A memorial event will be held on Aug. 10 to commemorate the life of Berkeley City Councilmember Dona Spring who passed away last month.

The city-sponsored event will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Civic Center Park, located on Martin Luther King Boulevard between Center Street and Allston Street.
Spring, who had been wheel chair-bound for the past two decades, died on July 13 after a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis.

Dennis Walton, who was Spring’s primary care-giver during the past 27 years and who calls himself Spring’s soulmate, said he wanted the memorial to be at the park so it will be wheel chair accessible, saying he expects 40 to 50 people in wheel chairs to attend the ceremony.