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Aren Givens (1990-2026) - Rest in Peace
Aren decided to pass through death's doors early Tuesday morning before work. He entered through the watery gates of Lake Washington on the shores of Mercer Island not far from his Shorewood Apartment in Washington State. He had been missing for two days when they found his submerged body. No foul play is suspected.
Aren was a single child born in Skowhegan, Maine on August 15, 1990 to Gale Davison and Stephen Givens. Gale still lives in Maine but his father is deceased. Aren is survived by his step-father Donald Smallidge; his aunt Dale Brosziet in Montana, uncle Todd Davison in Washington; his four cousins and their families, Erica Keller, DVM in Ohio, Ryan Keller in upstate New York, Trevor Keller in Ohio and Heather Ryvore Smith in Washington. He has a great uncle Bob Wheeler and his wife Paula in Newcastle, Maine and 2nd cousin Diane Hicks and her family in Bath, Maine.
Aren was an avid reader of science-based biology. He read an adult level book about ants when he was only four years old! He loved reading about dragons and dinosaurs as he became older. He liked video games such as Oblivion and Halo. He had a passion for wolves which he pursued by volunteering for the Wolf Haven Sanctuary in Washington State in 2012.
Aren's employed years in Washington State were filled with management positions in homeless shelters. He did short stints of work in quality control for Nintendo and a Reading Program.
He wanted to be a fiction writer and was working on a novel about a unique pack of werewolves and had written 200,000 words. Last Fall he began to explore writing screenplays.
He liked walking streets at night and walked to work whenever possible. He missed chocolate chip whoopee pies. He loved Starbucks cold coffee.
Please make donations to Wolf Haven International in Washington State (working to conserve and protect wolves and their habitat since 1982), or Coyote Lives in Maine (Maine coyotes descend from hybridizing with wolves).
April 25th, 2026