Search for celebrities on Ancestry.com!Norman Roseman
Advertising executive
Norman Roseman, founding publisher of the Soap Opera Digest, died March 27 at his home in Menlo Park after a long battle with cancer. He was 71.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, April 13, at Temple Beth El, San Mateo, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.
Mr. Roseman was born in Manhattan and was an avid horseback rider from childhood. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1947. After studying at Columbia University, he entered the advertising business in New York City. During his career he created and produced many direct marketing campaigns. The Rosemans moved to Menlo Park in 1983.
While living in Rockville Center, New York, Mr. Roseman was president of the Rockville Center Central Synagogue, and vice president of the New York Region of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He was also a board member of Temple Beth El.
Survivors include his wife Marilyn, son Scott of Santa Cruz, daughter Jayne of Albany, two grandchildren, and family members Jasmine Berke, Kimberly Hallinan and Melanie Hofmann.
Donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Mid-Peninsula Hospice, or Peninsula Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo 94403.
Jozef Z. Otfinowski
Polish freedom fighter, cartographer
Jozef Zbigniew Otfinowski of Menlo Park, whose life spanned the Russian Revolution, two World Wars, and 25 years as a cartographer with the U.S. Geological Survey, died March 24 in Palo Alto. He was 95.
Born near Kiev in the Ukraine in 1905, Mr. Otfinowski and his family spent much of World War I escaping Russian and German troops. When the Russians seized their land, the family fled west to Poland.
From 1920 to 1949, Mr. Otfinowski devoted his life to defending his beloved Poland. At age 15, he volunteered to fight the advancing Red Army during the Polish-Bolshevik War. Later he became a colonel in the Polish Army and an instructor at the Polish Military Academy in Poznan. During World War II, he fought with the elite Polish Horse Artillery.
Starting in 1939, say family members, Mr. Otfinowski endured a series of hair-raising captures, escapes and flights across rugged enemy territory. Captured by the Germans and then the Russians, he escaped from both and made his way across the mountains into Hungary -- where he was captured again. Escaping from Hungary, he fled through Yugoslavia and Italy to France, where he rejoined the Polish Army -- only to be forced into Switzerland by the invading Germans.
Interned in Locarno, he met his future bride, Marcelle Beretta, whom he called "his angel of internment." After the war, the French awarded him the coveted Croix de Guerre.
In 1951, after the U.S. Congress decided to allow Polish soldiers who had fought with the allies to enter the country, Mr. Otfinowski sailed to the United States on the Queen Elizabeth. Determined to work for the government that had offered him a new home, Mr. Otfinowski joined the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1959 and began mapping the Western United States.
In 1970, when he began working at USGS headquarters, Mr. and Mrs. Otfinowski moved to Menlo Park. He retired in 1984.
Mr. Otfinowski is survived by his wife, Marcelle, and his two daughters, Giovanna Otfinowski and Danuta Otfinowski.
A memorial service was held March 30 at Roller & Hapgood & Tinney in Palo Alto.
Kathleen Dore
Animal lover
Kathleen Myra Drisko Dore died March 22 in Menlo Park. She was 90. Before her final illness, she lived with her daughter, Kathleen Dore Lyons of Portola Valley, for 10 years.
Mrs. Dore was born in Portland, Maine. She marriage John Harvard Dore Sr., and the family lived in Burlingame for 40 years. Mr. and Mrs. Dore helped found the San Mateo chapter of the Boys' Club of America in 1953 in -memory of their son, John Harvard Dore Jr. The family gave four parcels of land on which the club was built. Former president of the United States Herbert Hoover attended the ground-breaking ceremony. The club is now known as the Midpeninsula Boys & Girls Club.
Mrs. Dore became a 25-year volunteer with the American Cancer Society after her husband died of cancer in 1963. Mr. Dore was a prominent building contractor in Hillsborough, Burlingame and San Mateo. A city street in San Mateo, Dore Avenue, is named for the Dores.
Mrs. Dore had a deep love for animals and was an avid supporter of the Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Her cat, Little Miss, was with her when she died.
Survivors include her daughter, Kathleen Dore Lyons of Portola Valley, granddaughters, Lori Anne Zimmerman and Lynne Kathleen Carson of Burlingame; and two great-grandchildren. Her two sons, John Harvard Dore Jr. and Ronald Barry Dore, preceded her in death.
