Obituaries

Alta Mesa Cemetery, 1981

Our archives contain over 30,000 obituaries, dating from the 1890s to the present, that have appeared in local newspapers. They include Palo Altans and residents of neighboring cities who worked in Palo Alto.

To find out whose obituaries are available, visit the Obituary Database, an on-line listing of the obituaries and other references to person of interest.

Copies of many obituaries are available at the archives at the Cubberley Community Center, Room K-7. Additional obituaries may be found in the Obituary Database or through local newspaper online databases.