Minnie Jurow

October 5, 1922 - September 23, 2018

Minnie Jurow, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, passed away on September 23, 2018.

She was born to Jacob and Brindel Katz on October 5, 1922, in Chicago, IL. After high school, she and her sister Molly moved together to Washington, DC. She moved to San Francisco in 1942 where she was active in the labor movement and served as the secretary at the Labor School. She met her husband, Joe, and married in 1948. They moved to Palo Alto in 1957. She worked at Stanford University as a secretary to a professor for 25 years. Minnie loved to travel. She and Joe moved the family to Paris for a year in 1968. In the 1970s, she and Joe drove a small camper across the United States and Mexico. They continued to visit Europe and traveled to China in 1984. Minnie was known for her kindness and courtesy to everyone, and for her sense of humor. She was a great listener, and it was hard to resist her smile. She taught her daughters and grandchildren that you have to be active if you want to make a difference.

She is survived by her daughters, Susan Jurow (Robert Wall), Gambrills, MD, and Ruth Brown (Robert LaVergne Brown), Half Moon Bay, CA; her grandchildren, Joshua Brown (Georgia Price) and Jessica Cuesta (Daniel Cuesta); and her great-granddaughter, Cecilia Rachel Cuesta, who melted her heart. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph Jurow, and her four brothers and two sisters. To honor her memory, Minnie would have been happy to know that donations were made to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU.