Yakov Shmerelzon Obituary
We are sad to announce that, on November 23, 2025, Yakov Shmerelzon (Richmond, Virginia) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Yakov farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Yakov is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He is survived by: his wife Lyudmila Shmerelzon; his daughter Margarita Kutsikovich; his grandchildren, Nathan and Alicia; his sister Maya Mereminsky; his niece Mila Tavrovsky (Igor); his nephew Igor Mereminsky; Alexander.
