Here are the local residents who died recently:
Robert McCartney, 62, of Portola Valley, who loved the outdoors and created lifelong memories at places like Sea Ranch and Lake Wildwood, and was a master fisherman, a pastime he very much enjoyed, married his high school sweetheart, Karen. He died on Sept. 11, 2025.
James Wallace, 71, of Palo Alto, who was an ardent classical and flamenco guitarist since the early age of 14 and who shared his love of playing with young people, and who organized many fundraisers with the North Bay Cancer Alliance and who was very competitive in croquet. He died on Oct. 11, 2025, just three days shy of his birthday.
Robert J. Burt, 83, of Menlo Park, who cherished the memories of his grandparents’ farm, where he watched them tend to goats, keep bees and chop wood, and who earned in master’s degree in geology at Stanford and eventually began his work at the UGSG office in Menlo Park. He died on Sept. 19, 2024.
Aldo Louis Dossola, 91, who worked at Duca & Hanley’s market and rewarded himself with an ice cream cone after each paycheck, and who met his wife, Carmen, in Acapulco during a cruise, and who coached youth sports and served as President of St. Raymond’s Board of Education, died on Sept. 28, 2025.
Monique Kane, 87, of Palo Alto, who met the love of her life through a dating website in 2000, and who joined Community Health Awareness Council in 1986 as a clinical supervisor, guiding interns who provided counseling to thousands of children in local schools, died on Sept. 30, 2025.
To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at almanacnews.com/obituaries/.
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