Jerry Pierce passed away April 12, 2026 at his home in Redwood City, California, surrounded by his family. A true Renaissance man of the modern era, Jerry was defined by his passion for the great outdoors, his technical expertise, and his keen eye for the beauty of the natural world. Jerry had three separate lives: as technologist, family man, and avid outdoor enthusiast focusing on his photograph...

Martha Prindle McLaughlin, 89, of Palo Alto, passed away peacefully on April 6, 2026, surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. She was born in Hillsborough, California, where she attended local schools and graduated from UCSF with a degree in Nursing. She worked as a nurse in San Francisco, San Jose and Stanford, but Martha dedicated her life primarily to her cherished role as a daug...

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...

Sada Chidambaram, our beloved father, grandfather, brother, and uncle passed away on March 16th at the age of 81. The older of two siblings, Sada was born in Kerala, India in November towards the end of the British Raj. While predeceased by his wife, Marie-Angele, whom he missed dearly, Sada is survived by his daughter, Meena, his son-in-law, Tory, and their children, his son, Nicolas, his daughte...

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...