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Colin Maclean Peters

San Francisco, California

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Colin Maclean Peters Died at home on September 2. He was 89. Colin grew up in Los Altos, the son of Herman and Margaret Peters. He often fished for trout in Adobe Creek, hunted and trapped for furs in the local hills. He played hooky for an entire year in grammar school, each day passing up...

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Colin was my cherished friend. We joked about being fellow-geezers. As exact contemporaries, we had much in common, including shared memories of our USN years in WWII. I first met Colin through my work as a volunteer researcher at the Los Altos History Museum, which he and Carol supported generously. I found that his family was missing on our Museum's "Family Tree"---a centerpiece of its permanent collection. I am correcting that oversight, because Herman Peters, Colin's father, was one of...

Anne,
What a talented and wonderful man your father was. I'm sorry I never met him. But learning about his interests, talents, and clever wit, many things about you become clear! You were a wonderfully supportive and devoted daughter during these last years and I'm sure he appeciated it. My sincere condolences to you and your family.