Stuart C. Brundidge

BRUNDIDGE, Stuart C. - 41, Passed peacefully on June 24, 2005, at Maitri Residence, his home for the last six months, flourishing during the last stages of his disease. Stuart was the light of his family and friends' life. He filled his life with humor, joy, kindness, graciousness and gratefulness. He loved to cook and reveled in a wide range of tastes from Jell-O to classic French food. The Food Network was always playing whenever Stuart was near a TV. He was fluent in French, a language he mastered by living in Brittany, France for a year. He was born in Cleveland, OH and graduated from Chaska High School in Chaska, MN and from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. He spent his career in the hotel catering business, most recently working as Catering Manager at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. He also taught hotel catering classes for the Meeting Planning Program at San Francisco State University. Survivors include his mother, Shirley Brundidge of Hot Springs Village, AR; his sister and brother-in-law, Kathy and Don Heise of Lake City, MN; his nephew and nieces, Adam, Kelly, Sarah and David and his dearest friend, Terri Reinhart, of Pittsburgh, PA, in addition to his extended family and friends. Memorial Services are pending. Donations in his memory can be made to Maitri Compassionate Living, 401 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94117 or to Hospice by the Bay, 1540 Market St, Suite 350, S.F., CA 94102.