Latest Obituaries for Alta Mesa Funeral Home - Palo Alto
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Raphael Paul Gregorian, 85 Foster City, CaliforniaJuly 11, 1927 - May 13, 2013
A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area for over 60 years, died May 13, 2013. He was born in Stalingrad, USSR on July 11, 1927. He earned science and math degrees and advanced degrees from the American University of...
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Ranjan Antony Fernando , 58 Sunnyvale, CaliforniaSeptember 20, 1954 - May 10, 2013
Mr. Fernando was born on September 20, 1954 and passed away on Friday, May 10, 2013. Mr. Fernando was a resident of Sunnyvale, California.
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Judy Jean Furusho , 58 Palo Alto, CaliforniaMay 6, 1954 - May 4, 2013
Judy Jean Furusho, long time resident of Palo Alto, passed away peacefully on May 4th, 2013. She battled Lupus most of her life, but was a survivor, and her strength and courage helped her to overcome and go on. Judy ...
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Andrew Severance Pastorius , 70 Menlo Park, CaliforniaOctober 28, 1942 - May 3, 2013
The beloved husband of Carmela "Lina" Pastorius passed away at their home at Menlo Park on May 3, 2013. He was born on October 28th, 1942, in Orange, Connecticut, to loving parents Robert B. Pastorius and Katharine S....
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Michael Henry Rose , 65 PaloAlto, CaliforniaOctober 13, 1947 - April 21, 2013
Michael Henry Rose, a lifelong resident of the Peninsula, died April 21 after a long illness. He was 65. Born in Palo Alto on Oct.13, 1947, he graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1966. He served in Vietnam with the...
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Benjamin Charles Tobin, 28 Palo Alto, CaliforniaApril 19, 1984 - April 6, 2013
Just shy of his 29th birthday, Ben Tobin passed away in his Palo Alto birthplace. A fourth generation native Californian, Ben was nurtured at Preschool Family Preschool, Ohlone Elementary School, and JLS Middle School....
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Michael Anthony Odello, 92 Los Altos, CaliforniaJune 4, 1920 - April 3, 2013
Los Altos resident Michael Anthony Odello, 92, passed away April 3, 2013 at El Camino Hospital after suffering a stroke at home. Michael was born in San Francisco, and shortly after moved with his parents, Anna and...
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Alexander A.S. Tseng , 87 Palo Alto, CaliforniaMarch 12, 1926 - April 2, 2013
Alex was born in his family home in Beijing, China to his parents Tseng Lunan, a salt mining engineer and Chen Ming-Chao, a pediatrician. He was the youngest son and eighth child of nine. Alex was a member of the First...
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Frances Kennedy Maas, 90 Los Altos, CaliforniaJune 12, 1922 - March 23, 2013
Frances Kennedy Maas passed peacefully on March 23, 2013. She was born on June 12, 1922. She lived most of the following eighteen (18) years in a village called Culleoka, near McKinney, Texas. She graduated from high...
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Bud S. Stein , 93 Menlo Park, CaliforniaOctober 31, 1919 - March 23, 2013
At 93, Bud S. Stein died peacefully at 2:25pm, March 23 in Menlo Park after 21/2 years of chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Bud loved life and had many interests that he shared with friends. Born October 31, 1919 in...
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Bette Elaine Taylor, 87 Palo Alto, CaliforniaAugust 18, 1925 - March 22, 2013
Bette Elaine Taylor passed away Friday, March 22, 2013 in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 87 years. A life-long resident of the peninsula, she was born in San Mateo County, the daughter of Oren and Hazel Lewis....
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Yolanda Benson , 86 Menlo Park, CaliforniaDecember 3, 1926 - March 16, 2013
Yolanda Benson, 86, long time resident of Menlo Park passed away on March 16, 2013. Mrs. Benson was a waitress at the University Creamery and Jim's Coffee Shop in Palo Alto for many years. She is survived by her son,...
