1960 Obituaries
Denis Allen
November 25, 1942 - April 2, 1977
Patrolman Allen was shot and killed after he and his partner responded to a disturbance call. When they arrived they discovered a man was attempting to flood his apartment by clogging up the sinks and he was stabbing a block of ice with a knife. When the man saw the officers he advanced towards them with the knife, but dropped it when both officers drew their weapons. As Patrolman Allen approached the suspect he suddenly pulled out a concealed handgun and shot him in the chest. Both officers returned fire, killing the suspect. Patrolman Allen succumbed to his injuries within minutes. The suspect had been released from jail that morning after serving time for attempted murder of a police officer. Patrolman Allen had been with the agency for 11 years and is survived by his wife and three children.
Richard Allen
(No photo in yearbook)
Joseph Ancona
September 12, 1941 – November 23, 2002
Allan Bailey
Allan passed away December 21, 2008
Union-Tribune Obituary
Donna Ballinger Saucedo
January 23, 1943 - February 20, 2001
Louise Barnes Slaughter
August 9, 1942 - September 13, 2005
Thomas Bay
July 1, 1942 - June 1992
Paul Becker
(No photo in yearbook)
July 3, 1942 - July 23, 2003
Brenda Beitner
March 28, 1943 - May 4, 1962
The Beitners lived next door to us on Hardy Avenue, on the south edge of SDSC. In the spring semester of 1962 I was a freshman at State. Brenda, a sophomore, was in a large Comparative Literature class with me, taught by Professor Frank Johnson (an excellent lecturer and genuine character). My sister, Margaret, '59 was in her third year at State. I well remember her piercing scream when she heard on the radio that Brenda had been killed. It was May 4, 1962. A friend of Brenda's had come by with a new (to him) Jaguar XK150 convertible and wanted to give her a ride. She didn't want to go -- she had an engagement a short while off, but agreed to a quick tour. The car flipped over on Mission Gorge Road and Brenda was killed instantly. He wasn't seriously injured. It was terribly sad to note Brenda's absence in class the next day. Brenda's mother, Frieda, never got over the loss -- it ruined her life. -- Bob Richardson '61
Loren Berg
March 21, 1942 – September 24, 2003
David M. Blakemen
December 11, 1942 - June 11, 2003
Born in Vallejo CA, David later moved to San Diego, where he spent most of his youth. At age 17 he won first prize in a Merchant Marine essay contest earning a three-month Asian trip, which he chronicled in weekly articles written for the San Diego newspaper. David earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees in business at UCLA where in 1961 he met his future bride Vicki Lax. They first saw each other at a "get acquainted" dance and David said he knew immediately that Vicki was the woman he would marry. They wed June 9 1963. Though gravely ill David lived to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. He suffered from acute myelogenous leukemia.
Ronald Bobbitt
November 4, 1942 - February 4, 2006
Ron was born in Herrin, IL and passed away at Chino Valley Medical Center of heart failure. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a truck driver for over 40 years, employed with Dirksen Transportation, Ron is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Cookie Bobbitt; his two children, Rodney Bobbitt and Kimberley Mihalovich and one grandchild, Megan.
Dominic Bonjorno
August 10, 1942 - December 1, 1994
Lynda Bowers Preece
August 22, 1942 - January 2, 2005
Robert Boyce
March 5, 1942 - September 1986
I talked with my friend, Kay Wylie ‘60, over the weekend of October 1, 2004. She confirmed what I had told you before. Robert Eugene Boyce ‘60, committed suicide several years ago. Kay is a friend of Gene's mother -- Marilyn Moellinger Lane '60
Dennis Bradley
July 12, 1942 - March 1985
George Buehler
August 29, 1942 - April 1984
George Bultez
My brother passed away January 29, 2010 of a massive heart attack. He and his wife were vacationing in South Africa. He was playing golf, and on the 18th hole, when he had his heart attack -- Alicia Bultez Mason ‘61
George Cambetes
September 27, 1942 - February 8, 2011
My brother George died of a massive heart attack. After he graduated from Crawford, our family moved to La Mesa. George moved to North Hollywood to pursue a career in the aerospace industry. When the space shuttle program came into being he transferred to Palmdale and became the Parts Procurement Officer and Public Speaker on the Space Shuttle program. His last task before retiring was Project Manager on the hoist that lifted the space shuttle onto the back of the Boeing 747 that gave the shuttle a ride back to Florida when the shuttle was not able to land in Florida. I had a chance to "early" retire, so my dad and I moved to Cottonwood Arizona. After George visited, he said it reminded him of Palmdale 30 years ago. He then sold his home and followed us to Arizona, which is where he was when he passed. George enjoyed golf and, in earlier years, loved to ride motorcycles. Gertrude was the name of his motorcycle. One summer, in his younger days, he took a month and just traveled the USA on Gertrude. He said the most awesome thing he had ever seen was waking up at the foot of Mt Rushmore and watching the sunrise, slowing unveiling the Presidents. It was dark when he had stopped for the night and had no idea that he was that close to Mt Rushmore -- Betty Knudsen (Grossmont High '68)
Colin Cameron
Douglas Casteel
October 4, 1941 - May 1, 1989
Betsy Cairns Chamberlain
August 12, 1942 - August 14, 2006
Sign the Guest book
Ronald Coe
May 1, 1941 - March 23, 1997
Paul Cox
September 8, 1942 - July 1970
Eugene Deputy
(No photo in yearbook)
September 12, 1942 - September 17, 1971
Susan DeSure
October 9, 1942 - June 18, 1977
My sister Susan DeSure (her married name was also DeSure) died of breast cancer. She was 34. She left behind a husband and two daughters -- Betsy DeSure Richter Baranov '63
Lucille Esquibel Sandoval
August 28, 1941 - November 2, 2001
Lucille was born in Albuquerque, N.M., and was a homemaker. She was a member of the VFW, and Elks Lodge 2011, Chula Vista. Survivors include her companion Bill Allen; sons, Victor Sandoval of San Jose and Triney Sandoval of New York, NY; mother Tillie Equiebel, sister, Valarie Sandoval of Colorado; and one grandchild.
