Lindi Press

Lindi Press
January 29, 1946 - December 31, 2012
Resident of Menlo Park
Lindi Press, who acted and directed in Bay Area community theatres for over forty years, died at her Menlo Park home on December 31st. Her daughters Patience and Katie were with her. The cause of death was aggressive pancreatic cancer, diagnosed only three weeks prior. She was 66.

A long-time member of the Stanford University community, she worked for twenty years in the Chemical Engineering Department before shifting to the Registrar's Office in 2001. She worked closely with the Academic Senate and also acted as a Freshman Academic Advisor. She had retired in June of 2012.

She is survived by her two daughters: Patience Reynolds, who teaches elementary school in Elk Grove, and Katie Bauman, who teaches high school in San Jose; two grandsons; her father, Harry Press; her sister, Tina Press; and her brother, Tony Press.

Lindi grew up in San Anselmo and graduated from Sir Francis Drake High School in 1963. At Drake she was the baseball scorekeeper/statistician, an activity that startled some old-timers but earned her a varsity letter. As a child she attended most Broadway musicals as they played San Francisco, as well as many Giants' games, beginning with Seals Stadium.

She earned her Bachelor's Degree in English at Stanford in 1967 and later her Master's of Liberal Arts in 2003. Also in 2003 she received Stanford's Amy J. Blue Award, which honors staff members who are "exceptionally dedicated, supportive of colleagues and passionate about their work."

Her local theatre roots are deep, including, Altarena Playhouse, Chanticleers, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Foothill College, Lamplighters, Masquers Playhouse, Piedmont Light Opera Theatre, Pear Avenue Theatre, Ram's Head, Santa Clara Players, 16th Street Players, Stanford Savoyards. Her last role was as Helga Ten Dorp in Deathtrap, at Chanticleers in Castro Valley, in November 2012.

Donations in her name could go to your local community theatre, or to the Stanford MLA Program.