The SHA Journal has included memorial pieces on a number of prominent archaeologist. They are listed below with (PDF) links to the SHA article.
Charles C. Di Peso, 1920-1982
lain C. Walker, 1938-1984
Charles Herron Fairbanks, 1913-1984
Bert Salwen, 1920-1988
Carlyle Shreeve Smith, 1915-1993
Reynold J. Ruppe, 1917-1993
Kenneth E. Kidd, 1906-1994
Arnold Remmington Pilling, 1926-1994
John H. Rick, 1934-1993
John L. Cotter, 1911-1999
James Fanto Deetz, 1930–2000
George Irving Quimby, 1913–2003
Carol Varley Ruppé, 1923–2003
Norman F. Barka, 1938–2008
Kathleen Kirk Gilmore, 1914–2010
Daniel G. Roberts, 1947–2014
James Edward (Jim) Ayres, 1936–2015