In addition to his great works for the city of San Francisco, Cecil Williams was a decades-long resident of Hiliritas Avenue in Glen Park. Upon his death last month The San Francisco Chronicle published this extensive obituary detailing a most extraordinary life.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/cecil-williams-obituary-17820200.php
His memorial was held on May 12, also written up in the Chronicle.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/cecil-williams-glide-memorial-19442032.php
Janice Mirikitani, Williams’ wife and co-founder of Glide Memorial Church and the city’s poet laureate from 2000 to 2002, died in 2021.
Read her Glen Park News and SF Chronicle obituary here.