Jill Mendenhall
July 28, 1951-Aug. 3, 2019
Mountain View, California

Jill Mendenhall died on Saturday, August 3rd, in her Mountain View home, after a long battle with metastasis of breast cancer. She had just turned 68. A longtime resident of Mountain View, Palo Alto, and the greater Bay Area, Jill was born in Riverside but never lived there. As a “military brat,” she grew up in a half-dozen other states before returning to Santa Maria and then La Habra, where she attended high school. Jill attended Santa Monica College, University of California Santa Cruz, and UCLA. She studied dance, environmental studies, and earned a Bachelor fo Science in Kinesiology. She also studied bio-mechanical engineering, bookkeeping, HR compensation, and income tax preparation, getting her Enrolled Agent status from the Internal Revenue Service. Jill was a board member of the California Society of Enrolled Agents. Jill had her own tax preparation business in Mountain View. However, her career spanned many businesses - Control Data, Seagate, Incyte Genomics, ALZA Corporation, MyCFO, TaxMam, Center for Independence of the Disabled, and UCSF. Jill enjoyed the Arts, travel, gardening, movies, and a good book; she was a voracious reader. Known for her gracious warmth and incredible smile, she was once a Dale Carnegie trainer and hosted a ToastMasters Club in Palo Alto. Jill is survived by her dear sisters, Jacquie and Joleen, and her beloved husband, Michael.

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