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Committal January 20, 2027 · Fort Bliss National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Dwight Allen Kelsey is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, Texas. The schedule names Wednesday, January 20, 2027 at…
March 14, 1941 – March 3, 2026 · Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Seville, Ohio lists a family-authorized committal for Larry L Noble, CS3 (SS), U.S. Navy who served in Vietnam, on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Sat…
Committal December 30, 2026 · Los Angeles National Cemetery
Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California lists a family-authorized committal for Joan Darlene Langpaap on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Wednesday, December 30, 2026 at 01:00 …
Committal December 30, 2026 · Los Angeles National Cemetery
Daniel Harding Langpaap is being honored at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Wednesd…
Committal December 28, 2026 · Beaufort National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Glenn Andrew Saluter is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina. The schedule names Monday, December 28, …
Committal December 28, 2026 · Bay Pines National Cemetery
Barbara Armstrong is being honored at Bay Pines National Cemetery in Bay Pines, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Monday, December 28,…
December 27, 1938 – July 9, 2026 · Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri lists a family-authorized committal for John Lowell Hopson, 1ST LT, U.S. Air Force, on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Monday, Decem…
Committal December 28, 2026 · South Florida National Cemetery
Burton Stanley Coleman is being honored at South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Monday, De…
June 16, 1924 – December 30, 2025 · South Florida National Cemetery
Stanley Robert Rowe, SC, U.S. Navy who served in World War II, is being honored at South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affa…
Committal December 28, 2026 · South Florida National Cemetery
South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth, Florida lists a family-authorized committal for Jean K Rowe on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Monday, December 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time…
Committal December 26, 2026 · Houston National Cemetery
Jessie Davidson is being honored at Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Saturday, December 26, 2026 …
Committal December 24, 2026 · Willamette National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Memorial Monthly is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. The schedule names Thursday, December 24, 2026 at …
Committal December 24, 2026 · Sarasota National Cemetery
Wayne Anthony Blashock is being honored at Sarasota National Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Thursday, Decembe…
Committal December 24, 2026 · Sarasota National Cemetery
Barbara Lee Blashock is being honored at Sarasota National Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Thursday, December …
Committal December 23, 2026 · Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
Edward Michael Sierzenga is being honored at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Wednesday, De…
Committal December 23, 2026 · Great Lakes National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Annmarie Olmstead is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Michigan. The schedule names Wednesday, December 23, 2026 a…
Committal December 23, 2026 · Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
Eileen Kosnar is being honored at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Wednesday, December …
Committal December 22, 2026 · Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims, Florida lists a family-authorized committal for Marilyn Seibel on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Tuesday, December 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time …
Committal December 22, 2026 · Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims, Florida lists a family-authorized committal for John Andrew Seibel on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Tuesday, December 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM Eastern T…
Committal December 22, 2026 · Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California lists a family-authorized committal for James Patrick Peterson on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Tuesday, December 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM Pa…
Committal December 21, 2026 · Los Angeles National Cemetery
Ralph F Hidalgo is being honored at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Monday, Decembe…
December 21, 1944 – August 6, 2026 · Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims, Florida lists a family-authorized committal for Ronald Paul Immel, EWC, U.S. Navy who served in Vietnam, on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Monday, De…
March 2, 1939 – May 19, 2026 · Sarasota National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for William Edgar Sutherby, DT3, U.S. Navy, is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, Florida. The schedule names Monday, D…
Committal December 21, 2026 · Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Salomon Abrego Jr. is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas. The schedule names Monday, December 21, …
Committal December 21, 2026 · Riverside National Cemetery
Raymond Arthur Elmore is being honored at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Monday, Decem…
Committal December 21, 2026 · Florida National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Donald D Gray is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida. The schedule names Monday, December 21, 2026 at 10:30 A…