Kenneth Fall
January 27, 1942 - December 28, 1992
Ken was an accomplished pianist and organist. He played the organ for the Class of '60 Vespers Program, and he accompanied the Crawford High Choir for three years. I know he was also the organist for his church. Ken also had the male lead in the Senior Play and was on the Senior Council. His goal was to be a professional musician. I hope he realized his goals, because he was truly a very talented musician -- Diana Wilson Longacre ‘60
John Flinn
July 16, 1942 – July 2, 1969
Air Force Captain John Leroy Flinn was killed when his A-1 Skyraider
aircraft was shot down during an attack at Muon Soui, Laos.
Douglas A-1H "Skyraider"
John Never Come Back?
Richard S. Drury writes about his wartime room mate
Marcus Frye
September 24, 1942 - March 18, 2008
Jerry Fort
January 3, 1943-July 9, 2003
Jerry died of a massive heart attack while coaching his 12-year old son's little league team.
Read the article in the San Diego Union-Tribune
Patricia Gambardella Offield
July 20. 1941 - October 18, 1988
Hilliard Hall
(No photo in yearbook)
January 20. 1942 - July 19, 1985
Dwain Hammitt
August 19, 1942 – December 12, 2005
Harold Harrison
Harold was a good friend of mine and died sometime in the early 1980s. He was in a logging accident in the late 1970s and kind of went into seclusion. I found out later that he developed leukemia and didn't want anybody to know and died in an Arizona hospital -- John Weeden '60
Marla Hartman
(No photo in yearbook)
September 8, 1942 - October 24, 1995
Katherine Herd
August 8, 1942 - January 25, 2012
Katherine passed away at Hemet Valley Medical Center. She was born in San Diego, and moved to San Jacinto 20 years ago. She worked as a registered nurse for 32 years. She enjoyed spending time with her family and decorating her home. She is survived by her wife of 37 years, Cheryl Utley, her mother Earla Herd, and sister Julie Herd Diaz ’65.
Katherine was head of the School of Nursing at Mira Costa College for 31 years -- Nancy Alumbaugh Bailey ’60
Bruce Hitch
January 21, 1943 – May 28, 1968
Bruce Hitch was also killed in an auto accident. I believe it was not long after graduation, but I'm not sure. He was the son of a well-known local politician, (Councilman Allen Hitch?) so that made the local news -- Katinea "Tena" Templeton Todd
Judy Inscore
September 19, 1942 - January 26, 1969
Judy Inscore died some time in the sixties. I heard indirectly that it was on a trip through the desert, that she was pregnant and had German measles and had pneumonia or a stroke -- Katinea "Tena" Templeton Todd
Carol Jones Bessette
April 8, 1942 - July 3, 1998
I was looking through the obits and found Carol Jones, '60. She died of cancer. She owned the bar Don's Place on Olde Highway 80 and Los Coches Rd. in Lakeside -- Pat Day Carnie, '61
James Jungblut
August 17, 1942 - April 5, 1963
James Jungblut died the year following graduation in a murder-suicide. He lived around the corner from me -- we both lived about a half block from Crawford High School on the west side of the school, but I didn't know him. His girlfriend, who was a Crawford student, broke up with him and on April 5, 1963 -- the day before Easter Vacation -- he waited for her on the east side of the high school as she was going to school one morning. He had a gun with him and shot and killed her on the sidewalk, then shot and killed himself. It was in all the newspapers and was very sensational and terribly shocking -- Katinea "Tena" Templeton Todd
Jerome Karp
June 21, 1942 - November 16, 2007
My husband passed away from complications of diabetes. He was a high school special education teacher for 33 years. He also coached basketball, baseball and softball. We were married for 39 years and have one son -- Anita Karp
Karen was so sweet, soft-spoken and incredibly intelligent. The last time we talked, she was reading “The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich” – not an easy read – and certainly lengthy. Anyway, Karen was a terrific friend of both my mother and me. Karen died after diabetes-related surgery on her feet in the late 1960s. She is truly missed -- Susan Weetman Belair ‘68
Donald Kerns
(No photo in annual)
November 24, 1942 - March 29, 2013
