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• Challee, William    b. April 6, 1904  d. March 11, 1989
  Actor. He appeared in 50 television series/shows and 50 films including: "None But the Lonely Heart," "God Is My Co-Pilot," "Nocturne," "The Glenn Miller Story," "Raintree Country," "The Cincinnati Kid," "Five Easy Pieces," and "Moonchild." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
   
• Ford, Ernie (Ernest Jennings) 'Tennessee Ernie'    b. February 13, 1919  d. October 17, 1991
  Singer, television host, radio announcer. He was born in Bristol, Tennesee, sang in the school choirs and played the trombone in the band. In 1937 he worked as an announcer for WOPI-AM in Bristol which he left to attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He held radio jobs in Atlanta and Knoxville between 1939 and 1941 and joined the Air Force during World War II. After his dischage from the service in 1946 he went to live in San Bernardino, California and landed an announcer's job with...[Read More] (Bio by: Debbie)
  Cause of death: Liver disease
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
  Plot: Lot 242 Sub 1, urn Garden
   
• Jobs, Steve (Steven Paul)   b. February 24, 1955  d. October 5, 2011
  American Entrepreneur, Inventor, and Business Magnate. At the time of this death, he was one of the most well-known and respected business entrepreneurs in the world. He is the co-founder, chairman and former Chief Executive Officer of Apple, Inc. He is considered a visionary genius in the field of computers, and held 342 US Patents relating to computer technology. Born in San Francisco to Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, a Syrian national, and to Joanne Carole Schieble, an American of German...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
   
• McKernan, Ronald C. 'Pigpen'    b. September 8, 1945  d. March 6, 1973
  Musician. Born in San Bruno, California, he was a vocalist, organist and harmonica player best known for being a member of The Grateful Dead. In the mid 1960s, he with musicians Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, formed the band The Grateful Dead and released their self-titled album on the Warner Bros. label in 1967. With the Dead, he recorded songs to include "Katie Mae", "Hard to Handle", "Midnight Hour", "Death Don't Have No Mercy" and "Bring Me My Shotgun". After the Dead toured Europe in 1972, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
  Plot: Hillview Sec.Bb16 Lot 374
   
• Norris, Charles Gilman Smith    b. 1881  d. 1945
  Author, novelist, dramatist, and editor. Charles was born April 23, 1881 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended U.C. Berkeley in 1903 and married writer Kathleen Thompson in 1909. He was assistant editor of Country Life in America, circulation manager of Sunset magazine, and art editor of American magazine (1908-1913). His published works include The Amateur (1916), Salt: or, The education of Griffith Adams (1918), Brass: A Novel of Marriage (1921), Bread (1923), Pig Iron (1925), Zelda Marsh (1927)...[Read More] (Bio by: Debbie)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
  Plot: Block 2D
   
• Norris, Kathleen Thompson    b. July 16, 1880  d. January 18, 1966
  Author. She worked for several San Francisco, California newspapers before marrying author Charles Gilman Norris in 1909. She wrote primarily novels, but also short stories and one play and contributed to magazines. Her published works include "Mother" (1911), "The Callahans and The Murphys" (1924), "The Foolish Virgin" (1928), "My San Francisco" (1932), "Bread Into Roses" (1937), "The Venables" (1941) and "Family Gatherings" (1959). Her collections are stored in the Special Collections...[Read More] (Bio by: Debbie)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
  Plot: Block 2D
   
• Packard, David    b. September 7, 1912  d. March 26, 1996
  Business Magnate. Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard with William Hewlett.
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
   
• Ruel, Herold    b. February 20, 1896  d. November 13, 1963
  Major League Baseball Player, Manager. The right-handed hitter enjoyed a 19-year career in the major leagues and for a time was Walter Johnson's catcher with the Washington Senators. He made his big-league debut with the St. Louis Browns in 1915 and played for the New York Yankees in 1917-20 and the Boston Red Sox in 1921-22. Ruel was traded to Washington on February 10, 1923 and appeared in the 1924 and 1925 World Series. Even though he hit only .095 in the 1924 classic, he played a key role...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
   
• Terman, Frederick Emmons    b. June 7, 1900  d. December 19, 1982
  Engineer. The elder child of Lewis Terman, he was the person who mentored and helped Dave Packard and William Hewlett and caused the two to found Hewlett-Packard. Later, he started Silicon Valley and also the semiconductor age with the inventor of the transistor, William...[Read More] (Bio by: Bona Rae Villarta)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
   
• Terman, Lewis Madison    b. January 15, 1877  d. December 21, 1956
  Philosopher, Educator, Psychologist. He was one of the developers of the present I.Q. test. At first he developed his own test, but when he got acquainted with the Binet-Simon test, he (with H.G. Childs) found out that the scores for American children on the latter was inflated for younger children, and deflated for older children. They later developed the revision of the Binet test, now the Stanford-Binet test. He was the father of the "Father of Silicon Valley," Frederick E. Terman. (Bio by: Bona Rae Villarta)
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
   
• Wilbur, Ray Lyman    b. April 13, 1875  d. June 26, 1949
  Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was appointed as United States Secretary of the Interior during the administration of President Herbert Hoover, serving from 1929 to 1933. He served as President of Stanford University in Stanford, California from 1916 until 1943.
  Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
   

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