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Local residents who died recently include:
Steven George Joki, 67, of Palo Alto, who attended Ortega Elementary, Wilbur Junior High, and Cubberley High School and who was active in Boy Scouts and track and field, setting regional records and earned a B.S. in Geology from Cal State Hayward and operated and was an avid outdoorsman; he excelled in various outdoor activities, including climbing Mt. Hood, Mt. Shasta, and numerous peaks throughout Yosemite and whose climbing adventures also took him to the Rockies, Sierras, Canadian ranges, Nepal, and the Andes and who was also a master carpenter and luthier.
Channing Burke Chrisman, 89, of Palo Alto, who graduated from Phillips Academy in 1946 and Stanford University in 1950 and who served as a first lieutenant in the Korean War and was wounded in battle; and who upon returning, he and his wife, Dorothy Trapp Countryman, built a home in Palo Alto’s Green Acres II neighborhood, where they raised six children and enjoyed seven grandchildren; He was a successful businessman, sailor, and farmer He passed away at the Veterans Administration’s Livermore Community Living Center, with his son by his side.
To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at obituaries.rwcpulse.com/obituaries/.
