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MERWIN, Helen,

Arrangements under the direction of the Los Altos Chapel of Spangler Mortuaries, 399 So. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.

FERRARI, Gerald Berchman,

Living in Los Altos since he was three years old, Gerald Ferrari was

educated in San Francisco at St. Ignatius, he entered Stanford University at age sixteen, and by age nineteen, was flying a B-24 bomber to Italy in World War II. After the war, he returned to Stanford to complete his engineering degree and to marry his bride, Mary Jane Clatworthy Ferrari, with whom he enjoyed 56 years of marriage. In his early years , he managed Ferrari Brother Rose Company and then returned to Stanfod Law School.

He practiced law in Redwood City with Corrie, Leback, Hannig and Ferrari and then moved his own firm to Palo Alto and Los Altos, where he practiced law for 15 years with his daughter, Maria Ferrari. He was the youngest son of Bank of America Vice President and Chief Counsel Louis Ferrari, who was one of A.P. Giannnini’s closest advisors.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Ferrari of Los Altos, his sons,

Dr. Bernardo Ferrari and Dr. Marcantonio Ferrari, both of Los Altos, and Dominic Gerald Ferrari of Redwood Shores and his daughters, Teresa Ferrari Votroba of Santa Rosa, Maria Ferrari Mapps of Oregon and Alicia Ferrari of New York, and by 15 grandchildren.

A memorial mass was held at St. Nicholas Catholic Church on November 15, 2002.

WILSON, Charles Alton,