Lawrence Victor Riches, Jr., husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend passed away peacefully at age 80, on June 28, 2024 in Carmel, California. He was born on April 3, 1944 to Lawrence Victor Riches, Sr. and Gwendolyn Helen (Low) Riches in Laramie, Wyoming. He was the eldest of their five children: Kathleen (Garth) Pickett, Dennis (Pat) Riches, Lynn (Bett...

Isaac Joel Riff passed away on June 16, 2024, at age 73, in Manhattan, due to respiratory failure. Joel was born and raised in Chicago (West Rogers Park), to Morris Riff and Esther (Weingarten) Riff. A son of Holocaust survivors, Joel graduated from Mather High School, the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago Law School. He worked for more than 30 years as a lawyer in Silicon...

David Ring passed away peacefully at his home in Palo Alto, California, on July 31, 2024. He was the son of Eileen Greear and Robert Ring. David was born in Upland, California, and was raised by his parents and extended family, the Harnish family (Aunts Ruby, Lily and Uncle Dewey). David graduated from Upland High School; studied Biochemistry at Pomona College (the Claremont Colleges in sout...

Nancy Weeks Rossen (b.12/20/32) We celebrate the life of Nancy Weeks Rossen, who passed away surrounded by family on August 19, 2024. Nancy was a pioneer in many ways throughout her life. Born in Galveston and raised in Houston, she ventured far away from Texas to attend Stanford University where she majored in Education and Economics and obtained her Master’s in Education. Marrying Rob...

Harlow P Rothert, Jr., of Nevada City, CA passed away on November 6, 2024, in his home surrounded by the deep love of his family and friends. His family, including his brother Steve of Bend Oregon, and his three children and five grandchildren who called him “Opa”, were with him to celebrate his 89th birthday. Opa grew up in Palo Alto, California, where he met his future wife and partner ...

Frank Satoshi Sasagawa, 98, of Palo Alto, California passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Frank, known by his family & closest friends as “Jay”, was born on March 26, 1926, in Menlo Park, California, to Frank Kenichi and Kiyoko Sasagawa. Frank truly was a Bay Area native in every sense of the word, calling it his home for nearly his entire lifetime. He was the youngest of four children...

John Peter Schaefer, a resident of Palo Alto for over 50 years, died peacefully at home on July 24th at age 91. Born December 22, 1932, in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), where his father, Peter Schaefer, worked in copper mining, John’s early years were shaped by his father’s early death, triggering a return to the U.S. Raised by his mother, Polly (Amelia P) Schaefer, with brother Bi...

Stanley G Scott died peacefully in his sleep on August 19, 2024 at the age of 96. He passed away in Menlo Park at his home of 64 years. Stan was born on April 21, 1928 in Salt Lake City to George and Lucile Scott. He had a brother and a sister. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Sacramento where his father was a statistician for the US Department of Agriculture. Stan attended McClatchy hi...

It is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of Joyce Shapiro, 82, on November 2, 2024, at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California, from complications of a stroke. Joyce passed peacefully with her family by her side. She was born in Rochester, New York, on January 12, 1942, to the late Frank Raymond Young and Ethelyn Isabelle Young (Jones). Joyce was the fifth generation of her family from...

Nancy Ann Sicotte passed away peacefully at her home on June 30, 2024, surrounded by her loving family just two days shy of her 93rd birthday. Nancy was preceded in death by her husband Sheldon Sicotte, and is survived by her two children Steve Sicotte (Francine) of Portland OR and Dan Sicotte (Erin) of Walnut Creek CA. She is also survived by her granddaughters Megan Sicotte-Kelly and Tessa Sic...

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...

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...