Obituaries

Cindy Baxter loved a good party, almost as much as she loved swimming, running, biking and above all, her family and friends. Under normal circumstances, her passing would be widely […]

April 12, 1925 – September 25, 2020 Bernetta, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away surrounded and comforted by family, at the age of 95 on September 25th, 2020. […]

1923 – 2020 Annette Mish, 97, of Foster City/San Mateo, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020. She was at home surrounded by family. Born in Brooklyn, NY to David […]

June 4, 1942 – July 7, 2020 Sandra Lynn Brown died after a brief battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years, Jack Autry […]

September 10, 1927 – August 25, 2020 Charles Drekmeier, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Stanford University, died at home in Palo Alto on August 25, 2020, just shy of […]

January 13, 1925 – August 20, 2020 Arlene Elizabeth Coenenberg, 95, of Palo Alto, died August 20th, 2020. Arlene was born in Downs, Kansas on January 13th, 1925 to the […]

Diane Craigmile nee Kilburg, beloved wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, passed away peacefully at her home on August 15, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. She was […]

December 3, 1933 – June 16, 2020 Local attorney J. Norman Baker died on June 16 of heart failure. He is survived by his beloved family: his wife of 56 […]

1928 – 2020 Mary Kiki Wilcox, born in San Francisco in 1928, died on August 3, 2020, in Palo Alto, CA. She was predeceased by her dearly beloved husband, Wally […]

January 9, 1923 – July 25, 2020 Margot (Peggy) Beckett January 9 1923-July 25th 2020 passed away peacefully of natural causes at home. Margot Wrenn Beckett was born Margot Lucile […]

On July 8, 2020, Betsy Birnbaum passed away peacefully, at the age of 92, with her husband by her side. Betsy was born and raised in the Midwest and came […]

Longtime Palo Alto resident, Alicia Boyd, died peacefully early Saturday morning, July 12, 2020, at age 82. She is survived by her daughters: Deborah Viariseo-Costella, Janice Viariseo-Bothwell, and sister, Rose […]

April 10, 1925 – June 2, 2020 Emanuel (Manny) Galdes, 95 years young, died peacefully of natural causes on June 2, 2020 while surrounded by his loving family. Emanuel was […]

September 24, 1931 – June 17, 2020 Gloria Mae (Secker) Capra, age 89, passed away peacefully in her home on June 17, 2020. She was born to Nell and George […]

August 27, 1921 – June 14, 2020 Leo Mather Sant was born in Grace, Idaho, on August 27, 1921, to Alfred and Ethel Sant. He died peacefully at his home […]

December 21, 1952 – June 4, 2020 Christopher Lundin passed away unexpectedly in the early morning of June 4th at his home in Palo Alto. Born in San Francisco in […]

July 26, 1921 – May 25, 2020 Mercedes Matthews Williams, a resident of Ladera for 47 years, passed away at age 98 on May 25 at the Sequoias in Portola […]

April 11, 1927 – May 15, 2020 Gerald (Jerry) Overman, 93 years old, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2020. Jerry was born in Marion, Indiana and graduated from Marion […]

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, Marjorie Rose, loving mother of four daughters, adoring grandmother of four grandsons and dear friend of many, passed away at the age of 87. Margie […]

July 21, 1920 – April 20, 2020 Mary Jo Milks passed away peacefully on the morning of April 20, 2020. Mary Jo was born in Springfield, NE, on July 21, […]

1939-2020 Mildred Martha Daume Mario, former chair of the Palo Alto Historic Resources Board and past president of the statewide California Preservation Foundation, known to everyone in town as Millie, […]

April 16, 1930 – March 24, 2020 Manfred (Manny) Wildmann, a longtime resident of Menlo Park, passed away from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy on March 24, 2020, a few weeks shy […]

April 30, 1938 – March 25, 2020 Michael Edwin Kahn passed away peacefully in his home in Los Altos on March 25, 2020, with the love and support of his […]

August 29, 1950 – December 17, 2019 Pamela Joyce Anderson (stage name Betty Buggatti), age 69, passed into peace December 17, 2019 in Yuma, AZ. She was born August 29, […]

November 24, 1935 – January 5, 2020 Berkeley, California Amy Chern Chih-Shang Hsi was born November 24th, 1935 in Taipei, Taiwan and passed away with her family by her side […]

July 23, 1928 – September 2, 2019 Resident of Palo Alto After a fulfilling life Juliann passed away peacefully at home at the age of 91. She was surrounded in […]

November 24, 1931 – December 11, 2019 Diethild Anna Else Price, 88, passed away at her Palo Alto home surrounded by family on December 11, 2019. Born in Berlin, Germany, […]

December 20, 1923 – December 28, 2019 Rev. Sarah E. “Sally” Brown passed away on December 28, 2019, in Redwood City, California at the age of 96. She was a […]

October 6, 1924 – November 23, 2019 Dr. Bert G. Hickman, Stanford University Professor Emeritus of Economics, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Palo […]

August 8, 1939 – December 2, 2019 On Monday, December 2nd, 2019, Ellis Joseph Alden, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, passed away at the age of 80 following […]

Jason Matthew Exmeyer passed away on November 21, 2019, at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, CA aft er a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at 40 years of […]

Resident of Palo Alto October 28, 1925 – November 24, 2019 Mark A. O’Leary, who lived in and around Palo Alto for over 70 years, passed away peacefully at Stanford […]

Jan Didriksen, age 84 from Portola Valley, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family on October 23rd in Palo Alto. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, […]