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Local residents who died recently include:
Alan Churchill Jones, 99, of Menlo Park, served in the military and survived exposure to a radiation blast, and was one of only two scientists who lived into old age without succumbing to cancer. He worked for many years at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla as a geophysicist, and was avid traveler, and lover of birds and animals who died on Feb. 28.
Joseph Erskine Welsh, 76, of Palo Alto, graduated from Palo Alto High School where his claim to fame was almost beating Mark Spitz in the 100-yard butterfly the year before Spitz won the silver medal in that same event at the Mexico City Olympic Games. He took a six-year residency at the University of Virginia in neurosurgery and merged the complexity of brain surgery with deep empathy for the physical and emotional suffering of others. He died on Feb. 27.
Lillian Abood Harris, 98, a longtime Mid-Peninsula resident who taught Spanish and English as a Second Language in the Palo Alto Unified and Sequoia Union High School Districts and at Stanford International House, was known for her love of languages, travel, competitive bridge and spirited curiosity about the world She built a life centered on family, teaching and lifelong learning. She died at home on Nov. 5, 2025.
To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at almanacnews.com/obituaries.
