Saratoga News

Obituaries

Leonard Feldheym

Leonard Feldheym, 80, a Saratoga resident for 48 years, died Dec. 29 of natural causes at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose.

Feldheym was an architect who designed a number of houses in Saratoga, including one that received an award from Better Homes and Gardens, said his wife, Betty.

Feldheym was born in Chicago in Jan. 29, 1916, and was educated at UC-Berkeley, where he obtained a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in economics.

He began his architecture practice as a sole proprietor, then joined Allen DeGrange and Twain Reid in the San Jose firm of Feldheym, DeGrange and Reid, where he was able to pursue his dream of building affordable housing, said Betty Feldheym.

"This was something he always wanted to do," said his wife. "He was on the Affordable Housing Committee of the Santa Clara County Council of Churches and on the Social Responsibility Committee of Los Gatos Unitarian Fellowship."

Feldheym was active in the Saratoga Senior Center and the Los Gatos Unitarian Fellowship.

In addition to his wife of 56 years, Feldheym leaves a daughter, Ellen Jackson of Sacramento, and two granddaughters, Jessica and Joycelyn Jackson, both students at UC-Davis.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Fellowship, 15980 Blossom Hill Rd., Los Gatos.

Ralph Blake

Ralph Blake, 80, a retired aeronautical engineer, passed away Dec. 31 in Santa Clara. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Esther Blake of Saratoga; daughter Barbara Pentico of Sunnyvale; sister Dola Conway of Seattle; and grandchildren Judith Laura Pentico and Emilie Christine Pentico of Sunnyvale.

A resident of Saratoga, Blake worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. for many years. He was a native of Minnesota and a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in aeronautical engineering.

The funeral was held Jan. 3 at Alameda Family's Saratoga-Cupertino Funeral Home, and interment was at Madronia Cemetery in Saratoga.