Obituaries

Condominium and apartment developer John N. Brezzo, who built wide swaths of the Silicon Valley and founded the First Community Housing affordable housing corporation, died on Dec. 4. He was 79. He is survived by his children Susan, 53, Steven, 52, Pietro, 44, and Marley,...

As a reporter, Lee Quarnstrom worked for numerous publications around the U.S., including the Associated Press, the Register-Pajaronian and The Mercury News. He was also editor of Hustler magazine and a bookseller in Greenwich Village, and traveled with Ken Kesey’s peripatetic Merry Pranksters on...

Steven Edwards Beasley, 89, of Los Gatos, California passed away July 3, 2021, at the Woodlands Healthcare Center after battling cancer. He was born March 28, 1932, in Baltimore Maryland to Dr. Willis C. Beasley and Margaret (Edwards) Beasley. Steven graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High...

Barbara Jackson Junge, a long-time Los Gatos resident, teacher and international educational consultant, died after a long illness on July 26 surrounded by family and friends. She was 89. Born Dec. 1, 1931 in Los Angeles, she was the second of three daughters of actor...

Dean Belshaw passed away at home surrounded by his loved ones on August 6, 2021 at the age of 53 after a heroic battle with brain cancer. Dean was born in Nottingham, England on April 5, 1968 to Carol and Brian Belshaw.  An avid golfer, Dean was...