Obituaries

1945-2019 Mark Dalrymple showed courage, grace, and patience during his long struggle with cancer that ended March 22nd. He was born in the Seattle area to parents George and Persis and grew up there and in Humboldt County, CA. Mark attended Stanford University where he earned degrees in Biology and Geology, began working as an audio engineer, and met his wife, Julie. After a brief stint in the Navy he resumed working at Stanford for the Music Department, Memorial Church, and the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. The Music Department website describes him as “Audio and video recording, editing, and archiving. Techie and chief schlepper, emeritus.” He loved music and using his skills to help bring it to audiences.

5/26/1963-3/19/2019 Cynthia Day Sabin, age 55, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 holding hands with her husband and daughter at Sutter Health Hospital (Roseville, California). Born, in Stanford, California, she attended Los Altos High School before graduating from Occidental College (Los Angeles) in 1985. She married Peter Sabin Jr. on August 25, 1990. The couple lived in Issaquah, WA for six years before settling in Granite Bay, CA in 1997. They have been residents of Granite Bay for the past 22 years where their two children, Christina Sabin, and John Sabin, both attended Granite Bay High School. Cindy retired from Hewlett Packard after 22 years and joined the California Independent Service Operator (Folsom, CA) where she has been employed for the past ten years.

Cherished for her loving-kindness, Lorna Madge Micheletti of Los Altos Hills, is mourned for her passing on April 1, 2019. She was born in a tent on an Indian Reservation in Bennett, Utah on August 25, 1933. She is survived by her brothers Lyman Ballard of El Verano, California, Nathan Ballard of San Jose, and her six children (and spouses): David (Joanne), Diane (Clyde) Stevenson, Rob (Karen), John (Diane), Joane (Bob) Job, and Jim (Lisa). Sadly, her fourth son Paul died in a car accident in 1991. Lorna has 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Her marriage to Manlio (Mel) Micheletti in 1952 was blessed. Their 62 years of marriage were dedicated to family and friends, and later in life, much travel. In addition to tireless dedication to her family, she saw much of the world. Mel and Lorna moved into a little ranch home in Los Altos Hills in 1960 and spent many holidays and summers in their cabin in Twain Harte.

August 2, 1925–March 25, 2019 Marilyn Claire DeBusk, longtime resident of Los Altos, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2019. She was 93. Born Aug. 2, 1925, in Omaha, Neb., Marilyn was the oldest daughter of Dr. Dwight and Cecelia Hughes. She grew up in Fairbury, Neb., and graduated from Fairbury High School, where she and her husband, Lawrence, were high school sweethearts. Marilyn earned her BS and RN degrees in 1948 from the University of Nebraska (Omaha) and worked at Omaha’s University Hospital. She and Lawrence married in 1948.

Rita Frances Kull, age 89, passed away Friday, April 5 at Sunrise Senior Living in Sunnyvale, California. Rita was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 13, 1930 to Mildred Zottolo and Nicholas Natiello. Rita and William Fredrick Kull married in Chicago, Illinois on July 5, 1953. After living in several states, they moved to Los Altos Hills in 1970 where they raised their four sons. She volunteered over 7,000 hours at El Camino Hospital Auxiliary over a 35-year span. She was president of the Los Altos Hills Little League Women’s Association for two years and supported the Little League in various capacities from 1970 until 1983. Rita dedicated much of her time to scouting.

October 2, 1920 – February 24, 2019 Mary Margaret Thompson, a Los Altos resident who was a dedicated volunteer at the Los Altos History Museum and encouraged children to write by founding a popular annual historical essay contest, died at the age of 98 on Feb. 24, 2019, in Los Altos. Margaret was born on Oct. 2, 1920, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to Lillian and Horace Nichols. The oldest of three children, Margaret grew up on a dairy farm and met her husband, U.S. Navy Commander Ejnar Nicolai Christian Thompson, while attending Ardmore schools. After passing the civil service examination, Margaret moved to Washington, D.C., in 1942 where she worked as a secretary for the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Ships. Meanwhile, Ejnar attended the U.S. Naval Academy as part of the Class of ’44 in nearby Annapolis. In 1943, because of the war, the Navy decided to allow midshipmen to marry.