Town Square

Post a New Topic

Lynda Steele, former Abilities United director, dies

Original post made on Mar 2, 2016

Lynda Steele advocated over four decades for the rights of persons with developmental disabilities, shepherding a movement that took people out of institutions and integrated them into the mainstream society. On Feb. 29, the former head of Palo Alto nonprofit Abilities United died suddenly, officials from the organization said in a statement.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 10:24 AM

Comments (2)

Posted by Steve
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 2, 2016 at 6:19 pm

What a wonderful and gracious life to have lived!

Email Town Square Moderator      


Posted by Alice H.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 8, 2016 at 1:12 pm

I worked for CAR (as it was then) in the mid-late 90s. I can attest that Lynda was a woman of enormous warmth and compassion, but she was equally effective, an inspirational leader, and a brilliant manager. She will be missed.

Email Town Square Moderator      


Don't miss out on the discussion!
Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic.

Email:


Post a comment

On Wednesday, we'll be launching a new website. To prepare and make sure all our content is available on the new platform, commenting on stories and in TownSquare has been disabled. When the new site is online, past comments will be available to be seen and we'll reinstate the ability to comment. We appreciate your patience while we make this transition..

Stay informed.

Get the day's top headlines from Mountain View Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.

Most Viewed Stories

See today's stories