Jacqueline Onassis

I put this question before you: Try to name another woman, past or present, who equals Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in dignity, class, grace, style or elegance. It is the combination that cannot be equaled. She was not the first to bear an unimaginable tragedy, but she was the first to bear it within the arena of a world stage, and we were better as a nation by her bearing. She brought dignity, honor and respect to us when we were floundering in the mires of horror. We will never be the same because she raised us up a few notches. She leaves with us her mark. Thank God.

JUDITH L. STEINBERG

Hermosa Beach

The death of the journalist, book editor, patron saint of American art and mother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis requires acknowledgment that we have lost the best of her generation. She was more heroic than any Greek tragedy. In a style that was uniquely her own, she helped heal a nation long ago in the cold winds of November.

Her intelligence, grace and dignity under duress will not be seen again, or soon forgotten. Even in her leaving us, because we were always too selfish to let her be, she chose to overlook the springtime bouquet of her beloved Central Park; what style.

May God and the people of this nation bless her, for she has blessed us all by her too brief presence. We bid her farewell, rest and the peace that a nation could not grant her. We are truly sorry.

OSCAR E. STREETER JR.

Altadena

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: Now all the interesting people are gone.

MAGGIE WICKMAN

Studio City