Obituaries

December 31, 1919 – April 22, 2019 Doris Anne Spencer, a long-time Los Altos Hills area resident, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2019. She was 99 years old. Anne was born on December 31, 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The daughter of a Baptist minister, Anne was raised with her brother and sister in the city. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the College for Women in 1941. She was an active member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. In the early 1950’s, Anne moved to Los Angeles and fell in love with California, which remained her home state for the rest of her life. She worked as a public relations executive for a financial company and a petroleum company. She then met and married Donald Spencer, who was at Stanford, and moved to the Bay Area, where she began her dream career as an estate appraiser, eventually settling in a hilltop house in Los Altos Hills.

June 7, 1929 - April 24, 2019 Norman Duane Stauffer passed away peacefully after a long illness on April 24, 2019 with his wife and daughter by his side. Duane is survived by his daughter Nancy Augliera, son-in-law John Augliera and his two grandsons Anthony and Jason Augliera. Duane is also survived by his wife Mary Lou Stauffer, stepsons Mark, Bruce, Ross, Dale and six step-grandchildren, Alissa, Megan, Amanda, Tyler, Dylan and Brett McCourt. Duane was pre-deceased by wife Carol and son Randy Stauffer, brother Hal Stauffer and sister Margie Frenette. Duane served his country for four years during the Korean War. After 33 years, he retired from Proctor and Gamble as the San Francisco District Manager in Bar Soap Household Cleaning Products Division. During his career he was President of the Sales Managers Club in San Francisco.

Resident of Los Altos May 2, 1933 – April 19, 2019 Bob McConnell passed away April 19 after a brief hospital stay, just shy of his 86thbirthday. Bob was born May 2, 1933, to Olive and Grenfall McConnell. He attended Oakland High School and the University of California, Berkeley, leaving Cal in 1954 to join the Air Force. He was the only member of his testing class to move on to pilot training, after which he attended officer training in Bainbridge, GA. It was during his initial assignment, in Libya, that he met his “first love” — a 1931 Fiat sports roadster that he restored, instilling a lifelong love of antique cars. After Libya, he was stationed in Japan, as well as Arizona, Florida, Michigan, and New York. He was honorably discharged in 1968 at the rank of captain with over 8,000 hours piloting the B-57. He returned to the Bay Area, employed by Pan American World Airways as a flight engineer.

Jacob "Jake" Edward Hampel, 26, adored son, brother, grandson and friend, passed away on April 13, 2019. He was born in Los Gatos, CA on February 8, 1993, the dear son of Craig and Christine Hampel, and wonderful brother to Allison Hampel. Jake's grandparents are Fred & Sharon Hampel, Stanley Douglas and Rosemary & Elbert Schroader. Jake enjoyed the love and many adventures with his Uncles, Scott Douglas (Annie) and Christopher Hampel (Annette) and Aunts Tarri Banas (Charles) and Mia Leidig. Jake created some wonderful memories with his Illinois cousins, Emma, Gracie, Hannah, Brooke, Nicole, Kyle, Tyler, Rose, Zac, Maddie, Jessica, and his Colorado cousins, Emma & Ethan. Jake lived in San Jose, CA for 12 years before moving to Los Altos, in 2003. He was a graduate of Los Altos High School and San Francisco State University where he obtained a BA in Criminal Justice, just like his Uncle Scott.