Committal December 18, 2026 · Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims, Florida lists a family-authorized committal for Carol Jo Depta on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Friday, December 18, 2026 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time Z…
Committal December 18, 2026 · Sarasota National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Kevin Francis Mcbride is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, Florida. The schedule names Friday, December 18, 2026 a…
Committal December 18, 2026 · Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Michael Benjamin Friedman is being honored at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Frida…
Committal December 18, 2026 · Houston National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Barry Michael Amos is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas. The schedule names Friday, December 18, 2026 at 10:15…
Committal December 18, 2026 · Riverside National Cemetery
Paul Edward Schmidt is being honored at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Friday, Decembe…
Committal December 18, 2026 · Yellowstone National Cemetery
John Yellowstone is being honored at Yellowstone National Cemetery in Laurel, Montana. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Friday, December 18, 2…
Committal December 17, 2026 · Willamette National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Memorial Monthly is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. The schedule names Thursday, December 17, 2026 at …
Committal December 17, 2026 · Florida National Cemetery
Joellen Gillespie is being honored at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Thursday, December 17, …
Committal December 16, 2026 · Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims, Florida lists a family-authorized committal for Robert Alan Balint on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Wednesday, December 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM Eastern…
Committal December 16, 2026 · Houston National Cemetery
Jesus Antonio Leal-Yerena is being honored at Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Wednesday, Decembe…
Committal December 16, 2026 · Florida National Cemetery
Service Unaccompanied is being honored at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule for Wednesday, December…
Committal December 7, 2026 · Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Ollie Ray Guinn is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, California. The schedule names Monday, December 7, 2026…
Committal December 7, 2026 · Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California lists a family-authorized committal for Ronald Arthur Marsh on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Monday, December 7, 2026 at 01:00 PM Pac…
Committal December 7, 2026 · Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
Barbara Jean Marsh is being honored at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule. The public list…
Committal December 7, 2026 · Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California lists a family-authorized committal for Robert Allen Healy on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Monday, December 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM Paci…
Committal November 30, 2026 · Fort Jackson National Cemetery
Fort Jackson National Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina lists a family-authorized committal for Edward Mobley Woodward on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Monday, November 30, 2026 at 02:00 …
Committal November 27, 2026 · Fort Logan National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Bruce Henry Talbott is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. The schedule names Friday, November 27, 2026 at…
Committal November 27, 2026 · Fort Logan National Cemetery
Jay Louis Fox is being honored at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule. The public listing is for Fr…
Committal November 27, 2026 · Fort Sheridan National Cemetery
Sheila Shapiro is being honored at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule. The public listin…
Committal November 27, 2026 · Fort Sheridan National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for David Isreal Shapiro is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery, Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The schedule names Friday, November …
Committal November 27, 2026 · Fayetteville National Cemetery
A family-authorized committal for Rick James Hinterthuer is on the VA National Cemetery Administration Daily Burial Schedule at Fayetteville National Cemetery, Fayetteville, Arkansas. The schedule names Friday, November …
Committal November 25, 2026 · Fort Jackson National Cemetery
Fort Jackson National Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina lists a family-authorized committal for Kenneth Odell Truluck on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Wednesday, November 25, 2026 at 11:0…
Committal November 25, 2026 · Fort Custer National Cemetery
Myron Dale Colber is being honored at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule. The public listing is …
Committal November 20, 2026 · Dayton National Cemetery
Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio lists a family-authorized committal for William Francis Patterson on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Friday, November 20, 2026 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time…
Family and neighborhood remembrances, including paid placements.
February 10, 1955 – September 2, 2026 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Nadia Farah Delacroix died in Charlotte on September 2, 2026. She was 71. Born in Charlotte on February 10, 1955, into a Lebanese-Franco household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is somethin…
September 17, 1940 – August 26, 2026 · Macon, Georgia
Vernon Lee Ballentine died in Macon on August 26, 2026. He was 85. Born in Macon on September 17, 1940, raised among Scotch-Irish manners that never needed a speech. He learned early that a day is something you finish, n…
