Matthew John Silverman passed away on June 10th after a 3 year battle with intestinal cancer at the age of 40. Matt was born on October 16, 1983, the first child of Anna and Joel Silverman. Matthew was raised in Mountain View, attending public schools at Bubb, Graham, and Mt. View High School. He was an exceptional student, excelling in Math and Science, and according to all of his teachers, joy t...

Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. passed away on 11/01/24 at the age of 98 in Los Gatos, CA. He was born and raised in Illinois. He attended Berea College in Kentucky but obtained a scholarship to Stanford University in his senior year to complete his B.S. degree in chemistry. He went on to graduate school at UC Berkeley for his Ph.D. in biochemistry (1952). It was there that he met his wife, Marion Edmonds...

Teresa Najera Spiva passed away at the age of 82 on May 30, 2024 at her home in Redwood City with her husband of almost 60 years by her side. Born in 1942 to parents Cristina Ledesma and Carlos Najera, she lived in multiple desert and coastal locations in California as a child, before settling in the Bay Area. While studying to be a dental hygienist at San Jose City College, she met the love...

Our beloved sister, Nicole Sprague, passed away peacefully at home on July 13th surrounded by her loved ones. She is survived by her daughter, Martine; her sisters, Christine and Mary; her brother, Emmett; her nephew Brent; nieces Celine, Jaime, Elizabeth and Shannon. Nicole will be dearly missed by her family, friends, co-workers, and parishioners of Christ Church in Portola Valley, where she d...

Michael Owen Staiger died peacefully on October 29, 2024, after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. He was sixty. He was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Charles W. and Barbara A. Staiger. The family settled in St. Clair, Michigan, along the shores of the mighty St. Clair River. This, perhaps, was the origin of his lifelong love of rivers. Mike's childhood was full of love, encouragement, ...

Dan Stober, journalist, backpacker, cyclist, family man, and adored father and husband passed away on Oct. 7, 2024, from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. Dan was born Sept. 23, 1949, by the banks of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida to Mary and Julius Stober. He graduated from Riverside High School (named Robert E. Lee High School at the time) in 1967 and earned a degree...

Peter Sturrock, distinguished physicist and emeritus professor at Stanford University, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his friends and family, on August 12, 2024, at the age of 100. A pioneering scientist, Sturrock was known for his profound contributions to the fields of astrophysics, plasma physics, and solar research. Born in 1924 in England, Peter Sturrock's passion for ph...

Connie Sutton, a treasured mother, a partner, and friend, died at Stanford Hospital on October 17, 2024, after a courageous battle with CNS lymphoma. She is survived by her son, Colin E. Sutton, her partner Norm MacKay, a beloved doodle, Izzy, and by many, many friends and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, George W. Sutton, and by her parents, Jack and Alta Shanahan. Connie grew up in ...

Ginger Tanner passed away peacefully on November 6, 2024 at the age of 82 in Menlo Park, CA, where she lived for 35 years. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Ginger enjoyed horseback riding and cheerleading at HV Cooper High School before moving to New Orleans to attend Newcomb College. After graduating from Newcomb, Ginger enrolled in Tulane Law School, where she met and married Robert “Bo...

Michael Trollope, 81, passed away peacefully Aug 20th 2024, in Palm Desert California surrounded by his cherished wife of 24 years, Denise Monfette-Trollope, and close friends. The cause of death was metastatic cancer and Parkinson's Disease. Michael was born in Kansas and grew up with a keen intellect and a strong sense of curiosity. He was an honor student and an Eagle Scout. He studied at KU...

Agneta Chatarina Elisabeth Pontin Turner (1934-2024) Agneta P. Turner, a devoted matriarch and pillar of her community, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Her remarkable life, spanning 90 years, was marked by love, resilience, and a generosity of spirit that touched countless lives. Born on February 17, 1934, in Stockholm, Sweden, Agneta spent her ...

Janelle Tynan, beloved teacher in Mountain View for 37 years, passed away on July 10, 2024 in Sunnyvale. Jan was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio; the sixth of seven children. After graduating from Mary Manse College in Toledo in 1964, she joined her sister, Mary, and family in California. She began her career with the Mountain View School district teaching 6th grade at Landels Elementary, and ...

Born on April 20, 1949, in Long Island NY, released to Heaven on October 9, 2024. His big, beautiful but failing heart finally gave up. He said he was ready and unafraid. Terry had two sisters, Candee, two years older and Leslie, two years younger. They were his best friends for life. His father Robert was a railroad mailman and a rough influence on Terry. His mother Muriel was an Angel. T...

Cheryl Arnold Weaver was born Cheryl Eileen Arnold on Jan. 10, 1949 in Hastings, NE as the only child of Rollan Louis (R.L.) and Laura Evelyn Arnold (née Elifritz), and was brought home to a house built by her father. When Cheryl was two years old, her family moved briefly to Fillmore, CA before returning to Nebraska, settling in Kearney (later again, Hastings). As a little Nebraskan, she enjoyed...

In Loving Memory of Richard Edgar Westgaard January 20, 1939 - July 19, 2024 Richard Edgar Westgaard, age 85 of San Francisco died peacefully in his home on July 19, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. Richard was born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1939 to Richard Allison Brown and Alice May Kenworthy. He was raised in Boise, Idaho by his mother and stepfather, Arnold Westgaard. As a teenager...

Ruth Yamawaki passed away peacefully on October 24 after a five-year battle with cancer. Missing her are her cherished children, Naomi and Simon, and siblings Lynn, Paul, Kent, and Doug – as well as countless cousins, nieces, nephews, colleagues, friends, and long-time Palo Alto neighbors. Raised with her siblings in a tight-knit Japanese community in Alameda, California, her family fondly re...

Joseph Patrick Zotter passed away peacefully at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, CA, on October 15, surrounded by his family. Born in 1945 to Joseph L. and Clothilde M. Zotter in Oakland, CA, Joe spent his early years there, attending Bishop O'Dowd High School, where he made lifelong friendships. He earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Santa Clara University. Joe served his ...