Marilyn Fern Sturrock

Marilyn Fern Sturrock Passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, July 14, 2006, finally succumbing to a three-year siege by ALS. She was the beloved and treasured wife of Peter Sturrock. Marilyn was born Marilyn Fern Stenson in Minneapolis on September 14, 1930, and was educated at the University of Minnesota and Mills College, specializing in philosophy. Her avocation was music: she played both the cello and the piano, and sang in several choruses, notably with the Robert Shaw Chorale in New York City. Her profession was management in the department store business, and she was manager of Miller and Rhodes in Charlottesville, VA, where Peter met her during the Christmas season in 1961. For Peter, it was a case of love at first sight. Marilyn and Peter lived for 40 years on the Stanford campus and, more recently, at The Hamilton in Palo Alto. Marilyn is survived by Peter; son, Colin who lives at the Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona; daughters, Deirdre Baer of Tualatin, OR, and Myra Backman of Monterey; and grandchildren, Anthony and Shannon Castillo of Mountain View, and Cheryl Baer of Pittsfield, MA. She is dearly missed by the Sturrock and Stenson families and her many friends. Tributes in honor of Marilyn may be sent to the San Francisco Opera in her name. BYRGAN & COMPANY CREMATION Burlingame