June 1, 1948 – August 12, 2026 · Cleveland, Ohio
Betty Lou Zamorano died in Cleveland on August 12, 2026. She was 78. Born on June 1, 1948, with Mexican-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not s…
December 15, 1943 – September 8, 2026 · Aurora, Illinois
Malcolm Ian Youngblood died in Aurora on September 8, 2026. He was 82. Born in Aurora on December 15, 1943, with African American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something y…
August 27, 1951 – August 20, 2026 · Erie, Pennsylvania
Frieda Mae Wahlberg died in Erie on August 20, 2026. She was 74. Born in Erie on August 27, 1951, with Swedish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish…
October 11, 1947 – August 8, 2026 · Rochester, New York
Charles Earl Vasquez died in Rochester on August 8, 2026. He was 78. Born in Rochester on October 11, 1947, with Mexican-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something y…
March 18, 1939 – September 3, 2026 · Jacksonville, Florida
Opal Jean Ulloa died in Jacksonville on September 3, 2026. She was 87. Born in Jacksonville on March 18, 1939, with Central American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is somethi…
July 3, 1942 – August 24, 2026 · Dallas, Texas
Werner Hans Tanaka died in Dallas on August 24, 2026. He was 84. Born in Dallas on July 3, 1942, with German-Japanese roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, n…
January 29, 1945 – August 16, 2026 · Stockton, California
Grace Ellen Sandoval died in Stockton on August 16, 2026. She was 81. Born in Stockton on January 29, 1945, into a Mexican-American household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is something you…
November 24, 1949 – September 4, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia
Ramon Luis Russo died in Washington on September 4, 2026. He was 76. Born in Washington on November 24, 1949, raised among Italian-Latino manners that never needed a speech. He learned early that a day is something you f…
April 13, 1957 – August 29, 2026 · Kahului, Hawaii
Sun Hee Qian died in Kahului on August 29, 2026. She was 69. Born in Kahului on April 13, 1957, with Korean-Chinese roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, no…
August 6, 1944 – August 21, 2026 · Casper, Wyoming
Henry James Pacheco died in Casper on August 21, 2026. He was 82. Born in Casper on August 6, 1944, with Mexican-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finis…
May 17, 1953 – August 10, 2026 · Madison, Wisconsin
Sofia Isabel OSullivan died in Madison on August 10, 2026. She was 73. Born in Madison on May 17, 1953, raised among Irish-Latino manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you finish, …
February 21, 1940 – September 7, 2026 · Charleston, West Virginia
Clarence Ray Nielsen died in Charleston on September 7, 2026. He was 86. Born on February 21, 1940, with Danish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish…
September 2, 1946 – August 25, 2026 · Spokane, Washington
Aili Linnea Lozano died in Spokane on August 25, 2026. She was 79. Born in Spokane on September 2, 1946, with Finnish-Mexican roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you …
December 9, 1938 – August 15, 2026 · Roanoke, Virginia
George Earl Kleinman died in Roanoke on August 15, 2026. He was 87. Born in Roanoke on December 9, 1938, with Jewish American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you f…
June 28, 1941 – September 1, 2026 · Rutland, Vermont
Therese Anne Jensen died in Rutland on September 1, 2026. She was 85. Born in Rutland on June 28, 1941, with Danish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you f…
January 16, 1950 – August 28, 2026 · Ogden, Utah
Niels Erik Ivanov died in Ogden on August 28, 2026. He was 76. Born on January 16, 1950, with Danish-Russian roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not someth…
October 5, 1942 – August 19, 2026 · Lubbock, Texas
Lillian Fay Giovanni died in Lubbock on August 19, 2026. She was 83. Born in Lubbock on October 5, 1942, into a Italian-American household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is something you fi…
March 12, 1945 – September 6, 2026 · Chattanooga, Tennessee
Patrick Sean Faulkner died in Chattanooga on September 6, 2026. He was 81. Born on March 12, 1945, into a Scotch-Irish household that treated work as a language. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not s…
July 20, 1948 – August 7, 2026 · Rapid City, South Dakota
Greta Ilse Cordero died in Rapid City on August 7, 2026. She was 78. Born in Rapid City on July 20, 1948, with German-Puerto Rican roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something…
November 8, 1943 – August 30, 2026 · Spartanburg, South Carolina
James Earl Blanchard died in Spartanburg on August 30, 2026. He was 82. Born in Spartanburg on November 8, 1943, raised among Franco-American manners that never needed a speech. He learned early that a day is something y…
April 24, 1939 – August 11, 2026 · Warwick, Rhode Island
Edith Claire Ashworth died in Warwick on August 11, 2026. She was 87. Born in Warwick on April 24, 1939, raised among Yankee New England manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you f…
February 27, 1947 – September 2, 2026 · Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ingrid Mae Zuccaro died in Allentown on September 2, 2026. She was 79. Born in Allentown on February 27, 1947, with Italian-Swiss roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something …
August 15, 1940 – August 23, 2026 · Eugene, Oregon
Wade Ellis Wagner died in Eugene on August 23, 2026. He was 86. Born on August 15, 1940, with German-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not somet…
December 21, 1956 – August 5, 2026 · Norman, Oklahoma
Maria Teresa Vogel died in Norman on August 5, 2026. She was 69. Born in Norman on December 21, 1956, raised among German-Mexican manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you finish, …
