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from Letters to the Editor, Los Altos Town Crier, April 9, 1997:

Appreciates random act of kindness

I would like to share the following letter received by our school:

Dear Principal:

Enclosed is a check for $100.00 for the school library. I would like to have the money used to buy hardback books for the Blach School library. The donation is made in the name of my adult children, Kirsten Leute and Eric Leute, who both graduated from Blach School. We are grateful for the good foundation they received for their further education.

Sincerely yours,
Rosemary Leute

At this time of educational budget constraints, this is an extraordinary random act of kindness. Besides creating a lasting memorial to her children, Mrs. Leute will continue to benefit hundreds of children for years to come. Mrs. Leute, you are inspiration and have set a new standard for parenting that should not be overlooked. My own sons' elememtary schools will receive a check from me shortly.

Cindy Langley-Andrews,
Librarian,
Blach Intermediate School
Los Altos

from the Palo Alto Daily News, August 21, 2001:

Rosemary Leute, 64, worked at Stanford

Rosemary Lamb Leute, a graduate student administrator at Stanford, has died. She was 64.

Leute died Saturday.

Born in North Dakota, she graduated from Smith College in 1959 and traveled and studied in Europe.

She pursued a graduate degree in German Literature at UCLA, where she met her future husband, Richard, a post-doctoral fellow in chemistry at the time.

The two were married and moved to the Bay Area in 1968. A former librarian at Oak School and a teacher at St. William's parochial school, Leute was active in her children's schools, especially with the Mountain View High School band.

For the past 10 years she worked at Stanford as the graduate student administrator for the philosophy and religious studies departments. Leute is survived by her husband and two children, Kirsten of Mountain View and Eric of San Diego.

A vigil with rosary will be held today at 7 p.m. at the Los Altos Chapel of Spangler Mortuaries, 399 S. San Antonio Road in Los Altos. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Simon's Catholic Church, 1860 Grant Road, Los Altos.

from the San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 21, 2001:

LEUTE, Rosemary L., 64, of Los Altos, graduate student administrator with Stanford University, died Aug. 18, 2001. Visitation after 6 p.m. today, with vigil at 7 p.m., at the Los Altos Chapel of Spangler Mortuaries. Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Simon Catholic Church, Los Altos. Burial in Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto.