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Gerald Down
July 1, 1933 - July 5, 2025
Portola Valley, California

Tags: veteran, business

In Loving Memory of Gerald Charles Down - 1933 – 2025 It is with deep love and admiration that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather Gerald Charles Down (Jerry), who passed away peacefully at the age of 92. Born in Berkeley, California, Jerry grew up in Montclair and began his journey as a spirited young paper boy, already demonstrating th...

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Luise Maier
Feb. 9, 1928 - June 29, 2025
Inlet Beach, Florida
Luise Sortino Maier was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 9, 1928. The family moved to “The Farm” outside of Princeton, New Jersey where she learned to hunt and to her chagrin, can tomatoes. I will never can another tomato! Off to college at Trenton State Teachers College where Sortie met her best friends who throughout life remained strong and true. Ever the maverick, Luise heads We...

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David Allan Schooley
April 17, 1943 - June 26, 2025
Palo Alto, California

Tags: teacher/educator

David Schooley, age 82, died suddenly but peacefully at Stanford Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born to Gertrude and Elmer Schooley in Denver, CO, but grew up in Las Vegas, NM, a small town in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. Summers were spent at the family ranch in Westcliffe, Colorado, which cemented his love of the Colorado lands. He will be buried in the family ...

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Susan Chance
Jan. 15, 1943 - June 25, 2025
Portola Valley, CA
Susan "Sue" Chance, a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away unexpectedly on June 25, 2025, following a stroke. She was born Susan Halsey in Davenham, Cheshire, United Kingdom. When Sue was only 13-years old, her mother tragically died. This left her responsible for assisting her father to help manage the family, which included her 8-year old brother and her older brother's baby. ...

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Patricia Michele Mulvey
Nov. 24, 1942 - June 23, 2025
Palo Alto, California

Tags: public service

Patricia Michele ("Trish") Mulvey of Palo Alto died peacefully at home on June 23, 2025. She was 82. Trish was born in Fresno, California, November 24, 1942, the first daughter of Catharine and Ralph Maxwell. She lived with her mother near her grandparents in La Jolla, California, while her father served in the Pacific for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The family returned to Fresno after the ...

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Bruce Alan Williamson
July 4, 1946 - June 22, 2025
Union City California, USA

Tags: arts/media, teacher/educator, business

Bruce Alan Williamson, a long-time resident of the Bay Area, passed away peacefully at Kaiser Permanente Fremont, with friends at his side, on June 22, 2025, just shy of his 79th birthday. Bruce was born July 4, 1946, in Johnstown, Ohio, and was raised in Huntington, West Virginia and Columbus, Ohio. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College and obtained a master’s degree fro...

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Beth Stacey Grossman
May 19, 1962 - June 14, 2025
New York, New York
Beth Grossman was born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, to Stephanie and Herbert Grossman. She grew up in a variety of places, moving to Washington, D.C., then to Sudbury, MA (the namesake of her childhood cat), and finally, to Palo Alto in the second grade. She attended Palo Alto High School, where she was involved in El Al BBG. After graduating high school, Beth went to Williams College where she s...

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Leland David Levy
Sept. 20, 2025 - June 10, 2025
Palo Alto, California

Tags: public service

Le Levy passed away from pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 at 90 years old, surrounded by friends and family. In his long life, Le served on the Palo Alto city council for 12 years and mayor in 1985. He was a long time member of Congregation Beth Am, including serving on its board, as its president, and on its religious education committee. He was also a long time member of Rotary,...

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Robert B Harrington
April 21, 1941 - June 8, 2025
Palo Alto, California
Robert B. Harrington (Bob) of Palo Alto, CA, died, at Stanford Hospital on June 8, 2025 after a short illness. He was 84 years old. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Margie, and by his children: Melissa Whiting (Jill French), Steven Harrington, David Harrington, Elizabeth (Kris) Kristofferson, by his grandchildren Griffin Whiting, and Drea Gomes (Eric). Lauren Whiting (Jonelle), Mitchell an...

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Charles Pius Bonini
Nov. 22, 1933 - June 6, 2025
Stanford, California

Tags: teacher/educator

Stanford, CA — Charles Pius “Chuck” Bonini, a pioneering scholar of decision sciences and a beloved father, husband, grandfather, teacher and mentor passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on June 6, 2025. For more than four decades, Professor Bonini served on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), where he held the William R. Timken Professorship ...

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Thomas King Wyatt
Jan. 20, 1936 - May 29, 2025
Palo Alto, California
It is with great sadness that the family of Thomas King Wyatt announces his passing on May 29, 2025. He was a much loved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to many. Born in San Francisco to Francis and Dorothy Wyatt on January 20, 1936, Tom was the eldest of three brothers. His family had deep Bay Area roots along with a strong connection to Peru, where he and his siblings ...

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Peter John Anderson
June 16, 1939 - May 25, 2025
Palo Alto, California
Peter John Anderson, John to everyone who knew him, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend to many, passed away peacefully on May 25th, 2025 at the age of 85.  He will be greatly missed.  John  was born on the island of Gulangyu near Xiamen, China on June 16, 1939. He was the only child of missionaries, Peter Anderson, a Scot, and Constance Mary Hopkinson, an Englishwoman from Suf...

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Joyce Marie Leonard
July 8, 1931 - May 21, 2025
Palo Alto, California

Tags: public service

Joyce Leonard passed away peacefully at her home in Palo Alto surrounded by her loving family on May 21st. She was two months shy of her 94th birthday. Joyce was born in Honor, Michigan to Carl and Helen Green. Joyce, her two sisters and her brother enjoyed life on the family’s farm near Traverse City, with woods, cherry orchards, and Lake Michigan nearby. This setting fostered Joyce’s...

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Paul Pei-Jen Hau
Feb. 25, 1917 - May 20, 2025
Los Altos, California

Tags: arts/media

Paul Pei-Jen Hau led a remarkable life. Books have been written about his background and his art. Paul Hau (Hou Beiren), artist, diplomat, scholar, author and teacher, passed away at age 108 in his Los Altos home on May 20, 2025. Paul was born in Haicheng, Liaoning Province, China in 1917, moved to Hong Kong in 1949 and came to California in 1956 with his family. After attending college in...

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Jim Beer
Jan. 7, 1935 - May 19, 2025
Menlo Park, California
Jim Beer, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and respected local business owner, passed away peacefully at his home in Menlo Park on May 19, 2025, at the age of 90. A native of Centerville, Iowa, Jim was born on January 7, 1935. He married his high school sweetheart, Beverly Rodgers, in 1955. They shared over 60 loving years together before her passing in 2016. Together, they raised two ch...

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Ethel Isabella Newell
Dec. 2, 1947 - May 19, 2025
Olympia, Washington
Ethel Isabella Newell, affectionately known as Nonna and Big E, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed from this life peacefully in her sleep at home with her husband by her bedside on the morning of May 19, 2025. She lived a full, abundant life to the very end, despite having ovarian cancer for the past 4 years. The youngest of three daughters, Ethel was born in Ma...

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Theda Firschein
April 30, 1932 - May 18, 2025
Palo Alto, California
Theda Firschein, gifted writer, librarian, wife, mother, grandmother, and devoted keeper of Yiddish and Jewish literary tradition, passed away on May 18, 2025, at the age of 93. An immensely kind and intelligent woman of quick wit, she loved her husband and best friend, Oscar; revered her grandchildren, Jenny, Ava, and Ariel; and found great strength in her children Joseph and Ben, and daughters-...

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