May 2, 1944 – September 5, 2026 · Youngstown, Ohio
Karl Friedrich Urbina died in Youngstown on September 5, 2026. He was 82. Born on May 2, 1944, with German-Latino roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not s…
September 13, 1937 – August 27, 2026 · Bismarck, North Dakota
Mae Ellen Takahashi died in Bismarck on August 27, 2026. She was 88. Born on September 13, 1937, with Japanese-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish…
January 7, 1941 – August 18, 2026 · Asheville, North Carolina
Russell Dale Sokolov died in Asheville on August 18, 2026. He was 85. Born in Asheville on January 7, 1941, into a Russian-American household that treated work as a language. He learned early that a day is something you …
October 29, 1954 – September 9, 2026 · Syracuse, New York
Luz Maria Reinhardt died in Syracuse on September 9, 2026. She was 71. Born in Syracuse on October 29, 1954, into a German-Mexican household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is something you …
June 18, 1951 – August 8, 2026 · Las Cruces, New Mexico
Moshe Aaron Quesada died in Las Cruces on August 8, 2026. He was 75. Born in Las Cruces on June 18, 1951, with Jewish-Latino roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you fi…
March 6, 1949 – August 26, 2026 · Camden, New Jersey
Irene Fay Padilla died in Camden on August 26, 2026. She was 77. Born in Camden on March 6, 1949, with Mexican-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish…
November 22, 1938 – September 1, 2026 · Concord, New Hampshire
Arthur Sean OConnor died in Concord on September 1, 2026. He was 87. Born on November 22, 1938, with Irish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not…
July 15, 1943 – August 12, 2026 · Reno, Nevada
Dorothy June Niedzwiecki died in Reno on August 12, 2026. She was 83. Born in Reno on July 15, 1943, with Polish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you fini…
April 7, 1946 – August 20, 2026 · Omaha, Nebraska
Hans Otto Lundgren died in Omaha on August 20, 2026. He was 80. Born on April 7, 1946, into a Swedish-American household that treated work as a language. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not something…
December 18, 1942 – September 4, 2026 · Billings, Montana
Beulah Mae Larsson died in Billings on September 4, 2026. She was 83. Born on December 18, 1942, with Swedish-Cherokee roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish,…
August 1, 1952 – August 17, 2026 · Springfield, Missouri
Arthur Dale Jeffries died in Springfield on August 17, 2026. He was 74. Born on August 1, 1952, into a Anglo Midwest household that treated work as a language. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not som…
May 12, 1936 – August 29, 2026 · Biloxi, Mississippi
Pearl Irene Iglesias died in Biloxi on August 29, 2026. She was 90. Born in Biloxi on May 12, 1936, with Cuban-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish…
October 5, 1939 – August 10, 2026 · Rochester, Minnesota
Cornelius James Hancock died in Rochester on August 10, 2026. He was 86. Born in Rochester on October 5, 1939, with Anglo Midwest roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something y…
January 17, 1945 – September 8, 2026 · Flint, Michigan
Luz Maria Garrison died in Flint on September 8, 2026. She was 81. Born in Flint on January 17, 1945, with Mexican-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you fi…
December 21, 1950 – August 24, 2026 · Springfield, Massachusetts
Takeshi Hiro Fujimoto died in Springfield on August 24, 2026. He was 75. Born in Springfield on December 21, 1950, with Japanese-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is som…
June 14, 1940 – August 13, 2026 · Hagerstown, Maryland
Elena Sofia Dumont died in Hagerstown on August 13, 2026. She was 86. Born on June 14, 1940, into a Franco-Caribbean household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not so…
February 8, 1945 – September 6, 2026 · Bangor, Maine
Rafael Antonio Cabrera died in Bangor on September 6, 2026. He was 81. Born in Bangor on February 8, 1945, raised among Cuban-American manners that never needed a speech. He learned early that a day is something you fini…
September 30, 1952 – August 16, 2026 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Therese Marie Abercrombie died in Baton Rouge on August 16, 2026. She was 73. Born on September 30, 1952, raised among Cajun French manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you finish…
May 25, 1937 – August 21, 2026 · Lexington, Kentucky
Kenji Takeshi Yamamoto died in Lexington on August 21, 2026. He was 89. Born in Lexington on May 25, 1937, raised among Japanese-American manners that never needed a speech. He learned early that a day is something you f…
July 2, 1948 – September 3, 2026 · Wichita, Kansas
Patricia Ann Sutherland died in Wichita on September 3, 2026. She was 78. Born on July 2, 1948, raised among Scotch-Irish manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not some…
November 19, 1941 – August 6, 2026 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Douglas Craig Ramsay died in Cedar Rapids on August 6, 2026. He was 84. Born on November 19, 1941, with Scotch-Irish roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, no…
March 14, 1957 – August 28, 2026 · South Bend, Indiana
Maria Carmen Ortega died in South Bend on August 28, 2026. She was 69. Born on March 14, 1957, with Mexican-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, n…
October 28, 1949 – August 11, 2026 · Rock Island, Illinois
Erik Johan Lindqvist died in Rock Island on August 11, 2026. He was 76. Born in Rock Island on October 28, 1949, with Swedish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is someth…
April 9, 1946 – September 7, 2026 · Boise, Idaho
Wanda Maria Jankowski died in Boise on September 7, 2026. She was 80. Born on April 9, 1946, with Polish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not …
Public memorials for documented deceased Americans.
