Obituaries
Kat Suthon, Aunt Kitty, Ol’ Puss o’ the North, Kat Whiskers. On October 21, 2025, our Kat left her mortal body in the care of her loving and beloved chosen and blood families and joined the stars. Born Katherine Hullin Suthon on November 11, 1938, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the ninth of ten children to Bessie Imogen Keen Suthon and Archibald Magill Suthon, Kat lived her nearly 87-year life as a heretical witch, a butch dyke, a spirited storyteller, and a ‘good trouble’ rabble rouser. She was an early member of the Reclaiming Collective, an earth-honoring and activist spiritual community in the Pagan and Goddess traditions in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its founding (more…)
10/25/1941 — 2/21/26 Tim Polk Cooper, 84, of Corte Madera, CA, passed away on March 21, 2026 at his home. His health had declined for several weeks, and he received in-home hospice care for the last days of his life. He grew up in Beaumont, Texas, and often spoke fondly of his parents, brother, and extended family of aunts and uncles in nearby Texas and Mississippi towns. Tim’s parents taught him to succeed in life through hard work, honesty, and diligence. Tim was active in the Boy Scouts and he delivered newspapers in the neighborhood for several years while growing (more…)
Eleanor Rosenthal, 91, died on Friday March 27, 2026 at home in San Francisco. Born in New York City to the late Benjamin Rosenthal and Jeanette (“Jen”) Pasachoff Rosenthal, she was a proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, University of Michigan, Columbia University School of Law, and The American Center for the Alexander Technique (ACAT) in New York. Eleanor (known as “Elli” to some) was a beloved cousin, a devoted friend, and a dedicated teacher & mentor to many others. Though her life changed dramatically at seven years old when her mother died of cancer, Eleanor was (more…)
Alan Wayne Wuthnow passed away in Marin County, California on March 10, 2026. Al was born on July 26, 1939, in Harrington, Kansas, to Edwin Wuthnow and Helen Fisher Wuthnow. He had six brothers, Don, Rod, Wendell, Willard, Bob and Ray. After he lost both of his parents at a young age, each brother played a meaningful role in shaping the remarkable man he became. Al often shared stories of his older brothers, cherishing his place as the youngest by nearly ten years. He grew up in the small town of Hope, Kansas, where he was a standout student and (more…)
William (Bill) Juhl passed away at age 81 on April 21, 2026, in San Rafael, CA, from complications after a fall. He was born to barber George Juhl and first grade teacher Maxine Howland, and raised in the small Michigan town of Almont. He met Terry Folkers when they both worked as camp counselors on the shores of Lake Huron, and they married in 1968. During the Vietnam War, he enlisted in the Air Force. The USAF put him through St Louis University in meteorology and he became an operational meteorologist, which took him and his family across the US (more…)
James D. Anderson (Jim) passed away in February, 2026, having lived a truly varied and multi-faceted life. He was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1935, and was forever proud of the diversity he found and experienced in life and the accomplishments he achieved. He attended New York City public schools, including the famed High School of Music and Art, then Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, graduating in 1957. He pursued graduate work in French and Spanish at Florida State University, receiving his MA in 1959. He served in the US Army as a Russian Interpreter-Translator, and (more…)
