By BELFOR, Bettie loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend to so many, passed away in the early morning of August 2, 2002. Bettie was born in San Francisco in 1925. She was raised at Homewood Terrace Orphanage where she met Max Belfor. During the war years, Bettie corresponded with Max while he fought in the Pacific. After Max returned to San Francisco from five years of active duty, they were married, the year was 1946. They moved to Los Altos in 1950, where they lived in the same house for 52 years and raised two sons, Jeffrey and David.

Bettie worked for the FBI and Joshua Hendy Iron Works in Sunnyvale prior to a loving career running the Belfor home and working in the family business. Bettie loved her community and was very proud of her generation. She was an active volunteer with the El Camino Hospital Auxiliary and other local organizations. She led an active life enjoying tennis, taking long walks and gardening. She loved her travels and especially her visits to Napili Bay, Hawaii. Bettie is survived by her loving husband, Max, of 56 years; two sons and daughter-in-laws, Jan Belfor and Patty Bond; and three grand children, Heather, Lauren and Ryan Belfor.

Bettie’s spirit for life, warm and vibrant personality and love for her family and friends will always be cherished. Donations in Bettie’s memory may be given to Pathways Hospice in Mountain View, California.

MIKULAK, Christine R., 58, passed away at home in Los Altos on August 26, 2002. She is survived by her husband, John; son, John; son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Melissa; and their children, Hannah and Max. Also surviving are her mother, Henrietta Newman and five siblings.

A memorial mass will be celebrated at St. Nicholas Church in Los Altos on Saturday, September 14, 2002, at 1:00 p.m.

Memorial donations to the Los Altos Library are preferred.

KAHAN, Israel, died August 2, 2002. A native of Poland, he was 90. Israel lived in Los Angeles 50 years before moving to Los Altos, 2 years ago. His wife, Fania, preceded him in death.

He was a survivor of the holocaust and immigrated to Northridge, California where he ran a chicken farm. He was a kind, compassionate, wise, generous and loving man, making new friends even at the age of 90. He is survived by his children, Alexander (Janet), Norman (Julia) and grandchildren, Lisa, Daniel, Riley and Mackenna. His friends and family will miss him.

TEILHET-FISK, Jehanne, a resident of of Tallahasee and Los Alamos, died on August 28, 2002. The cause was brain cancer.

Jehanne was born in Los Altos Hills, California on May 16, 1939, to the writers, Darwin and Hildegarde Teilhet. She attended UCLA as an undergraduate and graduate student, obtaining her Ph.D in Art History with a study of Gauguin in Polynesia. She joined the new Visual Arts Department at UCSD in l969, following two years as museum curator in Jos, Nigeria. A dedicated teacher, she produced two major shows there with her students at UCSD, “Dimensions of Black:” and Dimensions of Plynesiaz”. She did extensive fieldwork in many areas of non-Western art, traveling widely in Africa, Nepal, Suriname, Polynesia and especially Tonga. In 1994, she joined the faculty of Florida State University as Professor of Art History, where with Robin Nigh, she co-curated the show, “Dimensions of Native America: The Contact Zone”.

Besides her husband, Zachary Fisk; her daughter, Samantha Fisk, of Madison, Connecticut; her stepdaughter, Rebekah Fisk of New York City; and two sisters survive her, Marta Holen, of Los Angeles, and Saral Waldorf, of Washington, D.C.

Jehanne was a creative, spunky individual who always brought out the best in everyone. She was a loving wife, mother and sister and will be greatly missed. She will always hold a special place in our hearts. Ofa atua.

Arrangements are under the directoin of Berardinelli Family Furneral Service, 1399 Luisa Street., Santa Fe, New Mexico.

MILLER, Clarence John, a professor of economics, has died at age 85. Miller, a Los Altos resident, died August 29. He grew up on a farm in Iowa and received a doctorate in Economics from Harvard University after World war II service in the Merchant Marine.

He started his career as a professor at the University of Nebraska, which led to over two decades of consulting in international development, assisting local farmers around the world in agricultural marketing techniques.

His journeys led him from the backwaters of the Amazon to the highest reaches of the Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan, where he would sit drinking tea with local farmers, exploring the most effective ways of getting their camels to market. His amiability and quiet, dry wit were enjoyed by all who knew him, and were a great aid in dealing with people of many cultures and languages.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Phyllis Miller of Los Altos; children Arthur Miller of Woburn, Massachusettes, Leonard Miller of Vacaville, Kenneth Miller of San Jose; sister Louis Guy of Placerville; and two grandchildren.