August 14, 1923 – September 21, 2007 · Studio City, California
Alice Ghostley — Alice Margaret Ghostley — American stage and screen comedian whose dithering brilliance made her a fixture of Broadway, television sitcoms, and film, died in Studio City, California, on September 21, 200…
September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798 · New Castle, Delaware
George Read — American lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a framer who also signed the United States Constitution, died in New Castle, Delaware, on September 21, 1798. He was sixty-five. Born Septembe…
October 10, 1892 – September 21, 1961 · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Earle Ensign Dickson — American inventor and Johnson & Johnson executive who created the adhesive bandage that became the BAND-AID brand, died in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on September 21, 1961. He was sixty-eight. Born…
January 16, 1878 – September 21, 1947 · Brentwood, California
Harry Carey — Henry DeWitt Carey II — American actor who helped invent the screen Western and later became a beloved character presence in sound-era Hollywood, died in Brentwood, California, on September 21, 1947. He was…
June 27, 1928 – September 21, 1995 · Minnetonka, Minnesota
Rudy Perpich — Rudolph George Perpich Sr. — dentist turned Democratic-Farmer-Labor politician and Minnesota’s longest-serving governor, died in Minnetonka, Minnesota, on September 21, 1995, of colon cancer. He was sixty-…
August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021 · New York, New York
Melvin Van Peebles — American filmmaker, playwright, novelist, and musician often called a godfather of modern Black independent cinema, died at his home in New York City on September 21, 2021. He was eighty-nine. Born A…
December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jaco Pastorius — John Francis Anthony Pastorius III — American jazz bassist and composer who reinvented the electric bass as a melodic lead voice, died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on September 21, 1987, after a beating …
August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974 · New York, New York
Jacqueline Susann — American novelist whose Valley of the Dolls became one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, died in New York City on September 21, 1974, of cancer. She was fifty-six. Born August 20, 19…
July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974 · Oxnard, California
Walter Brennan — Walter Andrew Brennan — American character actor and the first performer to win three Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, died in Oxnard, California, on September 21, 1974, after a long struggle wi…
December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998 · Mission Viejo, California
Florence Griffith Joyner — born Florence Delorez Griffith, known worldwide as Flo-Jo — American sprinter who still holds the women’s world records in the 100 and 200 meters, died in her sleep in Mission Viejo, California…
August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997 · Los Angeles, California
Jimmy Witherspoon — James Witherspoon — American jump-blues and jazz singer whose smoky baritone bridged big-band blues and modern club stages, died in Los Angeles, California, on September 18, 1997. He was seventy-seven…
October 2, 1942 – September 18, 2012 · Moorestown, New Jersey
Steve Sabol — Stephen Douglas Sabol — American filmmaker who helped invent the visual language of professional football at NFL Films, died in Moorestown, New Jersey, on September 18, 2012, of brain cancer. He was sixty-n…
June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975 · Southampton, New York
Fairfield Porter, American painter, printmaker, and art critic who kept figurative painting alive at the height of Abstract Expressionism, died in Southampton, New York, on September 18, 1975. He was sixty-eight. Born Ju…
January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945 · Beaumont, Texas
Blind Willie Johnson — American gospel-blues singer and guitarist whose slide playing and thunderous voice still haunt modern recordings — died in Beaumont, Texas, on September 18, 1945. He was forty-eight. Born January …
March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004 · Los Angeles, California
Russ Meyer — Russell Albion Meyer — American filmmaker and combat photographer whose independent sexploitation pictures became cult cinema and an unlikely influence on mainstream directors, died at his home in the Hollyw…
December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002 · Jacksonville, Florida
Bob Hayes — Robert Lee Hayes, “Bullet Bob” — American sprinter and NFL wide receiver, the only athlete to win Olympic gold and a Super Bowl ring, died in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 18, 2002. He was fifty-nine. B…
August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013 · Henderson, Nevada
Ken Norton — Kenneth Howard Norton — American heavyweight boxing champion and the rare fighter who beat Muhammad Ali in his prime, died in Henderson, Nevada, on September 18, 2013, after a stroke and related illness. He …
