Natalie Rives Chambliss

January 4, 1940 - April 20, 2017

Natalie Rives Chambliss passed away at home in her sleep - peacefully -with her long time partner Michael at her side - and her two cats -Jingle and Cello - in Mountain House, California at the age of 77 - and was cremated by the Nautilus Society. She had been baptized. At her request there were no services. She died after a long brave struggle with the after effects of an ischemic stroke and the doctors could not save her.

She was born in Washington. DC - grew up in Falls Church Virginia – high school at George Mason, class of 1958 - 3 years at St Johns in Annapolis and received her BS at USF in San Francisco, California. She worked a good deal of her life in tech - ending with retirement after many working years at Intel ending as a manager at Intel IT Japan. She was a life member of MENSA and the Sierra club - a UC Master Gardener at Monterey. Immensely talented - ragtime piano master - bluegrass banjo player - creator in visual arts in oil painting and pastels with medal recognition at a number of shows. In addition, she was a quilt maker - needle point master - darning - excellent in the arts as well as her business, programming and tech skills. She was with her partner over 40 years and the two of them always had at least two cats (with musical names)! She had many people who cared for her - the mantle over the fireplace has more than 100 cards and letters and there are many emails. She is missed. She was much loved. She survived her brother Jack and her sister Dana. She is survived by nieces and nephews and other members of the Chambliss family. If anyone wishes to make a donation to continue the work to try to cure brain problems please make it to Stanford University - att: Doctor Kristen Andressen. Remember Natalie -- she was one of the good people - and there are never enough of them.