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Last updated January 16, 2014
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John Anastasia,
Ray Andre
Enis Ashton
Jim Baughman, heart attack, age 47,
Glenn Benner
Kathleen Bull, February 3, 2011
Dean Chamberlain, heart failure at age 83, July 30, 1999 *
Les Claus, November 2011
Vivian Cortese, April 1987
Dennis Craig, apparent heart attack at age 63, June 6, 2007
Wilson Crosby, cancer, 1980’s
Dr. Ross Deniston, November 15, 2003 at age 93
Zula Duffy, September 2011
Will Finck, heart attack at age 77, May 1, 1930 to June 7, 2007
Tom Fonick,
Stewart Fowler, January 20, 2005 at age 84 (Dean of boys 1961/1962)
Nick Fuller, September 26, 2008, heart attack
Lee Glandon, taught one year only 75/76, April 15, 1987 at age 56
Richard Gordon,
Olive Gould, June 16, 1995 at age 84
Ed Hansen
Coach Frank Hendricks, January 17, 1940 to September 9, 2011, ALS
William Francis Joesten, August 31, 1927 to March 2006
Vivian Jones, January 3, 1923 to April 29, 2011, Alzheimer's Disease
Jeannene Lathrop, cancer,
John Marks
Virginia Pollack Marks, cancer, December 18, 2001 * (taught under both names)
Louis J. Marotti,
Robert McLaggan, July 8, 2010
Gene Medlock, shop teacher, coronary artery disease, January 22, 2008
Jon Meischke
Ross Miser, Orientation teacher in the fifties, freshman counselor in the sixties, February 13, 2006 at age 74
Coach Junior Morgan 2005
Herman Osorio, November 22, 1932 to October 15, 2012
Barbara Papworth, June 1996
Cully Plant, July 25, 2004 at age 81
Charles H. Robinson,
Ralph de la Rosa
John Whiting Runcie, born 1922, died January 7, 2006
Jay Russel, freshman counselor in the fifties, Dean of Boys in the early sixties, February 20, 2006 at age 81
Ben Sanematsu
Robert J. Smith,
Coach Tom Sweeney, cancer, March 23, 2012
Ken Tonkin
William Edward Yonge, stroke,
Bill Walker
Gene Willett, March 25, 2004
Al Worrel
Staff Members
Dolly Schmidt, Cafeteria Manager, May 28, 1923 to April 20, 2013
Alumni By Year
Joe D’Amico
Judy Anderson Eaton
Bob Barger
George Bulkley, lupus, March 2001 *
Ted Cisowski
Gloria Escover, passed on the summer after her sophomore year at age sixteen
Al DePonzi
Joe Gray
JoAnn Hamilton, June 27, 2007, Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Paul Jacobus
Alice Janet King, October 26, 2009
Marlys Lemus, married name Tobeck, auto accident near Eureka
Dave Lurhing
Anna McCleary
Colleen Meyer
Art Miller
Dick Narona
Chuck Renard, age 70, cancer, August 5, 2011
Jane Simmons, October 2010, lung cancer
Robert Aso Aklizuki
Bill Banks, 2001
Stephen Belser
Chuck Crowell, September 20, 1941 to June 30, 2012
Joseph Dominquez
Larry Sheldon Field, 2007
Gayle Furtado, 69, ovarian and breast cancer, October 16, 2010
Barry Hilton
Kathy Kohler
Ted Kunich, car accident Hwy 17 to
John La Barbera
Margie Martinez, diabetes related kidney failure,
Jan Allax Mirassou,
suicide,
Erna-Jeanne Lampreda Silva, ruptured appendix,
Bob Nevis
Janet Ostwald Donahoo
Darlene V. Pitchford, massive stroke, September 15, 1941 to December 4, 2005
Julie Simmons,
Alan Solari
Larry Ventura
Loyd Williams,
Charlene Winsley
Shelly Witze
Class of 1960
William Joseph Anger
Henry Avila
William Bradley Banks
Larry Barber 1980
