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Local residents who have died recently include:

Minnie Woods, 83, a former Menlo Park resident and volunteer for the March of Dimes and United Way who trained as a nurse and spent much of her career working in hospices, convalescent homes and VA hospitals, on May 23.

Suzanne Roche, 97, a former Menlo Park resident who was born in San Francisco, faithfully attended church at St. William Catholic Parish in Los Altos and enjoyed playing tennis at Alpine Hills Swim and Tennis Club in Portola Valley, on July 20.

Ryan Starnes, 29, who attended Palo Alto public schools and graduated from Palo Alto Preparatory School, was a passionate sports fan who followed the San Francisco Giants, 49ers and Florida Gators, and had a love of music and animals, on June 3.

James Nichols, 87, a longtime special education teacher in the Palo Alto Unified School District who worked at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools, acted in many Sunnyvale Community Players productions, played ukulele and was a parrot enthusiast who owned as many as eight birds at one time, on June 27.

To read the full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at MV-Voice.com/obituaries.

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