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Charlotte Oppenheimer

Castro Valley, California

1940 - 2013

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Charlotte Oppenheimer

Charlotte Saxe Oppenheimer was born in Saco, ME on May 31, 1940 and died on December 29, 2013 in Castro Valley, CA after a valiant 8.5 year battle with myeloma.

She was raised in NH and Amarillo, TX and graduated Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO in 1962. The...

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Charlotte was a special friend and I loved connecting with her via a mutual friend who went to Lindenwood with her .She was so terrific and had an impact on me in so many ways.
She kept her health issue private and I know her family is heart broken.

What a joy to have known Charlotte for the past 30 plus years both as a friend and as her ophthalmologist. Her unfailing courage, curiosity, warmth, enjoyment of her family and friends were what kept her going through good times and those not so good. She regaled all with the wonderful visits with her grandchildren and the accomplishments of her children.
Being entertained by Charlotte and Steve was unforgettable as they were so much fun to be around.
All of us at my office were so...

I met Charlotte almost 20 years ago when I moved to San Francisco from Boston. As fate (and a little bit of luck) would have it, I met my new roommate, Laura Oppenheimer-with whom I became fast friends. I'll never forget meeting Laura's Mom Charlotte, her no-nonsense approach, friendly and inquisitive conversation, and of course generosity-as she showed up at our place in “the city” with a car-load full of Costco treasures…even I, being then a new friend of their daughter's, got to be the...

Deepest sympathy to Steve and the entire family. Charlotte was a beautiful lady and she will be sorely missed.

Roberta & I both loved her kitchen. So many interesting doo-dads that had some super-specialized purpose and which we'd never seen before (or since?). Just a lot of happiness and love in that place.
Since discovering Charlotte's extensive collection of kitchen novelty items we have loved trying to stump her by emailing photos of various rare and/or unique kitchen gadgets to see if we could find one for which she couldn't figure out the function. It NEVER happened! We never stumped...