Rachel Tara Armstrong Caron

Rachel Tara Armstrong Caron, 34, a graduate of Gunn High School, died Feb. 14. Born in Mountain View, she grew up in Palo Alto. Her mother says that she "majored in friends" while at Gunn High School and particularly enjoyed singing in a student group there. She studied at Yuba College and lived for several years in the Sacramento Valley. She returned to the Bay Area in 1995 to become a veterinary lab technician at Ames Laboratory. Since October, she managed the Blossom Hill Veterinary Hospital in Los Gatos. She is survived by her husband, Douglas Caron, and two children, Nicole and Alex, all of San Jose; her parents, Baxter and Helen Armstrong of Palo Alto; and two sisters, Megan Armstrong of Citrus Heights and Robin Dobbie of Maryland. Services have been held. Contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.