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Local residents who died recently include:
Larry P. O’Neill, 89, a Menlo Park resident, who was director of golf at the Stanford University Golf Course, a Navy Veteran, and known for his remarkable storytelling abilities, weaving captivating tales that held his listeners spellbound, and for his “never give up” attitude, on March 10, 2024.
Susie Perkins, 78, a Mountain View resident, who was a medical technician who cloned blood cells at Stanford Medical Center and worked on publications that were at the forefront of monoclonal antibody research, who loved jigsaw puzzles and ballet, who was a prolific cookie baker known for doing Tai Chi in goofy cow slippers, and who loved singing quirky lyrics for birthdays and special occasions, on March 9, 2024.
Barbara Jackson, 82, a Palo Alto resident since 1968, who earned a master’s degree in language education from Stanford, who taught for the Palo Alto Unified School District’s Adult School and Spanish at Sequoia High School, specializing in English as a second language courses, and who was a proud mom and nurturing friend, on March 27, 2024.
Patricia McEwen, 100, a native Californian and former longtime resident of Palo Alto, who formerly owned Felix, a giant tortoise who eventually escaped and made a new life for himself at the fire station on Embarcadero Road, who played Snow White in the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre’s first production in 1932 and eventually served on the organization’s board, who earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, a member of the Palo Alto Historical Association, who was an avid reader and researcher, on March 16, 2024.
Lambert Dolphin Jr., 91, who worked at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) in Menlo Park for almost 30 years, who was voted “Most likely to succeed” in high school, who studied physics and electrical engineering in graduate school at Stanford University, and who was a member of Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto, on Jan. 1, 2024.
Rosie Cole, 87, a former Menlo Park resident, who graduated from Stanford University, who was involved with Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. for many years, who was a former Wells Fargo Bank employee, who was a skilled seamstress, a talented craft maker, gift wrapper, home decorator, cook, and gardener, and ballroom dance teacher, on Dec. 29, 2023.
To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at obituaries.rwcpulse.com/obituaries/.
