Helen “Hinda” Minor
Helen “Hinda” Minor, a writer and longtime member of the Friends of the Mountain View Library, passed away in her sleep on March 15 in Mountain View. She was 84.Born Helen Raymond in New York, Minor was raised and educated in New York and Chicago. She moved to the Peninsula in 1951, and to Mountain View 15 years later. She worked as an administrative assistant for Kennedy/Jenks Engineers in Palo Alto until she retired in 1980.
After retirement, Minor devoted herself to her favorite subject: the written word. After publishing her autobiography, “Penny Candy,” she volunteered in the Mountain View Library and was a director on the Board of the Friends of the Mountain View Library for many years.
Minor is survived by her husband of 49 years, Roy Minor. There will be no services, however memorial donations to the Friends of the Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View, 94041, would be appreciated.
Kathleen Therese O’Connor Lundberg Raymond
Kathleen Therese O’Connor Lundberg Raymond, a teacher, librarian, world traveler and musician, died on March 5 in Mountain View. She was 71.Originally from Wisconsin, Raymond became an elementary school teacher in both the Sunnyvale and Mountain View school districts. Besides her bachelor’s degree, she received a Librarian Technical Assistant certificate from Foothill College in Los Altos, and became a corporate librarian for GTE Sylvania of Mountain View and Alza Corporation of Palo Alto.
Raymond traveled extensively throughout the world, visiting the Far East, Pacific Islands, most of Europe and Australia and New Zealand.
She is survived by her son, Mark Forrest Lundberg; her daughter, Theresa Rae Garza; her husband, John Burdick Raymond; and her sister and brothers.
Memorial services were held at Spangler Mortuary on March 18. Interment was at Alta Mesa in Palo Alto.
Ruby Cowdrey
Ruby Cowdrey, a Mountain View resident for over 50 years, passed away Saturday, March 18 in Cupertino. She was 86.Cowdrey once worked at Moffett Field and at Hewlett-Packard. She loved nature and had a fondness for birds.
She is preceded in death by her husband, George Cowdrey, and is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
At her request, there will be no memorial service.