My brother passed away suddenly. He grew up in the Rolando area, attended Horace Mann and Crawford. Although Don didn’t graduate from Crawford all his friends did. The last twenty five years he lived and worked in Las Vegas as a Master Electrician. He retired after completion of the New terminal at the Las Vegas Air Port. Don never lost his love of cars and was passionate about his Mopars, building two award winning show cars. He started the Las Vegas Over The Hill Gang Car Club and was a regular at the local car shows. He loved Nascar and often attended the NHRA drag races in Pomona and Las Vegas. Don was a loving brother and will be missed by his family and friends --Bob Kerns ‘63
I was wandering around the cemetery in Julian and accidentally came across Tom's grave. It was such a shock because we had been friends in high school. I called his father and found out that Tom had Hodgkin's Disease and died when he was 26 --Pat Day Carnie, '61
Rochelle Lesser Schultz
"Ricky" died of metastatic breast cancer -- Gail Bobrof Braverman '61
Ira Levine
(No photo in yearbook)
August 18, 1942 - December 3, 1991
Byron Lindsley, Jr.
August 24, 1942 - February 4, 2003
Thomas MacDowell
February 27, 1942 - June 16, 1970
Brian Maher
April 17, 1942 - February 19, 1978
Robert Malin
August 13, 1942 - January 26, 1967
Bill Martin
Bill passed away in his home November 29, 2007, after a long and brave battle with cancer. He was born in Philadelphia, PA and moved to the San Diego area in his teens. Bill attended San Diego City College, Grossmont College, and SDSU. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Technology form Pacific Western University. In the 70s and 80s, Bill developed the Multi Helix spiral concentrator, a revolutionary method of gold extraction from placer ore. He went on to engineer and manufacture commercial gold recovery systems that were sold and operated worldwide. Bill is survived by his wife of 46 years, Cookie and sister Sam from California.
Carol McArthur McCollough
July 9, 1942 - March 15, 1998
Stephen McBroom
February 14, 1942 - January 22, 1974
Dwight Miller
July 3, 1942 – September 18, 2009
Dwight's family moved to San Diego from the Los Angeles area when he was a very young. Upon graduation from San Diego State he became a contract auditor for the federal government. He retired as a senior management position supervising government contract audits for the western United States. Dwight resided in the San Diego all of his adult life and lived in University Heights, at the same address, for the past thirty years. His passing was due to complications from pneumonia
Richard Miller
John Montejano
July 8, 1942 - May 4, 2007
John was born in California and was a sales manager in wholesale textiles. He is survived by brothers Bill '62 and Mike '66, sister Olga Nolan '69, mother Roxana, three children and seven grandchildren.
Gary Murray
(No photo in yearbook)
September 14, 1941 - August 1, 2012
Gary received an Associated Arts degree in Construction Management from Grossmont College. Passionate about building, he owned a development business with his brothers in the San Diego area for over twenty years. He and his wife Carol owned two successful Jack-in-the-Box franchises in the Pacific Beach area and Gary also served as a Senior Commercial Building Inspector for ten years for Clark County, Nevada. Gary's diverse hobbies included the ownership of thoroughbred racehorses, gold panning, travel, flying remote control airplanes, water and snow skiing.
Paul Olivier, Jr
(No photo in yearbook)
November 21, 1942 - January 14, 2005
Paul passed away of a sudden heart attack. A "Navy brat", he attended many schools during his youth. He attended Crawford the last six months of his Senior Year and did not have his photo in the annual. A teacher for 35 years, he was a resident of Placentia, California at the time of his death.
I regret to inform all the San Diego friends of the passing of Marlene Reeder Thorne on May 7, 2013, after a battle with cancer. She was a loving and close friend to Sandy Sinyard Keller, also of Class of '60, who passed away in 2009. Marlene is survived by her husband Ron and their three daughters -- Susan, Rhonda, and Laurie. I'm sorry for the loss of my good friend and your classmate. She will be missed -- Jim Keller (Sandy Sinyard's husband)
Condolences may be sent to
The Thornes
2313 S White Salmon Dr.
Ridgefield , WA 98642
Douglas Robie
January 16, 1943 - July 14, 2000
Heidi Roers Lombardo
November 6, 1942 - December 19, 2005
Heidi married Jared T. Lombardo on July 2, 1960, in San Diego. Heidi and Jerry, along with their two children, Nancy and Tim, moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado in December of 1977. They founded the Roaring Fork Waterbeds business, which is now known as Roaring Fork Furniture.