May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980 · Silver Spring, Maryland
Katherine Anne Porter — born Callie Russell Porter — American short-story writer and novelist whose precision of sentence made her one of the twentieth century’s most exacting prose stylists, died in Silver Spring, Maryl…
November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970 · London, undefined
Jimi Hendrix — born Johnny Allen Hendrix, later James Marshall Hendrix — American guitarist, singer, and songwriter whose brief career redefined the electric guitar’s vocabulary, died in London, England, on September 18,…
March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020 · Washington, District of Columbia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Joan Ruth Bader — associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and one of the architects of modern American sex-equality law, died at her home in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2020, of …
December 27, 1943 – September 17, 2019 · Washington, District of Columbia
Cokie Roberts — Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts — American journalist and author, one of NPR’s “Founding Mothers,” and a defining political voice on public radio and ABC News, died in Washington, D.C…
July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014 · Nashville, Tennessee
George Hamilton IV — George Hege Hamilton IV — American country musician nicknamed the International Ambassador of Country Music, died in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 17, 2014. He was seventy-seven. Born July 19, 1…
May 6, 1924 – September 17, 2006 · New York, New York
Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of President John F. Kennedy and a link between the Kennedy political machine and mid-century Hollywood, died in Manhattan on September 17, 2006. She was eighty-two. Born Patricia Helen K…
January 25, 1921 – September 17, 2005 · Miami, Florida
Alfred Reed, American composer and conductor whose concert-band scores became core repertoire for school and university ensembles across the country, died in Miami, Florida, on September 17, 2005. He was eighty-four. Bor…
July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997 · Rancho Mirage, California
Red Skelton — Richard Bernard Skelton — American comedian whose clown characters and weekly television variety show made mid-century living rooms a circus without cruelty, died in Rancho Mirage, California, on September …
November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996 · Berlin, Delaware
Spiro Theodore Agnew, thirty-ninth vice president of the United States and the second vice president to resign the office, died in Berlin, Germany, on September 17, 1996, while on a trip abroad. He was seventy-seven. Bor…
August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984 · Los Angeles, California
Richard Basehart — John Richard Basehart — American stage and screen actor whose baritone voice and craggy intensity carried roles from film noir to Federico Fellini and television’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, died…
October 29, 1899 – September 17, 1972 · Palm Springs, California
Akim Tamiroff, Armenian-American character actor and one of Hollywood’s Golden Age specialists in accented menace and comic gravity, died in Palm Springs, California, on September 17, 1972. He was seventy-two. Born Octob…
June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948 · New York, New York
Ruth Fulton Benedict, American anthropologist whose Patterns of Culture taught generations to see societies as patterned wholes rather than exotic curiosities, died in New York City on September 17, 1948. She was sixty-o…
January 1, 1799 – September 17, 1858 · St. Louis, Missouri
Dred Scott, whose freedom suit reached the United States Supreme Court and whose name became shorthand for a decision that deepened the nation’s fracture over slavery, died of tuberculosis in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept…
August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025 · Sundance, Utah
Robert Redford — Charles Robert Redford Jr. — actor, director, producer, and founder of the Sundance Institute that reshaped American independent film, died at his home in Sundance, Utah, on September 16, 2025. He was ei…
March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016 · Montauk, New York
Edward Albee, American playwright of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and three-time Pulitzer winner, died at his home in Montauk, New York, on September 16, 2016. He was eighty-eight. Adopted into a wealthy Larchmont hou…
November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009 · Danbury, Connecticut
Mary Travers, contralto of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and a Greenwich Village voice of the 1960s folk revival, died of complications from leukemia treatment in Danbury, Connecticut, on September 16, 2009. She was…
