Isanild (Lucena) Wakefield passed away on March 23, 2026, in Los Altos, California, at the age of 92. Born Isanild Barreto de Lucena on November 14, 1933, in Monte Alegre, Brazil, to Donatilla Barreto de Lucena and Ornilo Lucena, she was one of thirteen children. In her twenties, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she met and married American engineer Kenneth Wakefield. They relocated to Californi...

Modesto Remo Imbimbo, known fondly as Rem, Pop, Nonno, & Uncle Remo, passed away at his home in Woodside, California. A true Valentine's child who filled every moment of his life with boundless love, laughter, & generosity. The youngest of four children of Italian immigrants, he was predeceased by his siblings Dionigi (Nig), Carlo (Sam), & Catherine (Babe). His lifelong love story with Barbar...

A born storyteller, Thomas Trebitsch Parker was a writer who told other people’s stories, sometimes earning himself and those he wrote about, like baseball great Dave Winfield, a place on the New York Times bestseller list, with “Winfield: A Player’s Life.” Other notables with whom Parker collaborated on books about their singular lives included Sandra Kurtzig, the first woman to take a Si...

Carol Engle Kornfeld Passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 15, 2026, in Cupertino, CA. Formerly of Tenafly, NJ, she was predeceased by her adoring husband of 55 years, Peter Kornfeld, MD (Vienna, Austria), and sister, Judith Engle Siegel (South Orange, NJ). She is survived by her children, Robert Kornfeld (Maureen Pace), and Jane Kornfeld Bessin, and grandchildren, Julie Bes...

Mary Lou Oldham (Judd) Taylor passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 14, 2026, at age 86. Mary was born September 20, 1939, to Dr. Ernest Whitney Oldham and Ruth McBride Oldham. She was the second of four children, growing up as the doctor’s daughter in the small town of Coalville, Utah. After losing both parents by age 14, she and her older sister worked to keep the family to...

Eleanor “Ellie” Whittier Tilden Gardner, a fourth-generation San Franciscan and a beloved presence in the Portola Valley community, passed away on March 14, 2026. Born in San Francisco to Heber Voorman Tilden and Eleanor Whittier Weir Tilden, Ellie spent her childhood in Woodside, where she developed a lifelong love of horses, the outdoors, and painting. She attended Sacred Heart Schools and C...

Richard Allen Walston, a man of remarkable ingenuity, dry wit, and steadfast devotion to his family, passed away peacefully at his home in Palo Alto on March 13, 2026, following a courageous and stoic three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. Born on May 31, 1944, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Viola (Pangburn) and George Walston, Richard lived a life defined by insatiable curiosity and a "jack...

John Thomas Antoun was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Majid John and Marion Mitchell Antoun, the second of their six children. He was a 1961 graduate of Cathedral Prep and a 1965 graduate of The University of Notre Dame, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. After graduation from Notre Dame he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Navy, serving four years as a faculty member ...

A deeply devoted father, husband, brother, son, and friend to many, whose expertise in and passion for the outdoors spanned his entire life, Scott James Scherer passed away from natural causes while surfing along his beloved California coast on Friday, March 6, 2026. He was 56 and lived in Menlo Park, California. On September 12th, 1969, Scott was born in Palo Alto, California, to Jim and Renie S...

July 25, 1923 - March 3, 2026 Floyd Sylvan Kessler was born on July 25, 1923 in McKeeesport, Pennsylvania and passed away on March 3, 2026 in Los Altos, California. He was 102. He attended George Washington University in Washington, DC taking courses in the Department of Engineering. Floyd married Barbara Goodman on December 28, 1952 in Washington, DC They moved to California and eventual...

Alan Churchill Jones passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 28, at 2:10 p.m., while in hospice care. He lived a life defined by resilience, scientific dedication, deep love, and quiet generosity. Alan grew up in Berkeley, California, where he met his childhood neighbor and lifelong love, Olga. Both red-haired and spirited, they became sweethearts early on and remained devoted to one anoth...

Kathryn Rose Beadle passed away peacefully February 28th at Markesan Resident Home, in Markesan, Wisconsin at the age of 88. She grew up in Galesville, WI, and was the youngest of four children. Her parents, Orlo and Beulah Beadle, were both teachers. They instilled in all their children the importance of learning, deep connection with family and commitment to service. Kathy graduated wit...

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved sister, Mary Helen Luna, on February 27, 2026, at age 67 after a prolonged illness. She resided in Mountain View, California her entire life. She was a graduate of Mountain View High School and worked at Bank of America and Shoreline Amphitheater beginning with its opening in 1986. She is survived by her partner, Dean Potts...

Born in San Francisco and raised in Palo Alto and Santa Cruz, Joseph Erskine Welsh was a true California boy. He surfed the Rivermouth in Santa Cruz on a 9’6” Jack’s longboard and skied the steep slopes of Lake Tahoe on the new Head Aluminum Standard skis. When he was 10 years old, he rode the Squaw Peak chairlift serving modern-day Siberia with a frightened Icelandic downhiller who subseque...

John W. Stypula, Jr., known as “Jan,” died peacefully at his Pebble Beach home on February 26, 2026, at age 87. He shared more than 65 years of marriage with his wife, Gail. A Stanford educated architect, Jan was a principal partner at Spencer Associates of Palo Alto and contributed to notable projects including the California State Railroad Museum, the downtown Palo Alto library and the Sar...