Demri and friends, by Jack Plasky

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Karen, Demri, Heidi, Tamale; Mara Whelan, Kimberly Robinson, Sheri, Denise, and Ronda by Jack Plasky at Demri’s apartment, Seattle, probably early 1990s.

This picture was given to Fabiola H. Gonzalez by Rosheen Gaugi at Demri’s memorial.

Spencer: “I drove Mara, Kim and Demri to Eugene, Oregon one time. We stopped at Chuck’s (Demri’s uncle, I assume) in Seattle to pick up Demri. Her boyfriend’s band had just gotten signed that day and she had his demo tape on hand. We listened to ‘Queen of the Rodeo’ over and over again.”

Kimberly Robinson: “Demri was a best friend to me and Mara Whelan. The three of us hitchhiked from Granite Falls to Los Angeles in six rides. We would sing Puff the Magic Dragon at truck stops and get rides in the long haulers. Our bond was broken by the evil nature of addiction.”

Kim: “When I was barely 18 years old Demri, Mara and I packed our 1970 floral slumber party suitcases in Granite Falls, Washington. We made a cardboard sign in sharpie “LA or bust”. We were three beauties in our Indian gauze hippie skirts hitting the road with thumbs out. We would sing “Puff, the Magic Dragon” at truck stops and get rides in the long haulers.

Needless to say we made it to Laguna Beach, California in 6 rides and a little over 24 hours. We made it safely to see Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead at the Strawberry Fields. We got around like this often. It's who we were. It was freedom and innocence. Honestly, she had the biggest spirit in the tiniest body”.

Mara Whelan: “Demri and I lived together, slept together as sister spoons, hitchhiked all up and down the coast and back and forth to Seattle from Everett a million times. We lived in Seattle together in multiple places. When we didn’t live together, even when the drugs came into play, we never lost each other.”

Below, some other Demri's photos with her friends taken by Jack Plasky.









*The uncensored versions of the photos can be found at VEF forums (I do not post direct links here just in case a child clicks on them even by accident and sees the adult content)*.

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