Obituaries: Local residents who have died recently

Local residents who have died recently include: Stuart Brewster, 99, of Palo Alto, who was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, who earned a history degree from Tufts University, who spent 40 years at Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, who moved to Palo Alto in 1964 to lead the company’s Innovative Division, who enjoyed reading, traveling and walking in the Baylands and who was involved in the Palo Alto Jazz Alliance, died on April 16, 2026. Peter Kindschi, 80, of Palo Alto, who was born in Wisconsin and moved to Palo Alto as a child, who worked as customer service and credit manager at Emporium and later worked for the state of California, who loved spending time with his wife, JoAnne Stanford, tending to his garden and traveling to Puerto Vallarta, died on Oct. 1, 2026. David E. Torin, 93, of Palo Alto, who was born in New Jersey and who was a physician at Stanford University’s student health center, died on Oct. 7, 2026.

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