Deaths Deaths (February 02, 2005)

Edward N. Brown

Edward Nevin Brown, 86, a 47-year resident of Menlo Park, died Jan. 14.

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., on May 13, 1918 and orphaned at four years of age, he was placed in the Girard College for Boys in Philadelphia. Upon graduation in 1936, he joined the Philadelphia office of the Southern Pacific Company as a clerk, progressing through several positions. At the same time, he attended the University of Pennsylvania (Evening Wharton School).

He was promoted to chief clerk for Southern Pacific in the Atlanta, Ga. office in 1941. With the outbreak of World War II, he was transferred to San Francisco and subsequently to the Portland, Ore. offices of S.P. While in Portland, he was inducted to the U.S. Army as a private, and discharged as a captain.

After the war, he re-entered service to the Southern Pacific Company, going first to St. Louis, then Chicago, New York, back to Chicago, and finally, to San Francisco headquarters. He was appointed general traffic manager of the St. Louis Southwestern Railways, a subsidiary of S.P., in St. Louis, Mo. in 1966. He returned to San Francisco as assistant vice president of traffic of S.P. He retired in 1982, after 47 years of service.

During his career, he attended Harvard University's Advanced Management Program in 1963. He was particularly proud of being a founding member of the Park Forest, Ill. Volunteer Fire Department in 1949.

Before moving to Mt. Shasta in 2003, he volunteered at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Clinic, was a member of the Los Altos Golf & Country Club, SIRS, the Southern Pacific Executive Officers' Association, and delivered "Meals on Wheels" in Menlo Park.

He is survived by his son, Stephen Nevin Brown of Mt. Shasta, Calif.; daughter-in-law Denese Gail Welch of Mt. Shasta, Calif.; and his grandson, Benjamin Boston, of Portland, Ore.

Services have been held. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Hospice, Mercy Mt. Shasta.

Clarence John Karzmark

Clarence John ("C.J.") Karzmark, 84, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died Jan. 16 in Menlo Park.

He was born July 4, 1920, in Casselton, N.D. He lived in Palo Alto for 45 years moving down to Palo Alto when Stanford Medical Center was built and moved from its previous location in San Francisco.

He grew up near Fargo, N.D., and attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks where he studied physics. While in the air force and graduate school during WWII, he worked on the burgeoning development of radar. He went on to attain his PhD in nuclear physics and was seminal development of linear accelerator technology (radiation therapy) for the treatment of cancer while at Stanford University.

His pinnacle achievement was the publication of a primary work on linear accelerators that he co-authored. He enjoyed home improvement, traveling, hiking, gardening, reading and keeping abreast of world affairs. He will be missed dearly by his family and friends alike and will be honored and remembered in a private family gathering.

A loving father of four children, he is survived by his son, Peter, and daughter-in-law, Janet Karzmark; daughter, Kathleen, and son-in-law, David Nelson; son, Cameron Karzmark, and daughter, Sarah Karzmark; and three grandchildren.

Donations in his memory may be made out to the Karzmark Endowment Scholarship and sent to the University of North Dakota Alumni Association, PO Box 8157, Grand Forks, ND 58202.

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