Deaths Deaths (June 01, 2005)

Art Johnson

Charles Arthur Johnson, 53, a former longtime resident of Palo Alto, died April 30 at his home in Youngsville, La.

He was born Aug. 31, 1951, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. The family moved to Germany in 1952 and moved to Palo Alto after the death of his father in 1954. He graduated from Gunn High School in 1969.

After high school, he became a commercial diver for the oil industry. He moved around the world for his job living in Singapore and New Zealand before settling in Louisiana. At the time of his death he was operations manager of the ROV division for a worldwide diving company.

He is survived by his children, Angelica and Christal Lynn of Youngsville, La.; his adopted daughter, Tess; his sisters, Pamela Faure of Healdsburg, Calif., and KiKi Simpson of Menlo Park; his brothers-in-law, Jim Simpson and Peter Faure; his nieces, Arianna Scott, Annika and Chelsea Simpson; and his nephew, Christopher Faurot.

He was a lover of the sea and will be deeply missed by all who knew him. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent in care of Katherine Simpson for the Angelica and Christal Johnson educational fund at the San Mateo Credit Union, 525 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063.

Johnnie Mae Nichols-Watson

Johnnie Mae Nichols-Watson, 76, a resident of Menlo Park, died May 19.

She was born Nov. 10, 1928 to Clarence and Edna Nichols. She was the fourth sibling of five, all which have preceded her in death.

She received her education in Texas where she met her now deceased husband, Isaac Watson, and relocated to California. From this union she gave birth to her only child, Jacqueline Watson.

She received Christ in her life at an early age, practicing her faith as Church of God in Christ. She received many certificates and acknowledgements for continued dedication and loyal work in the church.

She was known for her kind, loving and caring ways. She also had a very witty sense of humor and was a strong, courageous and honest woman who appreciated the simple things in life.

She is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline Watson of Menlo Park; nieces Linda Hamilton of San Jose and Beverly Jones of Antioch; nephews, Edward Johnson of Menlo Park, Kenneth Johnson of Sunnyvale and Jack Britton of San Francisco; and a host of other nieces and nephews as well as extended family and friends.

Memorial services have been held.

Virginia A. Price

Virginia A. Price, 62, a resident of Palo Alto, died May 16.

She was born Oct. 26, 1942, in Zanesville, Ohio. After graduating from Zanesville High School, she attended nearby Muskingum College in southeastern Ohio. She spent her junior year abroad in Aix-en-Provence and graduated from Muskingum with degrees in both French and psychology.

In 1966 she joined IBM, where she worked as a marketing representative, a software instructor and an executive consultant. In 1973 she entered the doctoral program in counseling psychology at Stanford University.

As a doctoral student, she began a 20-year collaboration with Meyer Friedman on the study and treatment of Type A behavior. She helped develop the treatment protocol for modifying Type A behavior in the Recurrent Coronary Prevention Project (RCPP). The RCPP reduced both Type A behavior and the rate of recurrent heart attacks in a group of more than 1,000 post-coronary men and women.

In 1978 she married Peter Enemark. That same year she began to study Christian Science. In 1980, her son, David Price Enemark, was born and she received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology. In 1982, her second son, Daniel Price Enemark, was born and she published her first book, "Type A Behavior: A Model for Research and Practice."

She led stress-management groups in the RCPP, at the Army War College, in the private sector and in the Coronary/Cancer Prevention Project (CCPP). She also trained group leaders for the RCPP and for the CCPP. During the Soviet era, she traveled to Poland to teach the diagnosis and treatment of Type A behavior there.

She had a small private practice in Palo Alto. Of all her professional activities, leading stress-management groups was the most important to her. She went on to study the Enneagram theory of personality types. She published her second book, "The Essential Enneagram: The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide" in 2000. She traveled to Greece, Latvia, Thailand and Turkey to conduct workshops on the Enneagram.

She was a businesswoman, a scholar, a researcher, an author, a therapist, a group leader, a wife and a mother. She was a member of The Second Church of Christ, Scientist, in Palo Alto and a volunteer chaplain in the San Mateo County jails.

She is survived by her husband, Peter Enemark; son, David Price Enemark; and son, Daniel Price Enemark, all of Palo Alto. A memorial service has been held.

David Rubinfien

David Rubinfien, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died April 26. He was 83.

He was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1921, and educated at the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago.

He married Shulamith in 1943 and they had three children.

He was formerly president and CEO of Syva Co., Microgenics and Systemix.

He is survived by his wife, Shulamith, of Palo Alto; his sister, Leona Billings, of Davis; his son, Leo, of New York, New York; daughter Elizabeth, of Palo Alto; and daughter Louisa, of Washington, D.C.

Services will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Civil Liberties Union.

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