Gerald Lloyd Smith, known to friends and family as Jerry, passed away on May 7, 2013 in Palo Alto at his long-term residence Channing House. Jerry was born on Aug. 3, 1923 in Madison, Wisconsin. His father was Harvey McKinley Smith, and his mother was Marjory Byrd Case. Jerry graduated from Morgan Park High School in Chicago in 1941 as valedictorian, received undergraduate education at Oberli...

Mary Jane Ellis died May 5, 2013, in Saratoga, California. She was 87. A native of Houston, Texas, daughter of Stephen and Mattie Loy, Mary Jane graduated from University of Houston, a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Mary Jane was a proud Texan who lived in Houston, Corpus Christi, and Dallas with her husband Loyd Evan Ellis. They moved to California in 1957, raising their family in Woodside...

To those who knew and loved him his memory will never grow old … In loving memory of Andrew Severance Pastorius, “Drew”, 71 1942-2013 The beloved husband of Carmela “Lina” Pastorius passed away at their home at Menlo Park on May 3, 2013. He was born on October 28th, 1942, in Orange, Connecticut, to loving parents Robert B. Pastorius and Katharine S. Pastorius. He was a prominent student an...

A celebration of the life of Henry Martin Blume Jr. will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at All Saint's Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley in Palo Alto. Mr. Blume died peacefully May 2 at his home in Palo Alto after an extended battle with Parkinson's disease and leukemia. A former Portola Valley and Menlo Park resident, he was 82. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he attended Fox Point School a...

Whether she was driving sports cars on racetracks in Europe, shopping for the perfect native textile in Asia, or creating a culinary masterpiece for friends at home, Molly Westrate enjoyed a life filled with style, fun, integrity, and good food. Molly succumbed to cancer on April 30, 2013. She will be remembered for her wit, charm, design savvy, culinary skills, loyalty, energy, commitment to...

Stew, aged 87 passed peacefully on April 29, with Anna, his wife of 61 years, at his side in Redding. He was born in Chino, CA, to Earle and Edna Clegg. He graduated from Sequoia H.S., in 1948, received his teaching degree from S.J. State, followed by a Masters in P.E. from Stanford. In 1950 he joined the U.S. Air Force. He returned to Mountain View, where he was a teacher and principal for 35 ye...

Jose Luis Navarro, lovingly called "Pepe" by those who knew him and loved him, passed away on April 28th, 2013 at age 56, due to medical complications. He was a long-time resident of Sunnyvale and Mountain View, where he lived with his wife of nearly 22 years. He worked at MacArthur Park Restaurant, in Palo Alto for 26 years, where he was well loved by coworkers and those who were frequent vi...

Norma Virginia Tate Stewart, age 88, passed away on April 22, 2013. Norma was born on September 24, 1924 in Los Gatos and raised in San Jose. She was preceded in death by her parents John and Reine Tate, her sister Bertha David, her brother George Tate and her granddaughter Anna Bonde. Loving mother of Cherie (David) Bogart and Debra Bonde. Proud grandmother of Jonathan (Amber) Hartley, Megan Bo...

Michael Henry Rose, a lifelong resident of the Peninsula, died April 21 after a long illness. He was 65. Born in Palo Alto on Oct. 13, 1947, he graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1966. He served in Vietnam with the U.S. Army and earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He owned Michael's Men's Wear in Mountain View and was self-employed in the computer industry. He leaves his twin sister, Mary...

Lucia M. (MacNichols) Ulvang, a 50-year resident of Palo Alto, died peacefully in her home on April 18, 2013. Born in Seattle, Wash., November 28, 1927, she attended Ballard High School and the University of Washington, where she met her husband, Earl Randolph Ulvang. The family moved to Palo Alto in 1962. They were enthusiastic supporters of Boy Scouts, Little League and American Legion baseba...

Kathy Cairns died peacefully in her home on April 14 surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Kathy lived in Palo Alto many years while married to David Reese and attended First United Methodist Church. She sang in the Chancel Choir. She moved to Santa Cruz 20 years ago where she was involved with the UCSC Arboretum and Norrie's Gift Shop, loved playing bridge and attending concerts both in S...

Judith Avan, aged 82, passed peacefully on April 13 with Andy, her son, at her side. She was born in Los Angeles, Calif. to Benjamin and Nellie Avan and eventually moved in Palo Alto where she lived the majority of her life and raised her children. Judy will always be remembered for her love and steadfast support of her three sons as well as a deep and abiding affection for the feline compani...

On the morning of April 7, 2013, Fred passed away from complications from pneumonia in Carmel Valley, California. He was surrounded by his daughters and comforted by his wife of 71 years, Carolyn Carnes. Fred was 93 years old. Fred was born on March 24, 1920 in St. Cloud Minnesota to Blanche and Winfield Carnes. He was one of three brothers, Jack, Merk and had one sister, Viola. They all preceded...

Just shy of his 29th birthday, Ben Tobin passed away in his Palo Alto birthplace. A third generation native Californian, Ben was nurtured at Preschool Family Preschool, Ohlone Elementary School, and JLS Middle School. He attended Gunn High School until he was a junior. As a senior, Ben graduated from Foothill Middle College. Following high school Ben attended College of the Siskiyous and gradu...

Born April 16, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, she was the youngest of two children born to Irish and Dutch parents, Patrick and Grace Gillespie. She graduated Loretto Academy Engelwood and attended John Robert Powers Modeling School in Chicago, Ill. She married Emery Mann, a chef and restauranteur, and in 1967 she moved with her husband and six children to California. There, they had one more child ...

Perry Blackmon, 70, a 38-year resident of Portola Valley, died at home in the presence of his family on April 2, 2013. He was born October 13, 1942, in Southern California and grew up in Modesto, CA. He moved to the Bay Area in 1970 and to Portola Valley in 1975. He was a lifelong student and completed a PhD in psychology in 1995. He specialized in treating chronic pain and co-founded a c...

Elsbeth McCollum Fox, who lived in Palo Alto for over 70 years, died March 31, 2013, in Denver, CO. Elsbeth graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1940 and Stanford University in 1944. In the 1950s, folk dancing was very popular, and she taught folk dance classes for the Palo Alto Recreation Department. During those years she couldn't walk down University Avenue without running into friends from...

Allen (Al) Meyers passed away on Easter Sunday (March 31, 2013) at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Patricia Rhodes-Meyers; his five children: Dennis, Doureen, Daniel, Donald and Jacki; 13 grandchildren: and one great-grandson. Al was born in North Dakota in 1936 to his father Edward (Ed) and mother Martha. As a boy Al moved with his family to California, where he gradua...