Remembering Sojun Mel Weitsman, teacher, abbot, founder of Berkeley Zen Center
His clear and steady leadership made BZC a beacon for Buddhist practitioners and other spiritual seekers in the East Bay and around the U.S.
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Remembering Tom Schnetlage, software program manager at UC Berkeley, hiker, bird watcher
He also volunteered at the Human Awareness Institute and at Kaiser Oakland Hospice.
Remembering Mark Haggitt, the ‘Mayor of Thousand Oaks’
His kind and generous spirit in helping neighbors – no matter how great or small the task – touched hundreds in North Berkeley.
Remembering Charles Shere, who approached life with open-minded wonder
Charles had a long, varied career in music and the arts, traveled extensively, embraced family and friends and was a founder of Chez Panisse.
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Remembering Ted Edlin, a man with a dry wit who was active in Berkeley politics
Ted Edlin worked in the computer and energy industries and was a former president of Berkeley’s Council of Neighborhood Associations and a member of the Fire Commission.
Remembering Nidra ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, a good friend to many
Rosie was an archetypal Berkeley woman who came of age in the 1960s. She was intelligent, well-educated, resourceful and creative.
Remembering Lenn Keller, founder of Bay Area Lesbian Archives
A prominent activist, Keller chronicled the communities she was a part of, including Berkeley, telling stories of joy and resistance.
Remembering Mary D. Jones, M.D., whose life was all about helping others
Mary, a partner at East Bay Pediatrics until she retired in 2014, touched and fundamentally helped so many people in so many ways with her deep compassion and heartfelt empathy.
Joshua Litwin will be remembered for his knowledge, compassion and humor
All those who knew Joshua Litwin, who ran Berkeley Ophthalmology Medical Group, will miss his unlimited knowledge, his quick humor, his big personality and his capacity for love.
Remembering Annette Tenenbaum Goldberg, 98, a homemaker who helped those less fortunate than herself
Annette lived most of her life in Georgia and moved to Berkeley after her husband passed away.
Remembering writer and adventurer Marion Benedict
Marion left Pennsylvania to work in New York during the war; lived for 27 years in London; dwelt on two remote islands in the Indian Ocean and, one year, traveled around the world.
Remembering poet and memoirist Adam David Miller
AD, who was honored in 2011 by the City of Berkeley who proclaimed a day in his honor, was a teacher, writer, editor, publisher, radio and television producer.
