Donald John Roberts—known simply as John to those who loved him—passed away peacefully at home on January 23, 2026. He faced a long illness with the same quiet strength and dignity that defined his eighty years, surrounded in his final moments by the family and friends who meant the world to him. John’s story began in Winnipeg on February 11, 1945. The son of Margaret and Donald V. Rob...

Mary Frances Rominger (Sickenberger), a devoted patron of the arts, loving and supportive wife and mother, and community volunteer, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on December 11, 1931, in Manzanola, Colorado, Fran grew up with a deep appreciation for music that would shape her lifelong passions. She pursued her love for the piano as a music major at the Uni...

Richard Runkel, age 93, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on February 8, 2026. Richard lived a long and full life, defined by his resilience, sense of responsibility, and a devotion to his family. Born and raised in Arcadia, Wisconsin, to Allen and Vera Runkel, Richard grew up in a lively household as one of six children. His youth was filled with German and Irish heri...

Hugh Maxwell Satterlee was born on March 7th, 1931 in Sacramento, California. The first born child of his mother, Mary Barton Cusick, he was the 6th child of Ivan Claude Satterlee. Hugh was studious and excelled in school. He enjoyed tinkering with anything mechanical, taking it apart and putting it back together. In 1953 Hugh received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from S...

Marlowe Ann Hadeler (later Savelle) was born in 1945 at Stanford Hospital in San Francisco and grew up in Menlo Park, where she attended Menlo-Atherton High School. She attended college at the University of New Mexico and then did something many people dream about and few actually do: she went to Europe—and stayed. While there, she met and married Marc Savelle and welcomed her first daughter, Al...

Marlowe Ann Hadeler (later Savelle) was born in 1945 at Stanford Hospital in San Francisco and grew up in Menlo Park, where she attended Menlo-Atherton High School. She attended college at the University of New Mexico and then did something many people dream about and few actually do: she went to Europe—and stayed. While there, she met and married Marc Savelle and welcomed her first daughter, Al...

A deeply devoted father, husband, brother, son, and friend to many, whose expertise in and passion for the outdoors spanned his entire life, Scott James Scherer passed away from natural causes while surfing along his beloved California coast on Friday, March 6, 2026. He was 56 and lived in Menlo Park, California. On September 12th, 1969, Scott was born in Palo Alto, California, to Jim and Renie S...

John W. Stypula, Jr., known as “Jan,” died peacefully at his Pebble Beach home on February 26, 2026, at age 87. He shared more than 65 years of marriage with his wife, Gail. A Stanford educated architect, Jan was a principal partner at Spencer Associates of Palo Alto and contributed to notable projects including the California State Railroad Museum, the downtown Palo Alto library and the Sar...

Mary Lou Oldham (Judd) Taylor passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 14, 2026, at age 86. Mary was born September 20, 1939, to Dr. Ernest Whitney Oldham and Ruth McBride Oldham. She was the second of four children, growing up as the doctor’s daughter in the small town of Coalville, Utah. After losing both parents by age 14, she and her older sister worked to keep the family to...

Zelamire "Zel" Petrus Terluin, 70, of Kihei, passed away on March 1, 2026, after a short battle with cancer. He was born on March 28, 1955, in De Hague, the Netherlands, to Jan A. and Johanna (Kick) Terluin. (deceased). He is survived by his wife Margie Terluin. Zel spent his early years in the Netherlands before immigrating with his family to Palo Alto, California, in 1961. Growing up surrou...

Mary Alice Thornton passed away peacefully on January 3, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 87. She was born on May 7, 1938, in Zanesville, Ohio. She grew up in Denver, Colorado. Mary Alice shared 52 devoted years of marriage with her beloved husband, David Thornton. Together, they built a life rooted in learning, curiosity, service, and deep love for family. An avid traveler, Mary A...

Obituary of a Young Sailor Carl Stanford Treichel was released from the grasp of Schizophrenia and Parkinson's Diseases when he died at home on November 14, 2025. He lived two lives: a brief life of joy and adventure followed by a long life in the captivity of illness. This is not a usual obituary because Carl's life was lived in two separate eras. In fact, it is more of a tragic story. ...

Isanild (Lucena) Wakefield passed away on March 23, 2026, in Los Altos, California, at the age of 92. Born Isanild Barreto de Lucena on November 14, 1933, in Monte Alegre, Brazil, to Donatilla Barreto de Lucena and Ornilo Lucena, she was one of thirteen children. In her twenties, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she met and married American engineer Kenneth Wakefield. They relocated to Californi...

Richard Allen Walston, a man of remarkable ingenuity, dry wit, and steadfast devotion to his family, passed away peacefully at his home in Palo Alto on March 13, 2026, following a courageous and stoic three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. Born on May 31, 1944, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Viola (Pangburn) and George Walston, Richard lived a life defined by insatiable curiosity and a "jack...

Born in San Francisco and raised in Palo Alto and Santa Cruz, Joseph Erskine Welsh was a true California boy. He surfed the Rivermouth in Santa Cruz on a 9’6” Jack’s longboard and skied the steep slopes of Lake Tahoe on the new Head Aluminum Standard skis. When he was 10 years old, he rode the Squaw Peak chairlift serving modern-day Siberia with a frightened Icelandic downhiller who subseque...

Craig Leon Wentz, 62, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2025 in Denver, CO. Craig was born in Mountain View, CA, and grew up in Menlo Park, CA where his love of sports, people, and storytelling first took shape. He attended Menlo Atherton HS and graduated from Palo Alto HS in 1981. He then went on and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1986 with a degree in Communication and b...

George Geoffrey Westerfield (Geoff), 67, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 1, 2025, at Mission House, a hospice home, in Redwood City, California. Geoff was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the beloved son of Putney and Anne Westerfield. Raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, and summers enjoyed in Watch Hill, RI., he graduated from Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut, ...