Eric Anthony Lawrence
Eric Anthony Lawrence died June 22 from glioblastoma brain cancer. He was 53.
He was born on August 19, 1961 in San Jose Hospital to Daniel Anthony Lawrence and Marian Lessa Lawrence of South Pasadena, and grew up in Monte Vista and Cupertino. He earned his bartender’s license and worked in many restaurants in the Cupertino area, his family said. He also spent time working in San Francisco selling flowers. He was a Mountain View resident for several years.
His family remembers him as a kind and loving person who loved music, and playing drums, cards, checkers and chess. He had a fondness for roses and liked to share them, family members said.
He was preceded in death by his father, Daniel Anthony Lawrence, and his sister, Mary Lou Lawrence Montez of Sierra Madre, California.
He is survived by his mother, Marian Lessa Lawrence; older brother Mark Lawrence of San Jose and older sister, Victoria Lawrence Haymart of Sacramento.
A funeral Mass will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 20, at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, 582 Hope St., Mountain View. A brief reception will be held downstairs immediately following Mass.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. His remains were donated to science in the hopes that they will benefit many others, his family said.
