1963 Obituaries
William Barkhurst
March 23, 1946 - September 4, 1991
I talked with Bill's cousin Sandra Crossland Cordell '63 in March 2005 and learned that he passed away at age 45 of a heart-related cause. His sister, Nancy, is living in Houston, Texas, I think. His other sister, Julie, is in San Diego but soon to move to Michigan.
Stefanie Bedillion
January 20, 1946 - February 25, 1977
Mrs. Stefanie Bedillion Lovelady, a native San Diegan and a teacher in Chula Vista city schools, died Friday, February 25, 1977 in a hospital. She received her bachelor and master’s degrees at San Diego State University. She was a past president of the Chi Omega Alumni Association, and was a member of the Mortar Board Association and the Los Amigos Junior Women’s Auxiliary to the Home of Guiding Hands. She was survived by her husband Jerry Lovelady ’63 and brother David Bedillion ‘75
David Bentley
March 10, 1945 - May 6, 1992
David died in early 1992. He was married for 23 years to former state Assemblywoman Carol Bentley. They divorced in 1990. He was survived by his wife, Gay, the daughter of former state senator Jim Ellis. Notice of his death was published in San Diego Union on 5-7-92 and 5-12-92.
John Bielfeldt
August 28, 1945 - August 11, 1966
John was on vacation and drowned while swimming in Millerton Lake, 15 miles southeast of Madera, California. John was 20 and attending SDSU at the time.
Sherry Bolstein Buckler
August 12, 1945 - June 25, 1992
My step-sister Sherry died of cancer. She lived in the Los Angeles area and was survived by her two children.
Branch S. Cox
Jan. 26, 1946-June 1, 2002
Branch was born in Oakland and was a chemist for the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy J. Cox; daughter, Jacqueline Flores of San Diego; sons, Bob Cox and Branch Cox of San Diego; brother, Steve Cox of Tucson; and two grandchildren.
William Craig
September 25, 1945 - April 20, 1996
Passed away in an ATC accident Ocotillo Wells.
Jerry Crites
May 28, 1945 - July 1, 1980
Jerry died from melanoma while living in Texas with his wife and two young daughters.
Bob was a life-long friend and my first roommate. We shared many good times. He served in Vietnam, married my childhood sweetheart, and led a good life. He was a great husband, stepfather and best friend. He died of heart failure in Oregon -- Donn Dufford
Marcia Degen
May 16, 1945 - April 5, 1963
| Marcia was killed -- on the Good Friday before Easter Vacation -- walking to school by James Jungblut '60 who then turned the gun on himself. James was distraught over the fact that Marcia had ended their relationship.
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Maria de la Torre
I met Maria in art classes at Crawford. It was she who taught me how to do calligraphy. Maria graduated from SDSU in l967 and joined the Army soon after. I believe she went through an officer's training program. She was killed in an auto accident while stationed in the south. I cannot recall the year or state where she died but know it was in the late l960s.She was born February 14, 1945 and is buried at El Camino Cemetery in Sorrento Valley.
Willus Drescher
March 7, 1945 - April 22, 2002
Marcia Erickson Stough
Born March 28, 1945 - September 1, 1976
Richard Evers
August 29, 1945 – February 15, 2000
Rick passed away at his home in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
Steve Flesner
March 18, 1945 - May 9, 1988
Steve Flesner passed away at his home in Yreka, CA, where he had lived for many years. Steve loved the outdoors, surfing, baseball, friends, and family. He loved Yreka California, and the surrounding mountains and hills. He loved baseball, and was the "ACE" pitcher on the town’s baseball team all through his 30s and early 40s. He took many camping/surfing trips to Costa Rica and Mexico
Steve grew up in San Diego, and had many friends in the Class of 1963. He finished his last year of high school in Northern California. He then joined the Air Force and had a stint of four years. Upon returning to civilian life, Steve attended San Diego State University. Steve married near the end of college, and they had a daughter, Kelli. The young family moved to Yreka at that point.
Steve's wonderful daughter is married and resides in Northern California. She and her husband have two beautiful children. Steve is missed by many, including his 91-year old mother, his brother, family, and friends.
Ellis Gilley, Jr.
June 11, 1945 - December 26, 1995
Died of a heart attack
Kathy Goldie Lindsey
August 13, 1945 - October 22, 2001
My sister died very suddenly and unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage, (basically a massive stroke), on October 22, 2001. She was divorced at the time of her death, had worked as a legal secretary for many years and is survived by two sons, Brent Lindsey and Shawn Lindsey.
