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...

Roy Elton McLaughlin, 67, died unexpectedly April 6th. 2024, at Monument Hospital, Rapid City, SD. He was born January 1st, 1957, in Sacramento, CA. The Son of Elton B. and Charlotte G. (Stievener) McLaughlin. Roy graduated from Norte Del Rio High School, class of 1975. Following graduation, Roy enlisted in he US Navy. Served proudly on the USS Scamp (SSN 588) and the USS Bremerton (SSN 698...

Muriel Gill McGee of Los Altos, CA, died peacefully in her home on April 1, 2024, at the age of 96, from complications arising from a fall. Throughout several years of physical and mental decline, her sweet disposition and lovely smile never faltered. Born in the City of Carlisle, Cumberland, England, on January 20, 1928, Muriel was the daughter of Joseph and Maria Jane Bulman, the first of f...

Barbara Leckey Jackson passed away on March 27, 2024. She was born in Miles City, Montana on July 7, 1941. She moved to Seattle, and Portland before graduating from high school. She received a degree from Whitworth College and a Masters in Language Education from Stanford. She taught Spanish for several years at Sequoia High School in Redwood City. She married Robert Jackson in 1964 and...

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...

Jean Garrett, a longtime Palo Alto resident, died at age 101 in her home in College Terrace on March 20, 2024. Jean was a WWII Veteran, a breast cancer survivor, a peace activist and a great neighborhood walker with her husband Paul, who died in 2016. Jean and Paul shared seventy happy years together. Jean was born outside Redding, California in 1922. She met Paul while they were both still ...

Tom was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Madeleine Zentner Randolph Haugan and Samuel William Randolph III. He grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Wilmette, Illinois and Santa Barbara. Tom and his older brother Sam loved spending each summer in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin at their grandparents’ cottage, where they were introduced to golf and became excellent sailors. Tom met his future wife Mary ...

Patricia Ann Hoagland McEwen, a native Californian and longtime resident of Palo Alto, died peacefully on the 16th of March in San Mateo. She was 100. Born in Los Angeles, Patty spent her infancy in Palo Alto. When the Depression struck, her parents Elmer and Marguerite moved back temporarily to Ohio to be with family. Elmer, a salesman, traveled a lot. Later, the family was able to return to...

Chesley M. Douglas Jr. August 1929 – March 2024 Resident of Palo Alto A native of San Jose, Chesley calmly stopped living while residing for the last 3 ½ months in a Menlo Park care home. The cause of his demise was dementia, which he had for the past 3 years. He was a special kind of a husband, married 68 years to Shirley Allen. A Father to two boys, Chesley III and Rawley, h...

Mary Roberta (Robin) Duggan passed away after a yearlong struggle with metastatic ovarian cancer. Throughout this period, she faced her ordeal with the bravery and graciousness that anyone who knew her would expect. Robin was born at Hoover Pavilion in Palo Alto to Keith Walker and Mary Sheehan Walker. She grew up on the peninsula, primarily in Menlo Park and Palo Alto, and graduated from Pal...

Adele was born in New Jersey on April 29, 1937, to William and Muriel Wishnow and was raised in the Bridgewater, New Jersey with her two sisters, Rhoda and Reba.  She met her husband of 61 years, Ronald Anthony Seltzer, while receiving a BS and MS in Educational Psychology at University of Pennsylvania. Ronald was an intern at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital when they met.  Adele is surv...

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Anton C. and Mildred Willemsen, Mike moved often, but he spent substantial portions of his childhood in Boise, Grand Rapids, and Bellevue in the Seattle area. At Bellevue High School, he discovered debate, excelled at it, and determined to seek a career in law. At Stanford, he earned his B.A. and M.A.in Economics, was elected Editor of the Law Review, and grad...

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...

Hope Raymond was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 11, 1929. She was a woman of courage, integrity, and grace. Her life centered around her love of the world and passion for learning. Over the course of her life Hope led countless spiritual seminars, traveled the world, journaled extensively, authored three books, and had four children, seven grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and a...