A memorial will be held this week for John Hathaway, the late political cartoonist and publisher of The New Takhoman, who passed away in June at the age of 69 (see “John Hathaway: A Tacoma gadfly’s voice goes silent,” Tacoma Daily Index, June 12, 2015).

“I just thought maybe we could get friends together and swap stories,” said Carolyn Perry, Hathaway’s longtime companion, who contacted the Tacoma Daily Index on Tuesday to ask if we would let readers know about the event.

The memorial will be held on Fri., July 10, between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., at Mountain View Funeral Home’s Celebration of Life Building (Willow Room), located at 4100 Steilacoom Boulevard SW, in Lakewood. More information is available online here.

To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s previous coverage of John Hathaway, click on the following links:

• Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — June 2015 (Tacoma Daily Index, July 1, 2015)
• John Hathaway: A Tacoma gadfly’s voice goes silent (Tacoma Daily Index, June 12, 2015)
• Would-be City Council candidate Hathaway won’t run (Tacoma Daily Index, May 23, 2007)
• Mightier Than Swords: Tacoma artists zero their pens on local politics (Tacoma Daily Index, March 21, 2007)