John D. Ransom

1944 - 2021

If love could have kept you alive, you would have lived forever. I miss you more everyday.
  • 76 years old
  • Date of birth:  March 19th, 1944
  • Place of birth:  San Francisco , California, United States
  • Date of passing:  January 19th, 2021
  • Place of passing:  Los Gatos, California, United States
This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, John Ransom, 76, born on March 19th, 1944 and passed away on January 19th, 2021. We will remember him forever.
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Candle lit  by Ruth Ransom on January 18th, 2023

Two years ago tonight at midnight I lost you….missing you more everyday.  

Candle lit  by Ruth Ransom on March 19th, 2023

Thinking of you with love, as always, but especially today, on your birthday.  

Candle lit  by Ruth Ransom on March 19th, 2026

Death leaves a heartache that no one can heal. Love leaves a memory that no one can steal.  

Thinking of you as I do everyday but especially today on your birthday.  

Candle lit  by Ruth Ransom on March 19th, 2026


No one tells you that year 5 can break you in ways the first year didn’t.  
The first year is a blur-you’re in survival mode, just trying to breathe through the shock.
But year 5….you know.  You’ve lived long enough to realize this is it.  They’re not coming back.  And somehow that truth cuts even deeper now.  

Candle lit  by Ruth Ransom on March 19th, 2026

  The world assumes you’re “better”.  But they don’t see the ache that has settled in quieter but sharper-like a wound that never really healed right.  

Candle lit  by Ruth Ransom on March 19th, 2026

It’s the little things now.  A song, a scent, their name written somewhere unexpected.  It still knocks the air out of you, just like it did in the beginning-maybe worse, because now you understand the full weight of forever.    
January 19, 2026  Five years

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