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Class of 1959
Hymie Bobrof Lubey
July 15, 1941 - April 7, 2008
Linda Brown
December 14, 1941 - February 14, 2006
Linda passed away suddenly. She will be greatly missed by her many friends and former colleagues in the greater San Diego area. After receiving B.A. and M.A. degrees in English and Creative Writing from San Diego State University, Linda taught poetry at UCSD and Mira Costa College from 1973-1990 and had many contacts in the poetry community. She had recently retired after 28 years of service at the San Diego Public Library as a library assistant, where she first worked at the Rancho Bernardo Branch and, since 1991, at the Benjamin Branch. At the Rancho Bernardo Branch, Linda instituted the first Braille collection in the City's library branches. At the Benjamin Branch, she conducted pre-school story times and created displays for National Poetry Month every April. She scheduled art shows in the community room, showcasing local artists, and also used Benjamin as a venue for poetry readings. Linda served as moderator for the Library's book club and provided reference and other library services to the Allied Gardens community. In 2004, La Jolla Poets Press published Linda's "Journey with Beast: Poems 1970-2004." The April 2004 book debut party at the Carmel Valley Branch featured a pianist and vocals interwoven with Linda's reading of her poetry. Linda is predeceased by her parents, William I. and Margaret L. Brown, and her brother, Alan Brown ‘62. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Lauren R. Brown ‘64 and Beth Davis-Brown, of Washington, DC. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: San Diego Public Library/Benjamin Branch, 5188 Zion Ave., San Diego, CA 92120. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 2/21/2006.
Glen Carraway
May 9, 1942 - November 13, 1960
Just wanted to let you know that Glenn Carraway sadly passed away the summer after graduation. He drowned at La Jolla Shores while at a beach party.
Carol Lee Collins
Paul Edward Cooper, Jr.
June 3, 1940 - March 4, 2004
Robert Lloyd Craig
April 8, 1941 - August 6, 1994
My brother died after a 30-year battle with cancer
-- Suzanne Craig Christensen '66
Mike Dalbey
(No photo in annual)February 11, 1942 - July 15, 1994
Carol Drogin Hill
December 27, 1941 – October 30, 2007
Carol "Sunni" Hill of Bonita died suddenly and unexpectedly of heart failure. She was vivacious and active to the end. Carol was born in New York and came to San Diego in 1948 with her parents Leonard and Miriam Drogin, her brother Harry (all now deceased) and brother Steve. She taught in many schools and is remembered by students and their parents. She owned Sunnyhill Realty in Bonita for several years. There will be a memorial gathering held at their home in Bonita on Friday, November 23rd, from 12 to 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to First Church of Christ, Scientist, Box 635, Chula Vista, 91912.
Carol passed away suddenly on October 30, 2007. She was a very dear and special friend. She and I had just spent a fabulous week in Montana and enjoyed the changing of the leaves. We took long walks enjoying the autumn weather and carried on about deer sightings as if they were the first ever. It's shocking and painful to lose a very close childhood friend. There are few people who are as genuinely kind and caring as she was. Many of us lived in Drogin homes that were built in the Crawford area in the ‘50s and ‘60s -- Diane Dawson
Larry Ellingwood
December 15, 1941 – March 21, 2000
Larry died of cancer -- Roy Boughton '59
Robert A. Forrest
September 19, 1941 - June 19, 1999
Sherry Frazier Skidmore
May 29, 1942 - November 7, 2008
A dear friend and classmate, Sherry died after a valiant battle with cancer. She grew up in the Rolando Village neighborhood. Her daughter Kaye and son Joe were by her side when she passed away -- Sandi Craig Allen
Delores Gerger Smith
November 10, 1941 - December 20. 2001
My dear friend, Delores "Dee" Gerger Smith passed away from lung cancer the end of December 2001. Her husband, Marion "Smitty" Smith was in my class but went into the Navy before graduation. They own a vineyard in the hills east of Sacramento, and Smitty is carrying on the work. I saw her a couple of years ago and now I'm sure glad that I made that trip!
David Golden
Dwain Hammit
August 19, 1942 - September 12, 2003
Greg Hunter
February 19, 1941 - August 31, 1982
I was surfing through the obits and noticed that Greg Hunter was listed as having died from a gunshot wound while in the FBI. He was a neighbor and I knew him and his parents pretty well. He was in the FBI but actually died of a melanoma on his back. It was a shock to everyone who knew him. I still remember he and his brother, Doran, deciding to see what it was like to be in a real gunfight and shooting at each other with .22s across a canyon. He had a thing with guns and I was on a camping trip with him when he wanted to show us how fast a draw he was with his Colt .45. He was quick -- the gun went off while still in the holster and left a 16" hole in his leg where the bullet passed through. If I remember correctly he left a young wife and two small children when he died.
Gary Bruce Leonard
November 25, 1940 - June 16, 1990
Frank Lewis
October 4, 1941 - July 1, 1960
Frank died in a car crash on 54th Street and Pirotte Drive –- Don Ball
Edward Lutes
February 25, 1940 – October 31, 2002
Steve Quimby
December 18, 1941 - June 1, 2004
A third generation San Diegan and honors graduate of San Diego State University, Steve's enduring interests included family (first and foremost, his wife and best friend, Linda of 27 years), friends, reading, conversation, classical music, humor, world history (especially archaeology), cinema, television (Law & Order was a favorite), crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, writing, automobiles, stamp collecting, Trivial Pursuit, logic-defying slot machines, and the oft challenge-ridden San Diego Chargers.
Martin Real Raborn
August 28, 1942 - May 3, 1964
Susan Schmith Rabasco
June 24, 1941 - August 2, 2000
Susan away unexpectedly, after raising four children and sharing her love of life and laughter with all. She also touched hundreds of students' lives as a teacher of English as a Second Language in the local community college system.
Joanne Sorrells Morton
August 14, 1941 - October 17, 1985
I think she passed away of Lou Gehrig’s Disease. -- Don Ball
Ted Suggs
December 28, 1940 - January 12, 2005
Ted Suggs passed away from pancreatic cancer. He had been diagnosed in June 2004 and had been able to remain at home through most of the illness. His niece Jennifer was at his side when he died.
Alice James McCapes
951-929-9220
Ted Suggs, 64; artist, comic who enjoyed masquerading
(From the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 22, 2005)
By trade, Ted Suggs was an illustrator and metal sculptor.
However, he was equally known for another art form of sorts: creating bizarre names and identities for himself, with apparel and attitude to match.
One day he could be Ted the Dragon, which he dubbed himself at his Spanish Village studio in Balboa Park. Another day he could be Theodore Thunderbritches, resplendent in fighter pilot gear.
If the mood struck him, he would affix his artificial Cyrano de Bergerac nose, don some French military gear and morph into Col. Pierre Thunderbritches.
And on Halloween, you could call him "Dr. Wong," a persona in which he surgically carved pumpkins.
Always, it seemed, he was a comic.
"(He was) just one of those people in a funny mood," said Danny Baucum, his friend since the seventh grade.
Mr. Suggs, who was born Edward L. Suggs in Long Beach, died January 12 at Grossmont Hospital. He was 64.
The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed in July, said his niece, Jennifer Suggs.
In 1991, after a neck injury forced him to abandon a career as a journeyman plumber, Mr. Suggs turned to art full time. He leased Studio 9 at Spanish Village, where he displayed his whimsical illustrations and sculptures and befriended and entertained passers-by young and old.
His award-winning sculptures and photographs have been displayed at the Del Mar Fair and the San Diego Museum of Art, his niece said.
Befitting his off-center persona, Mr. Suggs represented San Diego artists at the annual Comic-Con International Convention in San Diego.
He was a fixture for years at the annual Kinetic Sculpture Race in Ferndale and at Hot August Nights, a show for classic-car aficionados in Reno.
