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Michael Owen Staiger, 60, a Palo Alto resident who was a tech CFO, avid biker and hiker, on Oct. 29, 2024.

Lawrence Vincent Basso, Jr., 88, who worked for over 40 years as an internist at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic and clinical professor at Stanford University, on Nov. 4, 2024.

Roderick C. McCalley, 81, a Palo Alto resident who was passionate about chess and mountains and science, and who worked at Lockheed Missiles & Space, later Lockheed Martin, until his retirement in 2003, on Sept. 18, 2024.

Michelle “Micki” Cooley, 90, who lived her later years at Stephenson House in Palo Alto, on Nov. 4, 2024.

Harlow P. Rothert, Jr., 89, who was an All-American swimmer and played quarterback, punter and linebacker for Palo Alto High School, on Nov. 6, 2024.

Joyce E. Shapiro, 82, a former SRI International employee, on Nov. 2, 2024.

Kendric C. Smith, 98, a former Stanford University professor known for his research on DNA repair and mutagenesis following radiation exposure, on Nov. 1, 2024.

Gene Chaput, 72, a volunteer for the town of Portola Valley who loved to walk his dogs at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve, on Nov. 2, 2024.

Zelma Teicher, 93, a longtime downtown Palo Alto resident known for her daily piano medleys of traditional Russian folk music effortlessly segueing into the Big Band songs of the 1930s & ’40s, on Oct. 18, 2024.

Gail Kaiser, 67, a 42-year resident of Palo Alto who was a longtime board member of Green Foothills, on Oct. 5, 2024.

Laura “Ginger” Tanner, 82, a longtime Menlo Park resident who ran a moving business, traveled the world, and cheered on Stanford teams, on Nov. 6, 2024.

To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at mv-voice.com/obituaries.

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