Born July 23, 1936, in Shanghai, China to Jack and Gladys Reed, Marcia Janice Cecilia Cecilia Li Mo Chen Reed Wythes lived her first five years in the French Concession of Shanghai, where she mastered the Shanghainese dialect.  World War II required an evacuation, and the Reeds sailed to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1941, months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.  A newly enrolled student at Punahou, M...

Patricia (Pat) Morrissey, age 87, died on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. She is survived by her brother, Dan Morrissey, and his wife, Kathryn, of Omaha, NE; her nephew, Joe Morrissey, of Minneapolis; MN, and her niece, Dr. Colleen Morrissey, her husband, Dr. Sean Kamperman, and their daughter, Nora, of Lawrence, KS. Pat dedicated her life to education. She earned her BA and teaching credential at...

Michael Miller Matthews July 5, 1940 – November 3, 2025 Michael Miller Matthews passed away peacefully on November 3, 2025, at the age of 85. He was born on July 5, 1940, in San Francisco, California, to Margaret and Grant Matthews, grew up in San Carlos and lived in Atherton for the last 50 years. A proud alumnus and member of the basketball team of Carlmont High School, Mike went on t...

Dr. Ralph Charles Yob, left peacefully on October 28, 2025. He is survived by wife Rosemary, his wife of 73 years, his daughter Victoria (Troy); and his four sons Mark (Andrea); Steve (Randi); Tom (Debi), and Tony; his 11 grandchildren, Brandon, Brenna, Michael (Ashley); Emily (Carlton); Danny (Sarah) Steve (Amanda); Brittney (Jakub); Brooke, Troy, Bradley, Zoe; and his 4 great grandchildren, Ryle...

Hortense Hyacinth Burke, nee Guthrie September 29, 1942 - October 28, 2025 Hortense Hyacinth Burke, 83, of Los Altos Hills, California passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Born in Kingston, Jamaica on September 29, 1942 to Astley Guthrie & Lurline Graham, Hortense (nicknamed June) was the eldest of four girls. She is survived by her sisters: Dahlia (aka Greta) and Marjorie (aka Dimple...

GERALDINE “GERI” KINYON (80), lifelong Palo Alto resident, Cubberley High School class of 1962, and UC Santa Cruz graduate, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2025 surrounded by her family. A former Santa Clara County social worker turned professional photographer, Geri was beloved for her boundless heart and humor. Devoted mother to four children, she served as a second mother to countles...

Grant “Gary” Knute Hagestad, 88, of Portola Valley, California and Carson City, Nevada, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2025, surrounded by family and friends. Born July 20, 1937, in San Mateo, CA, to Hamilton and Ruth Hagestad, Gary grew up in Placerville and spent his youth surveying the Sierra Mountains with his father. He graduated with honors from Sonora High School and earned a ...

Dr. Joseph Cindrich, 90, of Menlo Park, died peacefully at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Palo Alto on October 24, 2025. He is survived by his dear companion, Alberta (Bear) O’Brien. Joe was predeceased by his wife Karen (2015), his father and mother, Anthony (1954) and Agnes (1958); sisters Katherine Kasmarcak (2011), Anne Chromey (2000), and Mary Alice Lapsevich (2018); and brothers...

Helen Marie Herbert Lieberman died peacefully at home surrounded by family on October 23, 2025 at the age of 98. Helen was born on February 4, 1927 in Sioux City, Iowa, to Henry and Esther (Dunn) Herbert. Her family later moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she attended school and graduated from high school. In January 1946, Helen courageously accepted an opportunity to leave home and mov...

Helen Babb of Portola Valley, California—a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, gardener, artist, and world traveler—passed away peacefully on October 18, 2025, at the age of 89 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Místek, Czechoslovakia (a small Moravian town near today’s Czech-Polish border), Helen and her parents, Dr. Ernest Weys and Zdenka Re...

Longtime Palo Alto resident, William Ernest Green, 88, passed on Friday, Oct. 17 at home in the arms of his wife, Loretta, surrounded by their children and grandchildren. Bill, as he was known, fled the snow in Rochester, New York and arrived in Palo Alto in 1971, satisfying his dreams of living in California. He joined the legal staff of Boise Cascade, then a paper and forest products c...

Longtime Palo Alto resident, William Ernest Green, 88, passed on Friday, Oct. 17 at home in the arms of his wife, Loretta, surrounded by their children and grandchildren. Bill, as he was known, fled the snow in Rochester, New York and arrived in Palo Alto in 1971, satisfying his dreams of living in California. He joined the legal staff of Boise Cascade, then a paper and forest products...

Kraig Norbert Branner was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday, January 31, 1962. He passed away on the Thursday evening of October 16, 2025, at home in San Jose, California. He graduated from Palo Alto High School and San Jose State University with BS degrees in Industrial Technology and Electrical & Electronics Engineering. A lifelong RF Engineer, Kraig was designing, building and testing pro...

The only child and absolute apple of her parents Virginia and Raymond Engasser’s eye, Pat was raised in Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA. Always the overachiever, she got her first job at age three! A Hollywood agent saw Pat on a street corner and told her mother that the brown-eyed girl had to be in the movies. Known as a child actress who could master her lines and cry on demand, “Patsy Nash...

James Wallace passed away Saturday October 11, 2025. He was three days away from his birthday on October 15. He would’ve been 72. He was born October 15, 1953; he was 71. He moved on to heaven and is now with his late father Laurence Wallace, younger brother Glenn Wallace, and many aunts and uncles. He leaves behind his loving mother Joyce Wallace, his younger sister April Hoppa, brother-in-la...