Louis Peselnick passed away at his Menlo Park home on June 5, 2024, at the age of 100. Lou was a native of Brooklyn, New York, and a long-time resident of Menlo Park, California. After graduating from high school during World War II, he served in the US Army as a Control Tower Operator. Lou then earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a doctoral degree in physics from the Cath...

Diana Plummer died peacefully at her home in Palo Alto on October 1. She was 86. Diana emigrated from England in 1961 and worked in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford. With her beautiful smile and quiet British accent, she charmed all who knew her. Diana was a keen gardener and did flower arranging at Gamble Garden and Filoli. She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Bo...

Maria Quinby, age 66, died peacefully on July 23, 2024 of melanoma metastatic to her brain. Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Maria was a resident of Woodside, California and the wife of Jonathan Quinby for 32 years. With an economics and business administration degree from Uppsala University in 1986, Maria added an Interior Design degree from Cañada College in 2004. She started her own professional ...

Gloria Ramirez passed away on July 25, 2024, at her home in Mountain View. She was 93 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband Jose Manuel Ramirez, her parents Epifanio and Eva Olivo, and her siblings Arthur Olivo and Ida Sallas. She is survived by her siblings, Robert Olivo and Dolores Olivo; her five children, Maria, Raul, Gloria, Anita, and Christina; her grandchildren, Johnny, Luca...

It is with great sadness that we must share news of the passing of decades-long Palo Alto resident, Hazel H. Rand. Hazel was born in Bath, England on August 24, 1933, and first moved to Palo Alto in 1963, with her husband Roy E. Rand (who passed away in 2022). After moving back to England for a few years, and also living in Perth, Australia for a few years, Hazel and Roy returned to Palo Alt...

Kathryn “Kit” Elliott Reitman passed away peacefully surrounded by Family at the age of 74 on June 10th, 2024. She was born on February 21, 1950 in Newark, NJ. Kit is a 1968 Graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ. She spent a year at Skidmore College and in 1970 transferred to Colgate University, as part of the First Female Class to arrive — graduating in 1972 with a concentratio...

Donald Everett Rhoades passed away peacefully July 16, 2024, in Redwood City, Ca. Don was born in Oakland, California to Dorothy & Donald Rhoades on February 5,1933. He and his twin sister Marilyn grew up in Palo Alto, Ca where he attended Palo Alto High School. After attending The Lawrenceville Scool in New Jersey for one year, he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley. As a Golden Be...

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...