May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008 · Los Angeles, California
Norman Whitfield, Motown songwriter and producer who helped invent psychedelic soul and co-wrote hits that still own radio decades later, died in Los Angeles County, California, on September 16, 2008. He was sixty-eight.…
July 17, 1920 – September 16, 2005 · New York, New York
Gordon Gould, American physicist who coined the word “laser,” filled early notebooks with optical amplifier ideas, and spent three decades fighting the Patent Office and manufacturers to claim credit and royalties, died …
March 30, 1919 – September 16, 1996 · Boston, Massachusetts
McGeorge Bundy, national security advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and later president of the Ford Foundation, died in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 16, 1996. He was seventy-seven. Boston…
February 25, 1910 – September 16, 1992 · Bernardsville, New Jersey
Millicent Fenwick, New Jersey congresswoman, Vogue editor, pipe-smoking Republican reformer, and later U.S. ambassador to the U.N. food agencies in Rome, died in Bernardsville, New Jersey, on September 16, 1992. She was …
January 30, 1935 – September 16, 1984 · Bolinas, California
Richard Brautigan, American novelist and poet whose Trout Fishing in America made counterculture prose feel like a pocket surrealist postcard, died by suicide at his home in Bolinas, California; investigators later fixed…
December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977 · Paris, undefined
Maria Callas, New York–born Greek-American soprano and the defining dramatic voice of mid-century opera, died of a heart attack in Paris on September 16, 1977. She was fifty-three. Manhattan childhood, Greek conservatory…
July 31, 1886 – September 16, 1965 · Santa Monica, California
Fred Quimby — Frederick Clinton Quimby — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation producer and the executive name most tightly tied to the Tom and Jerry shorts that won seven Academy Awards, died in Santa Monica, California, on Sep…
March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672 · North Andover, Massachusetts
Anne Bradstreet, the first writer in England’s North American colonies to see her poems into print and a foundational Puritan voice in American letters, died in North Andover, Massachusetts, on September 16, 1672. She wa…
March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019 · New York, New York
Ric Ocasek — born Richard Theodore Otcasek — singer, songwriter, and angular frontman of the Cars, died of natural causes at his New York City townhouse on September 15, 2019. He was seventy-five. Baltimore roots, Clevel…
July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017 · Los Angeles, California
Harry Dean Stanton, Kentucky-born character actor whose lined face and underplayed voice became a second language of American film from Cool Hand Luke and The Godfather Part II to Alien, Paris, Texas, and Lucky, died at …
October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004 · Los Angeles, California
Johnny Ramone — born John William Cummings — founding guitarist of the Ramones and architect of a downstroke that taught punk how to be short, loud, and exact, died in Los Angeles, California, on September 15, 2004, of p…
April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989 · Stratton, Vermont
Robert Penn Warren, poet, novelist, critic, and the only American to win Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry, died in Stratton, Vermont, on September 15, 1989, of complications from bone cancer. He was eighty-fou…
August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980 · New York, New York
William John “Bill” Evans, the jazz pianist whose trios redefined how harmony and touch could sound in postwar American music, died in New York City on September 15, 1980, of a bleeding ulcer and related collapse after y…
September 9, 1877 – September 15, 1924 · Los Angeles, California
Frank Leroy Chance, Hall of Fame first baseman and manager of the Chicago Cubs’ early-century dynasty — the “Peerless Leader” of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance lore — died in Los Angeles, California, on September 15, 1924. He…
April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940 · Washington, District of Columbia
William Brockman Bankhead, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Alabama Democrat who steered much of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation through the chamber, died in Washington, D.C., on Septem…
October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938 · Baltimore, Maryland
Thomas Clayton Wolfe, the Asheville-born novelist of Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 15, 1938. He was thirty-seven. A bout of pneumonia …
January 12, 1882 – September 15, 1930 · Los Angeles, California
Milton Sills, Chicago-born stage actor who became one of silent Hollywood’s reliable leading men, died of a heart attack at his Brentwood home in Los Angeles on September 15, 1930, while playing tennis with his wife. He …