Editing Chester W. Nimitz (section)

==Death==
In late 1965, Nimitz suffered a stroke, complicated by [[pneumonia]]. In January 1966, he left the [[Naval Hospital Oakland|US Naval Hospital (Oak Knoll)]] in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] to return home to his naval quarters. He died at home on the evening of 20 February at Quarters One on [[Yerba Buena Island]] in [[San Francisco Bay]], four days before his 81st birthday.<ref name=fltadmdi>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YrNWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5885%2C1747469 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Fleet Adm. Nimitz dies of stroke |date=February 21, 1966 |page=1}}</ref> His funeral on 24 February – what would have been his 81st birthday – was at the chapel of adjacent [[Naval Station Treasure Island]], and Nimitz was buried with full military honors at [[Golden Gate National Cemetery]] in [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]].<ref name=ergpfhfn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZqxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=1609%2C4923352 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Private funeral held for Nimitz |date=February 24, 1966 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=Potter-p472>Potter. – p.472.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nimitz's Funeral Is Held On Coast; Admiral Declined Arlington Burial to Lie With Men |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06E1DA173AEF34BC4D51DFB466838D679EDE&legacy=true |date=February 25, 1966 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription  |access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Adm. Nimitz Buried in Simple Rites |last=Lembke, Daryl E. |date=February 25, 1966 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=4 }}</ref> He lies alongside his wife and his lifelong friends Admiral [[Raymond A. Spruance]], Admiral [[Richmond K. Turner]], and Admiral [[Charles A. Lockwood]] and their wives, an arrangement made by all of them while living.<ref>Borneman. Page 465.</ref>