On Death and Dying | Santhara | Zen Aluminati


Memorial Index of some who have passed on. Originally for those from the Shunryu Suzuki days but now for those whose departure has come to our attention who are related to or friends of the Suzuki lineage. Please send any name you think should be included.

Starting this page June, 2007
* = unconfirmed, assumed passed on for various reasons


Visit The Great Leap, San Francisco Zen Center’s Sangha Memorial website, to see and post remembrances, reflections, and photographs of these dear friends.


Chronological list
(for links to their cuke pages see the alphabetical list)

2023
Paul Shippee
Katherine Cook
Connie Lueck
Scoop Nisker
David Padwa
Tracy McCallum
Len Brackett
Suzanne Osburn (Martha Stone)

further back in time


Lou Albert  
Paul Alexander *  
Don Allen  
Jack Van Allen  
Annapurna  
Tim Aston  
Anna Beck 2022
Robert Beck  
Diana Berys  
Esteban Blanco *  
Miriam Bobkoff  
Layla Smith Bockhorst 2022
Len Brackett 2023
Charles Brooks  
Tim Thomas Buckley  
Jeannie Campbell  
Michael Canright 2019
Idilio Ceniceros  
Ahdel Chadwick  
Pam Chernoff  
Kobun Chino  
Nonin Chowaney 2022
Tom Cleary 2021
Darlene Cohen  
Bill Colvig  
Katherine Cook 2023
Ram Dass 2019
Ananda Claude Dalenberg  
Lee de Barros 2019
Arthur Deikman  
Ruth Denison  
Margot Patterson Doss  
Marian Derby Wisberg  
Diane DiPrima 2020
Trudy Dixon  
Issan Tommy Dorsey  
Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2021
Rick Fields  
Ruth Friend 2020
Jerry Fuller  
Stephen Gaskin  
Michael Gilmore  
Allen Ginsberg  
Tom Giradot  
Robert Gnaizda 2020
Della Goertz  
Terry Grag  
Vera Hale  
Thich Nhat Hanh 2022
Lucille Harris  
Blanche Hartman  
Lou Hartman  
Lou Harrison  
Sandy Hollister 2021
Niels Holm  
Dan Harvey  
Lou Hartman  
Joko Dave Haselwood  
E.L. Hazelwood  
Silas Hoadley 2022
Niels Holm  
Bonnie Hurst (Slater)  
Tony Johansen  
Edward "Ned" Johnson III 2022
Huey Johnson 2020
Jim Jordan  
Dainin Katagiri  
Durand Kiefer  
Ian Kishizawa  
Maggie Kress  
Rowena Patee Kryder  
Junyu Kuroda 2021
Joanne Kyger  
Bill Lane  
Pat Lang (Tara Treasurefield)  
Joan Larkey 2022
Bill Laws *  
Paul Lee 2022
Alan Lew  
Connie Lueck 2023
Daigan David Lueck  
Robert Lytle 2020
Taizan Maezumi  
Alan Marlowe  
Barrie Mason 2021
Wendy Matlow 2011
Deborah Matthiessen  
Peter Matthiessen  
Rebecca Mayeno  
Soyu Matsuoka  
Deborah Love Matthiessen  
Bruce McAllister 2019
Tracy McCallum 2023
Michael McClure 2020
Marilyn McDonald  
Jim McGuire  
Elsie Mitchell  
Richard Moore  
Gail Mueller  
John Eric Nelson 2020
Scoop Nisker 2023
Walter Novick  
Arthur Okamura  
David Padwa 2023
Loring Palmer 2020
Ryuzen Robby Pellett 2019
Jerome Peterson  
Chris Pirsig  
Robert Pirsig  
Rene Pittet  
Taihaku Priest 2021
Paul Provasoli  
Kendrick Rand  
Yvonne Rand 2020
Nona Ransom  
Paul Reps  
Dennis Rodriguez  
Jean Ross  
Joshu Sasaki  
Nanao Sakaki  
Charlotte Selver  
Henry Schaeffer  
Harada Seiki 2020
William Shaw  
Paul Shippee 2023
Thomas Silk 2022
Jay Simoneaux 2021
Sonam Sogyul 2019
Norman Steiglemeyer  
Bill Sterling 2019
Fred Stoeber  
Allen Stone  
Martha Stone (later name, Suzanne Osborn) 2023
Albert J. "Mickey" Stunkard'  
Mitsu Suzuki  
Shunryu Suzuki  
Sotan Tatsugami  
Katherine Thanas  
Frances Thompson  
William Irwin Thompson 2020
Fran Tribe  
Chögyam Trungpa  
Elizabeth Tuomi  
Bob Walter  
Saul Warkov 2022
Betty Warren  
Peter Warshall  
Alan Watts  
Mel Weitsman 2021
Jack Weller 2018
Dr. Bill Wenner  
Philip Whalen  
Bonnie White  
Stan White  
Phillip Wilson  
Betty Wong  
Michael Wynne  
Ryuho Yamada  
Ryogen Yoshimura  
Peter Zipser 2019

Chronologically going back in time
(for links to their cuke pages see the alphabetical list)

2023
Paul Shippee
Katherine Cook
Connie Lueck
Scoup Niskeer
David Padwa
Tracy McCallum
Len Brackett
Suzanne Osburn (Martha Stone)

2022
Silas Hoadley
Joan Larkey
Layla Bockhorst
Paul Lee
Anna Beck
Nonin Chowaney
Edwom C Johnson III
Thomas Silk
Thich Nhat Hanh
Saul Warkov

2021

Junyu Kuroda
Thomas Cleary
Taihaku Priest
Sandy Hollister
Jay Simoneaux
Barrie Mason
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Mel Weitsman

2020

William Irwin Thompson
Loring Palmer
Diane DiPrima
Yvonne Rand
Harada Seiki
Huey Johnson
Bob Gnaizda
Michael McClure
Ruth Friend
John Nelson
Robert Lytle

2019

Ram Dass
Bill Sterling
Bruce McAlister
Sonam Sogyul
Ryuzen Robby Pellett
Michael Canright
Peter Zipser
Lee de Barros

2018

more to come