11/10/1948

Carol is born at Seton Hospital in Austin, TX to Catherine Maydelle Andrich and Allan Walter Farlow

1949

1950

1952

1951

1954

Carol’s future husband Robert is born!

1953

Carol’s sister is born!

1955

1956

Carol’s second sister is born!

1957

1958

1959

1960

Carol’s youngest sister is born!

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

Carol’s brother is born!

She receives the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award; Graduates from James Madison High School; enrolls at Stanford University

1967

1968

Mom decided to take a year off from Stanford while her dad was in Thailand during the Vietnam War. She helped her mom take care of her baby brother, volunteered with the Civil Rights movement. Volunteered with the Poverty Program and another organizing project in Centerville, VA. Worked to organize for MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign.

1969

1970

1971

Carol is back at Stanford. She writes an article for the 2/12/1971 edition of the Stanford Daily: “Constructive Change in Research Policy: Alternative to Techno Trashing

1972

1973

1974

SHARE Conference (IBM Mainframe) Robert saw Carol before they even met!!! Robert has a memory of seeing Carol, even though they never spoke.

1975

1976

1977

1978

Carol and Robert move in together and get married

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

Carol’s first daughter is born!

1986

1987

Carol’s second daughter is born!

1988

The Lerches move to Belmont

1989

1990

1991

1992

Carol co-founds MSB Associates

1993

Carol is a founding parent at the San Carlos Charter Learning Center

1994

1995

1996

Mom improvises a breakfast opera while making food for the family, a signature childhood memory!

1997

1998

1999

Carol volunteers in Jenni’s math class; helps her and the rest of the kids understand Algebra

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2008

Mom organizes a book drive at the San Carlos Charter Learning Center to send to Icahn Charter School where Robin is a first-year kindergarten teacher

2009

2010

2011

Carol is dubbed The Sergeant at Yahoo

2012

2013

2014

2015

Mom’s road trip with Toro in April-March; Mom becomes a grandma in October!

2017

2018

Endometrial cancer diagnosis

2019

2020

2021

2022

05/06/2022 - Mom goes to the hospital; 5 hour blood transfusion

05/07/2022 - Mom gets discharged from the hospital in the morning, we take her back in the evening, they admit her that night

05/08/2022 - Mother’s Day. Mom repeatedly says “No more chemo.” Dr. Lau brings up hospice.

05/09/2022 - Family meeting at the hospital about hospice. Mom says that’s what she wants to do.

05/12/2022 - Mom is discharged; we set up hospice at home with Mission.

06/05/2022 - Mom passes away at home.