We Remember Them  

We are grateful to the individuals whose choice of burial at Bluestem supports the permanent protection and restoration of native grasslands, Piedmont woodlands and wildlife habitat, ensuring a community healing space for rest and regeneration.

Please note that some Bluestem Families have elected privacy
​and are not included on this list. 

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2025 

Michael Shulman - December 12
Luis Reveles - December 10 
James Aaron - November 25
Margaret C. Jones - November 20 
Rex Hunter Griffin - November 18
Joyce Boucheron - November 17
Carol Harris - November 13
Richard Koffenberger - November 13
John Jay Boren - November 7
Gerald Donaldson - November 7
George Christie - November 7
William Coleman - October 30
Kathryn Clarke - October 28
Carol Gorman - October 27
Susan Axelrod - October 13
Judy Schimel - October 10
Steven Coil - October 9
Tonie Fowler - October 7
Claire Cannon - October 6
Marilyn Strother - October 1
Thomas Ferguson - September 27
EmmaRose Herr -  September 26
Louise Huin - September 20
Barry Nakell - September 19
Wm. Perry Morgan - September 15 
 Joyce Frederick - September 3
Patricia Killian - August 27
Keith Rokoske - August 16
Jack Hyde - August 8
Suzanne Haff -  August 5 
Beatrix Witten - July 11 
David Whisnant - June 30
Deborah Russell - June 27
Fran Heidlage - June 24
Richard Long  - June 10
Tara Blomquist  - June 9
Liam Izlar  - May 28
Lynne Crossland  -  May 19
Philip Bizzarri - May 8
Dawn Richie - May 7
David Frankstone - May 3
Jon Lloyd Miller - April 24
Bonnie Kielwasser - April 19
Doug Miller - April 9
David Erikson - March 28 
Bob Davis - March 20
Carol Stanton - March 13
Michael Parker - February 28
Patricia Bennett - February 27
Virginia Conlon - February 10
Eileen Wilk Walsh - February 4
Michael Glaser - January 30
Rosemary Hoffman - January 24
Mary Shallcross - January 13 

One Final Echinacea Purpurea, Fall 2025

2024 

Alan Fenwick - November 30
Michèle Longino - November 23
Jaehee Ju - November 22
Carol Exner - October 31
Frank Exner - October 31
Randall Christmas - October 15
Jean Bohs - October 11
William Bohs - October 11
Kathy Schuster - October 10
John Rawls, Jr. - October 5
Dennis Lowman - October 3
Lauree Meyer - September 27
​Henry Roberts, Jr. - September 26
John Porth - September 9
Austen Porth - September 9
​Mary Jane Waldron - August 6
Suzanne Snyder - July 25
Luella Engel - July 11 
Betty Jemison - July 9 
​Melissa Tukey - July 2
​Sally Weaver - May 20
​Robbie Ingle - May 10
Sarah Huin Lamar - May 4
​Kay Cooper - April 24
​Alan Gerard - April 23
​Arthur Prange - April 10 
​Jan Eason - March 20 
Carol Eckerman - March 16 
Erik Olof Josef Sundelöf - March 15
Marcela Quila - March 11 
L. Ethan Rozenfeld - March 9
Marbella Chavez - March 8
Neil Atherly-Patterson - March 7
Peter Haff - February 10
Nicholas Frank - February 3

Spotted Beebalm, Summer 2024

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Boneset, Summer 2025

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2023 ​

Laurel Kolbe Hudson - December 22
Judith Thiessen - December 9
Kenneth Turner - December 8
Ali Mazugi - December 1
Melinda Marcus - November 29
Peggy Davis Gold - November 17
Riley Winkler - November 9
John Wesley Taylor - October 17
Norma Mitchell - October 9
Joseph Mitchell - October 9
Pat Shaw - September 29
James Munkacsi - September 22
Edward Molnar - September 7
LaRue Todd - August 15
Deb Reilly - July 28
Kimberly Knapp Tesoro - July 24
Chinwenwa Nwoko - July 22
Judy Roberts - July 20
Ann Smith Earley - July 10
Stephen Wilson - July 8 
Edward Ashley - June 29
Charles Kenney - May 18
Nancy Leinbach - April 29
Randy Mullis - March 31
Donnie Murray - March 30
Pat Murray  - March 30
Ken Hibbard  - February 2
Jerry Lynn Roy  - January 30
Maija Selby Harrington  - January 9
Charlie Quaile  - January 2

2022 ​

Sue Vause - December 13
Tammy Burleson - November 14
Cecelia McMillan - October 7
Theodore McMillan - October 7
Hendree Mason - October 6
Akalema Pherribo - August 17
Marshall Edgell - July 31​​

Sunset, Winter 2023

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" I don't believe that grief passes away. It has its time and place forever. More time is added to it; it becomes a story within a story. But grief and griever alike endure."   -- Wendell Berry 

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