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Theodore Alan Dolton July 12, 1935 – March 21, 2015 Theodore Alan Dolton, age 79, loving husband of Catherine Dolton, died on March 21, 2015 at his home in Palo Alto. Ted was born on July 12, 1935 in San Francisco and grew up in Hillsborough, California. He attended Roosevelt Grammar School, where he met his future wife, Cathy. He graduated from Burlingame High School in 1953. Ted attended Stanford University where he earned his B.S. and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Class of 1957. Ted was a member of Tau Beta Pi, a National Honorary Engineering Society. After graduating from Stanford, he served two years as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. In 1971 he earned an M.B.A. at Santa Clara University. The family returned to California where Ted worked for Ford Aeronutronics in Newport Beach. He spent the rest of his career at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale. His work at Lockheed included applying his expertise in thermodynamics to the NASA International Space Station Program and he worked on the Hubble Space Telescope. He was active in the International Council On System Engineering (INCOSE). Ted and Cathy retired in the same year and had great adventures traveling the world and making lifelong friendships along the way. Locally, mornings in Palo Alto would find Ted biking and running in the Baylands. Ted was active in a wide variety of community efforts. He was on the Housing Committee for EPA CAN DO in East Palo Alto, and he served on the Social Concerns Committee at the First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto. Ted loved the outdoors. His enthusiasm for being out in nature was contagious. He enjoyed hiking, backpacking, and sharing his knowledge of the outdoors with his family and friends. Ted explored the Sierra mountains and knew many of its secrets. He was an expert birder and was a local leader of the yearly Audubon Christmas Bird Count. For Stanford Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve he collected birding data for research. Ted and Cathy served as Nature Education docents with grammar school students at Filoli in Woodside. Ted was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He is survived by his wife Cathy of 57 years; his son Larry (Ellen Gobler), his daughter, Sharon (Jeff Thornton), and five grandchildren, Ian, Nathaniel, Emily, Elias, and Everett; his brother, Robert G. Dolton, Sr., and sister-in-law Barbara Dolton. The family is grateful to the wonderful caregivers, Nicole Arabolos, Mary Kigari, and Reni Yap, who made it possible for Ted to remain at home during his illness. His generous spirit, humor, warmth and caring will be remembered and celebrated by all who knew and loved him. Ted showed great passion and a spirit of adventure in all that he did. He walked with courage and grace and greeted each day with a resounding, “Yes!” A memorial service will be held at First Palo Alto United Methodist Church (625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, California) Thursday, April 23rd at 2 pm. Donations may be made in honor of Ted to the Yosemite Conservancy or the charity of your choice. PAID
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Brian Tillson Rozelle, a Palo Alto resident and Cycle for Survival fundraiser, died on April 6 from a rare form of cancer at his Palo Alto home, surrounded by family and friends. He was 30. He was born on Jan. 28, 1985, in Oakland. He grew up in Ithaca, New York, until age 6 when his family moved to Palo Alto. He attended Escondido Elementary and Jordan Middle schools and graduated from Palo Alto High School in 2003. In addition to playing baseball at Paly, he started on the varsity football team his junior and senior years. He went on to study at University of California, Davis, where he played rugby for three years. He graduated in 2009 with bachelor’s degrees in communications and economics. After college, he worked as a salesman in high tech and fitness, serving the longest with Equinox Fitness Training as a membership adviser. In October 2012, he was diagnosed with bile duct cancer, a rare disease particularly for his age. Choosing not to despair, he lent his efforts to Cycle for Survival, an organization that holds indoor cycling events to raise funds for rare cancer research. He took part in fundraisers for three years, the last year serving as national spokesman and attending six events in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. In the years after his diagnosis, he continued to play in local soft-
ball leagues; to fish in the Sierras, the Pacific Ocean and other places; and to play golf, his favorite sport. He was a passionate fan of Bay Area sports teams, but followed most of all the San Francisco Giants. He held season tickets to Giants games even before the team’s 2010 World Series win. During a 2014 World Series game in Kansas City, he befriended Giants President Larry Baer and his wife Pam. According to his family, he often said, “When you die of cancer, if you live with the utmost joy and gusto, like I am doing, cancer does not beat you, but you beat it.” He is survived by his father, Scott Rozelle, and stepmother, Leying Jiang Rozelle, of Stanford; his mother, Yu-hwa Liao Rozelle, and stepfather, David Miller, of Fremont; his brother, Whalen Rozelle of Santa Monica, California; and his fiancée, Susan Novik of San Carlos. A memorial service was hosted by the San Francisco Giants on April 11 at AT&T Park. A memorial golf tournament benefiting Cycle for Survival will be held at the Palo Alto Hills Golf Course on July 27. Memorial donations can be made to Cycle for Survival (cycleforsurvival.org).
Robert Pederson Robert Russell Pederson, a longtime Palo Alto teacher and coach, died on March 7. Also known as “Bob,” “Pete” or “Coach,” he was 81. He was born on May 8, 1933, in Hastings, Nebraska. He moved with his mother to Palo Alto at a young age and attended Palo Alto
CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a public hearing at the regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider an appeal of the Director of Planning and Community Environment’s Architectural Review approval of a 31,407 square-foot, four story, mixed use building with parking facilities on two subterranean levels on an 11,000 square-foot site in the Downtown Commercial (CD-C (GF)(P)) Zone District located at 429 University Avenue; and approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Environmental Assessment: A Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared.
BETH MINOR Acting City Clerk
schools, graduating from Palo Alto High School in 1951. At Paly, he was the starting quarterback of the 1950 football team that finished 10-0 (their first undefeated season in 30 years), won the Peninsula Athletic League title and was considered the best squad ever at Paly at the time. Pederson played for legendary coach Hod Ray and was the first of three generations to play for the Vikings, as he was followed by his son and grandson. After high school, he studied at a junior college and received a scholarship to Stanford University, but soon decided to join the U.S. Army, in which he served for two years. He later finished his education and graduated from San Jose State University. He became a teacher, working on the Peninsula and eventually returning to the Palo Alto Unified School District in 1964, where he would work for 29 years. He taught physical education at Palo Alto High and Terman Middle School and coached many sports, including football, wrestling, baseball, basketball and tennis. He was head coach of the Paly football team from 1972 to 1977. Except for a few years in Sunnyvale, he lived most of his life in Palo Alto. He owned the Island bar and restaurant on El Camino Real for many years. In 1987, he married Lou Ann Veale, and they moved to Los Altos where he lived for about 25 years. Pederson was a familiar figure on the Paly campus during his retirement, as he followed the exploits of his grandsons, Tyger and Joc (football and baseball), and granddaughter Jacey (soccer, track and field). Beyond sports, he enjoyed maintaining his home garden. He also belonged to the Palo Alto Elks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Mountain View. He is survived by his wife, Lou Ann Pederson of Los Altos; his children, Larry (Xiao Ping) Pederson, Stuart (Shelly) Pederson, Susan Pederson, Jeffrey (Amy) Pederson and Leslie Pederson; and his stepchildren, Joy (Gaetan) Toulemonde, Tom (Scotti) Veale and Tina Veale. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Nicholas, Brittany, Chelsea and J.J.; Champ, Tyger, Joc and Jacey; Jessica, Jacob and Joshua; Nikko and Koji Hinz; and seven stepgrandchldren, Lauren, Anthony, Elise, Kayleen and Elena Toulemonde, and Christian and Lucas Veale. A memorial service will be held on May 9 at 11 a.m. at the Palo Alto High School Gymnasium, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. Those interested in attending should contact Stuart at 650-400-5484.