Obituaries: Local residents who have died recently

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Charles Troglio , 83, a Los Altos resident who was born in San Francisco and moved to Menlo Park as a child, who graduated from the University of Santa Clara with a bachelor’s degree in business management, who served as a platoon sergeant in the Army National Guard and then spent 35 years at the California Department of Transportation, and who loved to travel the world, work on his yard and restore vehicles, died on June 30. Marjorie Trainer , 86, a San Francisco native who lived in San Carlos and Redwood City, who graduated from University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor’s degree in education, who taught math and art in public schools and later transitioned to training new math teachers, and who retired in Paradise, California, died on Oc. 22. Mary Martinson , 81, a Palo Alto resident who was grew up in Santa Cruz, who attended college at the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, then taught at Bayside Middle school for 32 years, who volunteered at the Palo Alto Food Kitchen and at St. Albert the Great Church, who loved sports and closely followed Stanford University women’s basketball, the 49ers and, more recently, the Valkyries, died on Oct. 14. To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at AlmanacNews.com/obituaries . Most Popular Menlo Park’s Measure P appears headed for failure November 6, 2026 5:53 pm Police arrest man suspected of several auto burglaries in Menlo Park 21 hours ago Reported ICE arrest occurs blocks from Redwood City’s Día de los Muertos 22 hours ago