Elizabeth (Betty) Ballek Shipman 2003
Terry Burdick
Jimmy Cooper Jan. 1966 automobile accident
Richard Alan Conrad 1963
William DuPont 1972
Verle Eichman 1998
John Ezzie, colon and liver cancer, August 13, 1989
Carolyn Ann Ford 2000 heart attack
Janet M. Garnett Diehl 2003
Judy D. Gazay Beech 1993 brain aneurysm
Darly Gridley 1996 heart attack
Doug Kersey 2002
Jere La Giusa 2003
Ron Lampreda, January 7, 2010
Ray McClendon 1973
Dennis J. Michaeloff 2001
Raoul M. Mijares, Jr. 2000
Joan M. Nunes Silver 1987
Charlene A. Mahan July 18, 2003
David Shannon O’Neal Feb. 19, 1985
Loretta V. Samford Garley Aug. 20, 2001
Sal De Marco
Audrey Mae Trimble
Ernest Messier 2001
Larry Shannon
Raymond M. Zavala
Tim Crivello Oct. 25, 1977
Fred C. Ramirez 1975 brain aneurysm
Donald Shear 2002
James Trovato
Warren Vatcher Jul. 27, 1980
Vianna K. Wichern
Dick McGiffin, December 2000
Mary Stenger, cancer
Michael G. Sudborough,
Class of 1961
William Campbell
Stanley Edwards, cancer, April 9, 1994
Ron Haver, 2007
Vickey Hunter, heart failure, April 19, 2005
David Knight 2005
Nick Long, liver disease
Fred Musco, car accident while driving to Calero Reservoir, 1960
Phil Rideout, murdered, mid-sixties
Ken Smith, cancer
Class of 1962
Jim Alford, 1983
Rita Castro, December 28, 2006 at age 62 following a short illness
Timothy Chambers, suicide, 1961
Gerald “Jerry” Davis, colon cancer,
Pam Ensunsa, breast cancer, February 12, 1997
Suzanne Geer, pancreatic cancer, April 29, 1944 to September 5, 2007
Bill Porria, December 20, 2013, after a long illness
Daniel Schaefers, heart attack, 2007
Class of 1963
Gale Banks
Chris Defiglio, auto accident, 1970’s
Jim Gillis
David Kline
Gary Lee Hill, at age 61 on January 17, 2006, complications from Agent Orange exposure
Wayne Myers, 2002
Kathy Prouse, passed several months prior to former husband Phil Thompson (below)
Richard Ruiz
Mary Jo Severance, April 10, 1945 to November 25, 2011
Frank Sutton
Phil Thompson, throat cancer, July 10, 1999
Beatrice Yamato, cancer
Class of 1964
Rick Buzbee, April 23, 1946 to December 22, 2012
Craig Lockhart, suicide, 1996
Ron Boone, reaction to medication, approx. 1970
Kitty Brinkerhoff, cancer, October 19, 2004
Kent Lee Dove, car accident, 1965
Diana Herbert Gilroy,
Diedre Hildebrandt (name at death – Grace M. Gall) cancer, April 6, 2003
Scott Irwin, pancreatic cancer, September 11, 2008
Bert Kellog, went into a coma and died sometime in his early fifties
Lance Levy, July 5, 1946 to March 13, 2006
Rod Osgood, Christmas Eve approximately 1997/1998
Bob
Mary Reynolds, June 2004, cancer
Mike Scofield, September 26, 2002, killed in a DUI accident
while on patrol as a motorcycle officer in
Joe Villarreal, February 13, 1988, car accident
Celeste Elizabeth Bold, January 2, 1968
Robin Elise Broadhead, October 2, 2004
Debbie Bruhn, 2012
Darryl R. Corless, died of natural causes on his birthday December 23, 1999
Joe Fournier
Patty Griffin, cancer, Oct. 10, 2000
Steve Hayes, December 2004, cancer
Diania Kaeding, heart attack, June 16, 2008
Byron Oldfield, 1990
Mark K. Perez, cancer, February 7, 2004
Sue Reardon, February 8, 2004
Andy Rimbault, cancer, June 25, 2008
Russell Rogers, heart failure, June 1998
Judy Samford, 2000 at age 50
Duane Schoeppler
Class of 1969
Chris Clark, motorcycle accident May 26, 2004 (only attended
Lee David Draper, December 1, 1950 to September 9, 2009
Fred Geist, heart attack, May 5, 2004
Ron Hayes, died at age 13 while hiking at
Kevin Hurley, heart attack, March 2000
Trisha Johnston, possibly 2008, cancer
Ed Kensill, car accident, possibly behind Lexington Reservoir, 1969 or 1970
David Long, pancreatic cancer, July 8, 2007
Paula Poletti, hit by truck while
exiting bus in
Larry Odem, late eighties
Russell Rogers (German exchange student), heart failure, June 1998
Russell (Rusty) Terry, diabetes related,
John Seekins, heart failure, 2000 *
Robert Spivak
Bruce Edward Wright, August 16, 1951 to May 5, 2006
Class of 1970
Mark Brenda, October 17, 1952 to November 30, 1971, progeria
Greg Conard,
Vince Cuselia, May 13, 1952 to June 23, 2008
Susan Evans, December 31, 2005, cancer
Gary Lee Farnsworth, aortic aneurysm,
Bruce Flory
Terry Greene, early nineties
Kathleen Ann Roberts, aneurysm, June 2008
Timothy D. Terry, car accident on Hwy 17,
Dennis Wayrynen, August 13, 1952 to October 2010
Class of 1971
Ruben Albert Cabrera, liver disease, October 4, 1953 to March 15, 2010
Cathy Clute, suicide,
Dale K. Clifton, cancer, March 27, 1953 to February 11, 2008
Christine Ann Bartel, August 13, 1953 to June 16, 2004
Rich Caccamo
Terry Debenedictis, accident, late seventies
Rick Galletta
Rick Hoover, cancer, August 25, 1952 to July 1, 2010
Paul Jorgenson, September 6, 1952 to May 18, 2004
Dave May, cancer, May 1999 *
Nancy Newhall, motorcycle accident, possibly late seventies
Rich Payne, 1999 or 2000
Roger Romine
Richard Schiavo
Dennis Fredrick Wickman, natural causes at age 54 on December 31, 2006
Bernadine Witthar, pneumonia as an effect of long term multiple sclerosis, March 31, 2004
David Abbott, murdered, October 5, 1986
Patty Ayers, July 14, 1954 to Nov. 1, 2002 *
Steve Bicknell, car accident, 1973 or 1974
Alex Furmanski, August 2007
John Gault (attended only as a freshman) heart attack brought on by asthma attack, May 6, 2007
Dennis Hultberg, May 1997
Phil Keaton
Tina S. Kifer (aka Sheryl
Leopard),
Larry Kondo, March 2006
David Lanoie, hunting accident, December 20, 1953 to January 12, 2011
Steve Marchesini, heart disease, May 26, 1953 to December 4, 2007
Roger Paulson, stock car accident
Linda Porazynski, after a long battle with cancer, January 9, 1954 to June 27, 2009
Joe Schafer
Gail Tabler
Ed Traster, car accident, March 18, 1997
Randy Watkins, 2005
Patrick Witthar
Linda Wooton, September 12, 1953 - May 6, 2009
Fred Akers, 1994
Steve Apfel
Beverly Baclawski, April 2006
Betty Bottorff
Joel Brazelton, June 7, 1954 to June 2, 2005
Steve Broglio
Toni Espinoza
Dan Galloway, July 7, 1955 to November 25, 2008
Scott Gillis, 2014
Wes Justice, car accident
Jim Motowski
Jesse J. Nieblas, November 1990
Anita Portillo
Rich Price, aortic aneurism, August 11, 1989
Ken Siggins
Marvel Darlene Schmid Davis, August 15, 1955 to July 24, 2012
Gayle Spradlin, ovarian cancer, January 23, 2008
Jeff Teeple, January 2002 *
Barbara Valerga
Roberta (Robbie) Baird, May 2013 after a long illness
Dennis Stuart Begay, December 20, 1955 to September 28, 2007
Pat Briggs, car accident on Highway 9, November 1, 1977
