Lane Carroll Tronson was born in Minot North Dakota and grew up in Idaho and Washington. He was graduated June 1943 from Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane, Washington. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a Fire Controlman aboard the USS Bergen in the South Pacific. In 1945, the Navy sent him to Officer Training at Stanford University where he met Nancy Raybould, to whom he was married for 70 years. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, and worked for IBM 35 years doing system engineering, research and marketing. After retiring from IBM, he attended attended the College of Financial Planning in Denver, CO and had a second career as a Certified Financial Planner.

Lane was very active in his community. He belonged to the Saratoga Senior Center, Rotary Club, Saratoga Sister City, Hakone Foundation, Saratoga Men's Club, Sons in Retirement Branch 125, Stanford Alumni Association, Saratoga Presbyterian Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.

When his family was young, they spent many vacations at the family cabin at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe. Lane enjoyed going to Stanford sports events with his family. He enjoyed traveling with his wife Nancy, taking cruises, winter trips to Mexico and summer trips to Maine. For many years, he was an avid golfer.

Lane and Nancy have lived in Saratoga for 51 years. They have a son Cary, a daughter Lynn, a granddaughter Zoe, and step grand children Eric and April. He was a great dad and husband.
He will be greatly missed.

A memorial service for Lane will be held Saturday September 24th at 10:00 am at the Saratoga Presbyterian Church on 20455 Herriman Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
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