George W. Heigho

George W. Heigho Resident of Los Gatos July 10, 1933-Mar. 19, 2010 Serenely entered the larger life in his 77th year on March 19, after a long decline into lobar atrophy dementia. He is survived by the former Anne Louise McFarland, his wife of nearly 55 years; daughters Sarah Heigho Nunes (San Jose), Dharam Kaur Khalsa (San Francisco), Priscilla Heigho Galasso (Cary, IL); son G. David Heigho (San Francisco); seven grandchildren; and a sister, Judith Lyke (Golden, CO). Daughter Alice Jeanne Heigho died in 1979. Mr. Heigho was born in Detroit, MI, son of William Stevens and Dorothy Lauver Heigho. He was educated at Detroit Country Day School and Harvard College, and held graduate degrees in history of science and mathematics from Harvard University and Boston University. He was an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Suffolk University, MA, from 1959 to 1967, when he took a position as a technical writer with Science Research Associates (a subsidiary of IBM), in Chicago, IL. After living in Marblehead, MA and River Forest, IL, the family moved to Los Gatos when he transferred to IBMs Santa Teresa Laboratory in San Jose in 1976. He retired in 1995 from IBM as a Senior Information Developer after a 30 year career, and spent many ensuing years hiking the local and Peninsula trails and enjoying his extensive library and classical record collection. Family camping and travel in US National Parks, Hawaii, Canada and the Caribbean were also favorite activities in earlier years. A lifelong Anglican, Mr. Heigho and his family have been members of St. Lukes Episcopal Church for over 33 years; he was also a life member of the American Mathematical Society, a 50-year member of Philanthropic Lodge, A.F. & A. M. (Marblehead), and a regular subscriber and donor to Opera San Jose and San Francisco Opera, San Jose Symphony and Silicon Valley Symphony, Chanticleer and various ballet, choral and chamber music events in the area. He was a volunteer at Santa Maria Urban Ministry in San Jose for many years. As a charter member of the STYLE tutoring program at Santa Teresa High School for its entire duration, 1987-2004, he was honored at the Junior League Volunteer Recognition Lunch of 2002. He also took part in the Los Gatos Librarys Grandparents and Books reading program for several years until 2004. The Heigho family gives grateful thanks to the staffs of Cedar Creek Dementia Center, Los Gatos Meadows Geriatric Hospital and Hospice of the Valley for their devoted care over many years. A Memorial service at St. Lukes Episcopal Church, 20 University Ave., Los Gatos, will take place at 3 pm on May 22 at St. Lukes Church, Los Gatos. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to be ever mindful of the needs of others.