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Deaths Philip Kuekes Philip Kuekes, 63, a resident of Menlo Park, died of glioblastoma Nov. 29. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Fairfield, Conn. He graduated from Yale University in 1969 with a degree in physics. He moved to the Bay Area in 1969, owned his own computer consulting business and worked for TRW in Mountain View. He later worked for Hewlett Packard, specializing in nanotechnology. He received many awards for his work and authored more than 70 patents. He enjoyed hiking and traveling
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Palo Alto Dec. 15-21 Violence related Armed robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Kidnapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Vehicle related Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 False registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Suspended license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Vehicle accident/major injury . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . .2 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .5 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Miscellaneous Casualty/fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Disposal request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . .3 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .4 Urinate in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Menlo Park Dec. 15-20 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Vehicle related Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Suspended license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Irene Sampson Irene L. Sampson, 83, a resident of Palo Alto, died of a brain tumor Nov. 13. She was born in Walla Walla, Wash. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington State University, she was active in the League of Women Voters, including service as President of the Palo Alto League and on the Bay Area League Board. She was also devoted to St. Andrew’s
Alcohol or drug related Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Miscellaneous Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Gang validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Info. case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Meet citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
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the world, and was a devoted family man, loved ones said. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Kuekes, and his daughter, Ofelie Kuekes, both of Menlo Park. Memorial services will be announced at a later date.
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Methodist Church, where she and her husband John were charter members. Another of her passions was the Urban Ministry Food Closet, located at 425 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. She is survived by her husband of 59 years John Sampson; her brother Art; three children and their spouses Hal (Angie), Paul (Lee) and Cheryl (Paul); six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Donations in her memory may be made to the Urban Ministry Food Closet or Palo Alto League of Women Voters. A “celebration of life memorial� will be held Friday, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Methodist Church, 4111 Alma St., Palo Alto.
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Atherton Dec. 15-19 Violence related Kidnapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Vehicle related Abandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suspicious vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Alcohol or drug related Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Miscellaneous Animal call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Citizen assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Fire call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Flooding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hang-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Juvenile problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Meet citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Pedestrian check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Perimeter check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Special detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .2 Tree blocking roadway . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Welfare check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Wires down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto Kellogg Avenue, 12/15, 8:13 a.m.; adult suicide. Park Boulevard, 12/15, 7:17 p.m.; kidnapping. Marion Avenue, 12/16, 8:59 p.m.; armed robbery. 500 block Ramona Street, 12/20, 5:58 p.m.; battery/simple.
Menlo Park 500 block Pierce Road, 12/18, 10:54 p.m.; spousal abuse. 1100 block Willow Road, 12/19, 7:47 p.m.; battery.
Atherton Encina Avenue, 12/17, 1:23 p.m.; kidnapping/possible parent abduction.
2)#(!2$ 0 '25%. Computer-industry pioneer and long-time Palo Alto resident Richard P. Gruen, 67, died on December 12th of heart failure, ďŹ ve years after a successful kidney transplant. He is survived by his mother Elizabeth Gervais-Gruen, brothers Bob, Daniel, and David Gruen, loving friend Stephanie Rosenbaum, and many more friends and colleagues. Dick began his association with computers in 1960, in an NSF-sponsored program at Columbia University. He graduated from Great Neck North High School in 1961 and from MIT in 1965, where he served as business manager of radio station WTBS. His recursive airfare calculation program, described in the February 1965 Tech Engineering News, was not duplicated commercially until 1999 (by ITA Software). During college he worked for IBM in Cambridge and in Switzerland, then joined Digital Equipment Corporation to develop early minicomputer PDP-5 (predecessor to the PDP-8), followed by systems software support for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 on the West Coast and in Europe. That involvement led him to the burgeoning timesharing industry, with stints at Tymshare, Computer Center Corporation (CCC) in Seattle, and ADP Network Services. One of Dick’s innovations at Tymshare and CCC was to hire high-school computer hobbyists, offering them
free computer time in return for ďŹ nding and reporting bugs. This mentoring gave him the distinction of being the ďŹ rst person to employ future Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1978 Dick joined Intel Corporation as CAD systems manager. He was responsible for one of the ďŹ rst CAD networks, as Intel evolved to rely on CAD systems for product development. He supported design engineers in the USA, Japan, Israel, and France, continuing the world travel that included a year in The Netherlands for ADP. After the mid-80s, Dick turned to consulting, working on projects for Xerox, Tandem, Netscape, and the edgling Cisco Systems (then only 50 employees). In Palo Alto, Dick was an early advocate for energy conservation. He was a member of the War on Waste committee from 1981 to 1992, and served on the Utilities Advisory Commission from 1996 to 1999. His hobbies included ying (he earned a commercial multi-engine license), sailing his 29-foot sailboat the Microship, and scuba diving in the warm waters of Hawaii, the Caribbean, and the Great Barrier Reef. Later in life he traveled on small-ship cruises along the coast of Norway and to the Arctic Circle, Antarctica, and Iceland. A memorial gathering will be held in early 2011 to celebrate Dick’s life; for information, please email stephanie@teced.com. Memorials supporting kidney transplant research are preferred; contributions may be made to the Dr. David Sutherland Research Chair Fund at the University of Minnesota Medical Foundation, 200 Oak St SE, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55455. PA I D
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