February 16, 1934 – July 9, 2019
Diane Dozzi Tonnesen, Mother, Wife, teacher, life long learner, world traveler and lover of nature died peacefully in her home on July 9 after a valiant battle with lung cancer. She is survived by her husband Roger, daughter Kelli, son Daniel, son in law Phil Pastuhov and four loving grandchildren, Julia Denevi, Catherine Pastuhov, Nicholas Pastuhov and Anika Tonnesen.
On May 12, Stanley Goldstein peacefully passed away in his Mountain View home at the age of 96.
Barbara Pierce Thomas, 98, passed away on July 10, 2019 at the DuBose Health Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born in Titusville, PA, the second of four children to Stanley and Ludmilla Pierce.
Eitan Moshe Fenson passed away on June 30, 2019 at age 65 from thyroid cancer. Eitan was born in Israel and grew up in New York City. He received his bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Michigan, where he met his wife of 38 years, Barbara Weinstein. In 1987 they moved to Los Altos, where they raised three children while working in the tech sector.
George S. Phillips was born on May 10, 1930, and died on June 13, in Evanston, Wyoming following a long illness.
Dr. Frederic A. Costales passed away peacefully June 29, 2019, following a brief illness. His long-time loving companion Julie Carson and family members were able to be with him.
Dr. Costales was the elder of the two sons of Frederico and Edith Costales and was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 24, 1923. Fred, as he came to be known, and his family moved around the country in his boyhood during the precarious economic times, eventually moving to California when his father went to work for Ford Motor Company.
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