When death is sudden, shock sets in, and then awareness of all the unfinished business left behind emerges. Mark Hancock, always prepared, a master of “Punch Lists,” documentation, accurate and factual, was not prepared, he was not finished. His sudden unexpected death, on Sunday, May 26, 2024, is a shock that has been felt around the world. It is nearly impossible to grasp how a vital, see...

We commemorate the life of Patricia Jean Duff, aka Pat Hayes, 3 February 1926 – 6 August 2024. She was not in pain or ill and she died while sleeping. This year, shortly after celebrating her 98th birthday, she said she was getting old. It was a blessing to feel that way when she did. Family and friends benefited from her youthful, creative and adventurous spirit. Born in San Francisco, she...

We commemorate the life of Patricia Hayes, aka Pat Hayes, February 3, 1926 – August 6, 2024. Daughter of Stewart E. Duff and Jean Alexia Margaret Foster. Her illness was age. She died while sleeping. Shortly after celebrating her 98th birthday in February, she said she felt she was getting old. It was a blessing to feel that way at the age she did. Family and friends benefited from her yout...

Family and friends mourn the loss of Charles Hebel and gratefully celebrate his life. “Chuck,” to family and friends, was a Renaissance man—a beloved family leader, versatile scientist, and engaged community member—who lived a full life of creativity, service, and love, passing away peacefully after a brief illness. Chuck especially enjoyed his children and grandchildren, relating to...

Theofana “Theo” Hegis passed away peacefully at her home on July 24, 2024, after a life filled with family, faith, celebration and community. Theo’s parents, Spiros Vasilakos and Sotiria Fouyas, emigrated to the United States from Greece in the early 1900s. They established a farm in rural West Menlo Park, where they raised Theo and her siblings Maria, Panayiotis and Haralambos. Theo a...

Lawrence (Larry) Hochstein, 96, passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 21, from COVID-19, in addition to complications from a stroke he suffered in 2019, and subsequent dementia. Ann, his beloved wife, was by his side. The son of Russian immigrants, Larry spent his early years in Chicago, before the family moved to Los Angeles. Larry’s father, Abrasha, was a professional co...

Ruby Chizuko Inouye passed away in the early hours of October 7, 2024 at the golden age of 104 years. Ruby was born in North Platte, Nebraska on February 5, 1920 to Kin and Kunikiyo Nabeta. She was the second of seven children. Her early years were spent in Salt Lake City, Utah; Shizuoka, Japan, and Los Angeles, California. She was sent to Topaz, Utah during World War II where she met her ...

Menlo Park, CA - On Saturday, July 20, 2024, Milda Frances Jasins of Menlo Park, California, peacefully passed away at the age of 88. Milda was born and raised in Athol, Massachusetts. She was of Lithuanian heritage and maintained a strong relationship with her relatives there. She attended Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. When Milda studied there, it was a women's college, and she gradu...

Gail Kaiser, a 42-year resident of Palo Alto, died at home on October 5 after a 6-year battle with multiple myeloma. She was 67. Gail was born at the US Air Force hospital in Wiesbaden, West Germany. Her parents worked in the Foreign Service and she grew up in Yugoslavia, Austria, Poland and South Africa. Gail attended New England Conservatory for three years studying harpsichord and organ. ...

Robert L. Katz, a lifelong Bay Area resident, World War II veteran, university professor, business executive and environmental leader, died peacefully on June 30, 2024. He was 98 years old. A fourth generation Californian, Bob was born January 8, 1926 in San Francisco. He attended Montezuma School for Boys, UC Berkeley, Stanford and Harvard. While at Cal he enrolled in Naval ROTC and after gr...

Basant Khaitan February 2, 1947–June 15, 2024 Long-time Bay Area resident Basant Khaitan passed away on June 15, 2024. Basant was a family man, caring immeasurably for his wife of 50 years, Kiran; his children, Rayna and Rishi, and their respective partners; his local extended family in San Ramon; and his many relatives across the US, Canada, and India. No matter the distance, Basant al...

Albert F. Knorp, Jr. passed away peacefully at home on July 19, 2024. Born July 31, 1935 in San Francisco, CA. Al was the son of Albert and Florence Knorp and was raised in San Carlos. Al Sr. started the first baseball league on the Peninsula for youth (4th-8th grade) with the winning team receiving a trophy each year from Lefty O’Doul in Seals Stadium. After working his way through hig...

Lupita Leal de Monroy, a longtime resident of Menlo Park, California, died at home in El Paso, Texas on May 29, 2024. She was 85 years old and died with her daughters by her side. Born on November 30, 1938, in Pesquería Chica, Nuevo León, México, Lupita was the daughter of Dr. Gustavo Leal Morales and Dora Benavides De La Rosa. She was named María del Socorro de Guadalupe Leal Benavide...

On August 8, 2024, we lost our mother, grandmother and dear friend, Chongme Lee. We all knew and loved her as Mea. She was 77 years old. Mea is now with her beloved husband and hero**, Peter Lee. Mea and Peter eloped after only knowing each other for two months and shared nearly 55 “years of bliss”. If there were ever two soulmates on this earth, it was Peter and Mea. Together, they raised ...