The Cards were instrumental in starting the Sister City relationship between Saratoga and Muko-shi, Japan. This program involves adult and student visits, as well as artistic exchanges between the cities. She was a docent instructor at Hakone Gardens, and served as a director and auxiliary president at Villa Montalvo. She produced video documentaries on both Hakone and Montalvo.

Card taught for 10 years at De Anza College in Cupertino and was a trustee emeritus of the California History Center on that campus. She was a past president of the Saratoga Parent Teachers Association, the Foothill Club, Friends of the Library and the local chapter of the American Association of University Women. She was the first woman elder of the Saratoga Federated Church and was also honored for 20 years of leadership by the Girl Scout Neighborhood Council.

Born in Chicago, Card attended the University of Puget Sound and earned her degree in art history from the University of Washington. During college, she worked at Mount Rainier National Park, and after graduation she was a training director at Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago. Later she was Saratoga's correspondent for the Los Gatos Times-Observer before devoting her life to family, community service and foreign travels.

She is survived by her husband, their four daughters and their families: Carol Moore of Santa Ana, Ashley and H.B. Williams of Punta Gorda, Fla., Janice Card and John Parker of Davis, and Melinda and Stan Dittman of Napa and grandsons Derek and Tyler Dittman.

A memorial service will be conducted Nov. 2 at Paradise Valley Estates. As the resident historian there, she had photographed the community activities and celebrations and documented them in scrapbooks which are displayed in the visitors' lobby of the community center.

Friends are invited to inurnment ceremonies at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at Madronia Cemetery. The Rev. Arvin Eggleston of the Saratoga Federated Church will officiate. Donations can be made to Hakone Gardens.

John Power

Saratogan John William "Jack" Power died suddenly on Oct. 10 in New York, where he was providing consultation to the State Department of Public Services. He was 68.

A native of Pennsylvania, Power was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and served in the U.S. Army in White Sands, N.M. A nuclear engineer by profession, Power worked in the field for some 41 years. This included positions at General Electric's Nuclear Division in San Jose and the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto. He later worked as an independent consultant in nuclear safety analysis and licensing.

Power was an avid hiker, skier and photographer who conquered Half Dome in Yosemite and dozens of other Sierra peaks. He was also an active parishioner at Church of the Ascension in Saratoga.

Survivors include wife of 41 years Barbara Power of Saratoga; children Susan, John Jr., Tracy, Kevin and Elizabeth; daughter-in-law Lori; step-grandchildren Aaron, Justin and Kristen; brother and sister-in-law Thomas and Bunny Power; sister Patricia Ann Power; and many nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.

Memorial services have been held. Donations can be made to Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen, 51 N 9th St., San Jose, 95112-3448, or to the League to Save Lake Tahoe, 955 Emerald Bay Road, S. Lake Tahoe, 96150.

Harriet Rosenberger

Harriet Rosenberger, a longtime Saratoga resident, died suddenly on Oct. 23 while visiting Illinois. She was 72.

Rosenberger was born April 19, 1930, in Stockton. She graduated from Mills College in 1952, where she majored in Spanish. She worked for about a year as a social worker, then became a homemaker. When her children were older, she returned to the workforce as a real estate agent, her last employer being Coldwell Banker in Saratoga.

She was preceded in death in 1990 by her husband, Leonard Rosenberger. Survivors include daughter Holli Caulfield, son Todd Rosenberger; and grandchildren Chelsea, Harper and Baylie.

Memorial services will be held Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. at the Saratoga Presbyterian Church, 20455 Herriman Ave. Donations can be made to the San Jose Auxiliary, 1362 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, 95125, or to the Mills College Alumnae Association, P.O. Box 998, Oakland, 94613.