Ginger Tanner passed away peacefully on November 6, 2024 at the age of 82 in Menlo Park, CA, where she lived for 35 years. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Ginger enjoyed horseback riding and cheerleading at HV Cooper High School before moving to New Orleans to attend Newcomb College. After graduating from Newcomb, Ginger enrolled in Tulane Law School, where she met and married Robert “Bo...

Richard Lee Thurlow passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 2nd, 2025 in Palo Alto. He was born April 9, 1948, the first son of Marion and Ernest Lee Thurlow, in Saginaw, Michigan. He is survived by his two children, Kelly and Spencer. The Thurlow family relocated to the Bay Area in the 1960s, where Richard graduated from Mills High School in 1967. He went on to earn an English degree fr...

Peter Earle Thurston May 29, 1940–December 19, 2024 Peter Earle Thurston, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle and cherished friend, passed away surrounded by the love of his immediate family members. Peter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Oakley Thurston and Frances Beverly Thurston. He grew up in rural Western Pennsylvania, where he, his fraternal twin brother, Mi...

Valda Theodora Cardoza Tormey was born at home in Half Moon Bay, CA. on February 21, 1925 to Manuel E. “Pat” Cardoza and Valda Malvina Cardoza. She was the youngest of five children. By her account she spent an idyllic childhood with lots of picnics and Sunday drives. Both sets of her grandparents lived nearby. After graduating from Half Moon Bay High School in 1942, she attended the Colle...

Marilyn “Marny” Trounson, 77, Menlo Park resident, born in San Francisco, was the first American to dance as a soloist for the Royal Ballet in London. She moved to Palo Alto in 1979 and taught ballet for the next 45 years, including at Western Ballet, Zohar, and Menlo Park Academy of Dance. Her bright smile, deeply empathetic nature and care for the Earth and all her creatures continues to tou...

John Uebbing, longtime resident of Palo Alto, father of two, grandfather of two and friend of many, died of cancer at Palo Alto Commons on November 20, 2024. He was 87 years old. John was born in Chicago on July 7, 1937, the first of six children of Dorothy and Albert Uebbing. John attended parochial schools in Chicago, graduating from Mount Carmel High School in 1955. His mother was an adminis...

Richard Bruce van Gelder, a telecommunications industry pioneer and loving father and grandfather, passed away Dec. 21, 2024, at the age of 90, following a 2 1/2-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was with family while undergoing hospice care at the time of his death. Born April 27, 1934, in Spokane, Washington, van Gelder was the son of John R. and Lelia M. van Gelder. His father, a logger...

Brendon Edward Vining, a resident of Palo Alto for 42 years and a longtime computer systems engineer who traveled all over the world during his career, died March 24 at his Palo Alto home after a lengthy illness. He was 78. Born in Dulwich, south London, to Walter Harold Vining and Elizabeth Rickard, Brendon grew up in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire and spent summers in the village of Howth in his ...

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...

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...

It is with great sadness that the family of Sheila Foster Wyatt announces her passing on March 23, 2025. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many. Sheila was born to Russell and Nellie Foster on January 7, 1942 in Mankato, Minnesota. The oldest of five siblings, she completed her bachelor’s degree in sociology at Marquette University. From there, ...

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...

Robert Louis Yoerg, M.D., 84, passed away peacefully at home, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 in Atherton, California. Robert was born on April 4, 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago with a degree in engineering in 1962 and a degree in medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1967. He was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega...