Longtime Tiburon resident Mary E. Schmidt Rogers, whose pioneering 1978 book “Women and Money” taught women how to take control of their financial lives, died June 6. She was 103 years old. 

The book, released when Mrs. Rogers was 65, predated celebrity financial author Suze Orman’s book of the same...

French former rock star Serge Martial passed away on May 27, 2020, at his home in Tiburon where he lived for the past 42 years. After being given 4 months to live when he was diagnosed for pancreatic cancer in early 2012, he went straight to the battlefield, refusing to let the killer disease take h...

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Jay Pearson on July 2, 2020, after a short, one-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). 

Jay was born at Marin General Hospital to John and Lee Ann Pearson on July 26, 1967, and lived most of his life in Marin County. Jay was a passionate m...

Dr. Lawrence J. Duke, a former mayor and councilmember, died May 24 at his Tiburon home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 75.

Dr. Duke was a vascular and cardiothoracic surgeon, spending 43 years affiliated with Marin General Hospital. He also served four years on the Tiburon Town...

Tiburon resident Jason W. Jennings, a New York Times bestselling author who wrote seven business advice books, died May 19 at Marin General Hospital, 11 days after suffering a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. He was 67. 

Mr. Jennings’ books had been translated into 34 languages, and he was a highly sough...

Lawrence J. Duke died peacefully on May 24, 2020, in his home in Tiburon after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 75 years old. 

Larry was the cherished husband of Darby; devoted father of Suzanne Duke and Catherine (James) Ricker; beloved grandfather of Jack, Michael and Christopher; bro...

John J Doherty Jr., 64 years old, passed away unexpectedly on May 24, 2020, due to suffering a heart attack while on a Sunday morning motorcycle ride, a local tradition which he so enjoyed. He was surrounded by his good friends that have ridden together with him for decades. 

John was born in Forest...

A ray of light, Nina Rutan Wells passed April 24, 2020, in a sudden and sad accident at the age of 21. Born and raised in Marin County, California and Blue Hill, Maine, she was a spirited young woman unified strongly with her two sisters, Madison and Cecilia.

A talented artist, Nina was uniquely crea...

In the early morning hours of May 7, 2020, Barbara Wulf Browne’s life gently slipped away. She spent her final days in her beloved home of 48 years, in Tiburon, California, overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Barbara’s life journey began in Chanute, Kansas, January 14, 1940. She was the daughter of Ro...

Peter A. Clarke, age 86, a 36-year resident of Tiburon, passed away at home on May 1, 2020, with Mimi, his loving wife for 42 years, at his side. He is survived by his son Caleb, whom he dearly loved, and his many nieces and nephews in Ohio, Indiana and Georgia.

Peter was the essence of being “a gent...