Constantine James Harvey

OCTOBER 1955 ~ DECEMBER 2023

CONSTANTINE J. HARVEY, FONDLY KNOWN AS CONNIE, PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 66. GONE TO BE WITH GOD. HE WAS BORN TO CONSTANTINE HARVEY AND VIOLET MARSHALL AT KING COUNTY HOSPITAL IN SEATTLE, A FACILITY THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER.

CONNIE WAS A KIND AND GENTLE SOUL WHO RADIATED LOVE, JOY, AND PLAYED A PEACEFUL ROLE IN HIS COMMUNITY. DESPITE FACING DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES, HE MADE THE BEST OF HIS LIFE AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR IT. HE LOVED PLAYING CARDS, GAZING AT THE MOON, AND LISTENING TO MUSIC. HIS FAVORITE MUSIC MEMORY WAS ATTENDING A MICHAEL JACKSON CONCERT, WALKING AND WATCHING TY.

CONNIE HAD SEVERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LIFE THAT MADE HIM PROUD. THROUGH ANCESTRY DNA TESTS, HE DISCOVERED BOTH MATERNAL AND PATERNAL LINK TO EGYPT AND FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS RELATED TO FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE. HE WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE VOTED FOR HIS COUSIN TWICE,

CONNIE LIVED IN WEST SEATTLE FOR YEARS. DESPITE HIS HEALTH DECLINING, HE WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A 34-YEAR PERIOD OF SUPPORT OF MARTHA COLLINS (HIS SISTER), EDWARD COLLINS (HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW), DAWIT (HIS NEPHEW), AND THE CARING STAFF OF SEVERAL MEDICAL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES.

CONNIE WAS ASSISTED BY DONNA WISE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OF THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND JUDGES. AS A CLIENT OF WASHINGTON STATE’S DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES, AND RECEIVED FACILITATED CARE FROM KATHY WOODARD, BRIANNA WICKS, AND ARRON PETERSON. DR. JOHN D. SCOTT PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE DURING CONNIE’S LONG ILLNESS, AND OTHER MEDICAL DR.’S AND STAFF. SWEDISH FIRST HILL END-OF-LIFE CARE WAS OVERSEEN BY DR. ROBERT C. HANSEN.

CONNIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SIBLINGS CHERRI, ALICHA LOUISE, AND WILLIAM BEASLEY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON JEROME, HIS YOUNGEST SISTER SQUAKEE-MARTHA LEE COLLINS, BROTHER-IN-LAW EDWARD COLLINS, AND A LARGE AND LOVING GROUP OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. BLESS & THANK YOU FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

Private Inurnment, Washelli Columbarium.