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Robert A. Feichtmeir September 19, 1943 – June 24, 2020 Mountain View, CA Bob Feichtmeir passed away on June 24, 2020 after battling cancer for 46 years. Born in San Francisco on September 19, 1943 to Ervin and Jane Feichtmeir, he was their first and only son of five children. He was raised in Menlo Park where his mother’s family had lived for several generations. Like his mother, he attended St. Joseph’s Elementary School where he met and retained lifelong friends. Bob proudly went to Bellarmine College Prep and during his college years, he was drafted into the Army. After basic training, officer candidate school, and meeting stringent physical requirements, Bob was selected to the 3rd U.S. Infantry, known as "The Old Guard”; the ceremonial unit of the US Army stationed at Arlington Cemetery in Washington D.C. After his Old Guard service, Bob was called to fight in Vietnam and it was before departing that he met his future wife, lifelong companion and favorite chef, Eileen Bertolotti. After a year in Vietnam, he returned home to complete his degree at San Jose State University. Bob and Eileen were married in 1975 and settled in Mountain View where their two sons were born.

Gary Ivan Aknin “His Story” December 30, 1958-July 9, 2020 Gary Ivan Aknin was born on December 30, 1958, the first child of Charles Aknin and Ann Robbins Aknin in Manhattan, New York. Gary lived the first few years of his life in Manhattan on Central Park West, and always considered himself a New Yorker. Gary spent his youth in Rye, Westchester County, NY, close to John Jay’s family home and on the Long Island Sound. Gary graduated high school from Fenster boarding school in Arizona and has kept in contact with friends he made in Tucson to this day. Upon graduation he moved with his parents to Beverly Hills and San Marino, California. He worked at his father’s restaurant, “Charles V”, in downtown Los Angeles, as well as his grandfather Lester Robbins’ construction company building a Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in New Jersey. Deciding that being a waiter or a laborer was not for him, he attended Menlo College where he not only received his BS in Business Administration but also met his wife, Laurie Ann Merta. They were married in 1981 (and celebrated their 39th anniversary last month).

March 14, 1938 – July 1, 2020 Beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Anthony “Tony” J. Del Gaudio, Jr., 85, passed away peacefully on the evening of July 1 on the occasion of his 59th anniversary with his beloved wife, Joan, who was able to be by his side at Casa Alice in Mountain View. His two daughters, a son-in-law, and one of his granddaughters were also near him in his final hours. Born March 14, 1935 in Hartford, CT, Tony was the fourth of five children born to parents Anthony Sr. and Josephine. Soon after, they moved to the Bronx, NY, where Tony became a life-long Yankees fan, attending his first game in 1942.The family moved back to Hartford where Tony eventually graduated from high school, then served three years in the U.S. Army, stationed in Europe, before returning home to complete his B.S. in Business Education at Central Connecticut State College. During this time, he met Joan Ann Bronner in an income tax class and was immediately “Wowed!” by her perky energy and beautiful blonde hair. By 1960, they got their first jobs in the same high school business department where they taught side by side, thrilling their students when they returned from Christmas break to announce their engagement. Married at St. Thomas Catholic Church on the University of Connecticut campus in 1961, the couple welcomed their first daughter in 1963 after Tony completed his MBA at University of Arizona in 1962.

Dr. William James Stover passed away on June 11, 2020 at El Camino hospital after a long illness. He was born on July 1, 1943 in Scranton Pennsylvania, the only child of Russel J. Stover and Gwendolyn Williams. He is survived by his wife Dr. Mali Mann, his children, Dr.Andrea Parisa Mann, Ellen Vennola-Coloccia, Jussie Vennola-Stover and his grandchildren Mateus Bitdinger, Sorays Ava Bitdinger, Anna Coloccia and Rachel Coloccia. Dr. Stover had a brilliant and diverse career. After completing his master’s degree in International Relations and a Ph.D. in Political Science, he became a diplomat in the Foreign Service during the Vietnam War. When he returned, he decided the best way to positively impact future generations was through teaching. He joined the faculty at Santa Clara University in 1975. In his academic work, he focused on international conflict resolution, the role of the military in politics, and the role of technology in international relations. Dr. Stover wrote widely in his area of expertise and served as an editor of a number of journals including the International Journal of World Peace.