In Memoriam
This page is dedicated to our classmates who are no longer with us. We're so lucky to have shared great moments with them, in high school and beyond.
May their memories live in our hearts forever.
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Tragically, Michelle was killed while crossing the street in Mountain View in the early morning on El Monte near Marich Ave. This from her tribute page:
Resident of Los Altos
Beloved mother of Camille Buri (Jonathan) and daughter of LTC Martin Montalvo, ret., Katherine J. Montalvo. Loving sister to Veronica Montalvo, Martin Montalvo Jr., Michael Montalvo and Delia Moyles.
Michelle was an Executive Administrative Assistant at Synchrotron Radiation Light Source at (SLAC) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for 12.5 years.
Michelle was an avid reader who loved to share and exchange books. Her favorites were kept in her personal library. Besides her reading habit she loved to tend to her garden.
She graduated from Los Altos High School and was a member of Club Estrella for 23 years serving as Secretary in past years and a supporter of their Scholarship Fund.
She will always be remembered and loved for the caring, giving, person she was to all, and her kind warm smile. Her beautiful spirit will remain with us forever. Her motto was Peace and Love.
Barrie passed away June 29, 2019 from complications due to Cystic Fibrosis, a hereditary lung disease diagnosed when she was an infant.
Despite a diagnosis that, for most, places significant limits on their lives, Barrie’s was rich with professional and personal achievements: a graduate of UC Berkeley, she had a 20+ year career in financial services, primarily with Hambrecht & Quist and Dean Witter, and spent the last 20 years as a dedicated volunteer for health-related causes.
In her healthcare work, she served for 15 years on the board of Tobacco Free Kids, the largest global anti-tobacco lobbying organization, supported by the Bloomberg Foundation, that works to ensure clean indoor air and to eliminate teen smoking across the world. In recognition of her dedication and contributions, this year TFK named their annual Youth Advocate of the Year award the Barrie Fiske National Youth Advocate of the Year.
Barrie also served on the board of the Fishers Island Health Project, where she led a campaign to raise a $2M endowment. As President of the Morse Foundation for three years, she oversaw the granting of 57 scholarships to employees and their family members of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, totaling almost $235K.
She is survived by her husband, Russell Planitzer; her stepchildren Kate (Michael Harper), Nancy (Whit Hayes), Ruthie and Ted; her sisters Kim (Don Furman) and Carey, and brother Todd (Vicky); eight nieces and nephews and five grandnieces and grandnephews.
In lieu of flowers, please consider remembering her tireless work on behalf of Tobacco Free Kids or The Fishers Island Health Project.
Here's a link to a video that Barrie made, entitled "Planning For The Future," in which she talks about her family with the Hospice Giving Foundation: