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Celebrate Memorial Day weekend 2021 with Bay Area services, live music and more

Anne Schrager May 23, 2021
NASA special projects manager and retired Army Sgt. James Schwab lays a wreath at last year’s Memorial Day ceremony at the San Francisco National Cemetery. Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle 2020
Celebrated on the last Monday in May (this year, May 31) Memorial Day arrives with outdoor services and presentations to honor American soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. To mark the occasion, Bay Area organizations plan to host wreath-laying ceremonies, cemetery-side memorial services and more events to attend in person or to view online.
Along with the solemnity of the federal holiday, the three-day weekend in late spring is also full of opportunities to relax and enjoy as summer approaches. ....

United States , California Academy Of Sciences , San Francisco , Santa Cruz Beach , Marin County , Los Gatos , Golden Gate Park , San Francisco National Cemetery , San Francisco Bay , Davies Symphony Hall , John Oconnell High School , Rob Ewing , James Schwab , Ken David Masur , Roem Baur , Wolf Jett , Camino Diablo , Santa Clara , Franky Boissy , Susie Ibarra , Julius Papp , Danny Clay , Marissa Leshnov , James Harmon , Dylan Brody , Beth Schenck ,

Those We Lost in 2020 - Rafu Shimpo

Those We Lost in 2020
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2020 has been a year of extraordinary loss and suffering. As The Rafu
presents its annual listing of passings in the community, we offer our condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in this most difficult of years.

Following, in alphabetical order, are some of the notable individuals who passed away during the past year.
Sumako Azuma II
Sumako Azuma II (Janice Aiso Edesa), 61, on July 24. The North American representative to Azuma Ryū in Japan, she taught Japanese classical dance for 45 years, training 14 students to earn the natori degree and one to earn the shihan degree. ....

United States , New York , Little Tokyo , Japanese American National Museum , White House , District Of Columbia , China Alley , San Francisco , Community Center , San Bruno , Sherman Oaks , Sonoma State University , Pasadena City Hall , San Francisco State University , Los Angeles County , Pacific Asia Museum , Los Angeles , Stevenj Doi , Jerry Hiura , Glenn Roberts , Nancy Pelosi , Clem Albers , Irene Hirano Inouye , Eddie Moriguchi , Yuki Okinaga Hayakawa Llewellyn , Junko Ruth Ruthie Kitagawa ,