In Memory/Obituaries

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The FSJ’s In Memory department, which is reserved for members of the Foreign Service and their immediate families, is published every edition. The obituaries average between 300 and 500 words in length, but that is a guideline and not a limit. We do not use photographs. You may write the obituary yourself, or send us the information and we will draft it.

Please be sure to include date, place and cause of death; details of the individual’s Foreign Service career (when entered, postings, when retired); and survivors and where they live. In addition, our readers are very interested in what their colleagues have done in retirement. You may also want to include birthplace, education and any other highlights of the individual's life.

Obituaries or inquiries concerning obituaries may be sent by email to InMemory@afsa.org, or by snail mail to: The Foreign Service Journal, 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037.

January-February 2026

  • Bonita “Boni” Lynne Bender-Klosson
  • Donald Boissonnault
  • Theodore Bennett Carter
  • William “Bill” Dameron
  • Araceli H. Enano
  • Raymond González
  • Alden Hatheway Irons
  • Patricia Kansas
  • Stephen Hitchcock Rogers
  • Mona Burchell Rowland
  • William Seth Shepard
  • John “Jock” W. Shirley