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 *
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. I realize you may not wish to use much of this, let alone all, but at least the year of death can be fixed. She was born 3/28/43 -- a real youngster in the class of 60. "
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.
Published in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin on 2/7/2006.
Dominic Bonjorno
August 10, 1942 - December 1, 1994
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.
Colin Cameron
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.
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"
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
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.
Marla Hartman
(No photo in yearbook)
September 8, 1942 - October 24, 1995
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. **
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 **
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."
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. **
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)
Thomas Kitchin, Jr
September 22, 1943 - March 13, 1970
"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
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 most recently owned and operated a electrical contracting business in San Diego County. Bill is survived by his wife of 46 years, Cookie, daughter Debbie of Washington, son Bill of San Diego, sister Sam from California, six grandchildren, one great-grandchild, seven nieces and nephews and 12 great-nieces and nephews and five great-great-nieces and nephews.
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Stephen McBroom
February 14, 1942 - January 22, 1974
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.
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.
Frank Poma
July 13, 1942 - October 24, 1989
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.
Heidi enjoyed daily exercise and boating at Lake Powell and San Diego. She rode motorcycles with her husband, skied, loved to cook and loved to go shopping.
In late November, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer, which took her life in four short weeks. She will be loved and greatly missed by the many people that she so deeply impacted in her community.
She is survived by her husband; son Timothy J. Lombardo; daughter, Nancy Scott Allison; grandchildren Josh, Bailey, Isaac, Tabitha, and Abigail; mother Lois E. Roehrs; brothers Herbert Roehrs, of Steamboat Springs, and Peter Roehrs, of San Diego; sister Nancy Roehrs Russell and many nieces and nephews in the San Diego area.
In the spring of 2006, there will be a private family ceremony as her ashes are buried with Betty Allison at Rosebud Cemetery.
Instead of sending flowers, please make a generous gift in the memory of Heidi Lombardo to Roaring Fork Hospice, P. O. Box 1970, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602, who were so wonderful to her and her family in her final days.
(Thanks to Betsy Cairns Chamberlain '60 for forwarding the news about Heidi)
Andrew Roskos, Jr.
I believe that Drew Roskos was killed in an automobile accident in Colorado. It happened years ago, I believe he and his fiancée were on Spring or Xmas break and heading home to San Diego from college when they were hit head-on by a drunk driver. ***
Thomas Sheehan
November 23, 1942 - October 1978
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 wife Connie, mother Helen and 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
Mary Souza Wiza
May 9, 1942 - March 16, 1994
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
Marian died after a five-year long battle with kidney cancer. She was born on September 6, 1943, in Seattle Washington. She passed away on December 3, 1999. 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 sons, Rob and Ryan Vertress, and her sister, Patsi Wilkerson Krakoff '61. Her sister is now retired in Chapala, Mexico.
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. She is enterred at Eternal Hills Memorial Park, in Oceanside, Ca. Donations may be given in her name to the Elizabeth Hospice of Escondido, or American Cancer Society, in San Diego, California.
(Contributed by Kay Ross Slater --
Marian's classmate, neighbor and friend of 45 years)
* no photo in yearbook
** Information courtesy of Katinea "Tena" Templeton Todd
*** Information courtesy of Sharon Culver Considine
(Thanks to Mary Gale Rogers '67 for many of the above dates)
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