Transitions Births, marriages and deaths
Shaké Keshkekian Shaké Keshkekian, an employee of Stanford University and longtime resident of Palo Alto, died Nov. 24, at the age of 84 . She was born in Khartoum, Sudan where she was raised. She went on to study arts at the University of Khartoum in Sudan, and got her degree at the school of librarianship at Northwestern Polytechnic in London. She worked at the Stanford Library Cataloging department at Stanford University for 35 years, and became the head of the history unit and was promoted to senior librarian. A dedicated member of St. Andrew’s Armenian Church in Cupertino, she acted as a grandmother to the two children of the Goumas family next door, her neighbors of 22 years. The six children of the Bonwit family in Reno, Nevada also refer to her as their grandma. She was predeceased by her sister, Shoushan “Susan” Keshkekian and her cousin Rebecca Rindlisbacher. She is survived by her cousins Regina Schacher (Christian Schacher) of Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland; and Sahag Yacoubian (Esther Brand) of Wadenswil, Switzerland; and her first cousins once removed Tatjana Buchmann (Jerome Buchmann) of Mannedorf, Switzerland; Roman Noth of Bonstetten, Switzerland; Mika Yacoubian of Wadenswil, Switzerland; Mae Yacoubian of Wadenswil, Switzerland; and Luca Rindlisbacher of Zurich, Switzerland. Services were held on Dec. 6, at St. Andrew Armenian Church, Cupertino followed by a burial alongside her sister at Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Andrew Armenian Church, KQED, the American Diabetes Association, Palo Alto Medical Foundation or Stanford Hospital.
John Ovenshine John Thomas Ovenshine, a longtime resident and active community member, died suddenly on Nov. 28, at his home in Palo Alto. He was 56. He was born in Santa Monica on June 19, 1962, four minutes after his twin brother, Gordon O ve n s h i n e. His family moved to Palo Alto in 1965, after which he attended Walter Hays Elementary School, Jordan Middle School and
Palo Alto High School. His family then relocated once more, to Virginia, and he left home soon afterwards to attend Ohio University, where he majored in Psychology. After graduating, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he met and married his wife, Alexandra Hollman, with whom he had two children. He eventually returned to Palo Alto, where he held various accounting jobs and followed Stanford sports — especially football — with a passion. An athlete all his life, his love for sports intertwined with his love for Palo Alto, as he swam competitively for the University Club for 11 years. Outside of sports, he maintained a rich collection of interests and passions. The son of a geologist, he became a local expert on tree
and grassland species, frequenting the baylands and Foothills Park with friends and family. Having taught himself to play the guitar in college, he played in the Spirit Band at the First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto — a church which, aside from his children, gave him the greatest joy in life. Through it all, he was known as a kind man, a loyal friend and an active member in the Palo Alto community. He is survived by his mother, Elinor Ovenshine of Palo Alto; his son, Thomas Ovenshine of New York; his daughter, Alissa Ovenshine of Portland, Oregon; his brother, Gordon Ovenshine of Mars, Pennsylvania; and his sister, Sally Ovenshine Dockter of Charlottesville, Virginia.
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