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Marlow Savelle, 81, of Menlo Park, who spent a part of her youth in Europe, where she got married and had her first daughter, who then returned to the United States and founded the company Cookie Habit, a Palo Alto institution known for its oatmeal-butterscotch-chocolate-chip-walnut cookies and golden brownies, who was an active member of the Palo Alto Junior League, who loved jewelry, swimming and music, and who moved to Napa in 1999, died on Jan. 6, 2026.
Arthur Hausman, 102, of Atherton, who was born in Chicago and lived in El Paso, Texas, who became involved in cryptography and was then recruited to serve as a U.S. Naval Intelligence officer, who served at Bletchley Park alongside mathematicians such as Alan Turing and contributed to codebreaking efforts, who received the Naval Unit Commendation ribbon in 1946 and later served as an electronic scientist for the U.S. Department of Defense, who worked at Ampex Corporation, becoming the company’s CEO in the early 1970s, who chaired a subcommittee on advanced technology transfer at the President’s Export Council during the Ronald Reagan administration, and who in 1995 received an Exceptional Service Award from the National Security Agency, died on Jan. 18, 2026.
Phil Bobel, 78, of Palo Alto, a champion for environmental sustainability who was born in Washington, D.C., who earned a degree in civil engineering from Stanford University, who worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before joining the Public Works Department at the city of Palo Alto in 1989, who spearheaded many environmental initiatives and capital projects before retiring in 2021, who championed waste-to-energy technology and guided the update of the city’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plan, who was honored with a Man of the Year award by Acterra, and who mentored countless colleagues in Palo Alto, died on Jan. 31, 2026.
Robin Faisant, 94, of Portola Valley, who was born in New Jersey and attended University of Idaho, where he helped organize a ski patrol with fellow members of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, who served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and was responsible for gun batteries aboard the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Bremerton, who then earned his law degree from Stanford Law School and practiced law for 55 years, starting with corporate litigation and later specializing in estate planning, who served as city attorney at Los Altos Hills, San Carlos, Belvedere and Atherton and as a director at Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, Los Altos Rotary Club and other civic organizations, who loved cooking and baking and who perfected the tarte tatin, died on Feb. 3, 2026.
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