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July 3, 2022July 9, 2025

Canaveral Ladies make sure veterans aren’t buried alone

MARIA SONNENBERG FOR FLORIDA TODAY Shirley Jaffe doesn’t work for a funeral home. Nor does she work for a cemetery. Yet, almost every Tuesday, Jaffe will be attending a funeral, even though she doesn’t know the deceased. She is at funerals on Tuesdays because Tuesday is Jaffe’s day to make sure that no veteran is...

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Our Mission

Our Mission is to stand as a final, silent witness at every burial at
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery, since its inception in 2016, to honor our veterans with a final thank you. As of June 2025, there have been over 17,000 burials at the cemetery. A Cape Canaveral Lady has been at each one.

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