John A Byrne
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Title John A Byrne Date 5 Feb 1993 Date Viewed 20 Nov 2025 Page 10 Periodical The Sentinel Place Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA USA Source Type Newspaper URL https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-obituary-for-john-au/185330365/ Source ID S1722 Text John A. Byrne
Services will be Saturday, Feb. 13, for John Austin "Jack" Byrne, who died Jan. 28 after a heart attack while on vacation in Southern California. He was 59.
A Santa Cruz native, Mr. Byrne attended Santa Cruz High School, where he was editor of the school paper and played bass in the orchestra. As a teen-ager, he also worked in Byrne Bros. hardwood store on Pacific Avenuue, which his family owned from the late 19th century until 1967. The Byrne family has lived in the Santa Cruz area for 125 years.
He graduated high school in 1951 and went on to Stanford University, where he graduated in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He worked at the Stanford Daily, the San Jose Mercury News, and KHUB and KSCO radio stations.
Mr. Byrne served two years in the Army, working as a news writer at the Armed Forces Network. In 1962 he moved to Palo Alto and began working as a technical editor at SRI International. He remained there until his death.
For 30 years Mr. Byrne was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Menlo Park. He taught Sunday school there for several years and helped coordinate the restoration of the church's organ.
His hobbies included music, amateur radio and gardening. He was also a train buff.
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Sarah T. Byrne of Palo Alto; two sons, Trapper Byrne of Berkeley and Hugh Byrne of Daly City; his mother, Vivian Byrne of Santa Cruz; his sister, Catherine Boxwell of Sunnyvale; two granddaughters, two nephews and several aunts and uncles.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at Holy Trinity Church in Menlo Park.
Contributions are preferred to the Peninsula, Open Space Trust, 3000 Road, 4-135, Menlo Park, Calif. 94025..Linked to
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