At Ferndale, he created posters with intricate illustrations and assumed his Pierre identity. He was Pierre in Reno as well, greeting thousands of onlookers in an annual parade down Virginia Street in Baucum's vintage Willys Jeepster.
"He had all kinds of ridiculous medals, bells and whistles, and a round military hat," Baucum said. "The crowd would see him dressed in that Pierre garb and just go wild."
Mr. Suggs grew up in Rolando and attended Helix and Hoover high schools before graduating in 1959 in Crawford High's first senior class.
He began drawing cartoons for classmates in the fourth grade, creating a strip called "Werewolf Willie in Vampire Valley."
He went on to study technical illustration at San Diego City College and picked up pointers on metal sculpture in a gas-welding class at Mesa College. He earned degrees in graphic design and computer graphic design at Platt College in San Diego.
In the 1970s, as a member of the Spanish Village Art Association, Mr. Suggs sold every piece he displayed in an art-mart sale at Sixth and Laurel. Bouyed by his success, he became a founding member of a group of artists at "That Gallery" in Old Town, where he sold to an international clientele for five years.
Survivors include his brother, Charles Leo Suggs of Los Angeles.
Jack Williams: (619) 542-4587; jack.williams@uniontrib.com
Victor Perez ‘71
Ted Summers
August 14, 1941 - July 7, 1985
Ted passed away at his home, taking his own life
James Upham
Janice Walstad Nichols
September 1, 1941 - June 27, 1986
Donald Michael Waters
July 9, 1941 - May 31, 2004
Don joined the United States Army Security Agency in September 1961 and was on active duty until 1964; he served in Vietnam from July 1962 to July 1963 and then was posted to Thailand until his discharge from the Army. He graduated with a degree in Political Science from SDSU in 1966 and received a Masters degree in Economics from the American Institute for Foreign Trade (Thunderbird) in Phoenix, AZ. Don was a market analyst with Copley International after graduation, then worked in politics for several years. Active in many civic clubs, including the Rotary Club, he was president of Mission Bay Associates when the San Diego Crew Classic was begun. He eventually joined his father's company, Waters Consultants, having been an Engineer-in-Training since the fifth grade. He obtained his Professional Engineer designation in corrosion in 1976.
Don is survived by his wife Ingrid, his 3 cats, his brother John Waters and his sister Holly Duran, uncle John Thrasher and cousin Rosemari Thrasher, all in the San Diego area, cousins Patricia Storsteen, Tom Thrasher, Jim Thrasher, Janice Noss and Sue Mansker in other parts of the country.
The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Diabetes Association
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 6/13/2004.
John "Bud" Webb
January 5, 1942 -- May 26, 2006
John was born in Charlotte, NC and came to San Diego with his Navy family. He attended San Diego City College and San Diego State, where he played football and ran track. He was the only male in his Business English class, where he met Janet. They were married in 1963. He is survived by Janet, their children Lauri and Erik, and six beautiful grandchildren.
James Welch
March 13, 1940 - May 28, 2007
James was born in Long Beach and served in the Army during the Vietnam War. Survivors include his wife, Lorelei Welch; daughters, Bridget Gunn and Gina Ludwig; son, David Gunn; and two grandchildren.
John Whaley
July 29, 1940 - January 20, 1967
John died in a car crash by a drunk driver on Highway 395
at the Washington Street overpass -- Don Ball
Barbara Wilson
May 20, 1941 - April 2, 1964
John Worona
August 24, 1941 - August 29, 1970
Big John stood out way over the rest of the world. Probably because he was a six foot seven inches tall. He checked out of this world way too early: 1970 – Dan Worona ‘62
Clifford J. Wynne
December 12, 1941 - December 12, 1996
Passed away after a long illness. He is survived by wife Laurie, parents Burl and Bettye, and brother Jeffrey '63
(Thanks to Mary Gale Rogers '67 for many of the above dates)