Wendy Anne Soltero
January 12, 1978--October 28, 2000

This website is a gathering place for Wendy's friends and loved ones.  [Updated on May 30, 2001]         Visit Wendy and leave your memories at Wendy's message board.

  Wendy was graduated (posthumously) from Occidental College on May 20, 2001.  Click here for newspaper articles about the graduation.  During the month before graduation, the college exhibited a collection of Wendy's art at its Weingart Gallery.

Wendy's sister Karen has started the WendyArts Foundation.  She is also producing a film (The Adventures of Avalon) and produced (and co-starred in) a stage play  (The Ultimate Milkshake) dedicated to Wendy.

The wheels of justice turn slowly.  Click here for a judicial status report.  

Some of Wendy's friends and family have contributed pictures.

We have an edited example of Wendy's writing, entitled COOL CHICK, to share with you from a visit she made last October to a friend in Denver.

Los Angeles Times article, Nov 3, 2000.

Wendy created her own website at Occidental College.

Wendy also found time to be the photo editor and secret columnist for The Occidental, the Occidental College newspaper.

There is also a weblog Because of Wendy, with love at Blogspot.com.

If you have anything you would like to contribute to this website, please send it in an email.  If you have anything larger than 2MB please email for instructions.

 

 

 Wendy, a beautiful free spirit, was taken from this earth at the age of 22 by a senseless handgun murder on the streets of Los Angeles, on October 28th, 2000.  A 1996 graduate of The Hockaday School and a senior art major at Occidental College, she was a talented artist, a brilliant thinker and an amazing individual. A blessing to her family and a friend to everyone, she lived life to the fullest, ever fearless in her quest to surround herself with the richness of life. Her memory is cherished by her mother, Beth, whose advice always managed to get through somehow; her father, Gene, who was constantly amazed and delighted by his little girl; her sister and soulmate, Karen, who will always be in touch through a bond that exceeds this lifetime.

The world lost one of the most wonderful and unique women on earth, but Heaven gained a truly fabulous angel. Her art and her writing leave a legacy to be cherished, and her spirit will live on in the multitude of stories her loved ones have to tell. We love you, our dearest Petunia, Munchkin, Petronski. Take flight Wendybird and smile down on us so we can see the sun shine and the stars twinkle and know that you are still here.

Wendy's friends and family communed with her at Sparkman Hillcrest on Northwest Highway, Dallas, on Thursday evening, November 2nd, 7 to 9 p.m. 

On November 3rd, renamed "Wendy's Day," she was sent on her journey in a "New Orleans Style" walking funeral procession of family, close friends and neighbors in drizzling rain led by jazz musicians from the University of North Texas.  Her spirit soared with the release of balloons to the jubilant strains of "When the Saints Come Marching In" played in upbeat tempo.  A celebration of her life was held in the sanctuary at Highland Park United Methodist Church at 1 p.m.

Wendy loved and supported Teen Age Communication Theater (TACT) at Planned Parenthood, the SPCA and the Baylor Clinical Cardiology Research Center, where the "Wendy Fund" for heart disease research has been established through the Baylor Foundation. 

Visit Wendy and leave your memories at Wendy's message board.

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