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Here are the local residents who died recently:

David Elliott, 95, of Palo Alto, who was a true foodie and traveled extensively, including to France, Australia and Indian Wells and made friends everywhere, and who worked at the Aerospace Corporation and met his wife over a bridge table at a singles mixer at Lockheed Missle and Space, Co. in the Bay Area died on Aug. 6, 2025.

Barbara Kaplan, 72, of Menlo Park, who began her career as a speech pathologist, but dedicated most of her life to being a stay-at-home mom, an enthusiastic school volunteer, a substitute teacher, and then a doting grandmother, and she enjoyed watching Broadway musicals and participating in her book club for over 40 years died on died on July 30, 2025.

Mark Brady, 78, of Whidbey Island, who spent 25 years as a volunteer for Kara in Palo Alto, as a major contributor in creating its children’s grief program, and who, in his 20s, followed a spiritual directive delivered to him by a Turkish Sufi teacher who instructed him to “provide shelter for people,” and so he spent his life building and remodeling homes in New York and California died on July 31, 2025.

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

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