Alfreda Gladys Stavn

Alfreda Gladys Stavn, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, CA, born in Lashburn, Saskatchewan in Canada has died. She passed peacefully on Friday, April 22, 2016 with her daughter and son by her side. She was born on July 20, 1937, the second youngest of four children. She was 78 and is survived by her two children and their families Sherise N. Stark & her husband Curt, Kent Stavn & wife Mary. She is also survived by her five lovely grandchildren Zack & Serenity Stark; & Zoe ,Gemma & Alexander Stavn; Her three sisters Lily Willoughby, Alice MacEachern, Frances Flesaker and their Families.

A visitation will be held Friday, April 29th from 900-1000, followed immediately by a Memorial Service at Wesley United Methodist Church at 470 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, CA. A graveside service will follow where she will be laid to rest at Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo. Family and friends are invited to attend a Celebration of Gladys’ Life reception at Skylawn at approximately at 100 pm, following the burial. Flowers or memorial donation suggestions include either Save the Redwoods or the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.