OBITUARY ROBERT H. AARONSON 1955-2023 Robert Aaronson died unexpectedly at 68 years old on December 12, 2023. He was born in New York on January 17, 1955 to Violet (Gellert) Aaronson and Allen Aaronson. He graduated from MIT and went on to graduate from Stanford Law School. He started his law career working for the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office doing child abuse law. Later he mo...

Joseph Anthony Aiello died on Thursday, January 25th 2024 in Mountain View, CA after a long illness. He was surrounded by his loving family. Joseph was born on February 1, 1939 in Castelsilano, a small town in Calabria Italy. He emigrated to the United States in 1956 first settling in San Francisco. Understanding that technology would be the wave of the future, he geared up for a career i...

Ian James Allan, long-time resident of Palo Alto, beloved brother and friend, passed away quietly on April 11, 2024, in the early afternoon at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. Starting life in Berkeley, California, on November 15, 1958, as the fourth child of William and Muriel Allan, Ian would excel in academics, athletics, and making many friends. After his parents relocated to Palo Al...

She was class valedictorian of Barringer High School in Newark, New Jersey. Maria went on to graduate with honors from Smith College. She pursued a Master’s Degree in zoology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, followed by studies at the Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia and the University of Michigan Medical School, where she earned her M.D. with a specialization in surgery. Thro...

Sam Anderson lived an active life of daily walks, gardening, and socializing with family, friends, and neighbors for the last four years, despite a lung cancer diagnosis in 2019. He died, surrounded by his family, of complications from pneumonia on December 24, 2023, at age 83. Samuel Robert Anderson was born on August 6, 1940 in El Paso, Texas, to Pollyanna Gibson and Samuel Lewis Anderson. Hi...

Surrounded by family and friends, Joseph L. (Joe) Baldwin, born August 26, 1931, died peacefully at his home in Palo Alto on March 26, 2024. A longtime resident of Palo Alto, in his retirement Joe advocated for and helped to lead local initiatives to provide solutions and supports for unhoused individuals and families. He served as President of the Urban Ministry, as Co-Chair of the Community...

Cecil “Chip” Barnes 76 passed away peacefully January 4, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his close family. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1947, the oldest of three children of Loretta Van Rie Barnes and Cecil Barnes III. At three months old he moved to California and spent most of his life in the Bay Area. From a young age Chip became involved in theater....

Sue Basso was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 22, 1941 to Ruth and Claude Artero. After spending her first 2 ½ years of life in South America, the family moved to the U.S., eventually settling in Danville, California. During her senior year at San Ramon High School Sue traveled as an exchange student to Patros, Greece, and the experience sparked a lifelong passion for travel. ...

Sue Basso was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 22, 1941 to Ruth and Claude Artero. After spending her first 2 ½ years of life in South America, the family moved to the U.S., eventually settling in Danville, California. During her senior year at San Ramon High School Sue traveled as an exchange student to Patros, Greece, and the experience sparked a lifelong passion for travel. ...

Dr. Clayton Wilson Bates, Jr., an esteemed electrical engineer and physicist, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was 91 years old. He is survived by his three children, Katherine Bates, Christopher Bates, and Naomi Haines, son-in-law, Jason Haines, and grandson, Jett Haines. He was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, Priscilla S. Bates, his parents Cl...

Dorothy West Beachler passed away at her daughters home in Portola Valley, CA on November 13th. She was 102 years old. Dorothy was born in Palmyra New York and was the oldest child of James and Cecile West. She was the first woman in her family to attend college and received her Bachelor's Degree from Miami University of Ohio. She got her pilot's license in her early twenties and was a member of ...

Long-time Palo Alto resident Trudy Bowman died peacefully in her home on November 18, 2023, at the “living past 90 is so unnecessary” age of 95 years. Born Gertrude Lucy Keller in 1928 in Timisoara, Romania (formerly the Austria-Hungarian Empire) to Jansci and Vera Keller, Trudy was the younger of two daughters. Her early childhood was easy and typical of upper middle-class European Jewish lif...

Trudy was a life-long patron of the arts. She regularly attended the San Francisco Symphony, taking the senior shuttle from the Jewish Community Center with her several dear friends in Palo Alto. She attended many plays performed at the Los Altos Stage Company, inviting friends and family to join her.  Trudy loved movies, both contemporary and classic, and she regularly attended Stanford Theater�...

Charles William Bradley ("Charlie" or "Chuck") died peacefully on November 4, 2023 after a rapid decline from metastatic cancer. He was a devoted father, caring friend, tennis enthusiast, and teller of corny jokes. Born on February 4, 1937 in Estes Park, CO, Charlie was raised in a working class neighborhood of St. Louis, MO with his younger brother Harry by their parents Donna Clark Bradley...

Longtime Palo Alto resident Joseph Stephen Brugler (Steve) died peacefully at home on November 28, 2023, in his final moments quoting Shakespeare and asking his wife of 64 years for a kiss. An early contributor to the semiconductor industry, Steve spent his professional life working to enhance the lives of people with disabilities/illnesses through technology, and in retirement he continued to su...

Dr. Linda Davis Caren was born on April 17, 1941, in Corsicana, Texas. Her father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, and Linda moved almost annually during her childhood, including time in Brazil and Japan. Learning how to make new friends so often may have been why she was blessed with so many wonderful friends throughout her entire adult life. Linda attended Ohio State University for h...

Marge Cassingham, a 55-year resident of Portola Valley, died January 24, a few weeks before she would have turned 100. A gifted musician and classical pianist for 90 years, Marge was active in the Palo Alto Two Piano Club; her living room in Ladera was a favored place to practice as it had plenty of room for its two Steinway grand pianos. In Los Angeles, she was a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota...