Marjorie Gurnett Bothun
Aug. 12, 1924 - Feb. 7, 2012
Atherton, California
Marjorie Bothun, 1924-2012 Marjorie Gurnett Bothun, a crossword puzzle aficionado, member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and 48-year Atherton resident, has died. She was 87. Marjorie died about 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2012, after 20 months of declining health. A native of Aurora, Illinois, Marjorie was the second daughter of George Stuart and Helen Gurnett Bennethum. Her father, who Marjorie said always encouraged her to pursue an education, was a chemist involved in the development and manufacture of carbon paper; her mother was a homemaker. Marjorie graduated Aurora High School in 1942 and earned a degree in economics from Duke University in 1946. It was as an 18-year-old freshman at Duke in Durham, N.C., where she took up cigarettes, and developed a taste for Salems. She eventually developed bladder cancer in June, 2010, which led to a decline in her health. After graduating from Duke, Marjorie returned to Aurora and took a job as an economist with Time-Life in Chicago. She used to commute on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad between Aurora and Chicago. It was at Time-Life where Marjorie developed a lifelong friendship with Eleanor Kohler an...
Eleanor Rubin
Aug. 5, 1913 - Feb. 17, 2012 Menlo Park, California
Eleanor died peacefully and with grace on February 17 at age 98. She was a resident of Menlo Park for over 40 years and before that had lived and worked in San Francisco for more than 20 years. Born August 5, 1913, in Warwick, Rhode Island, to Caroline Munnegle and Michael A. Rattigan, Eleanor w...
Shirley Rovin
May 28, 1928 - Feb. 4, 2012 Palo Alto, California
Shirley Rovin, 83, of Palo Alto, passed away peacefully on Feb. 4, 2012, after a long battle with dementia with Lewy Bodies. Shirley was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to Morris and Bertha Finkle. She grew up in Philadelphia and attended public schools, through high school, where she earned her diplo...
Nadia L. Wenger
Sept. 9, 1921 - Jan. 25, 2012 Westlake Village, California
Nadia Lerios Wenger Sept. 9, 1921 - Jan. 25, 2012 Our beloved Nadia was a beautiful, talented woman, wife, mother and grandmother. She was the anchor of her family. The youngest of three siblings, she was born and raised in San Francisco to Charles and Elizabeth Coury. She became an accomplis...
Beatrice NeSmith
March 16, 1924 - Jan. 25, 2012 Palo Alto, California
The world lost a beautiful woman this past Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. I say the world because at 87 years old my grandmother was a beacon of light and love, and this earth is heavier with the loss of that kind of goodness. Beatrice NeSmith had what many would call a rough life, she was bestowed wi...