Molly Westrate
Feb. 9, 1945 - April 30, 2013
Menlo Park, California
Whether she was driving sports cars on racetracks in Europe, shopping for the perfect native textile in Asia, or creating a culinary masterpiece for friends at home, Molly Westrate enjoyed a life filled with style, fun, integrity, and good food. Molly succumbed to cancer on April 30, 2013. She will be remembered for her wit, charm, design savvy, culinary skills, loyalty, energy, commitment to goodness, and the love she lavished on her friends and family. Mary Andrea Bill was born February 9, 1945, to John and Kathryn Bill in Los Angeles and grew up in Santa Barbara. After graduating from the University of San Diego with a degree in music, she moved to San Francisco, where she received her teaching credential at SF State and taught in San Francisco and San Mateo. While in San Francisco, she met Stephen Westrate and the couple married in 1971. They moved to Portola Valley in 1973 where they lived for 22 years, then moved to Woodside in 1995, and finally to Menlo Park in 2005. In 1985, she earned her real estate license and became an agent with Cornish & Carey in Portola Valley, and later with Coldwell Banker in Woodside, where she specialized in country properties....
Charles E. Dunn
April 17, 1923 - May 18, 2013 Los Altos, California
Charles Elmer Dunn, 90, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2013. Commonly known as “Chuck” by friends and associates, he was “Grandpa Charley” to his family. A resident of Mountain View and Los Altos since 1946, Charley and his wife, Val, moved to California in 1943. He is survived by son Charles (Na...
Lew A. Raney
April 17, 1934 - May 17, 2013 Whittier, California
Lew Raney died Friday, May 17. The long-time resident of Palo Alto was 79 years old. He was born on April 17, 1934 in Whittier, Calif. to Harry and Agnes Raney. He graduated from UC Berkeley in electrical engineering in 1956. At Berkeley, he met the love of his life, Shirley Anne Stone. Shirley ...
Thomas Seccombe
March 4, 1948 - May 14, 2013 San Jose, California
Tom Seccombe died of cancer on May 14 at the age of 65. Thomas Ainsworth Seccombe was born March 4, 1948 in Barre, Vt. His father, working the day of his birth, climbed a ladder to the hospital window late that night to view his son for the first time. The family moved to the Bay Area in 1954, w...
Margaret Snyder
Nov. 6, 1925 - May 11, 2013 Los Altos Hills, California
Survived by Jeffrey Snyder of Kent, Wash.; Barry Snyder of Bend, Ore.; Robin Snyder of Los Altos, Calif.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pre-deceased by her husband, E. Graydon "Tod" Snyder....