Obituaries
Helen Canaday
Los Gatos resident Helen Elmore Canaday died of a stroke on Nov. 1, in a Lancaster nursing home. She was 102.
Born Nov. 11, 1897, in Chicago, Ill., Canaday and her family--which would eventually include five siblings--moved to Ogden, Utah, in 1900. Some 17 years later, Canaday's father gave up his medical practice and the family moved to Berkeley, where he took up beekeeping and honey-making. The whole family helped him.
Canaday earned a bachelor's degree from UC-Berkeley in 1921, and began a teaching career that spanned nearly 20 years. Her favorite subjects were English, language arts, social studies and music in both elementary and high schools. After her 1958 retirement, she transcribed children's books into braille and was a volunteer teacher of English to foreign-born adults.
Canaday and her first husband L. Albert Elmore lived in Berkeley for most of their 43 years of marriage. Elmore died in 1967. In 1973, Canaday and her second husband Cary K. Canaday moved to Los Gatos, where they were active members of the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos. The couple had been married 13 years upon Cary Canaday's death. Helen Canaday lived in her own Los Gatos home until two weeks before her death.
Her children say their mother was proud to have lived in three different centuries and that her great love was living with people. Canaday once wrote: "Life has been rich and fulfilling because of so many contacts with other human beings as I tried to understand us creatures and to relate to all in a harmonious, understanding way ... ."
Survivors include daughter Celia C. Elmore of Palmdale; sons and daughters-in-law Merrit and Marion Elmore of Santa Rosa and Dana and Marjorie Elmore of San Jose; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; sister Dorothy Horn of Farmington, N.M., and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services have been held, with interment at Sunset View Cemetery in Berkeley. Donations may be made to Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat St., Americus, Ga. 31709-3498.
William Heintz
Los Gatan William "Bill" Heintz died on Oct. 8, at the age of 69.
Born July 21, 1931, in Philadelphia, Penn., Heintz graduated from the School of Forestry at Syracuse University in 1953, after which time he entered the U.S. Navy's Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. He then served three years aboard a destroyer as the chief engineering officer.
In 1956, the same year as his honorable discharge, Heintz married his wife Dorothy; the couple met on a blind date some four years earlier. Heintz worked for Weyerhaeuser Timber Company from 1957 to 1963, after which time he joined IBM in Seattle, Wash. In July 1969, IBM moved him to San Jose area, and the family moved to Los Gatos. After 25 years with IBM and its subsidiaries, Heintz worked for a time at VISA headquarters in San Mateo.
He was active in the YMCA Indian Guides, and the Boy and Girl Scouts of America when his children were young. He belonged to the Society of American Foresters, served on the Board of Trustees of Goodwill Industries and was an active member of the Los Gatos First United Methodist Church. He was also a proud member of Clan Guthrie and attended the San Francisco Caledonian Club's annual Scottish Highland Games each Labor Day weekend for many years.
Survivors include wife Dorothy Heintz of Los Gatos; son Chad Heintz and daughter Ellen Heintz, both of Los Gatos.
Memorial services have been held, with interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Norwich, N.Y. Donations may be made to Hospice of the Valley, 1150 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 7-A, San Jose, 95128.
Helga Kasper
Helga Ruth Kasper died Oct. 25, at the age of 69, following a long battle with breast cancer.
Kasper was born July 2, 1931, in Germany. She was a resident of Los Gatos for the past 28 years and was active in the Los Gatos Art Association, where she was known for her beautiful monotype prints of flowers.
Survivors include children Silvia, Jorg, Susan, Anni and Bert; grandchildren Allana and David; and great-grandchildren Zoie, Zachary and Dylan.
Memorial services have been held. Donations may be made to Hospice of the Valley, 1150 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 7-A, San Jose, 95128, or to the American Cancer Society.
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