Obituaries
Frieda Feuer
Frieda Moskowitz Feuer died Nov. 15 in her Monte Sereno home of cancer. She was 93.
Born July 21, 1908, in New York City, Feuer was a community activist and volunteer. She was involved in land use issues in Monte Sereno, belonged to the Democratic Club of Santa Clara County, volunteered at the Los Gatos Museum of Art and Natural History and served as president of Women's ORT. She was a Monte Sereno resident since 1964.
Feuer was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Feuer, two brothers and one sister. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Gale and David Barish of Carmel Valley; grandchildren Leah Safran of Berkeley and Noah Barish of Stanford; and brothers Jack Moss of Tuscon, Ariz., and William Moss of Sarasota, Fla.
Donations can be made to the Los Gatos Museum of Art and Natural History, 4 Tait Ave., Los Gatos, 95030, or to Jewish Family Services, Senior Series, 14855 Oak Road, Suite 3, Los Gatos, 95032.
T. Donald McCarthy
Former Los Gatos resident, Dr. T. Donald McCarthy, died Nov. 25 in Walla Walla, Wash., where he lived for the last three years. He was 93.
Born Oct. 2, 1908, in Youngstown, Ohio, he went from being a high school dropout to graduating from Georgetown University, where he earned his degree in medicine. In 1936, McCarthy joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps; he married Anne Fortune the next year.
The couple first lived at Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, then moved to Hawaii, where McCarthy was stationed in Honolulu. After the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, the couple and their first two children moved back to the mainland, but were soon transferred to Europe, where they stayed through D-Day. During his years of service, McCarthy earned many citations and service medals, including the Bronze Star.
After the end of World War II, McCarthy entered a residency program in radiology at the University of Kansas while continuing his Army career. Eventually, he became chief radiologist at two different Army hospitals. In 1960, he retired with the rank of colonel.
McCarthy then began a private practice in San Jose and Los Gatos. He continued to practice medicine until 1985. While living in Los Gatos, he was an active member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
McCarthy's wife, Ann, predeceased him in 1999. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Joan and Lew DiStefano of Carmel; sons and daughters-in-law Jim and Jayne McCarthy of Walla Walla, and Tom McCarthy and Stacie Bertram of Lake Havasu, Ariz.; daughter Delia McCarthy of S. Lake Tahoe; and grandchildren Ryan and Derek McCarthy and Anne Marie and Diana DiStefano.
Donations can be made to the Blue Mountain Humane Society, in care of Mountain View Funeral Chapel, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362.
Mary Anne Hooker
Los Gatos resident Mary Anne Hooker died Oct. 28 at the age of 64.
Born July 12, 1937, in Laurel, Del., Hooker was an administrator at Calvary Church in Los Gatos. She also served in the church choir and belonged to Republican women's groups. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with friends and family, the latter of whom remember her as "a woman of strength, humor, wisdom and compassion."
Survivors include sons John and Richard Hall of San Jose, daughter Jennifer Hall of Los Angeles, two grandchildren; and sisters Betty Carey and Helen Smoot, both of Delaware.
Memorial services have been held, with inurnment at Golden Gate National Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Mary Anne and Ronald Hooker Memorial Music Fund, Calvary Church, 16330 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos, 95032.
James Kilkenny
Longtime Los Gatan James Timothy Kilkenny died Nov. 1 at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 91.
Kilkenny was born Sept. 4, 1910, in San Francisco to Irish immigrant parents. The family moved to Los Gatos in 1916, where, as a boy, Kilkenny spent his summers picking apricots and plums in local orchards. In 1928, Kilkenny moved to San Francisco, where he graduated from San Francisco State University. He also reconnected with Grace Twomey, a childhood friend whom he swore he wanted to marry after just one date. (They later married).
Kilkenny chose a career in education, first working as a substitute teacher in San Francisco. He later obtained a full-time teaching position in Red Bluff. Over the years, to help make ends meet, he worked for a gas station, for Southern Pacific and on the San Francisco docks. He also taught at James Lick Middle School and La Honda School for Boys. In between, he earned a master's degree in education from San Jose State University.
In 1951, Kilkenny, his wife, Grace, and their children returned to Los Gatos to live on the family property. He was an active member of St. Mary's Parish, The Knights of Columbus and the local Hibernian Club chapter.
Grace predeceased her husband in 1981, following 41 years of marriage. Kilkenny later became reacquainted with an old teaching friend, Kathleen Dowling, whom he married and spent 11 years with before her passing in 1993.
Survivors include daughters Maureen O'Connor, Catherine Kilkenny, Margaret O'Laughlin and Rita Kilkenny; sons Michael and John Kilkenny; grandchildren Lisa, Matt, Bridget, Patrick, Thomas, Deirdre, Kieran, Matthew, Kevin, Kate and Erin; and three great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to The Infirmary Care Center, Sisters of the Holy Names, P.O. Box 907, Los Gatos, 95031.
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