A memorial was held Saturday, September 7, at 2:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto,505 E. Charlston Rd., Palo Alto.

Donations in memory of Clarence Miller can be made to UCSF Foundation, and sent to the Department of Neurology, attn: Ralph Christy, Box 0114, San Francisco, California 94143-0114. Donations should be marked for research on Parkinson’s Disease.

HALLIDAY, Marilyn Button, of Los Altos, died September 2, 2002. Marilyn graudated from Kansas University and moved to Los Altos in l958. She became very involved in local politics and volunteer activities. As a member of the Los Altos School Board, she fought for providing the best quality educaiton possible. A longtime member of the Los Altos Hills Fire Commission, she spearheaded the effort to build the new Foothill College Fire Station. She is survived by her husband, Tony Lagorio of Los Altos; her three children, Amy and Owen of Los Altos and Blair of Santa Rosa, California; and 4 grandchildren.

The family request that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to your local PTA or to the Los Altos Educational Foundaton (LAEF) to support ongoing educational efforts. Services were held Friday, September 6, 2002, at the Los Altos Chapel of Spangler Mortuary, 399 So. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.

BROWN, Karl L., Professor, age 76, died on August 29, 2002, at Stanford Hospital following a brief illness. Born and raised in Coalville, Utah, he attended the University of Utah and in l947, as a senior, transferred to Stanford University. Karl earned his BS, MS and PhD degrees in Physics at Stanford, and joined the faculty in 1974. He remained at Stanford throughout his career, except for several years of leave during which he participated in accelerator projects at laboratories around the world. He stayed active professionally until recently and last year celebrated his 50th year of service to the university and SLAC.

Karl L. Brown was a member of the core team of young scientists who under the leadership of W.K.H. Panofsky designed and built the two-mile Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), a landmark in Menlo Park, celebrating the 40th anniversary of its foundaton this month. In the course of his career, he acquired an internatonal reputation as an expert in beam optics for particle acceleratorsl Research with such machines is largely responsbile for what we know today about sub-atomic constituents of matter and the laws that govern them.

Though he received notable scientific recognition, his greatest satisfaction came from his contributions towards the development of cancer radiation theraphy. As a graduate studnet in the l950’s, he ws part of a smal rsearch team at Stanford that built the first ever linear accelerator to be used for cancer treatment, in close collaboratoin with Henry S. Kaplan, M.D. of the medical school. Almost twenty years later, Karl L. Brown initiated and led the development of the first commercialy successful line of such devices (named the CLINAC) by Varian Associates. The present day CLINACs treat over 100,000 patients a day throughout the world.

Karl is survived by his wife of 25 years, Vera Lulth, by five children from his earlier marriage to Anadel Smith-Law, David Brown of Danville, California, Dennistown Brown of Billings, Montana, Adriana Cassani of Lindon, Utah, Jerry Brown of Los altos, California and Andrew Brown of Mountain View, California, and 14 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Spetember 27th. at 10 am in the Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. His ashes wil be interred in Hoytsville, Utah, later this fall. Written recollections of favorite memories of Karl would be greatly appreciated. In lieu of flowers, his family prefers contributions to the karl L. Brown Memorial Yung Scholars Fund. Details on all of the above will be available at www.karlbrown.info.

BRUNELLO, Penny, died in San Jose, September 6, 2002. Wife of Roger Brunello of Los Altos. Mother of Kathryn Montaivo of Sunnyvale, Scott Brunello of Willow Glen and the late Chris Brunello. Sister of Joanne Domingues of Redwood City and John Bass. Sister-in-law of Lora and George Todesco and and Dan and Linda Brunello. Gradmother of Joseph, Annie, Cecelia, Sophia, Jack and Ryan. A native of San Francisco, California. Age 61. Co-Founder with her husband of Le Boulanger in Los Altos in l981. A volunteer with the American Cancer Societies Discovery Shop of Los Altos. A member of the Children’s Home Socety Auxiliary, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, the Los Altos Golf and Country Club. Board member of the Community School of Music and Arts.

Services were held at the Mission Church at Santa Clara University. Interment was private.

Arrangements were made under the direction of the Los Altos Chapel of Spangler Mortuary