Frank Wesley Knowles
1919-Aug. 20, 2007
Menlo Park, California

Menlo Park resident Frank Wesley Knowles died in Redwood City on Monday, Aug. 20, after a lengthy illness. He was 88.

Mr. Knowles was born in Los Gatos to Olive Warren Knowles and Frank Wesley Knowles, one of the first physicians in Los Gatos. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University in 1940, he worked for 44 years for Del Monte Corp. in San Francisco.

A resident of Menlo Park for more than 60 years, Mr. Knowles was an avid supporter of Stanford football and a fan of Dixieland jazz. Family members also say he was an enthusiastic golfer, traveler and reader.

His first wife, Marian Chandler Knowles, died in 1983. He is survived by his second wife, Joan of Menlo Park; son Barry Chandler Knowles of Paradise; daughter Karen Knowles True of Sebastopol; four step-daughters; one granddaughter; and eight step-grandchildren.

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