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Issue date: July 19, 2000
OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES
(July 19, 2000)
Jeremy Joseph Nevin
Graduate of Menlo-Atherton
A memorial service will be held for Jeremy Joseph Nevin at 11 a.m. Friday, July 21, at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. Mr. Nevin died July 2 in an automobile accident in Placer County. He was 24.
Mr. Nevin lived in Menlo Park for 18 years, graduating from Menlo-Atherton High School in 1994. He attended Colorado State University and the University of Nevada at Reno, where he was a business major.
He recently moved from the North Shore of Lake Tahoe to Huntington Beach, where he was working as a painting contractor.
Mr. Nevin is survived by his mother, Audrie Nevin of Rochester, New York; his father Joseph and step-mother Nancy Nevin of Aspen, Colorado; his paternal grandmother Helen L. Nevin, a longtime resident of Menlo Park but now of Aspen; and his brother Justin Nevin of San Jose.
He will be buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Dr. Alfred Bochner
Menlo Park psychiatrist
Dr. Alfred Bochner of Menlo Park, who practiced psychiatry for more than 60 years, died June 26 at Stanford Medical Center. He was 88.
Dr. Bochner was born in Ontario, Canada, and received his medical degree from the University of Toronto. He served as a squadron leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.
After the war he practiced medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was medical director of the Cleveland Center on Alcoholism. He was an assistant professor of psychiatry at Western Reserve University and a partner of Dr. Benjamin Spock in child-rearing studies, which followed subjects into adulthood.
Dr. Bochner moved to Palo Alto in 1963. He established a private practice in psychiatry, and was a guest lecturer at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Bochner also counseled Stanford pre-med students as a freshman adviser for 35 years. In 1964 he served as physician to the 1964 U.S. Men's Olympic Swim Team.
Long a proponent of electro-convulsive "shock" therapy for severe cases of depression, he taught its use to generations of new physicians.
Dr. Bochner was a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the Royal Society of Medicine in London. He was a 30-year member of the Menlo Circus Club.
He is survived by his daughter, Mary Ord of Kirkland, Washington; son William Bochner of Kentfield; sisters Claire Palmer and Pearl Schwartz of Toronto; two grandchildren; and stepchildren Ridgeley Evers of San Francisco and Sally Everett of Washington, D.C.
Funeral services were private. Memorials to support research in psychiatry may be made to Stanford University, A. Bochner Fund, c/o Lori Arthur, Office of Medical Development, 770 Welch Road, #400, Palo Alto 94304.
Doris Agnes Pardini
Longtime Menlo Park resident
Doris Agnes Pardini, a longtime Menlo Park resident, died July 12 in Atherton. She was 91.
Born in Half Moon Bay, she lived in Menlo Park for 25 years.
Mrs. Pardini is survived by her sister, Pauline Ames of Morgan Hill; daughters Edna Claudine of Marysville, Lorraine Meade of Menlo Park, Barbara Davis of Fresno, and Linda Pardini of Menlo Park; and son Geno Pardini of Novato.
A funeral service was held July 14 at John O'Connor's Menlo Colonial Chapel. Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.
Elsie Wallin Miller Kelly
Portola Valley homemaker
A memorial service and private interment were held July 15 at Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley for Elsie Wallin Miller Kelly, who died July 11 at The Sequoias in Portola Valley. She was 92.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Mrs. Kelly was the first in her Swedish family to be born in the United States. From Omaha, she went on to live in Portola Valley where family members say she was a proud homemaker.
Mrs. Kelly's first husband Clarence H. Miller died in 1970. She is survived by her second husband of 22 years Raymond D. Kelly; a son Robert E. Miller of San Luis Obispo; a daughter Marilyn M. Miller of Denver; grandchildren Brett Miller, Roma Miller and Lauren Stokes; and a stepsister Mary J. Kelly.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 2065 West El Camino Real, Suite C, Mountain View, CA 94040, or to the Portola Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028.
Virginia Hudson Hyde
Woodside resident
Virginia Hudson Hyde, a longtime resident of Woodside, died July 8 in her sleep at her home. She was 91.
She is descended from Don Jose de la Guerra who settled in Santa Barbara in 1801.
"Ginny" was a master bridge player, a member of the Burlingame Country Club, an avid gardener both in Woodside and at the family Napa residence, and an enthusiastic world traveler. She and her husband, the late Richard E. Hyde, enjoyed seeing new places as well as visiting friends all over the world, family members said.
She is survived by her children, Richard of Belvedere, Diana of Missouri, and Larry of Napa Valley. In addition she has six grandchildren, and a great grandson.
Contributions on behalf of Virginia Hyde may be sent to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, 150 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94612.
Zelda Stark Classen
Artist and volunteer
Zelda Ann Stark Classen died July 2 in Menlo Park at age 95.
Mrs. Classen was born in Moab, Utah. She attended the University of Utah and became a school teacher in Moab. In 1936 she was married to Willard Classen, a geologist for Tidewater (later Associated) Oil. Mr. Classen died in 1998 at age 99. The couple was married 72 years.
Mrs. Classen was an accomplished amateur artist in both oil and watercolor, an early member of the Stanford Children's Hospital Auxiliary, and an active Red Cross volunteer in World War II. For many years she was a season ticket subscriber to the San Francisco Opera, Symphony and Ballet.
Mrs. Classen lived on Moore Road in Woodside for many years before moving to Stanford Hills in Menlo Park.
Survivors include daughter Ann Treadwell and her husband George of Palo Alto; sons James Classen and his wife Jacqueline of Boise, Idaho, and Willard Classen Jr. of Oakland; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Private arrangements are being coordinated by the Neptune Society. Contributions in Mrs. Classen's memory may be made to a charity of choice.
Jean Edwards
Retired teacher
A memorial service and celebration of the life of Menlo Park resident Jean Edwards is planned for Sunday, July 23 at 2:30 p.m. at her home.
Mrs. Edwards died peacefully at home July 15 at the age of 78.
She attended Stanford University and graduated from San Francisco State University. Mrs. Edwards taught elementary school in East Palo Alto and San Mateo, and after her retirement, she was an avid golfer, gardener and world traveler, according to her family.
She is survived by her husband Eddie Edwards; her children Bruce Bailey of Cupertino and Marilyn Morita of Mill Valley; her step-children John Edwards of Edwards, Colorado, and Jane Edwards of Redwood City; and five grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Spangler Mortuary. The family prefers that memorial donations be made to Stanford Hospice, 300 Pasteur Drive, Mail Code 5520, Stanford, CA 94305.
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