By Patricia Rose Tracey

Patricia Rose Tracey died Jan. 27. She was a native of Massachusetts.

Mrs. Tracey begin a career in nursing at an early age. She became involved in infant care and later pediatrics. She was a nurse in Kaiser hospitals for more than 25 years.

Mrs. Tracey is survived her husband of 53 years, Walter Tracey; children, Cynthia, Robert, William, Patricia, John, Thomas, Paul and Martha; siblings, Connie Tipton and Frances Brennan; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services have been held.

George Charles ‘Charlie’ Zanger

George Charles “Charlie” Zanger, a longtime Los Altos resident, died Feb. 23. A native of Chicago, he was 87.

Mr. Zanger served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked in office product sales his entire career. He was active with the Shriners and Masons.

Mr. Zanger is survived by his wife of 54 years, Ruth; children, Laura and her husband Richard Simonds, Carl and his wife Betty Zangger; eight grandchildren, Colby, Chris, Carrie, Eric, Kelly, Nancy, Suzanne and Connie; and eight great-grandchildren.

Dorothy Wester

Dorothy Wester died March 2 in Los Altos. A native of Massachusetts, she was 89.

Mrs. Wester was a secretary for William Smith. She was a 17-year resident of the Pilgrim Haven Retirement Community.

She was the widow of Thomas Nielsen Wester, who died in 1995.

Josie Pacheco Lucero

Josie Pacheco Lucero died March 5 in Los Altos. A native of New Mexico, she was 87.

Mrs. Lucero was farmer.

She was the widow of Joe S. Lucero. She is survived by children Adela Rivera of Los Altos, Ida Reiff, Dorothy Vigil, Gilbert Lucero, Roger Lucero, Walter Lucero, and Linda Lucero; siblings, Ferdinand Pacheco, Maurice Pacheco and Marie Rodriguez; 20 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Robert F. Demange

Obituaries run on a space-available basis. All items will be edited for length and newspaper style. Please include a name and phone number. Mail obituaries to Town Crier, 138 Main St. Los Altos 94022; fax 948-6647; or e-mail lindat@latc.com.

Robert F. Demange died March 5 at his Los Altos home from congestive heart failure. A native of France, he was 93.

Mr. Demange was the youngest child of Berthe Beaud and Alexandre Demange. The family came to Chicago in 1912.

Mr. Demange became a mechanical and electrical engineer, working for Warren Webster in Chicago. There he met Earl Beling, who in 1936 founded Beling Consultants with Mr. Demange as vice president. It was a position he held until his retirement in 1975.

Mr. Demange was active in community affairs. He was a member of Palo Alto Seniors Golf Group, Deep Cliff Golf Course and the Los Altos Art Club. One of his watercolors was featured in the recently published book, “Paint the Town.”

Mr. Demange was preceded in death by his first wife, Fern Alma Draper. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Perkins Codding of Los Altos; children Robert P. Demange, Carol Altizer and her husband, Gary, Allen Demange and his wife JoAnn Richmond, Susan Riach and her husband, Andrew; grandchildren Scott Jensen, Pamela Jensen Roszell and her husband, Peter, Julie Demange, Laura Demange, Matthew; one great-grandson, and numerous great-nieces and nephews.