Deceased Camden High School Faculty and Alumni

Compiled and maintained by Tom Rose, Camden class of 1974.

Last updated January 16, 2014

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I have sought to provide accurate information here, however, please note that the information often has not been verified.  Most of the listings have been provided by family or friends of the deceased.

 

If you find inaccuracies or have additional information regarding alumni or faculty that have passed on please email me at trose01@telis.org

 

Faculty Members

John Anastasia, November 25, 2002 *

Ray Andre

Enis Ashton

Jim Baughman, heart attack, age 47, September 3, 2000 *

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, December 9, 1914 to October 15, 1998 *

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, July 24, 1917 to March 2, 2003

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, December 7, 1930 to January 9, 2003

John Marks

Virginia Pollack Marks, cancer, December 18, 2001 * (taught under both names)

Louis J. Marotti, October 3, 2003

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, Feb. 5, 1966

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, May 18, 1931 to June 17, 2001 *

Coach Tom Sweeney, cancer, March 23, 2012

Ken Tonkin

William Edward Yonge, stroke, November 25, 1941 to October 6, 2001 *

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

 

Class of 1958

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

 

Class of 1959

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 Santa Cruz, 1960

John La Barbera

Margie Martinez, diabetes related kidney failure, October 18, 2001

Jan Allax Mirassou, suicide, February 10, 2001 *

Erna-Jeanne Lampreda Silva, ruptured appendix, July 12, 1991

Bob Nevis

Janet Ostwald Donahoo

Darlene V. Pitchford, massive stroke, September 15, 1941 to December 4, 2005

Julie Simmons, January 28, 2003

Alan Solari

Larry Ventura

Loyd Williams, April 15, 1941 to December 28, 2003

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, U.S. Army, Vietnam, March 21, 1967

 

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, December 2, 2002

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

 

Class of 1965

Ron Boone, reaction to medication, approx. 1970

Kitty Brinkerhoff, cancer, October 19, 2004

Kent Lee Dove, car accident, 1965  

Diana Herbert Gilroy, March 31, 1948 to October 27, 2002*

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 Masuda, U.S. Army, Vietnam, MIA on May 16, 1969

Mary Reynolds, June 2004, cancer

Mike Scofield, September 26, 2002, killed in a DUI accident while on patrol as a motorcycle officer in Reno, NV.

Joe Villarreal, February 13, 1988, car accident

 

Class of 1966

Bruce Aby, 1970

Sisto Arena, February 3, 2010, blood disorder

Larry Bishop

Mike Brown, hit while riding motorcycle, mid-eighties

Don Clark

Alan Fronk, November 3, 2000 *

Sue Garthwaite, 1968 or 1969

Scott Griswold, December 23, 1947 to January 24, 1969, U.S. Army Reserve, Vietnam

Robert M. Grozdanich, 2000

Terry Johnston, July 4, 2010, adenocarcinoma

Tom Harris, suicide following discovery of body of wife Judy James (’67), late nineties

John Hill, colon cancer, May 30, 2003

Ron Oliveria, August 17, 1948 to January 11, 1967, car accident on Hwy 17

Judy Rush, August 5, 1948 to December 7, 2008

Bill Terry, car accident in the late sixties

Steve Vierra, accidental shooting, 1965

 

Class of 1967

Roberta Blair, cancer, February 2006

Sherry Booth

Karen Bruton, car accident, 1969

Bill Cable, Nov.16, 1995

Patt Dutton, lung cancer, January 24, 2007

Dennis Erickson, auto collision, October 29, 1980

John Dennis Farnsworth, cancer, July 2006

Harry Heyman

Judy James, murdered by husband Tom Harris (’66), 1997     

Mike Jackson, April 9, 2008                                                     

James M. Jelincich, December 28, 1995

Judy Karchem

Alexis “Lexi” Rose Knazovich, November 29, 2004, cancer

Greg Lefevre 2013

John Lueder

Dave Meiss, May 2000

Benny Mendez, August 22, 1948 to February 6, 2010, cancer

Craig Moreland

Dewey Rayburn

Linda Scherel

Frank Slifkoff, brain aneurysm, 1971/1972

Bill Slocum, December 11, 2007

 

Class of 1968

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 Camden his freshman year)

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 Yosemite, Oct. 6, 1965

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 Morgan Hill, 1992

Larry Odem, late eighties

Russell Rogers (German exchange student), heart failure, June 1998

Russell (Rusty) Terry, diabetes related, December 12, 2002*

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, October 9, 2002 *

Vince Cuselia, May 13, 1952 to June 23, 2008

Susan Evans, December 31, 2005, cancer

Gary Lee Farnsworth, aortic aneurysm, August 17, 2000 *

Bruce Flory

Terry Greene, early nineties

Kathleen Ann Roberts, aneurysm, June 2008

Timothy D. Terry, car accident on Hwy 17, May 24, 1967

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, February 16, 1974

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

Cary Stout, April 12, 1953 to November 3, 1970

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

 

Class of 1972

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), May 19, 1954 to August 4, 2002 *

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 August 17, 1990

Linda Wooton, September 12, 1953 - May 6, 2009

 

Class of 1973

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

 

Class of 1974

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 Seattle

Mike Fritchie, suicide

Curt Guerrero

Mike Hill, car accident 1973

Sandy Lynn Kondo, brain aneurysm, August 3, 1956 to December 4, 1999 *

Jim Madden, murdered during a robbery, Jan. 28, 1991

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, March 15, 2003

Ed Van Zandt, motorcycle accident, 1977/1978

Joseph Vomacka, complications from diabetes, 1996

 

Class of 1975

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, October 13, 1957 to June 21, 1974

David Patrick Cunningham, October 17, 2001 *

Scott Greco, heart attack, August 10/11 2005

Gaylord Lane

Dave Heath, apartment fire on Union Avenue, January 15, 1996

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, May 17, 2001 *

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

 

Class of 1976

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, Dec. 8, 1957 to Sept. 23, 1991

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, August 8, 2003

Kathy Sunseri, cancer,  June 15, 1958 to August 19, 1991

Gaye Wagener, breast cancer November 16, 1958 to January 5, 2004 (wife of Paul Chaplin, ’74)

Janet Wilson, cancer, May 8, 1958 to December 20, 2010

Joe Zalace, passed away prior to graduation

 

Class of 1977

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

 

Class of 1978

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 Camden Ave., funeral held December 15, 1976

Kim Jones, cancer, August 5, 2011

Georgina Meyer, 2003

Carl Nowack, February 1, 1961 to January 10, 2013

Patty Orr, July 22, 2007 

 

Class of 1980

Jim Cuthbert, motorcycle accident at the corner of Camden and Leigh in 1985

Kathleen A. Nasiatka, cancer, May 7, 2001 *

Noreen Vaughn, passed after a brief illness, May 23, 1962 to November 18, 2011

 

Class of 1981

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