Celebrating the Life of Rosemary Virginia Wardell Rosemary Virginia Wardell born on December 9, 1940, to John Brooks and Dorothy Boyd in Reno, Nevada. She was the youngest of four siblings. At an early age the family relocated to Southern California where she attended Uni High School She graduated high school in 1958. In 1958 she met the love of her life and married John “Jack” Warde...

Cheryl Arnold Weaver was born Cheryl Eileen Arnold on Jan. 10, 1949 in Hastings, NE as the only child of Rollan Louis (R.L.) and Laura Evelyn Arnold (née Elifritz), and was brought home to a house built by her father. When Cheryl was two years old, her family moved briefly to Fillmore, CA before returning to Nebraska, settling in Kearney (later again, Hastings). As a little Nebraskan, she enjoyed...

Delores Marlene Weldon, beloved mother, grandmother, teacher, and cherished member of her community, passed away on January 14, 2025, after a five-year battle with dementia. Born in Wichita, Kansas, on August 14, 1943, to Oral M. Weldon and Mary Margaret Kimple, Delores, also known as Dee, was the only child of her loving family. She grew up in Wichita, graduated from South East High School, and e...

Ruth Yamawaki passed away peacefully on October 24 after a five-year battle with cancer. Missing her are her cherished children, Naomi and Simon, and siblings Lynn, Paul, Kent, and Doug – as well as countless cousins, nieces, nephews, colleagues, friends, and long-time Palo Alto neighbors. Raised with her siblings in a tight-knit Japanese community in Alameda, California, her family fondly re...

Joseph Patrick Zotter passed away peacefully at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, CA, on October 15, surrounded by his family. Born in 1945 to Joseph L. and Clothilde M. Zotter in Oakland, CA, Joe spent his early years there, attending Bishop O'Dowd High School, where he made lifelong friendships. He earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Santa Clara University. Joe served his ...