CLAY W. BUCKLEY
July 9, 1920 - November 14, 2006
Clay Buckley, popular San Francisco Bay-Area musician died November 14, 2006 at Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma, WA). He was 86. For the last two decades he directed and played bass with The Jazz Workshop a successful musical octet featuring a wide range of styles and talented musicians. During the 50’s, Clay played with such notable musicians as Vince Guaraldi, Chuck Trivis, Father Hines, Paul Desmond, and Cal Tjader.
In 1982 he retired, after 25 years with the Pacific Gas & Electric Company San Francisco General Office Engineering Department, as Section Supervisor Engineer.
Clay was born in Palo Alto, attended Central, McKinley Elementary, Sequoia High school, college of San Mateo and Stanford. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps followed by working as an inspector for Itel-McCullough, a radar defense plant. During World War II, served in the Army for three years in the South Pacific Campaign and was an Honor Graduate of San Jose State University.
A Memorial service will be held at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 22555 Cristo Rey Drive, Los Altos, CA on Sat. Jan. 6, 2007 at 1:00pm.
Gloria Buckely, his wife of 53 years passed away in March of 2005. His daughter Lisa Lyn Buckley passed away in January of 2002. He is survived by his daughters Kathyanne Baumgardner of Gig Harbor, WA, Lynda Arnett of San Diego, CA and his five grandchildren, Gary, Sarah, Emily, Amy and Shawn.
MARILYN FRENCH
Marilyn French was born in Kansas on September 30th, 1931 and died on December 3rd, 2006 in Los Altos at the age of 75. She was the devoted wife of Norman French for almost 56 years. They lived together in Los Altos for 45 years. She is survived by her husband and 2 children, Tyler and Kirk, daughter-in-law Mary French and sisters Lois Hays, Vonnie Campbell and Norma Berg.
HELEN A. MUNTER
Helen A. Munter 92, of Los Altos CA, entered into rest on November 21, 2006.
She was preceded in death in 1990 by her husband of 55 years, Russell. She is survived by her daughter Susan and son-in-law Richard Moss of Los Altos, granddaughter Anja Hart and great-grandsons Jake and Nate Hart of Piedmont CA, and her sister Bernice Mattson of Casselton ND.
Helen was born in Creighton NE, and moved to Creston MT with her parents Robert and Anna Prishmann about 1930. She married Russell Munter in 1934, and they lived first on the Munter family farm in Demarsville, and later in Kalispell MT. Her working career included selling real estate, working in various departments at the Kalispell Mercantile, and managing Martins Clothing Store on Main Street.
During WW II she was a volunteer plane spotter. In the 1970’s she was chef for the Holiday Inn Resort on Flathead Lake, and later managed the Elks Resort on the lake for two summers. She was a life member of the Lady Elks, and volunteered many hours of landscape care and organizing bridge games. A member of the American Contract Bridge League, she always said her love of bridge kept her young.
In her younger days, she was an avid fisherman, camper and huckleberry picker. She loved to entertain friends in her home and on the back patio, and her cinnamon rolls, dill pickles and pan-fired chicken were legendary. When she finally had to leave her little home on 2nd Avenue East in the summer of 2005, she had her going-away breakfast with the Sykes bunch, a favorite spot for her and her friends.
Helen was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother (”G-G”). She will be in our hearts, and those of her lifelong friends, forever. A celebration of life will be held in Kalispell MT in the summer of 2007, and interment will be alongside her husband at the Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
