Our Loving, Empathetic, and incredibly loyal brother, nephew, grandchild, and son, William Christopher Herring left this earth at approximately 6:40AM on November 28th, 2022 in Seattle, Washington, succumbing to complications from an Anoxic Brain Injury caused by sudden cardiac arrest a month prior.
Raised in a home of Children raising Children, Chris began life as such a kind and loving soul. Even at a young age, he connected deeply with the animals and things around him. He was so intelligent, determined at the things that interested him, and full of wit and humor. His primary objective was always to create laughter and empathy in a way that someone who has undergone true suffering can. Diagnosed at a young age with mild autism, Chris struggled with traditional learning and was relentlessly bullied throughout his years of school, amidst losing one of his dearest loved ones, his Grandmother Faye Herring. Despite loving him with all that we had, it was not enough to shield him from the cruelty of the world.
These things, as well as a decreasingly stable home life, led Chris into a adulthood of struggling with addiction, self worth, and true identity. We all watched as our loved one was transformed from
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