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Memorials
120 lives remembered from around the world.
Ahmed Khamis Bakari
“Sheikh Ahmed”
1939 – 2021
Imamu wa Mombasa, mwalimu wa Qur'ani na mshauri wa vizazi vitatu
Mombasa, Kenya
Wenbin Zhou
“Zhou Lao”
1932 – 2021
Tsinghua hydraulics professor who taught rivers to behave and students to think
Beijing, China
Elias Shirima
“Mzee Elias”
1937 – 2021
Mkulima wa kahawa wa Machame, mzee wa kanisa na mlinzi wa mifereji ya kijiji
Moshi, Tanzania
Jameela Beevi Rahmathullah
“Doctor Amma”
1935 – 2021
Doctor Amma of Triplicane: obstetrician who delivered thousands and turned no one away
Chennai, India
Samuel Maina Njoroge
“Mzee Maina”
1943 – 2020
Kenya Power engineer who lit up Kiambu's villages, and a deacon who never missed Sunday
Nairobi, Kenya
Lucien Armand Pelletier
“Lulu”
1931 – 2020
Monteur de lignes à Hydro-Québec, vétéran de Corée et fidèle partisan du Canadien
Montreal, Canada
Wilson Kipkemboi Rono
“Mzee Wilson”
1946 – 2020
Kitale maize and dairy farmer, church elder, and the man who timed his children to school
Kitale, Kenya
Meseret Abebe Worku
“Dr. Mesi”
1953 – 2020
Tikur Anbessa obstetrician who healed thousands of women and trained a generation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Rosemarie Anna Wagner
“Rosi”
1941 – 2020
Wirtin aus Haidhausen: Herz des Stammtischs, Löwin und Mutter für halb München
München, Germany
Daniel Minh Tran
“Danny”
1990 – 2020
Physiotherapist, North Cronulla lifesaver and the cheerful first in the water, last out
Sydney, Australia
Rubén Alfonso Cruz Priego
“Don Rubén”
1947 – 2019
Pemex platform foreman in the Campeche Sound and the man who led the blessing of the fleet
Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico
Merle Pearline Grant
“Sister Grant”
1934 – 2019
Windrush-generation nurse, ward sister and alto in the front row of Brixton Hill Methodist
London, United Kingdom
Blanca Cecilia Ocampo Valencia
“Doña Blanquita”
1938 – 2019
Caficultora de Salento que crió una finca, una familia y una generación de recolectores
Salento, Colombia
Teresia Wanjiru Muriithi
“Mama Teresia”
1938 – 2019
Tea picker who became a factory director and sent thirty-eight Tetu girls to school
Nyeri, Kenya
Maxwell Eustace Tulloch
“Maxie”
1933 – 2019
JPS electrician and sound-system pioneer whose speaker boxes shook half of Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica
Faith Kanyua Mwiti
“Mama Faith”
1951 – 2026
One of Meru's first women Methodist ministers, and a chaplain who sat with everyone
Meru, Kenya
Lucia Anna Benedetti
1936 – 2026
Bologna architect and professor who taught a city to love its porticoes
Bologna, Italy
Ingrid Elisabeth Sommer
1938 – 2026
LMU paediatric professor, child refugee from Breslau and doctor to generations of children
München, Germany
Wojciech Henryk Pawlik
“Wojtek”
1957 – 2025
Jagiellonian University professor of geology, miner's son who read the stories in coal
Kraków, Poland
Consuelo Teresa Montiel Garza
“Chelo”
1945 – 2025
Actriz de teatro y telenovelas, la villana más querida de México durante cuarenta años
Mexico City, Mexico
Théogène Bizimana
“Docteur Bonbon”
1949 – 2025
Pédiatre de Kigali, chantre de paroisse et médecin gratuit des enfants du samedi
Kigali, Rwanda
Aminu Garba Rano
“Malam Aminu”
1941 – 2025
Professor of Arabic, neighbourhood imam and teacher of Kano's gentlest Quran class
Kano, Nigeria
Pilar María Alonso
“Doña Pilar”
1937 – 2024
Maestra de Vallecas durante cuarenta años: enseñó a leer a tres generaciones del barrio
Madrid, Spain
Neema Asenga Kyando
“Prof. Neema”
1952 – 2024
Chemistry professor at Dar es Salaam who made clean water her life's work
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania