Shirley Gratenstein Biers ’40

Shirley Gratenstein Biers ’40, of San Mateo, Calif., formerly of New York City; Jan. 17. She worked in the New York publicity office of British singer Gracie Fields before moving to Coral Gables, Fla., where she was a homemaker and volunteer. In 1968, after moving to California, she became a photographer and volunteered writing for Stanford Univ.’s Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition newsletter. Among her many interests were horseback riding, hiking, playing piano, traveling, and art, specifically collage and watercolors. She exhibited her work in 2005 at Focus Gallery in San Francisco. She is survived by two daughters, a son-in-law, a niece, and three nephews.