Winifred Silver
1920-May 5, 2010
Menlo Park, California

Winifred Green Silver of Menlo Park died May 5, 2010, following a long illness. A member of an early San Francisco family, Ms. Silver was 87.

Born in San Francisco in 1920, Ms. Silver attended Miss Burke's school, Las Lomitas elementary school and Castilleja high school, where she was student body president. At the University of Oregon she was president of Heads of Houses. She was one of three students invited to have tea with Eleanor Roosevelt when she visited the university. At the university she met her future husband, David Silver. The couple moved to California when he took the California State Bar examination. Mr. Silver died in 2004.

In her youth Ms. Silver was an avid equestrian, favoring the Western saddle. She gave up riding to raise her two daughters. An animal lover, she raised champion standard schnauzers. She was a volunteer at Allied Arts Guild and in the psychiatric department at Stanford University Hospital. A respected bridge player, Ms. Silver continued playing until recently. She was appreciated for her kindness and consideration for others, say family members.

She is survived by her daughters, Dale of San Francisco, and Barbara of Paris; a brother, William Green; a sister, Marion Euphrat; and two grandsons.