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Here are the local residents who died recently:
Kenneth W. Anstey, 77, a former San Mateo resident and a hockey player, who earned an M.B.A. in business, was a husband to Mary Jo for 55 years and father and grandfather, and volunteered at the St. Vincent de Paul Society in San Mateo, on Sept. 18, 2023.
Donald Wallace Paisley Jr., 96, a Palo Alto resident, who graduated from Stanford University in 1950 and earned a master’s degree in education from San Jose State University, who taught in the Sunnyvale and Mountain View Whisman school districts, ultimately becoming a principal in the Mountain View Whisman School District, and was known for his quick wit and comical one-liners, on Jan. 26, 2024.
Mary Carey Schaefer, 90, a Palo Alto resident of over 50 years, who was an artist, interior designer, great grandmother, community activist and basketball fan, who made California her home following her graduation from Cornell University in 1955, who fought tenaciously for her causes with good humor and passion, teaching her children kindness and resolve and mettle, and who was actively involved in the Woman’s Club of Palo Alto, her bridge group and a gourmet cooking group, on Jan. 29, 2024.
Edward Albert Moore, 89, a Redwood City resident, who was an actor, theatre director, set designer and playwright with credits in a national playlist, who started theatre groups in Cleveland, Ohio; New Zealand; and Western Samoa, whose popular garden sculptures often disappeared from his front yard soon after they were displayed and who ran the Grand Canyon from rim to rim, on Jan. 27, 2024.
Ann M. Robinson, 85, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, who taught at Laguna Salada Union Schools in Pacifica between 1969 and 1973 where she produced the film “A Summer School Experience” for the district, who when her first child was born, launched AMR Graphics, which she operated out of her home’s garage, who founded the alternative birthing center, The Birthplace, with a group of volunteers, nurses and doctors, and Stanford University Hospital volunteer, on Dec. 7, 2023.
Robert Michael Heneveld, 82, a former Palo Alto resident, who served patients for three decades at his Burlingame dental practice, and who is remembered for his unwavering love and dedication to his family, as well as his lifelong commitment to making a positive impact on the world around him, on Jan. 16, 2024.
Marge Cassingham, 99, a 55-year resident of Portola Valley, who was a gifted musician and classical pianist for 90 years and active in the Palo Alto Two Piano Club, who earned a degree in music from Occidental College, and who was a resident of The Sequoias, on Jan. 24, 2024.
Jean Char Gong, 97, a 70-year Palo Alto resident, who was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, and cherished friend, who earned a master’s in education from Stanford University, who taught elementary school at Fairmeadow and El Carmelo for 32 years in Palo Alto, and a great grandmother to 18, on Jan. 31, 2024.
Marilyn Joyce, 88, a former Menlo Park resident of 25 years, who a beloved wife, mother, and devoted member of the community, a University of California at Berkeley graduate, who was a member of the Ladera Community Church, then Menlo Park Presbyterian Church member, who in 1969 conceived, designed and operated her innovative boutique THE DOOR, Gifts and Items for the Home, right beside the Menlo Park Post Office, and who actively supported United Menlo Atherton (school spirit organization), on Nov. 25, 2023.
Shirley Powers, 87, a Palo Alto resident, who was a Raging Grannies member, and who dedicated her life to avant-garde pursuits such as combining her jazz compositions with her poetry, conquering every hiking trail in the Bay Area, kayaking through bevies of otters in Monterey Bay, and publishing poetry in progressive women’s anthologies, on Feb. 7, 2024.
Sue Basso, 82, a Menlo Park resident, who earned a degree in international relations from Stanford University in 1962, who was known as “Granny Sue” by her five grandchildren, who could usually be found sitting amongst piles of novels, biographies, newspapers and investment magazines, who was a swimmer and astute self-trained stock investor, on Jan. 7, 2024.
To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at AlmanacNews.com/obituaries.
