Obituaries Obituaries (November 19, 2003)

Loren Grider

Former battalion chief

Loren (Bud) Grider, former battalion chief with the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, died November 7. A memorial service was held at his Auburn home on November 9. He was 89.

Mr. Grider was born on the Hatton Ranch in Sonoma County. He moved to Guerneville, and later to Sebastapol, with his family. He attended Chico State College and Santa Rosa Junior College.

Mr. Grider married his wife Catherine in 1936. The couple moved to Menlo Park in 1937. Mr. Grider joined the Menlo Park Fire District as a volunteer fireman in 1939, and was hired by the fire district as a regular fireman in 1941. He worked for the fire district until 1973, retiring as a battalion chief.

The Griders moved to Donner Lake after retirement, and relocated in Auburn in 1980.

Mr. Grider is survived by his wife Catherine; children, Gary of Atlanta, Steve of British Columbia, Jeff of Colfax, and Susan of Hesperia.

Edwin Edwards

Former United employee

A celebration of the life of Edwin M. Edwards will be held zSaturday, November 22, at Emerald Hills Elks Club in Redwood City. Mr. Edwards died at his Menlo Park home on November 4. He was 97.

Mr. Edwards was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and attended UC Berkeley.

He started his career at Pacific Air Transport in the 1920s. He became a dispatcher in the 1930s when four airlines merged to become United Airlines. He worked at United for 40 years, retiring in 1971.

In retirement Mr. Edwards enjoyed travel and golf. He was chairman of the Palo Alto Senior Men's Club and a member of the Retired United Pilots Association. He was honored with the President's Award from the Palo Alto branch of Sons in Retirement.

Mr. Edwards is survived by his daughter, Jane Edwards of Menlo Park; son, John Edwards of Vail, Colorado; stepson Bruce Bailey of Cupertino; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his second wife, Jean.

Memorials may be made to Pathways Hospice Foundation, 201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 104, Mountain View, CA 94040. Arrangements were under the direction of Spangler Mortuaries in Menlo Park.

Fern Chapman

Longtime Menlo Park resident

Fern Chapman, a resident of Menlo Park since 1962, died at her home October 28. She was 98.

Ms. Chapman was born in Kansas on May 11, 1905. She attended schools in Severy, Kansas, where she later taught in county schools.

Ms. Chapman was a member of the Menlo Park Garden Club for many years. She was a loving, generous and wise woman, say family members.

Ms. Chapman is survived by her daughter, Carol Benest; and two grandchildren. Her son, Frederick Benest, preceded her in death.

Sister Marie McHugh

Resident of Oakwood

Sister Marie McHugh,, a retired educator who taught at Sacred Heart schools in California and Japan, died November 11 of cancer. She was 84.

Sister McHugh had been a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart for 60 years. From 1962 to 1969 she was "mistress of studies" at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Atherton. Sister McHugh died at Oakwood retirement home on the Sacred Heart campus.

Born in San Francisco, Sister McHugh earned a bachelor's degree in 1942 from San Francisco College for Women. She professed temporary vows in the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1942, and took her final vows in 1948.

She first taught at Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco. For several years she was coordinator of St. Francis of Assisi Center, a social service program affiliated with St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in East Palo Alto.

Sister McHugh taught English at the University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo during the 1970s and 1980s. Before moving to Oakwood last summer, she lived in San Diego where she served as an active volunteer in the school and library of Holy Family Catholic Church, tutored Vietnamese immigrants in English, and formed popular discussion groups for Sacred Heart alumnae and friends on social and political issues.

She is survived by sibling Sister Helen McHugh, a Religious of the Sacred Heart, who also recently moved to Oakwood. A funeral Mass was celebrated November 15 at Oakwood. Memorials may be made to Oakwood Convent of the Sacred Heart, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton, CA 94027.

Lewis Allen Todd

Aviation engineer

Lewis Allen Todd, a Portola Valley resident and longtime engineer for Pan American Airlines, died November 13. Mr. Todd was 82.

Mr. Todd was a South Dakota native and graduated with honors with a degree in electrical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines. He was a member of the Triangle Fraternity, a social fraternity for professional engineers, architects and scientists.

While in college, Mr. Todd worked nights as the station manager at the local airport. After graduation, Pan American Airlines offered him a job as flight engineer. During his 40-year career with Pan Am, he traveled the world, including trips to Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

He was part of the crew that first crossed the Pacific Ocean in a Martin M130 flying boat. During World War II as a Naval Reserve officer, Mr. Todd flew on military missions operated by Pan Am to American bases in the Pacific. He retired from the Navy as a lieutenant.

Mr. Todd was first engineer on the first Pan Am flight into Tokyo after the war. In Hong Kong, he ran the flight engineering group for a time. He was one of the airline's on-site representatives with Boeing on the 747 project.

Mr. Todd was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Portola Valley for 45 years.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Dorothy; sister Marilee Fickel of Gainsborough, Georgia; daughters Patricia Meldrum and Robin Graham; and son Bruce.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Operation Dignity, c/o Bob Durant, 106 Hession Hill Drive, Pennington, N J 08543.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Walton's Douglas Mortuary in Minden, Nevada.

Harry Horrow

Law firm partner

Harry R. Horrow of Atherton, an attorney and retired senior partner of the law firm now known as Pillsbury Winthrop, died November 10. He was 93.

Mr. Horrow was a graduate of Northwestern University and Northwestern University School of Law. Before going into private practice, he served in the General Counsel's Office of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., and as an attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He joined the firm of Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro and was a partner of that firm from 1948 until his retirement in 1990.

He also taught at the University of San Francisco School of Law and lectured at Boalt School of Law of the University of California. During his practice, he advised charitable organizations including the Del Monte Foundation, BankAmerica Foundation, Holbrook-Palmer Recreation Park Foundation, and Crown Zellerbach Foundation.

Mr. Horrow was a supporter of the San Francisco Symphony, California Academy of Sciences and the San Francisco Opera Association.

Mr. Horrow is survived by his children, Barbara Gaynor of Salem, Oregon, and Michael Horrow of Capitola. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Wilma Beckman Horrow.

A private memorial was held. Roller Hapgood & Tinney was in charge of arrangements.

Aleta Hayworth

Longtime Woodside resident

Aleta (Lee) B. Hayworth of Woodside died from a stroke October 30 in San Jose. She was 83.

Ms. Hayworth was born and raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, where she earned a nursing degree.

After her marriage to Ballard Hayworth, she left her nursing career to raise their four daughters. She was an active volunteer in her church and in charitable activities. The Hayworths were members of the First Congregational Church of Redwood City and Leydon Colony, a church group for couples, for 50 years. The couple also shared interests in tennis, travel, hiking, flying, adventure, family and friends, say family members.

Mrs. Hayworth is survived by her husband of 60 years, Dr. Ballard Hayworth; daughters, Pamela Hunt of Capitola, Deborah Wade of San Jose, Susan Nahmens of Redwood City and Nancy Becker of Salt Lake City; sister, Fran Fink of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The family prefers donations to a favorite charity.