Lasting Memories

Maureen Helen Dworak
Sept. 28, 1937-Dec. 19, 2006
Palo Alto, California

Maureen Helen Dworak, 69, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died Dec. 19, 2006, at her Palo Alto home.

She was born Sept. 28, 1937, in Kenmore, N.Y. She graduated at the top her class from Kenmore High School. After attending the University of Rochester for a few years, she married Richard Dworak in 1959. She earned her bachelor's degree and obtained a master's degree in education at the University of Buffalo.

Her husband remembered her as being "open, super-friendly, understanding, bright, strong and always upbeat." She was a social worker at Emerson Hospital, a human-resources specialist at Concern and a volunteer at the Arthritis Society.

She is survived by her husband, Richard Dworak of Palo Alto; her daughter, Rebecca Davies of San Diego; her daughter, her daughter, Kara Chambers of Mountain View; son-in-law, Joe Davies of San Diego; son-in-law, Cliff Chambers of Mountain View; and one granddaughter.