West Side Market Vendor Dies on Friday
Mark Read had sold the paper for years including both the Grapevine and the Street Chronicle, and was a previous staff member at University Settlement. He died on Friday evening after attending our every other week vendor meeting and after working his shift at the West Side Market on Friday March 2nd in the afternoon. His wake will be on Thursday at Golubski Funeral Home in the the afternoon. We believe that Mark died after a fall down the stairs, but we could not find a death notice in the paper to link to this story. We do not have an official cause of death at this time. He had just gotten over a sickness that had kept him away from selling the paper, but he was back last week. Mark was always quiet and respectful to customers and other vendors. He did write a story which will appear in the next issue of the paper. He had a rough time in life with lots of struggles to overcome.
Brian
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