Marilyn Elizabeth Burnes
Feb. 2, 1922 - April 25, 2012
Palo Alto, California
Marilyn Burnes died suddenly on Wednesday, April 25th, from complications of pneumonia. Marilyn was born on Feb. 2, 1922, to Otis H. and Alice J. (Flinn) Godfrey of St. Paul, Minn. A graduate of Central High School in St. Paul, she attended Macalester College and graduated in 1943 from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Art. She met Robert C. Burnes (Bob) in 1940 at a mixer at Macalester. They dated a few times and then drifted apart. After college, she worked for a year at Northwest Airlines as a draftsman and then continued her education in Occupational Therapy at Columbia University in New York. While she was in New York, she rekindled her relationship with Bob and they corresponded regularly while he was stationed at an Air Force base on the island of Tinian during World War II. After the war, Marilyn and Bob both found themselves back in the Twin Cities and their relationship blossomed. They were married in the House of Hope Church in St. Paul on March 23, 1946. Bob and Marilyn moved to Palo Alto shortly after their marriage and raised three daughters, Elisabeth (Betsy), Susan and Barbara. Marilyn spent 20 years working for the Stanford Graduate Foreign S...
Marianne Pellegrini
Sept. 22, 1924 - May 13, 2012 San Jose, California
Our loving mother passed peacefully on to join dad and our brother Marc in heaven on Mother's Day, having lost her long battle with breast cancer. She spent her last days at her home in The Villages with family and friends who helped her find her way to eternal rest. Marianne is survived by her s...
Eileen Berg
Oct. 25, 1922 - May 7, 2012 Palo Alto, California
Eileen Berg, a Palo Alto resident since 1996, passed away on May 7 at the age of 89 in Palo Alto, Calif. Eileen was born in the small town of Tabor, S.D., to Adolph Mach and Martha Ronish, the youngest of five children. Favorite childhood memories included listening to the music of the Friday ni...
Mary E. Eberle
July 1, 1926 - May 7, 2012 Wilsonville, Oregon
Mary East Eberle, 85, a 47-year resident of Palo Alto, died May 7, 2012, in Wilsonville, Oregon. She was born July 1, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., and moved to the Bay Area with her family in 1947. She and her husband Buck moved to Palo Alto in 1954 and raised their three children there. Mary was a...
Wayne D. Trewhitt
June 5, 1935 - May 5, 2012 Woodside, California
Wayne Douglas Trewhitt III 1935 - 2012 Wayne D. Trewhitt passed away at his home in Woodside, Calif., on Saturday, May 5, 2012. He was born on June 5, 1935 in San Francisco, and was raised in Berkeley, where he attended high school and competed on the swim team. After graduating from Berke...