Deaths Deaths (March 31, 2004)

Joanne Eberle

Joanne Eberle, 46, a resident of Lake Oswego, Ore., died March 25 in Palo Alto.

A native of Palo Alto, she traveled extensively and was actively involved in Portland's cultural scene. She was passionate about antique collecting and interior design, and had a unique and lifelong love for the tradition of High Tea.

She is survived by her mother, Mary Eberle of Lake Oswego; sisters, Jeanne Aufmuth of Palo Alto and Dale Muegenburg of Ventura; and daughters, Jocelyn Bray and Beatrice Roman of Lake Oswego.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation at www.multiplemyeloma.org.
Barbara Ann George

Barbara Ann George, 52, a longtime activist with Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, died March 13.

A Palo Alto resident, she was the church administrator of Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. She was a native of Massachusetts.

She was the wife of Paul George of Palo Alto and mother of Sean George of Menlo Park. Memorial services have been held. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, 457 Kingsley Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301.
Eve Dunn Gorn

Eve Dunn Gorn, 43, who bypassed a promising career in medical research to become a family practice physician, has died following a four-year battle with ovarian cancer.

Dr. Gorn in the mid-1990s practiced at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation before joining the Coastside Family Medical Center in Half Moon Bay, where she resided with her husband, David Gorn, former editor of the Half Moon Bay Review, and their two young children.

Dr. Gorn helped convert the clinic to an independent non-profit organization after Stanford University decided to close it due to financial losses in the 1990s.

Friends and family members say her personal philosophy is best expressed by a plaque installed on a bench in Dr. Gorn's memory, with a quotation from Martin Luther King: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"

"She was amazing," David Gorn said of his wife's commitment to life, people and her profession at the service.

"Here, and elsewhere in her life, Evie did a lot of amazing things. ... She graduated top of her class at the best medical school in the country. She helped establish the Coastside Family Medical Center as a nonprofit. She raised two beautiful kids. She was a knitter, and a weaver, and a spinner of wool.

"She saved people's lives, she changed people's lives, she lived hard and loved hard and cared really deeply. ... She was a friend. An inspirational friend."

She belonged to a group of spinners that meets regularly at the Elkus Youth Ranch, and which set up a spinning session at Dr. Gorn's request outside her memorial service.

Dr. Gorn was a native of New York City, raised in Manhattan on the edge of Harlem in an area known as Little Puerto Rico. Just before high school, her family moved to Sunnyvale -- "a huge culture shock."

She graduated in 1982 with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a double major, in biology and chemistry, because the university lacked a "biochem" combined major. She tried the expected research track, working with fruit flies -- but decided she wanted to work with people.

She and Gorn met in 1979 and were married in 1985. They moved to San Francisco while she attended University of California, San Francisco, medical school, from which she graduated first in her class in 1991. She chose family practice over pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology.

She joined the Palo Alto Medical Foundation medical staff after a residency in Santa Rosa, then moved to the Coastside clinic two years later.

In addition to her husband, Dr. Gorn is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Rose, and son, Daniel Jupiter; her father, Theodore Gunn of Florida; a sister, Karen Dunn, of Connecticut; a half-brother, Max Dunn of New Jersey; an aunt and uncle, Evelyn and Charles Koblentz of Baltimore, Md.; and cousins Gerald, Suzanne and Joel Koblentz.

The family requests memorials be donations to the Coastside Family Medical Center, 225 S. Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay.
Edith Hubert Hall

Edith Hubert Hall, a local artist, died March 20.

She was born in San Diego, Calif., raised in Santa Ana, Calif., and settled in Palo Alto in 1950. She moved to the Bay Area to attend UC Berkeley and graduated with a bachelor's degree in art.

She married Dr. Lewis D. Hall, who was a technology pioneer in Silicon Valley. Lewis died in 1989.

She was an avid gardener and a talented artist, producing works in oil paint, charcoal, ceramics and copper.

She is survived by two sons, Steve and Chris; two daughters-in-law, Kathleen and Denise; two grandsons; and one great-granddaughter. Services have been held.

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