Services were held March 27 at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. The family prefers donations, in memory of Kathleen Dore, be made to the Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club, attention: Daniel Dadoun, executive director, 200 North Quebec Street, San Mateo, 994401.
Linda Jones Falk
Menlo-Atherton graduate
Linda Jones Falk of Alamo, a gifted athlete and youth coach, died March 28 in Walnut Creek. She was 38.
Mrs. Falk was a native of Atherton and a graduate of Menlo-Atherton High School, class of 1979. After graduating from Chico State University, she coached Monte Vista High School girls' basketball for four years. In her community she coached youth league tennis, basketball, softball and soccer. She marriage James S. Falk in 1986.
Survivors include her husband, James; children, Kristin and Courtney; parents, Claburn and Dougal Jones of Menlo Park; sister, Nena Brogan of San Marino; brothers, Niven Jones of Hillsborough, and Mark Jones of Menlo Park.
A memorial service was held March 31 at Community Presbyterian Church in Danville. Memorials may be made to: Mustang Soccer Scholarship Fund, 103 Town and Country Drive, Suite K, Danville, California, 94526.
Arthur John Bennett
Menlo Park resident
Arthur John Bennett, a Menlo Park resident for seven years, died April 4. He was 98.
The husband of the late Marie E. Bennett, Mr. Bennett was a native and longtime resident of San Francisco.
He is survived by a son, Thomas Bennett of San Francisco, and a daughter, Kathryn Schoendorf of Menlo Park.
A Mass was to be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, at St. Denis Catholic Church in Menlo Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Helene A. Martin
Menlo Park resident
Helene A. Martin, a resident of Menlo Park for 50 years, died April 6 following a long illness. She was 80.
Mrs. Martin was a native of Maui, Hawaii.
She is survived by a daughter, Cheryl Beatty; granddaughters, Kimberly and Shawn Beatty and Cade Beckwith; great-grandchildren, Ryan and Kyla Beckwith; and a sister, Evelyn Pao of Kailua, Hawaii. Her husbands, Edward Martin and Sheridan Beckwith, son Paul Beckwith, and grandson Donald Beatty preceded her in death.
A Mass will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, at St. Anthony's Church, Menlo Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Frederick James Morris
Sixth generation Californian
Services will be held Wednesday, April 26, for Frederick James Morris, who lived in Menlo Park for 33 years and Portola Valley for 42 years. He was 78.
Mr. Morris, a sixth generation native Californian, was born in Castroville on February 15, 1922. He attended elementary and high school in Menlo Park. After graduating from Menlo Junior College, he received a bachelor of science degree from the School of Business Administration, Menlo College.
Mr. Morris was a Navy veteran, having served in New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II. He was one of the founders of the Alpine Little League in 1961.
He is survived by his daughters Lizbeth Rhodes of Redwood City and Cecelia Greening of Penryn; his sons Jeffrey Morris of Gilbert, Arizona, and Charles Morris of Roseville; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. His wife of 41 years, Adele Charlotte, preceded him in death.
A vigil service will be held Tuesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Roller, Hapgood & Tinney in Palo Alto. A memorial Mass will be held Wednesday, April 26 at 11 a.m. at the Church of Nativity in Menlo Park. The family requests donations to St. Anthony's Dining Room, 121 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102.
Anne Harroun
Interior architect
Anne Harroun, a former resident of Atherton, died April 18 at her home in Redwood City, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. She was 57.
Born in Decatur, Illinois, Ms. Harroun moved to Palo Alto when she was 4 and later to Atherton. She graduated from Castilleja School in Palo Alto, the University of Southern California, and the California College of Arts and Crafts.
Ms. Harroun had several careers, first as a member of the San Francisco Ballet Company, then as owner of a cosmetics and skin care business in San Francisco, and finally as owner of Anne Harroun Design, a home design and accessibility solutions company.
A professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers, she was named 1991 Designer of the Year (Residential) for a home in Kansas City, Kansas.
Ms. Harroun enjoyed dancing, bicycling, travel and numerous philanthropic causes. She was a member of Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church in Oakland.
Ms. Harroun is survived by her husband, the Rev. Dr. John R. Landgraf; her mother Virginia Summers Harroun; stepson John Philip Landgraf; and one stepgrandson. Her father Raymond Harroun and her brother John Harroun preceded her in death.
Memorial services will be held April 30 at 3 p.m. at Los Altos United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, contributions in the name of Anne Harroun may be made to Second Wind Lung Transplant Association, Inc., 300 South Duncan, Suite 227, Clearwater, FL, 33755.
