Computer scientist, engineer, Renaissance man, husband, father, and grandfather, Oscar Firschein passed away on March 5 at the age of 97. Son of a printer in Brooklyn, NY, he pioneered research in the early field of artificial intelligence. Along with the founders of AI, he had influence in the development of key AI technologies, such as the ability of satellites to recognize images from space, au...

Roger Justice Fleischmann September 23, 1934 – March 5, 2025 Roger Justice Fleischmann, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, accomplished attorney, and passionate golfer, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2025 in Portola Valley, California, at the age of 90. Born on September 23, 1934 in Buffalo, New York, Roger grew up on the East Coast before settling in Palo Alto with his paren...

June Helena Dwellingham Fleming, a trailblazing leader and devoted public servant, passed away peacefully on December 9, 2024, at the age of 93. Born on June 24, 1931, in Little Rock, Arkansas, she was the cherished daughter of Herman and Ethel Lucille Dwellingham. June’s lifelong passion for education and service was evident in her many accomplishments. June was a graduate of Dunbar High...

Frederick Dale Fullmer died on November 21, 2024 at age 91. Born November 12, 1933 in Spokane, Washington, Fred was the first of two children of the late Fred Hudson and Mildred Zoe (Patterson) Fullmer. In 1951, Fred graduated from Ballard High School in Seattle following his junior year because his family was relocating to San Francisco. It was there that he met the love of his life, R...

David Lawrence (Larry) Gershon, 77. Passed away on March 19th, 2025 in Palo Alto, California. A loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and Navy veteran. Larry lived a life marked by service, love for family, and a deep commitment to supporting others. Born on December 6, 1947 in Stillwater Oklahoma, Larry was the son of Morris and Maurice Gershon. He attended Stillwater High Schoo...

Herbert Allan Grench passed away on Dec. 19, 2024, after a long, adventurous and remarkable life. He was born October 4, 1932, in Elmwood Park, IL. He grew up in Brookfield, IL, with his parents, Viola and John Grench, and siblings John, Robert, Gloria, and Carol. Herb attended Kalamazoo College where he took an ornithology class, sparking a lifelong passion for birding and for his ...

Brian Tak Hong Guan, a man beloved by many, passed away at his home, surrounded by family on December 10, 2024. He was 57. Brian was born and raised in Malaysia as one of seven siblings to parents born in China. He was a true citizen of the world, multilingual, culturally fluent, and made meaningful friendships everywhere he went. He was known throughout his life for his intelligence, wit, kin...

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and long-time resident of Palo Alto, California, Lelia “Terry” Morrow Guice was surrounded by loved ones when she passed away on February 8, 2025, in Austin, Texas - a place that she called home in recent years so that she could be close to her devoted daughter, Elizabeth. Born on January 27, 1946, Terry was the oldest child of Lelia Terry Morrow and D...

William Sterling (Bill) Hackmann of Elsberry, Missouri, and a former resident of Palo Alto and the Bay Area from 1977 to the mid-1990s, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, surrounded by loving family members and friends. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Kathy Hackmann (nee Petitt), his older brother Frank (Susan) Hackmann of Clayton, Missouri, and his older brother ...

Jane Watrous Hall, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 1, 2024. Born on November 17, 1938, in San Francisco, California, she was the daughter of Lucile Hansen and Winthrop Porter Watrous. Raised in Kentfield, California, Jane was the second of three daughters in a close-knit family. Jane attended Ross Grammar School and graduated from Sir Franci...

Alice (Katie) Kittrell Harris died February 11, 2025, at her home in Berkeley, California, from a rare pancreatic cancer. Born in 1969 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Joseph Harris and Nancy Flowers, she grew up in Palo Alto, California, where she attended Castilleja School. She graduated from Oberlin College and received her Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University. A professor of histor...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sylvia Hochscheid in November, 2024. She was “96 and a half,” she would say! Born in Hamilton, Ohio, she longed to travel the world and sought adventure and service. She lived in and traveled around the United States, as well as Africa and South America. She traveled the world making friends, playing piano and gathering wonderful mem...

Judith Gray Holcomb, O.D., of Union City, California and Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on March 2nd following a long battle with breast cancer. She was the loving wife of the late Richard John Pope and the daughter of the late Chester H. and Alma L. (Rankin) Gray. Born in Taunton, MA, Judy was raised in Newport, RI, was a 1964 graduate of Rogers High School and a 1968 graduate of Salve Regin...

Nancy Carole Forslund Jang, 87, of Princeton, NJ died on December 25, 2024 at Princeton Medical Center, following a brief illness. Nancy was born in Callao, Peru in 1937. Her parents, Evar Forslund, a miner, and Ella Nikula Forslund, a school teacher, left their Finnish American community in Upper Michigan during the economic ravages of the Depression. Eventually Evar found work in Peru, wh...

Long time Menlo Park icon Jack (John Decker) Jorgenson left us Sunday, March 16, 2025. He was 99 and a half, just short of his 100 year goal. Although he often said he was not sure when or if he was going to die, he passed quietly in his sleep at the Sequoias in Portola Valley, his home of 23 years. Born in San Francisco, October 16,1925, he was the product of the public schools. After graduat...

Alice Kao was born on February 2, 1955 in Taiwan to Shuchen “Suzi” Kao and Chun Young Kao, an Army General in the Nationalist Party of China. She was the youngest of four children. She attended the Dominican International School in Taipei and the American School of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where her family immigrated in the 1960s. She then earned her MD from the Faculty of Medicine of T...

Dr. Manouchehr Kavoosi, beloved father and grandfather, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2025, in Menlo Park, California. He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-nine years, Dr. Iran Iranpour. Born in 1930 in Kerman, Iran, Manouchehr entered the world after the passing of his father, Khodayar. He was lovingly raised by his mother, Firoozeh, with the devoted support of his sister Morva...