OBITUARIES OBITUARIES (May 17, 2000)

Dorothy Haas Dwight

Menlo Park resident for 50 years

Dorothy Haas Dwight, a member of St. Raymond's Catholic Church, died May 5 at Julia's Health Care Center in Mountain View. She was 91.

Mrs. Dwight, a homemaker, was a native of Peru, Indiana. In her younger days, she enjoyed playing the piano. She is survived by her sons Kenneth Dwight of Palo Alto and Randall Dwight of Portola Valley, and four grandchildren. She was the widow of Ward A. Dwight.

Donations may be made to the MidPeninsula Hospice Foundation, 65 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Funeral services are pending. Arrangements were under the direction of the Menlo Park Chapel of Spangler Mortuaries.

Lewis V. Sayler

Retired building contractor

Private family services were held for Lewis V. Sayler, who died at his Menlo Park home May 11. He was 83.

A veteran of World War II, Mr. Sayler was a member of Palo Alto Lodge 1471, B.P.O. Elks; and Menlo Park Lions Club. He was the husband of Rose Ann Saylor, well-known Menlo Park dance instructor.

Mr. Sayler is also survived by daughters Rita Attebery and Lyonie Gorsline; brothers James, Roland and Delbert Sayler; sister Ruth Wasselle; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were held under the direction of O'Connell's Chapel, San Mateo.

Donald B. Wilcox

Menlo Park resident

Donald B. Wilcox, a longtime resident of Menlo Park, died April 23 at Stanford Hospital at the age of 90.

Mr. Wilcox is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his daughter, Dorothy C. Wright; his son, Donald A. Wilcox; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at the Chapel of Roller Hapgood & Tinney. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Stanford University Pulmonary Research, Office of Medical Development, 770 Welch Road, Suite 400, Palo Alto, CA 94304.

Charlotte Valenti

Menlo Park resident

A Mass of Christian Burial for Charlotte Valenti is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 16, at St. Pius Catholic Church, Redwood City. Mrs. Valenti died May 10 at age 81.

A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Mrs. Valenti had lived in Menlo Park for the past 30 years. She is survived by her son Peter J. Valenti of Menlo Park; daughter Beverly Hilliard of Menlo Park and her husband, Gerry Hilliard; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Valenti was the widow of Lawrence Valenti.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Redwood Chapel, Redwood City, with entombment at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Los Altos.

Adele Gist Davis

30-year Atherton resident

Adele Gist Davis, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University, died April 20 at her home in Atherton. She was 91.

A native of San Diego, Mrs. Davis was a past president of her Stanford University alumni class. Her community service included the Visiting Nurse Association, Mills Hospital Auxiliary, and the Atherton Garden Guild.

Mrs. Davies is survived by her sons Gregory H. Davis Jr. of Berkeley and Stuart G. Davis of Atherton; four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

After private services, she was buried beside her husband, Gregory H. Davis Sr., in Napa, California.

Grace Elin Breslich

Former Menlo Park resident

Grace Elin Breslich died May 7 in Palo Alto at the age of 92. Until two years ago, she had resided in Menlo Park since 1975.

She is survived by her daughters, Diana Breslich of Santa Rosa, Helen Erickson of Crestwood, New York, and Paula Breslich of London, England; and five grandchildren.

Burial was private.