Obituaries

Roseanna Hardin-O'Herren, a native of Portola Valley and longtime resident of Menlo Park, died August 12 in Reno, Nevada, after a sudden and brief illness. She was 52.

Mrs. Hardin-O'Herren was an Avon representative and became a member of the organization's President's Club. She also was the co-owner of The Mailbox Shop in Menlo Park.

Previously she had worked for Hare, Brewer and Kelley in Palo Alto and at Pete's Harbor in Redwood City. She had a great love for animals and was a tireless supporter of animal rights.

She is survived by her husband, Terry O'Herren of Menlo Park.

Donations in her memory may be made to Pets in Need Animal Rescue of Redwood City. 873 Fifth Avenue, Redwood City 94061.

Bruce A. Bigwood

Menlo Park resident

A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, September 23, at 1:30 p.m. for Bruce A. Bigwood, who died September 5. A longtime resident of the Menlo Park area, Mr. Bigwood was 57.

Mr. Bigwood began his career in food preparation at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked for the campus food service while studying for his degree. When he graduated in 1963, he began working for the Saga Food Corp., and continued to work there for 24 years. For the past 10 years, he was director of benefits and compensation for California Microwave of Sunnyvale. His military service included both the National Guard in Indiana and the U.S. Army Reserve in California.

Family members said his wide-ranging interests included classical studies, archaeology, cuisine of various cultures, the music of Mozart and Gilbert and Sullivan, and Shakespeare.

He was also an avid football fan, favoring Notre Dame, Stanford, and the San Francisco 49ers. He enjoyed travel, particularly in places where snow skiing was possible. He also visited the architectural site of Troy in Turkey several times.

He is survived by his wife, Dee Weldon White of Portola Valley; his children Bryce Bigwood of San Francisco, Erika Bigwood Keaton of San Rafael, Erin Bigwood of Tahoe City, and Lexie White Strain of San Mateo; his mother Alberta Bigwood of Erie, Pennsylvania.; his sister Elaine Lewis of Bowie, Maryland; and his brother Gary Bigwood of Waterford, Pennsylvania. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward, and a brother, Alan.

Memorial services will be held at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, 950 Santa Cruz Ave., at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 23. Memorial donations may be sent to the University of Notre Dame, Bruce A. Bigwood Memorial Fund, c/o Carol Hennion, Development Department, 1100 Grace Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556; or the Lamplighter Theater Group, 630 Third St., San Francisco, CA 94107.

Arrangements were made under the direction of the Menlo Park Chapel of Spangler Mortuaries.

Leslie Shao-ming Sun

Atherton resident

Leslie Shao-ming Sun of Atherton died September 13 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was 45.

Born in Saipan on the Marianna Islands, she graduated from Cubberley High School in 1970, and then from Stanford University in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in human biology.

She moved to the East Coast where she worked for the Daivd Baltimore Laboratories at MIT and New York's Sloan-Ketterlng Cancer Research Center.

Once back in California, she was an active supporter of Stanford University, serving as a board member of the Stanford Associates as well as a fund-raiser for the alumni foundation.

She also was a supporter of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. She loved the Jasper Ridge Biological Reserve, especially the wildflower season, say family members, and volunteered her time as a docent.

She is survived by her husband Anthony, sons Christopher and Timothy, parents Francis and Annie Suen, sisters Rita Hsu and Dora Long, and brother Mickey Suen.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers contributions to the Leslie Sun Memorial Fund for Jasper Ridge, care of Stanford University.

Mary E. O'Hearn former Lions Club president

A memorial service will be held Friday, September 25, at 11 a.m. for Mary E. O'Hearn, who died September 20. SHe was 69 years old.

An Atherton resident for the past 35 years, Mrs. O'Hearn was widely known for her civic and church activities, family members said. For 13 years she was an editorial receptionist at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she won the beauty contest for Miss Page One and was crowned by the San Francisco Newspaper Guild as Miss Page One-September 1956.

From 1989 to 1990 she was president of the Live Oaks Lions Club of Menlo Park, which family members said was the first Lions Club to elect a woman president.

Services will be held at the Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., in Menlo Park.

Arrangements were made by Roller, Hapgood and Tinney. 

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