Ruth Carolyn Delue Gilbert passed away peacefully in her sleep on 3/27/2011 at the age of 99. Beloved wife of Reuben Gilbert, mother of Jessica Levant and Donna Campbell, much loved grandmother of four and great grandmother of nine. She will be remembered for her poetry, her positive outlook and her love of beauty. Private funeral services were held at Woodlawn.
Mary Garelick Landau 6-7-1913 to 4-15-2011
Mary was born June 7, 1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She grew up there and finished 2 year program at Univ. of Utah 6-7-31, her 18th birthday.
She moved to Palo Alto in 1939 with her new husband, Max Landau. In 1953, continuing her education, she received master’s degree from San Jose State in Special Education and taught in Whisman School District, Sunnyvale.
She moved to Villages Retirement Community in San Jose in 1983, started Villages Hadassah and was president for many years. November 1994 to April 1995 was “year of the babies” as she became great grandmother to 4 more great-grandchildren.
In Jan. 2010 she moved to Belmont Assisted Living where she enjoyed many activities and made many new friends.
Max and Mary had 4 children: Roberta (Bobbie) Landau, Lodi, Ca., Susan Landau, Morgan Hill, Stephen Landau (Joanne) Santa Clara and Michael Landau, Milpitas, 6 Grandchildren: Andy Schleder (Michelle) Antioch, Sharon Gamer Paradise, Jay Schleder (Lisa) Dallas, Texas, Jeni Miri (Ali) San Jose and Natalie Landau San Jose.
She has 15 grandchildren. “Lots of Nachas” she’d say. Madison, Austin, Jackson Schleder, Michelle, Sean, Jonathan Gamer, Matthew, Ryan, Adam, Courtney Schleder, Lily, Ava and Darren Miri.
Donations may be sent to Hadassah, 50 West 58th St., New York, N.Y. 10019 or Temple Sinai, San Jose, Ca.
Carolene Wachenheimer Marks (October 2, 1921-February 14, 2011).
Born in Providence — of native California stock — she attended Lincoln School and Bryn Mawr. After graduating, she approached Eleanor Lansing Dulles who offered her a position at the State Department where she did research on the break up of cartels, an early use of her economics degree. When the war ended, she brought her skills to bear during the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco. It was here that she met her future husband, Milton, and they married in 1955.
It was her organizational abilities that truly distinguished her, both in front of and behind the scenes. Her abilities were prodigious, and she made connections flourish. It was when Milton was ill and in the hospital that she started planning her first, national conference on breast cancer. Later conferences were on breast and prostate cancers. In more recent years she had a particular interest in breast cancer in African-American women and in cervical cancer in transgender transitioning from women-to-men. She was a remarkable woman.
Surviving her are her three children Caro, David (Mara), and Milton (Abigail), her seven grandchildren, and her friend, Walter. She was predeceased in death by her husband, Milton.
Memorial service this Sunday, May 1 at Temple Emanu-El at 2 p.m. Reception to follow.