IN MEMORIAM
These pages serve as a gathering place for members of the wider San Francisco Zen Center sangha (community) to honor and remember dharma friends who have died.
Former Abbots
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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
May 18, 1904 – December 4, 1971
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Dainin Katagiri Roshi
January 19, 1928 – March 1, 1990
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Sojun Mel Weitsman
July 9, 1929 – January 7, 2021
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Zenkei Blanche Hartman
May 8, 1926 – May 13, 2016
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Myogen Steve Stücky
March 6, 1946 – December 31, 2013
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Layla Smith Bockhorst
1946? – November 3, 2022
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Del Carlson
December 1923 – November 7, 2017
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David Coady
July 17, 1965 – July 21, 2011
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Surei Darlene Cohen
October 31, 1942 – January 12, 2011
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Seido Lee de Barros
November 5, 1936 – March 6, 2019
![Shotai Marta de la Rosa](https://blogs.sfzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Marta-de-la-Rosa-200x250-1.png)
Shotai Marta de la Rosa
1952 – 2023
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Junsei Jana Drakka
October 21, 1952 – October 28, 2017
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Curtis Fabens
1982 – 2023
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Della Goertz
July 11, 1913 – February 5, 2012
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Mitsuzen Lou Hartman
June 2, 1915 – January 20, 2011
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Silas Hoadley
December 25, 1938 – December 13, 2022
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Lee Lipp
December 9, 1937 – August 17, 2016
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Daigan Lueck
January 27, 1931 – April 26, 2015
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Jakujo Gary McNabb
November 22, 1943 – February 9, 2022
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Caroline Meister
January 29, 1992 – March 18, 2024
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Hilary Parsons
January 1, 1949 – August 19, 2017
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Lin Zenki
October 28, 1951 – August 28, 2017
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Yvonne Rand
September 23, 1935 – August 19, 2020
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Jerome Petersen
June 12, 1928 – December 12, 2010
Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider
October 14, 1952 – February 13, 2024
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Simbwala Schultz
December 27, 1951 – November 21, 2022
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Mitsu Suzuki Sensei
April 23, 1914 – January 9, 2015
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Sobun Katherine Thanas
March 17, 1927 – June 24, 2012
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Shokan Jordan Thorn
January 13, 1953 – June 10, 2018
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Jack Weller
1939 – December 17, 2018