Obituaries Obituaries (October 12, 2005)

Lew Platt

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO

A memorial service for Lew Platt of Portola Valley, a former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 18, at Stanford University's Memorial Church.

Mr. Platt died September 8 of an aneurysm at age 64.

He worked at Hewlett-Packard from 1966 through 1999, rising from an entry-level engineer in the company's medical products group to serve as president and chief executive from 1992 to 1999. He succeeded David Packard as chairman in 1993.

After retiring from Hewlett-Packard, Mr. Platt became CEO of Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates from 2000 to mid-2001. More recently, he served as the lead director on the board of aircraft maker Boeing, whose board he joined in 1999.

Mr. Platt was born in Johnson City, New York. He graduated from Cornell University and received a master's degree in business administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He received an honorary doctorate in engineering science from Santa Clara University.

Mr. Platt is survived by his wife, Joan Redmund Platt, four children, and three grandchildren.

Douglas Morrison

Retired dentist

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, October 14, at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church for Dr. Douglas Walter Morrison, who died October 2 in Chico. He was 80.

Dr. Morrison practiced dentistry in Menlo Park for many years before retiring and moving to Paradise and, later, to Chico.

Dr. Morrison was born in Oakland. He served aboard a submarine with the U.S. Navy during World War II and was stationed at Mare Island.

He attended the University of California at Berkeley and graduated from the College of the Pacific Dental School in 1954, the same year he married Barbara Ann McGee in San Jose.

Dr. Morrison is survived by his wife, Barbara, of Chico; children Russell Morrison of San Mateo, Lynne Conway of Redwood City, Jan Winkler of Lake Oswego, Oregon, Danielle Sampson of Woodside, and Kathy Fettke of Lafayette; and 14 grandchildren.

Memorials in his name may be made to Young Life Ministries, c/o Barbara Morrison, 1929 Manzanita Ave., Chico, CA 95926.

Charles Galdes

Retired general contractor

A funeral Mass for Charles Galdes of Menlo Park will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 12, at St. Raymond Church, 1100 Santa Cruz Ave. in Menlo Park. A vigil service is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 11.

Mr. Galdes died October 8 at Sequoia Health Services in Redwood City. He was 82.

Mr. Galdes was born in Maxxar, Malta. He moved to San Francisco in 1947 and to Menlo Park in 1961. He was self-employed as a general contractor.

A man with many interests, he was passionate about music, played the trumpet and sang in the St. Raymond church choir, say family members. He also enjoyed fishing, cooking, gardening, painting and helping others. He was active in St. Raymond parish and spent many hours volunteering at St. Anthony's Padua Dining Room.

Mr. Galdes is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary Galdes of Menlo Park; sons Sam of Menlo Park, Frank of Alamo, and Anthony of Los Altos; brother Emanuel Galdes of Palo Alto; sisters Rose Galdes, Theresa Galdes and Josephine Fenech, all of Malta; and seven grandchildren.

Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Adalene Ross Riley

A memorial service for Adalene Ross Riley will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 13, at Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road in Portola Valley. A reception will follow at the Menlo Circus Club in Atherton. Ms. Riley died October 5 at age 85. An obituary on Ms. Riley will appear in a future issue of the Almanac.

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