Monty Rosen Newcum
February 7, 1942 – October 16, 2009
Monty passed away in New Albany, Ohio after a lengthy illness. She was preceded in death by her brother Ron and is survived by her twin sister Penny Rosen Van Overbeek.
Andrew Roskos, Jr.
August 17, 1943 - September 4, 1966
Born in Cleveland, Drew was one of San Diego’s first to be described as gifted. He zipped through Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was to start his third year at Western Reserve Medical School in Cleveland the day after his funeral. He had become engaged on August 14, 1966 and planned to marry in November. He had taken his fiancé home to meet his parents for the first time. They were returning to school when their car was hit by a drunk driver on U. S. 6-24, a Colorado Highway, near Rifle -- Dawna Westbrook
William Salle
January 17, 1942 - July 20, 1995
Thomas Sheehan
November 23, 1942 - October 1978
Judith Sinclair Dabbs Owens
February 13, 1943 - April 12, 2010
Judy obtained her BA at SDSU and was an educator in Poway for 25+ years. She was a talented opera singer, generous friend, loyal mother, and the best grandmother ever. During the last years of her life, she lived in Ashland, Oregon, with her daughter and grandson. Judy died in her sleep on a beautiful spring day and will be forever missed, always loved.
A resident of Hermosa Beach, CA, Sandra passed away April 7, 2009 at the age of 67. She worked thirteen years as a flight attendant for American Airlines and was an active member of the Kiwis, a service group of former flight attendants. Sandy was a co-founder of the local chapter of the Compassionate Friends, where she helped parents who have lost children. Two recipients have been found to receive kidney and liver donations. Even in death, Sandy lovingly gave life to others. Sandy is survived by her loving husband Jim Keller, her daughter Kara Lyn Keller, and her brother Mike Sinyard.
Charles "Lance" Smith
October 1, 1942 – June 23, 2005
My brother passed away in La Mesa, California from a very brief bout with lung cancer. Lance attended Darnall Elementary School, Horace Mann Junior High and one year at Crawford, before the family relocated in the Mount Miguel School District, where he graduated in 1960.
Lance loved to collect classic cars and his favorites were his 1965 Mustang hot rod and his Model A. He was employed by the United States Navy at North Island as an Environmental Engineer. Lance is survived by his brothers Bob, Tom, and John. He was the big brother every kid brother could ask for, always there to talk to and help out. We all miss him very much -- Bob Smith '62
Mary Souza Wiza
May 9, 1942 - March 16, 1994
Gary Tillinghast
March 10, 1942 – June 11, 2006
Art Vetter
My friend of over 53 years passed away at his home
in Rancho Bernardo on July 31, 2009 -- Mel Brav
Helen Wallace Berger
April 23, 1942 - September 11, 1990
John Wallen
June 27, 1943 - May 8, 2008
My brother passed away after a two-year bout with cancer. The Saturday before he died his wife rented a large limousine and eleven of us spent the day touring some of his favorite places. We told “John Stories” -- of which there are many -- laughed, listened and sang to his favorite music, and watched the sun set over the Pacific Ocean north of Santa Barbara. He was not in communication with us during his last three days, but we stayed with him in the family room around the clock. He died there at 7:20 PM with all of us in attendance -- JoAnne Wallen ‘64
Sharon Weissmann
May 22, 1942 - May 27, 2007
This past year I met Sharon at a nursing home in La Mesa where I am the Food Service Supervisor. Sharon died a few months ago. She was a patient for a few years at my facility and I enjoyed knowing her. During her time with us I found we had graduated from the same high school a few years apart. Her family cared about her very much and watched over her during her illness. Her brother Mark was a ’69 graduate of Crawford -- Judy Hughes Ely ’62
Marian Wilkerson Vertrees
September 6, 1943 - December 3, 1999
Marian died after a five-year long battle with kidney cancer. She lived in North County for 16 years. She was a public school educator for 31 years, serving as a counselor for the Vista Unified School District for the past 16 years. She is survived by her sister Patsi Wilkerson Krakoff '61. We had the privilege of having Marian live with us during the last four years of her life, off and on. When she wasn't at the UCLA for treatments for her kidney cancer. She was a blessing to all who knew her. Her counseling work with teenagers was remarkable. Her love for her sons was so admirable. She was a joy to all who knew her..-- Kay Ross Slater, Marian's classmate, neighbor and friend of 45 years
Wayne Zykwa
July 11, 1942 – November 21, 2008
(Thanks to Mary Gale Rogers '67 for many of the above dates)
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