Harvard Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Paula Sporck
Paula Sporck 1924 - 2021 Resident of Los Gatos Paula was born July 5, 1924 in Victoria, B.C., in Canada to Ronald and Beatrice Merrix. The family moved to Oakland, CA when Paula was 12. There, her father was the Reverend at St. Paul's Church, just off Lake Merritt. Growing up in Oakland, Paula became an excellent student and an avid tennis player. She would go on to Mills College in Oakland in 1941, at age 17. In 1942, after she turned 18, she wrote a letter to her father informing him of...
