HAVERHILL \u2013 Cheri Dawn Crider, 63, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2025 at her home in Haverhill.<\/p>\n
It is with deep sadness that we announce Cheri\u2019s passing. Cheri was a beacon of hope and a light in the dark for countless people; she advocated for and worked tirelessly to escort trafficked and exploited survivors out of the sex trade and into safety. Cheri mentored, guided, empowered and inspired purpose in those at their most broken hour. She lobbied for change and devoted her remaining time with us to helping others, fueled by her own experiences and lack of support while she was trafficked in the early 1980\u2019s. Cheri played a major role in the anti-trafficking movement for the past 45 years, and her presence will be felt and mourned by those whose lives she changed well into the future.<\/p>\n
ARRANGEMENTS: We invite you to pay tribute with us on Friday, February 28, from 5PM until 8PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill, MA. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation in her name to: Amirah Inc at \u00a0https:\/\/amirahinc.harnessgiving.org\/donate<\/a>\u00a0or to Polaris \u00a0https:\/\/secure.polarisproject.org\/donate<\/a>\u00a0 Please visit www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a> of Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook to leave your condolences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HAVERHILL \u2013 Cheri Dawn Crider, 63, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2025 at her home in Haverhill. It is with deep sadness that we announce Cheri\u2019s passing. Cheri was a beacon of hope and a light in the dark for countless people; she advocated for and worked tirelessly to escort trafficked and exploited survivors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6431,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions\/6431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}