Marie S. McCleary
Menlo Park resident
A funeral Mass for Marie S. McCleary, who lived in Menlo Park for the past 40 years, will be held Thursday, April 27, at 11 a.m. in St. Denis Catholic Church in Menlo Park.
A rosary service will be held on Wednesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. in the Redwood Chapel, 847 Woodside Road, Redwood City.
Mrs. McCleary, who family members say was devoted to her family and church, was born 88 years ago in Maui, Hawaii. She died April 21 at her home in Menlo Park.
She was the wife of the late Marion W. McCleary, the mother of Kathleen M. McCleary of Menlo Park and James R. McCleary of Manassas, Virginia, and the grandmother of Lisa and Jenny McCleary. She was the sister of Eva Tavares of Hilmar, California, and the late Georgina Mello, Adeline Mattos, John Santos, Rose Medeiros and Agnes Espicha.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Redwood Chapel. Burial will be in Interment Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Los Altos.
Jack A. Groner
Retired civil engineer
Jack A. Groner, a resident of Menlo Park for 20 years, died April 3 at the Hospice Center, Veterans Hospital, Palo Alto. He was 89.
Mr. Groner was a native of Bay City, Michigan, and a graduate of Antioch College in Ohio. He was a consulting civil engineer and a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Altos.
Survivors include his wife, Beatrice McCargar Sheffield of Menlo Park; sons, David Walter of Corvallis, Oregon; Peter Edward of Colorado Springs, Colorado; sister, Alice Edgar of Leesburg, Florida; stepdaughters, Sherry Dougherty and Nancy Bronson; two granddaughters; three stepgrandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. His first wife, Jane Reed, died in 1978.
A memorial service was held at Mountain View Cemetery. Memorial donations may be sent to Stanford Hospice, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California, 94305.
Earl Lewis Jr.
Former Menlo Park resident
Earl Lewis Jr., former longtime resident of Menlo Park, died April 15 at his home in San Mateo after a brief illness. He was 76.
Mr. Lewis, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated from Carnegie Mellon Institute and served in the U.S. Navy in World War II.
After beginning his career as a structural engineer in Pittsburgh, Mr. Lewis moved to Menlo Park in 1969 with his first wife, Virginia Newmeyer Lewis, and their seven children. He was preceded in death by Virginia in 1989.
During his career as an engineer, Mr. Lewis worked for Philco-Ford, Rinne & Peterson, and T.C.I. He retired in 1990. He was an active parishoner of St. Raymond's Church in Menlo Park; was a longtime member and past president of the Serra Club, Palo Alto Area; and was a docent at Filoli Gardens.
Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife, Suzanne Klein Lewis; daughters, Nancy Lewis Welch of San Jose; Kae Lewis, Sally Lewis, and Mimi Lewis of Sacramento; Connie Lewis of Tucson, Arizona; Diane Lewis Scott of Santa Clara; son Edward Lewis of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; brother Jack Lewis of Pittsburgh; and six grandchildren.
A Mass was held at St. Raymond's Church. Memorial donations may be made to Serra Club, Palo Alto Area, P.O. Box 364, Menlo Park, CA 94026.
Richard Shevell
Emeritus professor of aeronautics and astronautics
Richard Shevell, a popular teacher of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford and a designer of the DC-10 airplane, died at his Atherton home April 21 after an 18-year struggle with lymphoma. He was 79.
At Stanford, Mr. Shevell was recognized for his abilities as an outstanding teacher of flight design, his contributions to aerodynamic research, and his popular textbook, "Fundamentals of Flight." First published in 1983, it is still used at Stanford and around the world.
Mr. Shevell was known for his ability to communicate, said his son, Steven Shevell of Chicago. "He reveled in technological accuracy and engineering design, but his success was the way he worked well with people," he said.
Born in New York City in 1920, Mr. Shevell loved airplanes even as a boy, sketching them in a second-grade schoolbook. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University, and two degrees in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
From 1942 to 1970, Mr. Shevell worked for Douglas Aircraft, where he first worked on aerodynamic design of guided missiles, including the first Nike Ajax. Later he worked on the aerodynamic development of the DC-9, and directed the department charged with developing the DC-10.-- which had its first flight about the time Mr. Shevell joined the Stanford faculty.
From 1970 until his retirement in 1987, Mr. Shevell taught courses ranging from aircraft systems design to ethics for engineers. From 1972 to 1978, he headed the Stanford Transportation Research Program.
