Valley of Life | Online Memorial Blog

The remains of some of the United State’s earliest Chinese settlers will finally have a chance to be laid to rest next month after five years of uncertainty.  Their original graves were unearthed during the construction of a light rail line in east Los Angeles sparking years of debate and discussion over how best to honor them.  Now, these early immigrants have been honored with a memorial wall at Evergreen Cemetery in LA, the cemetery where their remains will be laid to rest.

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Col. Robert L. Howard, America’s most decorated soldier, was laid to rest yesterday in Washington, D.C., reports USFallen.org. Howard received full military honors at the funeral attended by more than 350 mourners, including 20 fellow Medal of Honor recipients. An additional memorial service is schedule to be held in Texas at Fort Sam Houston on February 27. Howard died of pancreatic cancer in late December 2009. He was 70.

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Norton Buffalo, the harmonica player who performed with the Steve Miller Band for over 30 years, died last Friday night. He was 58.

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The social networking site Facebook recently implemented a way to memorialize the profile pages of people who have passed away. While this is a noble gesture on the part of the Facebook team, these memorialized profile pages can’t come close to offering the richness and depth that the Online Memorials at Valley of Life provide.

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During the Baltimore Marathon on Saturday, 23-year-old Peter Curtin collapsed near mile 25 of the foot race. Aides from a nearby medical station along the route immediately rushed to help him, but were unsuccessful in their attempts to revive him. 

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