On October 26, 2010, Shakuntala Mathur passed away at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. She was born in Sambar, India on January 26, 1931. She was the wife of Prahlad N. Mathur; Daughter of Mithan Bai Nag and Shimbhu Dayal Nag; Mother of Angeli Mathur and Pramod K. Mathur; Grandmother of Meghna, Poonam, Vikrum, Kinjal and Ruchi; Sister of Lalita, Saruesh, Uma, Urmila, Pramila, Ramesh, Mahesh and Suresh.