At Stanford, Mr. Shevell served as principal investigator on numerous research projects for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of Transportation. In 1982 he was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
While Mr. Shevell remained active in aerospace after retiring, he also engaged in volunteer community service. He and his wife Lorraine have earned the Volunteer Couple of the Year Award from the Jewish Community Center.
Mr. Shevell is survived by his wife, Lorraine King Shevell; his son Steven and two granddaughters; and daughters Jeanne of Redwood City, and Diane of New Jersey.
A memorial service was held April 28 at Holbrook-Palmer Park in Atherton.
Friends may make donations to the Mid-Peninsula Hospice Foundation, 65 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025; or to the charity of their choice.
Kenneth Cuthbertson
Former Stanford vice president
Kenneth MacLean Cuthbertson, who organized the two largest fund-raising campaigns in the history of American higher education while working for Stanford in the 1960s and 1970s, died April 30 at The Sequoias in Portola Valley. He was 81 and had Parkinson's disease.
The date of a memorial service will be announced later.
During his 17 years as a vice president at Stanford University, Stanford moved into second place nationally, behind Harvard, in total gift support. After his retirement from Stanford in 1977, Mr. Cuthbertson served as president of the James Irvine Foundation in San Francisco and Irvine.
Born April 8, 1919, in San Francisco, the son of prominent seedsman F.G. Cuthbertson, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford and was student body president in 1940. He marriage Coline Upshaw, the student body vice president, in 1941.
After attending Harvard Business School for a year, Cuthbertson served five years in the Navy and then returned to Stanford to earn an MBA in 1947. While he was in the Navy, he contracted polio, which left his right leg partially paralyzed. Although he had to use a cane, he continued to be active throughout his life.
Mr. Cuthbertson became a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. in San Francisco and a partner in Levison Brothers Insurance brokerage before returning to Stanford in 1954 as assistant to university president J.E. Wallace Sterling. In 1960, Mr.Cuthbertson was named one of the university's first three vice presidents.
With President Sterling and Provost Fred Terman, Mr. Cuthbertson helped define Stanford's goals of attracting top faculty, developing programs to meet their needs, and finding endowment support. In the late 1960s, Mr. Cuthbertson told the Faculty Senate that reductions had to be made in the university budget. He sought faculty and student advice for those cuts and for a major new fund-raising campaign.
"I resist the idea that learning and teaching should be 'administered' in a university," he wrote in 1967. "Servants like me and the janitor can get our kicks out of providing the means and services which allow faculty and students to learn and teach under optimal circumstances."
Mr. Cuthbertson in 1960 conducted the first national survey of long-term fiscal planning for higher education by studying 20 private universities. The information provided by the survey was used by the Ford Foundation in its major institutional grants program.
A $25 million Ford Foundation matching grant sparked Stanford's record-setting $114 million PACE (Plan of Action for a Challenging Era) campaign of 1961-64. Mr. Cuthbertson led the effort and also directed the $300 million Campaign for Stanford, which set another new national benchmark in 1972-77. During both campaigns, Cuthbertson contributed part of his own salary to the fund-raising efforts.
"Many people refer to that remarkable period of growth at Stanford as the Sterling-Terman era, but I think of it as the Sterling-Terman-Cuthbertson era," said Donald Kennedy, president emeritus of Stanford. "Ken was wonderfully thoughtful not only about the university and its value, but also about the kind of community it was," Dr. Kennedy added. "In a time of great change in the university, he was able to make everyone feel they were still part of the Stanford family. And that was a real challenge. He won and retained the respect of this faculty, and was very well regarded."
The creation of the Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award, funded by an anonymous donor, was announced at Stanford's 90th commencement ceremonies in 1981. It is awarded annually to members of the Stanford community who have contributed to the goals of the university.
When asked if her husband had ever considered a different career, Mrs. Cuthbertson told a Stanford Daily interviewer: "Although he might deny it, he's always wanted to be a faculty person. In fact, in his next life, I think he'll come back as a Stanford professor."
In addition to his wife, Mr. Cuthbertson is survived by two daughters, Janet Whitchurch of Palo Alto and Nancy Cuthbertson of Rutherford; two sons, Tom Cuthbertson of Santa Cruz and Jim Cuthbertson of Berkeley; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorial gifts may be made to Stanford University by sending donations to Memorial Gifts, 301 Encina Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6076.
