Lorraine Louise Sallquist
Lorraine Louise Sallquist, a Woodside resident for more than 30 years, died April 24 at Stanford Hospital from complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Born on Long Island in 1944, Ms. Sallquist graduated from North High School in Valley Stream in 1962. She worked for the New York Port Authority, and then in 1965 became a flight attendant for United Airlines, where she worked until retiring in 2003.
She met her future husband, Robert Sallquist, on a flight from New York to Los Angeles. The couple was married in 1972 at Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley. They built a home in Woodside, where they raised their two daughters.
Ms. Sallquist was an active member of the Woodside-Atherton Auxiliary, which she joined in 1989. She served as president of the auxiliary in 1994, and as Tally Ho coordinator in 1989. She also worked a weekly shift at the Artisan Shop at Allied Arts.
Family members remember her as a world traveler, a volunteer driven by her love of children, and a strong woman who never complained about her illness.
Ms. Sallquist is survived by her husband Robert of Woodside; and her daughters Kira Feick of San Ramon and Erin Sallquist of Palo Alto.
Services were held at Valley Presbyterian Church. The family prefers memorial donations be made to the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
Henrietta L. Sherman
Hennie Sherman, a long-time resident of Menlo Park and Palo Alto, died May 5 after a courageous battle with cancer, family member said. She was 73.She was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and graduated from Ohio State University in 1955 with a bachelor’s degree in merchandising. She met her husband, Art, in Cincinnati, Ohio, soon after graduation and relocated to Princeton, New Jersey, where she supported her husband through his graduate fellowship at Princeton University.
Soon after, they relocated to Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, where they raised a family of three children and she continued her career in merchandising for several years. She and her family returned to Princeton, New Jersey, in 1974 where she was very active in the community and developed a career in real estate.
In 1979, they moved to Palo Alto, where she continued her career in real estate and was an active member in several community organizations, including Peninsula Volunteers.
Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Art; daughter Linda Sherman; daughter Janice Blakely; son Douglas Sherman; sister Betty Lavender; brother Erwin Kahn; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road in Los Altos Hills. Memorial donations may be made to Community Breast Health, Cambridge Ave., Project 390, Palo Alto, CA 94306.
Julianne Senior Rodman
Julianne Senior Rodman, a resident of Menlo Park for the past 34 years, died May 4. She was 76.She grew up in Salt Lake City, graduated from East High School in 1948, received a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Utah in 1952, and a master’s in marketing from NYU in 1953.
As a resident of Menlo Park, she worked as a real estate agent, volunteered at a blood bank, was a member of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, and was lovingly active in her children and grandchildren’s lives, family members said.
She will be remembered as a devoted and caring mother, gracious hostess, and domino player extraordinaire, they said.
Survivors include brother Richard Senior of Novato, son Gregory Scot Rodman of Salt Lake City, daughters Kimberly Rodman Menninger of Portola Valley and Karen Rodman Ramirez of Ft. Collins, Colorado, and 10 grandchildren.
A memorial service was held May 10 at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. The family prefers memorial contributions to the Peninsula Humane Society. Arrangements were by Roller Hapgood & Tinney.
