In Memoriam

Eloisa Perez-Suarez

Eloisa Perez-Suarez, a member of Honest Weight for nearly ten years, died on Tuesday, April 5 after a long illness. She was 69. Eloisa joined Honest Weight as a member in May 1995 during the final days of the Quail Street store. Eloisa mostly worked as a cashier, logging hundreds of shifts and over a thousand hours. She only stopped working at Honest Weight in June 2004, when she became physically unable to continue. Eloisa also spent time on Honest Weight’s Board of Directors. She was elected to the Board in April 1999 and served on the Board until the summer of 2000. During that time, Honest Weight transitioned from having a general manager, Bill Zietlow, to being managed by a council of staff members. Eloisa worked on the Personnel committee during her time on the Board, and continued to work with that committee afterwards. Honest Weight was not Eloisa’s only area of activity. She was an elder in the Good Medicine Society, an organization that studies Native American spirituality. She was active in her church and worked on an effort to start an intentional community in this area. She was also very active in local Spanish organizations. She will be missed by a great many people.

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