Nancy Jean Soltau passed away on January 30, 2025, in Palo Alto, CA. Nancy was born on June 21, 1931 to Verne and Ginevira Olson in Edina, MN. Nancy graduated from St. Louis H.S. and attended the University of Minnesota, where she was a member of the Pi Phi Sorority and was named Miss Snowflake her freshman year. At the university, she met her future husband, Gordon Soltau, at a sorority party an...

It is with great sadness that the family of Everett Spiva announces his passing on February 23, 2025. He was 93 years old. Born and raised in Puxico, Missouri. He entered the Army in 1951 and served in the Korean War. A member of the 8th Army Regiment and 519th Military Police, he was injured in combat. After being discharged, he moved to California to live with his sister Dorothy. He enrolled ...

Michael Owen Staiger died peacefully on October 29, 2024, after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. He was sixty. He was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Charles W. and Barbara A. Staiger. The family settled in St. Clair, Michigan, along the shores of the mighty St. Clair River. This, perhaps, was the origin of his lifelong love of rivers. Mike's childhood was full of love, encouragement, ...

Dan Stober, journalist, backpacker, cyclist, family man, and adored father and husband passed away on Oct. 7, 2024, from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. Dan was born Sept. 23, 1949, by the banks of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida to Mary and Julius Stober. He graduated from Riverside High School (named Robert E. Lee High School at the time) in 1967 and earned a degree...

Connie Sutton, a treasured mother, a partner, and friend, died at Stanford Hospital on October 17, 2024, after a courageous battle with CNS lymphoma. She is survived by her son, Colin E. Sutton, her partner Norm MacKay, a beloved doodle, Izzy, and by many, many friends and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, George W. Sutton, and by her parents, Jack and Alta Shanahan. Connie grew up in ...

Ginger Tanner passed away peacefully on November 6, 2024 at the age of 82 in Menlo Park, CA, where she lived for 35 years. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Ginger enjoyed horseback riding and cheerleading at HV Cooper High School before moving to New Orleans to attend Newcomb College. After graduating from Newcomb, Ginger enrolled in Tulane Law School, where she met and married Robert “Bo...

Richard Lee Thurlow passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 2nd, 2025 in Palo Alto. He was born April 9, 1948, the first son of Marion and Ernest Lee Thurlow, in Saginaw, Michigan. He is survived by his two children, Kelly and Spencer. The Thurlow family relocated to the Bay Area in the 1960s, where Richard graduated from Mills High School in 1967. He went on to earn an English degree fr...

Peter Earle Thurston May 29, 1940–December 19, 2024 Peter Earle Thurston, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle and cherished friend, passed away surrounded by the love of his immediate family members. Peter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Oakley Thurston and Frances Beverly Thurston. He grew up in rural Western Pennsylvania, where he, his fraternal twin brother, Mi...

Valda Theodora Cardoza Tormey was born at home in Half Moon Bay, CA. on February 21, 1925 to Manuel E. “Pat” Cardoza and Valda Malvina Cardoza. She was the youngest of five children. By her account she spent an idyllic childhood with lots of picnics and Sunday drives. Both sets of her grandparents lived nearby. After graduating from Half Moon Bay High School in 1942, she attended the Colle...

Marilyn “Marny” Trounson, 77, Menlo Park resident, born in San Francisco, was the first American to dance as a soloist for the Royal Ballet in London. She moved to Palo Alto in 1979 and taught ballet for the next 45 years, including at Western Ballet, Zohar, and Menlo Park Academy of Dance. Her bright smile, deeply empathetic nature and care for the Earth and all her creatures continues to tou...

John Uebbing, longtime resident of Palo Alto, father of two, grandfather of two and friend of many, died of cancer at Palo Alto Commons on November 20, 2024. He was 87 years old. John was born in Chicago on July 7, 1937, the first of six children of Dorothy and Albert Uebbing. John attended parochial schools in Chicago, graduating from Mount Carmel High School in 1955. His mother was an adminis...

Richard Bruce van Gelder, a telecommunications industry pioneer and loving father and grandfather, passed away Dec. 21, 2024, at the age of 90, following a 2 1/2-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was with family while undergoing hospice care at the time of his death. Born April 27, 1934, in Spokane, Washington, van Gelder was the son of John R. and Lelia M. van Gelder. His father, a logger...

Born on April 20, 1949, in Long Island NY, released to Heaven on October 9, 2024. His big, beautiful but failing heart finally gave up. He said he was ready and unafraid. Terry had two sisters, Candee, two years older and Leslie, two years younger. They were his best friends for life. His father Robert was a railroad mailman and a rough influence on Terry. His mother Muriel was an Angel. T...

Celebrating the Life of Rosemary Virginia Wardell Rosemary Virginia Wardell born on December 9, 1940, to John Brooks and Dorothy Boyd in Reno, Nevada. She was the youngest of four siblings. At an early age the family relocated to Southern California where she attended Uni High School She graduated high school in 1958. In 1958 she met the love of her life and married John “Jack” Warde...

Delores Marlene Weldon, beloved mother, grandmother, teacher, and cherished member of her community, passed away on January 14, 2025, after a five-year battle with dementia. Born in Wichita, Kansas, on August 14, 1943, to Oral M. Weldon and Mary Margaret Kimple, Delores, also known as Dee, was the only child of her loving family. She grew up in Wichita, graduated from South East High School, and e...