Leonard Miles Sullivan of Saratoga, 85, died Feb.4 from complications of pneumonia.

Leonard Sullivan and his wife, Louella, owned and operated The Bank, an Irish pub in the Saratoga Village, for more than 30 years. The Bank is still operated by the Sullivan family. Before opening The Bank, the couple ran a service station in Saratoga. Sullivan, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was also a volunteer fireman with the Saratoga Fire Department.

He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Louella Sullivan; his son, James Sullivan; his granddaughters, Donnette Teeple and Jennifer Sullivan; and his brother, Bob Sullivan.

Donations may be made in his name to Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Jack G. Palmtag

Jack Granger Palmtag of Saratoga, 79, died Feb. 6 after a five-year battle with lymphoma and myeloma.

Palmtag was born in Sacramento. When he was 3, his family departed on a two-year adventure that took them through Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, Manchuria and Japan. Upon returning to San Jose, they moved into Palm Gables, the home they built on the Granger family orchards in what is now Los Altos.

When Palmtag was in the sixth grade, the family moved to Beverly Hills, where Palmtag's father opened a branch of the family company, E.R. Palmtag and Bros. Soon after, the effects of World War II forced Palmtag and his mother to return to Northern California, while his father stayed behind to mind the business. Palmtag enrolled in Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, from which he eventually graduated.

When he turned 18, he enrolled in the Navy, serving as a signalman in the Pacific. After the war, he attended USC, graduating with a degree in business. He married Doris Myers, and they had three children. During the Korean War, he served in the Air Force.

In 1956, he and his family moved to Saratoga, where he lived the remaining 50 years of his life. He opened his own business, Palmtag Realty, and co-developed one of the first subdivisions in Saratoga, Brookview, where a street is named in his honor. Later he merged with Leonard Fleckner, to form Fleckner-Palmtag Realty in Sunnyvale.

Palmtag was active in community affairs and served as president of the Sunnyvale Exchange Club, a member of the board of Realtors and a member of La Rinconada Country Club board. In 1978, he met and married Cecilia Bulich, with whom he shared a 28-year partnership and traveled the world.

He is survived by his wife, Cecilia Bulich; his daughter, Joan, and her husband Didier of Kona, Hawaii; his sons, Jack Palmtag Jr. of San Jose and Ron Palmtag of Palm Springs; his stepdaughters, Lori Hewitt of San Jose and Lisa Bulich of Las Vegas; his granddaughter, Alexis Hewitt; his niece, Margaret McIntosh of Del Mar; and his cousins, Frank Wadleigh of Tucson, Joan Hammer of San Jose and Farley Granger of New York City.

A memorial service was held on Feb. 24 in Saratoga. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society.

Evelyn Loos

Former Saratoga resident Evelyn Loos, 76, died Feb. 8.

Loos descended from American pioneers of the early colonies. Her mother's family descended from the Mudd and Boarman families of Maryland in the 1600s, and French, Cajun and Irish immigrants of Louisiana in the 1700s. Her father's family descended from the Scottish McFarlands of Tennessee in the 1700s, who later migrated to Missouri and finally Texas in the 1840s, and Scandinavian and Native American (Sauk Fox) families of Iowa. Loos was born in Texas in 1929, and later lived in Saratoga.

She is survived by her husband, James Loos; and their children and grandchildren: James Loos II of San Jose; Margaret and her husband Richard Magarian and their children Nicholas and Thomas Magarian; Stephen Loos of Hollister and his wife Kym Spangler and their son, Zachary Loos; Anne Loos of San Jose; Joseph Loos of Hollister and his wife Wendy Murata and their sons Christopher and Brian Loos; and Paul Loos of Palo Alto and his wife Skye Callan. She is also survived by her brother, Richard Johnson of Phoenix, numerous in-laws and many nieces and nephews.

Donations may be made in Loos' name to Silicon Valley Habitat for Humanity.