sapsourivong busy cleaning the showers for the men in North Block. It was a job that Luong quietly and humbly did faithfully for all of us. Luong passed during a peaceful Sunday morning, Jan. 16 at … [Read more...]
Obituaries
San Quentin resident Jimmy Chapman was remembered as a friend and a good man. Chapman worked in Prison Industry (PIA) for over nine years. Douglas Collier, who lived with Chapman during the last three months of his illness. “He wasn’t a veteran or … [Read more...]
Kairos Leader Passes
A volunteer leader of the Kairos program at San Quentin died April 16 at his Santa Rosa home of Leukemia at the age of 80. He was Robert “Bob” A. Stratton, a long-time leader of the Cursillo Christian movement which sponsored the Kairos … [Read more...]
Chaplain Howard 1924 – 2008
Chaplain Harry W. Howard, born Sept. 22, 1924, passed away on Sept. 18, 2008. Harry’s loving wife, Kay, preceded him to Heaven in 1999. Harry is survived by two sons: Howie and Steve. Harry was devoted to his ministry of spreading the Lord’s … [Read more...]
Harry Hagy
Harry Hagy, CDCR No. A-53751, the oldest man in San Quentin, returned to his maker, Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 51 days short of his 86th birthday. Harry, died at Doctors Hospital of San Pablo, at 3:00 p.m. He was not able to regain consciousness … [Read more...]
Remembering Matthew Solomon
Matthew Solomon, a former student in the San Quentin College Program, was shot and killed in San Francisco on Thursday, September 4 while standing on the street, talking to his friend Noel Espinoza, who was also killed. Matthew was 23 years old. He … [Read more...]