Service Set to Celebrate Lesley Taplin's Life

By Ed Fuentes
Published: Monday, April 20, 2009, at 03:18PM

100_3346 Don Garza [Flickr]

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — A service to celebrate the life of longtime DLANC volunteer Lesley Taplin has been set for Thursday, April 30, at 6:30pm and will take place at Vibiana.

Taplin, who had been involved with DLANC since its formation in 2002 and was a driving force in the neighborhood council's education committee and efforts on Skid Row, was killed in a freeway accident last Monday night.

In making the decision to hold the memorial service Downtown, son Nick Taplin said, "It's where her heart is."

The service will include photos of Taplin to be projected during the evening, according to Qathryn Brehm, who asks anyone with photos they would be willing to share to send them to editor@ladad.com.

The family is also planning to set up an ArtShare LA scholarship for at-risk youth in her memory. Details will be passed along as they become available.

Lesley Gilb Taplin: A Celebration of Life / April 30, 2009 / 6:30pm / Vibiana / 210 S. Main

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Don Garza writes:

Just to let you all know... I have a few web apps coming out this fall . By the end of next year I should be well into my first 5o million dollars....You will not know it was me who created the apps..

I am in the beginning stages of working to build a downtown educational center , thanks to the idea from benjamin Penzillo, I am also going to build a real community center in skid row that will be open to the whole community, not operated by any of the homeless non-profits....

Thank you Lesley for loving us into what we are becoming... you have truly freed the community of skid row..transformed, and led us into having our own autonomy...

# on Apr.20.2009 AT 04:39 PM
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benjamin writes:

R.I.P.

# on Apr.20.2009 AT 05:57 PM
3
Bert Green writes:

I am very sorry that I will be out of town on that day.

# on Apr.20.2009 AT 06:01 PM
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David Kennedy writes:

Nice to see St. Vibiana put to such good use.

# on Apr.22.2009 AT 11:28 AM
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Tyra Gilb writes:

I so look forward to meeting all of Lesley's downtown friends. She told me many wonderful stories about all of you and your accomplishments, and she always showed me photos your various downtown events. A favor: does one of you have the power to correct her name at the end of the article above? Her middle name should be GILB (not Glib). Thank you so much. Tyra (Lesley's sister)

# on Apr.23.2009 AT 05:17 PM
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Eric Richardson writes:

Tyra: Thanks for your comment. Ed and I are a little embarrassed about getting that wrong. We've fixed it.

# on Apr.23.2009 AT 05:36 PM
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Dave Bullock writes:

Penelope and I will be there for sure.

# on Apr.23.2009 AT 05:49 PM

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