Obituaries Obituaries (August 13, 2003)

Louise Hansman

Community volunteer

Louise Kurfess Hansman of Menlo Park died July 30 at age 81.

Mrs. Hansman grew up in LaGrange and Hinsdale, Illinois. She attended the University of Chicago and during World War II worked for the War Department.

She married John F. Kurfess and, during their 29-year marriage, lived as a Naval officer's wife in Guam, Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Hawaii, Virginia, Connecticut and California. Mr. Kurfess died in 1976.

In 1986, she married E.J. (Pete) Hansman, whom she had known for most of her adult life as both spent summers at Saugatuck, Michigan.

Mrs. Hansman had many interests including travel, the symphony, bridge, volunteer work and numerous charities, say family members, who will also remember her sense of humor.

She is survived by her husband, E. J. Hansman of Menlo Park; sons John Kurfess of Westlake Village; William R. Kurfess of Menlo Park; David Kurfess of New York City; sister Mary Mabel Luning of Holland, Michigan; niece Sally Schreur of Macatawa, Michigan; nephew Hugh Hazelton of Toronto; and eight grandchildren.

Burial will take place August 16 in Saugatuck, Michigan. Donations may be made to the Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired; 2470 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, 94306 or the Children's Health Council, 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto 94304.

Margaret McAulay

Former Realtor

Margaret Dobbel McAulay, a former resident of Woodside, died at her Los Altos Hills home on August 1.

Mrs. McAulay was born in Sonoma on September 9, 1912. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. After completing a degree in library science at the university, she worked in public libraries in Palo Alto and Redwood City until her marriage to William Hatton McAulay. They lived in Woodside from 1956 to 1965 before moving to Los Altos Hills.

Long interested in residential design, landscape architecture and home decoration, Mrs. McAulay obtained her real estate license in 1969, and embarked on a successful career as a Realtor with Cornish and Carey Realtors, Los Altos. She retired in 1995.

She is survived by her children Richard of Los Altos Hills and Tamsin of Pacific Grove; and one grandson. Her husband, William Hatton McAulay, died in 1984.

Justin Parker

University student

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 16, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 330 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, for Justin Parker, 22, of Menlo Park. Justin died July 31 in an accidental fall from a balcony at the University of Colorado where he was a student. He is the son of Juli and John Parker of Menlo Park.

A complete obituary will follow in a later edition of The Almanac.