Remembrance Wall
The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health believes that every mother lost to suicide during the perinatal period should be remembered and honored. Mothers, your loss fuels us and this important work. We honor you and those you left behind. Your loss matters and we are working hard to prevent others from appearing on this wall in the future.
If you are an immediate family member (husband, sibling, mother, or father) of a mother who lost her life to suicide during the perinatal period and you wish to add her to the memorial wall, please complete this form.
Brenda Encarnacion
Valencia, CA
Year of Death: 2021
Age: 30
Left behind: Daughter – 9 months
Melissa McGill Church
Brownsburg, IN
Year of Death: 2020
Age: 31
Left behind: Son – 1 week
Jean Marie Cardace-Nowicki
Colorado Springs, CO
Year of Death: 2019
Age: 36
Left behind: Son – 2 1/2 months
Stephanie Klier-Pecora
Mitchellville, IA
Year of Death: 2019
Age: 29
Left behind: Daughter – 2 years
Son – 1 year
Holly Marie Bloom
Napa, CA
Year of Death: 2018
Age: 34
Left behind: Daughter – 4 months
Christina LaShawn Thompson-Adams
Gaithersburg, MD
Year of Death: 2018
Age: 25
Left behind: Son – 1 month
Mary Jo Ryan Trokey
St. Louis, MO
Year of Death: 2018
Age: 32
Kristin Nicole Thorsen
Washington, NJ
Year of Death: 2017
Age: 30
Left behind: Daughter – 10 months
Stacy Ann Gottwaldt
Coon Rapids, MN
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 41
Desiree Vistercil
Jordan Valley, OR
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 31
Kara Kovlakas
Norwalk, CT
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 32
Left behind: 2 children – 4 years, 9 months
Charlene Ventanilla
Long Beach, CA
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 36
Emily Cook Dyches
Salem, UT
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 39
Left behind: 2 Daughters – 12 years, 6 years
3 Sons – 15 years, 9 years, 11 months
Allison Mathews Goldstein
Palmdale, CA/Richmond, VA
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 32
Left behind: Daughter – infant
Jennifer Lynne Knarr
Bozeman, MT
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 34
Elizabeth Orzel Ludlam
Rohnert Park, CA
Year of Death: 2016
Age: 39
Left behind: Daughter – 9 years
Son – 20 months
Kassandra A. Williams
Rio Rancho, NM
Year of Death: 2015
Age: 21
Left behind: 4 months pregnant
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Shelane Bryant Gaydos
Oak Hill, VA
Year of Death: 2015
Age: 35
Left behind: 3 Daughters
Sasha Hettich
Grand Rapids, MI
Year of Death: 2015
Age: 27
Left behind: Daughter – 3 years
Son – 5 months
Sarah Walker Judson
Linden, UT
Year of Death: 2015
Age: 28
Left behind: Son – 2 years
Daughter – 5 years
Kristy Elmore Langdon
Kentucky
Year of Death: 2014
Age: 35
Left behind: 3 Sons
Casandra Ashley Vaughan Perkins
Charleston, SC
Year of Death: 2014
Age: 26
Left behind: Son
Brittany Butt
Anchorage, AK
Year of Death: 2014
Age: 26
Left behind: Son
Alexis Joy Micale D’Achille
Pittsburgh, PA
Year of Death: 2013
Age: 30
Left behind: Daughter – 6 weeks
Breanna Renshaw
San Diego, CA
Year of Death: 2013
Age: 22
Left behind: Son – 4 months
Cindy Wachenheim
New York, NY
Year of Death: 2013
Age: 44
Left behind: Son – 10 months
Aimee Elizabeth Ziegler
Bozeman, MT
Year of Death: 2013
Age: 44
Left behind: 3 Sons
Kristi Marie Couvillon-Wise
Austin, TX
Year of Death: 2010
Age: 36
Left behind: Daughter – 5 1/2 months
Kelly Abraham Martinez
Santa Monica, CA
Year of Death: 2010
Left behind: Daughter – 3 months
Jennifer Travassos
Manchester, NH
Year of Death: 2009
Age: 33
Left behind: Daughter – 3 weeks
Jennifer Gibbs Bankston
Birmingham, AL
Year of Death: 2007
Age: 33
Andrea Campanari
Chicago, IL
Year of Death: 2004
Age: 33
Left behind: Son – 1 week
Lieutenant Commander USNR, Annie Imlay-Spangler
Salt Lake City, UT/San Diego, CA
Year of Death: 2004
Age: 46
Left behind: Son – 3 months
Mary Ellen Moffitt
St. Clair Shores, MI
Year of Death: 2004
Age: 37
Amy Garvey
Algoquin, IL
Year of Death: 2003
Tammy Lovette
Lexington, SC
Year of Death: 2003
Age: 23
Melanie Blocker Stokes
Chicago, IL
Year of Death: 2001
Age: 41
Left behind: Daughter – 4 months
Jenn Mudd Houghtaling
Chicago, IL
Year of Death: 2001
Age: 41
Left behind: Son
Carol Pierce-Soukakos
Seattle, WA
Year of Death: 2001
Age: 34
Left behind: Son – 4 months
Alanna Marie “Lani” McManus DePasquale
Dania, FL
Year of Death: 2001
Age: 29
Janet Gifford Meyers
Safety Harbor, FL
Year of Death: 2001
Age: 41
Left behind: Daughter – infant, Son
Susan Mahfouz Cercone
Dallas, TX
Year of Death: 1999
Age: 43
Ruth Rhoden Craven
Charleston, SC
Year of Death: 1999
Left behind: Son – 2 1/2 months
Beth Halvorson Flack
Wilmington, NC
Year of Death: 1987
Age: 26
Laura Belizaire
Long Beach, CA
Year of Death: 1986
Age: 30
Jane Leslie
Owosso, MI
Year of Death: 1986
Age: 34
Left behind: 3 Sons – 9 years, 4 years, 5 months
Daughter – 2 years
Rebecca Wills Habeney
New Orleans, LA
Year of Death: 1977
Age: 26
Left behind: Daughter – 4 months
