Obituaries Obituaries (September 28, 2005)

Kathryn Cook

Former Menlo Park resident

Kathryn Randolph Cook, who grew up in Menlo Park, died September 17 at her home in Visalia after an 18-month battle against brain cancer. She was 50.

Ms. Cook attended local schools -- Las Lomitas, La Entrada and Woodside High -- and graduated in 1977 from UCLA, where she met her future husband, George Cook. They recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

Ms. Cook was active in her children's schools, both as a volunteer and as a substitute teacher.

She is survived by her husband, George; son Steven Cook, and daughter Melissa Cook; her parents, Mary and Tom Randolph of Menlo Park; sister Nancy Brandon of Atherton and brother Tom Randolph Jr. of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

A celebration of Ms. Cook's life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 1, at Visalia Nazarene Church, 3333 West Caldwell Ave., Visalia.

The family prefers memorials be made to The Kathryn Cook Memorial Fund, Visalia Unified School District, 5000 West Cypress Ave., Visalia, CA 93728.
John Benetti

A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 30, at St. Pius Catholic Church, 1100 Woodside Road in Redwood City, for John Urbano Benetti of Atherton, who died September 24 at the age of 89. A vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 29, at Crippen & Flynn Woodside Chapel, 400 Woodside Road, Redwood City. Mr. Benetti's obituary will appear in a future issue of the Almanac.
Denise Lynch

A memorial Mass for Denise Lynch of Menlo Park will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 1, at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park. Ms. Lynch died September 22 at age 65. Her obituary will appear in a future issue of the Almanac.
William Brock

A memorial service for William "Bill" Brock of Menlo Park will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 1, at Redwood Chapel, 847 Woodside Road in Redwood City. Mr. Brock died September 23 at age 88. His obituary will appear in a future issue of the Almanac.
Herb Bull

Food industry executive

Herbert Granville Bull Jr., a Menlo Park resident for 29 years, died September 18 in the Devonshire Oaks Nursing Center in Redwood City. Mr. Bull suffered from Parkinson's disease and a long illness following a fall on the golf course. He was 85.

Mr. Bull was born in San Francisco and grew up in Berkeley. He graduated from Stanford University in 1941, where he played shortstop on the university's freshman and varsity baseball teams and was a member of Delta Chi fraternity.

After serving as a U.S. Naval officer in World War II, he returned to Stanford and completed his graduate studies for an MBA degree in 1946.

Mr. Bull retired in 1985 from a management career in sales, marketing and corporate relations positions with Del Monte Foods and Foremost Dairies.

While his sons were growing up in Palo Alto, Mr. Bull was active in the Palo Alto Boy Scout Council Troop 57, the YMCA, and the First Presbyterian Church. An avid golfer, he was a past president of the Stanford Golf Club.

Mr. Bull is survived by his wife, Doris Bull of Menlo Park; sons Bill Bull of Fresno and Herb Bull of Westfield, New Jersey; a granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; stepdaughters Carol Johnson of Houston and Beth Shafer of Tucson; and four step-grandchildren.

Private burial will be at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto.
Marjorie O. Maxwell

Former Menlo Park resident

Marjorie O. Maxwell of Lombard, Illinois, died August 7. Ms. Maxwell and her late husband, Robert Maxwell, lived in the Sharon Oaks development in Sharon Heights for 25 years. In 2001, she moved to the Chicago area to be closer to her family.

Ms. Maxwell moved to the Bay Area in 1976 when her husband was transferred here by IBM. She was active in the Menertons, the Atherlons, and the Cosmopolitan Club.

She is survived by her son, Tom Maxwell; sister Jean Omara; and a granddaughter. Donations in her name may be sent to St. Thomas Hospice or All Saints Church, in care of Tom Maxwell, 329 Uvedale Road, Riverside, IL 60546.
Sister Melita Attard

Religious of the Sacred Heart

Sister Melita Attard, who was born and reared in Malta, died September 17 at the age of 98. She had lived in the Oakwood Retirement Community in Atherton since 1984.

Sister Melita came to the United States at age 22. She entered the Society of the Sacred Heart and became a professed Religious of the Sacred Heart in 1939. An educator, she enjoyed preparing children for their first Holy Communion. She served in Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle, and was a founding member of the community at the University of San Diego.

Sister Melita is survived by her religious community, a sister-in-law, nieces and nephews. Memorials in her name may be sent to Oakwood, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. A Mass of Christian burial was held September 24 at Oakwood Chapel.

Arrangements were under the direction of Roller, Hapgood & Tinney, Palo Alto.

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