Ramon, Ilan b. June 20, 1954 d. February 1, 2003 Israeli Astronaut. A Colonel in the Isreali Air Force, he was the first Israeli in fly in Outer Space. Before becoming an astronaut he had served in the Yom Kippur War in 1982. He was a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia. On February 1, 2003 NASA lost all communication and radar contact with the shuttle just minutes before a 9:16AM scheduled landing time. A short time later it was confirmed that the Columbia had exploded over eastern Texas, and that there were no survivors. (Bio by: K) Moshav Nahalal Cemetery, Nahalal, HaZafon (Northern District), Israel
Shemer, Naomi b. 1930 d. June 26, 2004 Israeli Composer Songwriter. Born in Kibbutz Kinneret, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, she was known as the "First Lady of Israeli Song". She spent her army service in the military band and in 1955 studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music. She returned to teach rhythm and compose children's songs, among them "The Mail Comes Today" and "Our Little Brother." She wrote the song "The Eucalyptus Grove" in 1963 for a musical and in 1964, "There, the Golan Mountains". In 1967...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Kinneret Cemetery, Kinneret, HaZafon (Northern District), Israel
b. May 20, 1915 d. October 16, 1981