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Obituaries

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Linda Ekstrom Stanley

Linda Ekstrom Stanley, a long-time resident of Belvedere and a force of strength, intelligence, adventure, and assertiveness, passed away...

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Linda Ekstrom Stanley

Ira Mendlowitz

Ira Mendlowitz passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024, at MarinHealth Medical Center in California. He was 79 years old. Born in New...

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Ira Mendlowitz

Susan Stevenson Imel

Susan Stevenson Imel, a 60-year resident of Belvedere, passed away in her home on July 22, 2024, after a brief battle with cancer. She...

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Susan Stevenson Imel

Suzanne Engelberg

A stylish bon vivant and spirited adventurer, Suzanne Engelberg seemed to understand from birth the magnificence of life. She traveled...

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Suzanne Engelberg

Isabelle Smissaert

April 7, 1929 - June 15, 2024 Isabelle Teresa Arnold Smissaert was born April 7, 1929, in New Braunfels, Texas. One of nine children of...

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Isabelle Smissaert

Kathy Lederer

Kathy Lederer, of Tiburon, CA, passed away on August 5 of this year. She was born in Allentown, Pa, in 1941, became a nurse in the Air...

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Tiburon resident Bob Booker wrote Grammy-winning album satirizing JFK, family

Tiburon resident Bob Booker, a comedy writer and producer who was one of the creative minds behind the Grammy Award-winning album “The...

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Tiburon resident Bob Booker wrote Grammy-winning album satirizing JFK, family

Tiburon's Donna Kline wrote biography of prominent female pianist

Donna Kline, a former Tiburon Heritage and Arts commissioner who wrote a book on one of the most prominent female concert pianists of the...

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Tiburon's Donna Kline wrote biography of prominent female pianist

Lifelong resident Gay Keil worked to preserve local history with Landmarks

Lifelong Tiburon Peninsula resident Gay Keil, whose passion for preserving local and state history included a decade-long stint on the...

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Lifelong resident Gay Keil worked to preserve local history with Landmarks

Bob Booker

TV Producer/Writer Bob Booker (8/1/31-7/12/24) passed away at his home in Tiburon, California on July 12th, surrounded by family. Best...

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Bob Booker

Gabrielle D. Keil

Passing of Gay Keil - Former President of the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society Gabrielle D. Keil, a lifelong resident of Tiburon,...

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Gabrielle D. Keil

Belvedere resident Bonnie Spiesberger was fierce advocate for local library

Belvedere resident Bonnie Spiesberger, whose three decades of volunteer service to the Belvedere-Tiburon Library included helping to...

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Belvedere resident Bonnie Spiesberger was fierce advocate for local library

Longtime dentist Jeff Bellinger served generations of Tiburon and Belvedere families

Jeff Bellinger, a stalwart presence on the Tiburon Peninsula for half a century as a dentist to generations of local families, died June...

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Longtime dentist Jeff Bellinger served generations of Tiburon and Belvedere families

Maura Burke Morey

Beloved Friend, Mother, Grandmother, and Community Leader September 24, 1940 - June 10, 2024 Maura Burke Morey passed away peacefully on...

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Maura Burke Morey

Karen Marie Sullivan

July 2, 1958 - April 7, 2024 Karen peacefully joined her parents in heaven after a lengthy battle with cancer. A native of San Francisco,...

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Karen Marie Sullivan

Dr. L. Martin Griffin, Jr 

Dr. L. Martin Griffin, Jr., passionate advocate for the natural world, died at home on May 22nd in Belvedere, California, two months shy...

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Dr. L. Martin Griffin, Jr 

Mary Craig Fishman 

Mary Craig Fishman, a long-time Tiburon and Belvedere resident, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Marin General...

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Mary Craig Fishman 

Journalism professor Len Sellers was one of first to offer digital-media classes

Leonard Sellers, a San Francisco State University professor who pioneered journalism-school curriculum by offering one of the earliest...

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Journalism professor Len Sellers was one of first to offer digital-media classes

John Russell

John Russell, a 40-year Belvedere resident, passed away on May 12, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Utah, John...

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John Russell

Jean Johnston Oller

Jean Johnston Oller (G.G.) passed away peacefully Sept. 15, 2023, with her family by her side at The Tamalpais in Greenbrae, California...

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Jean Johnston Oller
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