Mike Curtis, shot in
Mike Fritchie, suicide
Curt Guerrero
Mike Hill, car accident 1973
Sandy Lynn Kondo, brain aneurysm,
Jim Madden, murdered during a robbery,
Dave McBride, aneurysm, November 15, 1956 to October 8, 1984
Walt Meyers, stabbing
Tina Peer, June 17, 2002
Alan Randall, November 23, 1955 to June 26, 2004
Roy Roswall, drug & alcohol overdose, mid-seventies
Paul Stojanovich, accidental fall from cliff,
Ed Van Zandt, motorcycle accident, 1977/1978
Joseph Vomacka, complications from diabetes, 1996
Steven Abbett, 52, December 16, 1956 to December 30, 2008, car accident
Patty Aguirre, March 9, 2004
Dave Bartel, cancer, 1996/1997
Steve Baxley, heart attack, May 29, 2002 *
Eric J. Bunnell, April 22, 1957 to October 2010
John Conroy,
David Patrick Cunningham,
Scott Greco, heart attack, August 10/11 2005
Dave Heath, apartment fire on
Jennifer Johansen, car accident
Alan Jorgenson, April 20, 1957 to August 18, 2010
Calvin Martinez, April 8, 1993
Howard Matts, 54, September 8, 1956 to April 8, 2011
Joanne Mullins, car accident
Raymond R. Ochoa, liver problems,
Joey Ouelett
Diane Rodrigues, December 27, 1956 to May 9, 2010
Mark Schirle, motorcycle accident, September 1986
Barry Schlaeger
Steve Scruggs, enlarged heart at age 48, September 28, 2005
Kenneth Wiens, heart attack at the age of 53, July 8, 2011
Rich Ayers, October 13, 1995
Sue Bertaccini,October 16, 1958 to September 28, 2010
Tom Bohn, cancer, October 15, 1958 to October 29, 2008
Richard Decker, drug overdose at age 49, October 25, 2006
Jeff Doll, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) February 23, 2003
Dave Everett, hepatitis,
Carol Faso, car accident on Hwy 85
Rich Gibbons, suicide, December 23, 2003
Mike Hickey, cancer, February 26, 1958 to 1983
Kevin Erik Hill
Paul Monrad
Darrel Myers
Paul E. Pedersen, 1958 to 1990
Mark Sanders, complications as a result of a dog bite, December 31, 1957 to March 5, 2013
Brian Smith, complications from a stroke, May 4, 2004 (brother of Terry 72, Dennis 73 & Darrel 73)
Paul Snow, stroke,
Kathy Sunseri, cancer,
Gaye Wagener, breast cancer
Janet Wilson, cancer,
Joe Zalace, passed away prior to graduation
Doug Berthold, April 23, 2002 *
Mike Hopper, May 4, 1959 to November 18, 2005
Linda Lopez, firearm injury, August 1977
Steve Ruddy, March 7, 1959 to April 7, 2012
Duane Simmons, death by crossbow, April 16, 2002 *
Laurie Ann Stewart, April 2003
Brenda Adams, 1983
Bob Anderson, December 31, 2001
John Cedillo, firearms accident, 1976
Candy Huhnke, car crash in the early eighties
Jeff Hill, August 19, 2012 at age 52, death was sudden
Ann Pisciotta, February 26, 2003
Daniel Knapp-Smith, diabetic seizure, 2006
Phil Stewart, cancer, November 1997
Class of 1979
Judy Cord, hit by car while crossing
Kim Jones, cancer, August 5, 2011
Carl Nowack, February 1, 1961 to January 10, 2013
Patty Orr, July 22, 2007
Jim Cuthbert, motorcycle accident at the corner of
Kathleen A. Nasiatka, cancer,
Noreen Vaughn, passed after a brief illness, May 23, 1962 to November 18, 2011
Cy Dominguez, 1980
Terrie Doran, August 8, 2003
David Elardo, brain tumor, July 24, 1986
Steve Lewis, heart disease, 1981
John Solorio, 2000
Diana Sutton, car accident, 1980