Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben died on November 28, 1794, at his estate in the Mohawk Valley of New York, aged 64. His final years followed his service in the American Revolution and a difficult transition to civilian life. Financial problems persisted despite public recognition, and he eventually settled on land granted in New York. A stroke is reported in accounts of his last illness, but the biographical summary does not establish enough clinical detail to identify a specific vascular mechanism or describe each stage of deterioration. He died in retirement rather than during a military campaign. His household and close associates attended to the burial, which reflected his wish for a simple resting place on his property. The location was later changed and marked by a more substantial memorial as his public reputation grew. Those later commemorations should be distinguished from the events of his final illness. The supported narrative is of an aging former army inspector living on a rural estate, experiencing a reported stroke and dying in November 1794. Exact symptoms, medical interventions and final conversations should not be added where the consulted evidence does not preserve them.