Cecile Cutter

Cecile Osborne Cutter passed away peacefully on March 25, 2023 at the age of 94. She was born November 24, 1928 in San Francisco, the only child of Erle James Osborne and Cecile McLaughlin Brooke. Cecile was the great-granddaughter of Santa Clara County pioneer and banker Edward McLaughlin and San Benito County pioneer and merchant James McMahon. She was the granddaughter of banker, John F Brooke of San Francisco and of pharmacist George Wapple of Hollister. Cecile attended Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco, and graduated from the Dominican College in San Rafael, California in 1950. Cecile married James Trow Cutter in 1951 in San Francisco, California, and went on to be the mother of 8 children, grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of 4. For many years, Cecile enjoyed taking a variety of classes at College of Marin, hiking Mt. Tam with friends. Cecile was the life of the party and lived an active lifestyle, hiking, swimming and traveling well into her later years. Cecile lived in Mill Valley, California for almost 70 years, and ran a successful bed and breakfast out of her home for 30 years.She is survived by her children, Cathleen "Kitsy" Dunham and Karen Brand of Elk Grove, Alyce Piper of San Anselmo, Brooke Cutter of San Felipe, Mexico; Michelle Marban and Colette Cutter of Phoenix, Arizona and Robert Cutter of Folsom.A private family Celebration of Life will be held later this year.