In Memory of JSC Civil Servants

James (Jim) D. Shannon passed away Friday, September 26, 2025 at the age of 88.   He retired from NASA in 1999 after a 37 year career at MSC/JSC. 

Obituary link is:  https://jeterfuneralhome.com/james-dennis-shannon/

Friends are cordially invited to visitation from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. and service from 11:00 A.M. To 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the Jeter Memorial Funeral Home, 311 N. Friendswood Dr., Friendswood, Texas 77546.  Interment will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster, Texas.

Sam passed away on September 21, 2025. He retired from NASA after a 30 plus-year career at MSC/JSC.

Sam's obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Dennis passed away on September 5, 2025 at the age of 88. He retired from NASA after a 38-year career at MSC/JSC.

Evelyn passed away on September 5, 2025 at the age of 72. She retired from NASA with over 30 years of service at MSC/JSC.

Evelyn Joyce Williams Obituary (1953 - 2025) - La Marque, Texas

Stan passed away on August 29, 2025 at the age of 89. He retired from NASA after a 20-year career at MSC/JSC.

Alan passed away on August 23, 2025 at the age of 88. He retired from NASA after a 37-year career at MSC/JSC.

The collect.Space website has the announcement of his passing.  Alan was a NASA spacesuit tech from 1960 until his retirement in 1997:  

https://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002653.html

Richard passed away on August 9, 2025 at the age of 81. He had a 26+ year career at  NASA-JSC.

https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/houstonchronicle/name/richard-whitlock-obituary?id=59197267

USN Captain James A. “Jim” Lovell, a Navy pilot and officer, astronaut, leader and space explorer died on August 7, 2025 at the age of 97.

Bio on Jim Lovell - https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lovell_james_0.pdf?emrc=99cdb4 

Ralph passed away on July 10, 2025 at the age of 93. He retired from NASA after a 30-year career in the Propulsion and Power Division/EP at MSC/JSC.

Link to Ralph's  obituary: https://www.weremember.com/ralph-taeuber/1j8q/memories 

Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr., former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, died July 2, 2025 in Bee Cave, Texas. He was 85 years old.

Jefferson Davis "Beak" Howell Jr. Obituary - Austin American-Statesman

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-remembers-former-johnson-director-jefferson-howell/