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Maxine Elston Nathanson , 97 Menlo Park, CaliforniaSeptember 14, 1915 - March 13, 2013
Maxine (Elston) Nathanson of Menlo Park, CA passed away peacefully on March 13, 2013 at the age of 97. Born in Kirksville, Missouri, she and her family moved to a farm near Pierre, South Dakota during the Depression,...
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Franz Karl Baumgratz, 83 Mountain View, CaliforniaJanuary 29, 1930 - March 8, 2013
Franz Karl Baumgratz, a longtime resident of the Bay Area passed away on March 8, 2013 at his home in Mountain View. Franz immigrated from Germany to the United States in 1956. He worked at a nursery in South San...
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Elizabeth Gao , 19 Palo Alto, CaliforniaOctober 30, 1993 - March 6, 2013
Elizabeth Gao, 19, Stanford class of 2015, passed away peacefully in her home in Palo Alto, California, surrounded by all those who loved her deeply, on the 6th of March 2013. Elizabeth was born on the 30th of...
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Lynda Canadas, 69 Redwood City, CaliforniaDecember 31, 1943 - March 5, 2013
Lynda passed away on March 5, 2013 at the age of 69. She was preceded in death by husband, Walter Canadas, parents, Phyllis and Elwyn Paxton, and brother, Philip. She is survived by her son Gary Lundstrom and his wife...
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Christine Wijman Stanford, California
February 28, 2013
Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 2:30pm at Alta Mesa Funeral Home in Palo Alto, CA
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Harry "Uddy" Leppo , 93 Menlo Park, CaliforniaJuly 12, 1919 - February 26, 2013
Harry "Uddy" Leppo, a native of Boston, MA, age 93, passed away peacefully in his sleep, February 26, 2013, at Stanford Hospital. He was the 4th of 10 children born to William and Anne Leppo. He is survived by his wife...
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Carol J. Quinlan, 81 Cupertino, CaliforniaMarch 30, 1931 - February 24, 2013
Carol J. Quinlan 81, of Cupertino died Sunday, February 24, 2013 in San Jose California. She was born in March of 1931 in Oklahoma. She married Robert Quinlan in 1951. They were married 49 years before his death in...
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Glenn Newton Keep , 94 San Jose, CaliforniaJuly 23, 1918 - February 20, 2013
Glenn Newton Keep, died on February 20, 2013. Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada on July 23, 1918. Predeceased by his wife, Margurite (Marge) in 2011, he is survived by his two daughters, Susan McCall and Maggi...
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Bob Franceschini, 82 Atherton, CaliforniaMarch 7, 1930 - February 12, 2013
Beloved Father, Grandfather, Business and Community Leader. Bob was most often characterized as generous and gregarious. His charm, welcoming nature, and smile were legendary. He had a keen sense of style and always ...
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Betty Lee Conzet, 84 Mountain View, CaliforniaNovember 25, 1928 - February 10, 2013
Our dear mother, grandmother and great grandma Betty passed away peacefully on February 10th 2013. Betty was born on Nov 25th 1928 in Pueblo Colorado the only child to Ernie and Mildred Wilberforce. Betty moved to...
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Patricia Lynn Faubion , 62 Redwood City, CaliforniaOctober 2, 1950 - February 7, 2013
Patti was born in Oakland, CA and raised in San Lorenzo where she graduated from Arroyo High School in 1968. She matriculated San Jose State University after high school and graduated with a BA degree in 1973. Patti...
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Han-Wen Liu Palo Alto, CaliforniaFebruary 7, 2013
Mr. Han-Wen Liu of Palo Alto passed away on 2/7/13. Mr. Liu was the owner of House of China restaurants in Palo Alto and Mountain View. He loved tennis, Mah Jong, literature and performing arts. He is survived by...
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Philip W. Selby , 45 Stockton, CaliforniaFebruary 15, 1967 - February 4, 2013
Philip W. Selby (Camacho) Feb. 15, 1967 - Feb. 4, 2013 Philip W. Selby passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 4, 2013. Philip was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated Menlo Atherton High. ...
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