Holly Sundberg

Many family members and friends have reached out to see what the Sundberg Family needs in our time of grief. For the most part, the Sundbergs are resilient and ask for nothing.

In honor, support, and tribute to our beloved Holly – I am asking, on behalf of the Sundberg Family, for your kind gift to assist with the financial needs associated with laying Holly to rest.

Your donation will support cremation, filing her death certificate, a funeral in the Spring of 2023, travel costs, and anything extra will go to help her four (4) children. I am estimating costs to some extent, but everything donated will be an amazing show of support to this family.

Here’s a little about Holly for those who don’t know or who may have forgotten.

Holly – named as such because she was expected to be a Christmas baby, was a beautiful mother to four amazing children. These children were her greatest accomplishment and gift to this world. She loved them dearly, and they loved her back wholeheartedly and completely.

Holly was born in Florida, the middle child of among her eldest brother Carl and younger sister, Shannon. She was a high academic performer in her early years – winning spelling bees, and was expected to be the most successful of the three. She was a very gentle child. Holly was loving and compassionate. She was the kindest person, her family said – she was too good. The sort of kind heart you felt you needed to protect.

The Sundberg family moved to Oregon when Holly was in her teens. As a mother, she was loving, spirited and very involved. She taught her children to read before kindergarten and ensured the house had laughter and love.

When I met Holly, it was immediately clear that she would move worlds for her children. She loved them so and will always love them. Holly was fierce. She was a fighter. She was a happy and optimistic woman. Holly lived a life full of love and a life full of strife.

In closing, Holly passed away at 42 years of age. Too young. Way. Too. Young. This is the result of mental health challenges and addiction in order to manage it.

If you are uncomfortable donating or cannot, please consider being a mental health advocate.

In Oregon and the US, we do not support those with mental health issues and/or addiction. Instead, we accept and allow individuals to live on the streets, deeming them “mentally fit” despite lived evidence to the contrary. We patch them up physically and send them back to the streets. And so, the cycle continues. This is a lived example of the failure of our current system. Had the healthcare community had the legal right to require live-in treatment – yes, dare I say it – against Holly’s wishes, she might be here today. But, because we accept Holly’s story as OK, as an individual living out their free will – this family and four children are burying their daughter, sister, and mother despite years of begging, pleading, and fighting for someone to listen. So, if you cannot give – please be a fierce advocate.

Thank you, and we love you all.

Holly, please finally be at rest. I hope and pray it is with your amazing mother, Carla.