Alvin Francis Bell passed away on June 30, 2021, at home after a short battle with cancer. He was 84.
Alvin was preceded in death by his father, Frank Bell, his mother, Helen Bell, and son Mike. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Jeanne, daughter Cheryl, step-sons Ed (Jolie) and Mike, cousin Ken (Jeri Lynn), nine grandchildren and a host of long-term friends.
Alvin was raised in Lobitos Creek (Half Moon Bay) and attended Tunis School. He lived and worked on the family farm, which is now the Long Branch Saloon. He moved to San Mateo and is an alumnus of San Mateo High and received an engineering degree from College of San Mateo. He worked at Varian and was a 52-year employee of Litton Electron Devices as a mechanical engineer.
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Evelyn Grace (Kennedy) Brainard, 95, passed away peacefully Oct. 23, 2020. She was born Oct. 13, 1925, at home in Rosebud County, Mont., to Joe and Gladys (Noyes) Kennedy, joining two brothers, James and Eugene. She grew up on the family ranch on the Rosebud Creek in Eastern Montana and attended rural elementary schools until the family moved to Manhattan in 1936. After graduating from Manhattan High School in 1943, Evelyn attended Dillon Normal School (Western Montana College, Dillon), obtaining a teaching certificate. She then taught third grade in Belgrade, Mont..
Evelyn married Bill Don Brainard on Jan. 7, 1948. They started their life of cattle ranching and raising quarter horses on the Brainard Ranch located five miles south of Maudlow. All five children were raised there and on the ranch; they moved to east of Manhattan in 1963. Evelyn was a great ranch wife and mother. She provided countless meals for work crews and hungry kids. Evelyn was a substitute teacher in Manhattan a