Jerry Grube
February 18, 1946 - March 1977
Susan Helenschmidt von Gietzen
August 19, 1945 - September 25, 1996
Nancy Hines Bachman
April 9, 1946 - March 31, 2006
Nancy died of complications related to cancer radiation therapy she received more than 30 years ago. A native San Diegan, she grew up in Talmadge. Nancy graduated from SDSU with a degree in education, and completed graduate work towards her Master's degree. In 1967, she and Dick Bachman were married and later had two children, Rich and Sarah. For 30 years, Nancy was on the faculty of S.D. Community Colleges, where she was a professor of English as a Second Language, and served from 1989 as an ESL Department Chair. She also held numerous leadership positions in her field, including several with the Academic Senate for Continuing Education Centers and with the California Association of Teachers to Students of Other Languages. She was recognized with several awards for service excellence. She also was active in the S.D. Adult Educators labor union and served as its vice president from 1986-88. In addition to her busy professional and family life, Nancy found time to give back to her community. A favorite activity was serving as a committee member and co-chair of the St. Vincent de Paul Village Christmas Festival to help make Christmas special for every child living there. Nancy is survived by her husband, Dick; son, Rich, and grandson, Jack of San Diego; daughter, Sarah of Santa Fe, NM; her mother, Margaret Hines of San Diego; her brother, Bill Hines of Storrs, CT.; and niece Lisa Hines of Castle Rock, CO.
Homecoming Queen Barbara Lamb
August 22, 1945 - January 9, 2005
Barbara MacNeil, her zeal as teacher inspired many others
Jack Williams, San Diego Union-Tribune, January 17, 2005
To meet the needs of special-education students, Barbara MacNeil refused to put limits on her time, her talents or her tenacity.
Long workdays were the norm owing to her growing responsibilities as a special-education administrator for the San Diego Unified School District and her roles on local, state and national advisory boards.
"Wherever she went, she recruited teachers or aides, anybody bright and unsure of what they wanted to do with their lives," said MarySue Glynn, director of special education for city schools. "She tried to talk them into being special educators."
Yet, for all her time-consuming projects, Dr. MacNeil rarely failed to engage her lighter side. On holidays, birthdays and special occasions, she would compose lyrics to the melodies of popular tunes and sing them with characteristic panache as a gift to her colleagues.
For her retirement party planned for the end of this school year in June, Dr. MacNeil had composed a tune patterned after the Cyndi Lauper hit "Time After Time."
Instead, it will be sung or read by others during a celebration of life for Dr. MacNeil scheduled for 1 p.m. January 29th at Francis Parker School.
Dr. MacNeil, who had undergone surgery December 3rd for congestive heart failure, died January 9th at Scripps Green Hospital. She was 59.
"Although she had a heart problem, nothing slowed her down – at work or at play," Glynn said. "Everything she did, she did hard."
Before being diagnosed in recent years with congestive heart failure, Dr. MacNeil twice overcame cancer – non-Hodgkins lymphoma in her 20s and throat cancer in her late 40s, Glynn said.
"When you first met Barbara, you could be intimidated by her passion, her verbal skills and her commitment," Glynn said, "but if you needed anything on a personal level, she would be right there. She nurtured her friends and was the first one to come to your side."
Dr. MacNeil's three decades with city schools began in the special-education classroom as a student teacher in 1974. It was apparent from her job interview that city schools had a gem in the making.
"Intelligent, poised, realistic, energetic – overall rating superior," wrote the administrator who interviewed her.
In 1981, Dr. MacNeil joined the administrative ranks, gradually expanding her role in a field in which she would receive national recognition.
She reviewed program grants for the federal government, edited and wrote for American Annals of the Deaf and developed strategies for the national Conference of Education Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf.
On the state level, she was co-chairwoman of the California Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Education Advisory Task Force. In 1999, the 16-member group published a report recommending that county offices of education should take the lead in coordinating statewide standards for such students.
As one who had overcome her own hearing impairment, partially through her lip-reading skills, Dr. MacNeil's compassion for special-education students ran deep.
Her experience as a student, however, was in mainstream classrooms.
Born Barbara Lamb in San Diego, she excelled academically and took music lessons as a youth.
After graduating 19th in her 800-student Crawford High School class, she earned a bachelor's degree in English and a master's in speech pathology and audiology at San Diego State University.
In 1986, she added a doctorate in education at the University of Southern California, with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction.
At city schools, her work ethic became legend, and she expected staff members to keep up.
"I never worked harder in my life, but I've never been prouder to work for somebody," said Stephen Sanders, a program diagnostic-resource teacher. "She was able to instill in all of us what was best for the kids, no matter what it took."
Within the last year, Dr. MacNeil had been involved in creating a pilot course in Braille for high schools, a preschool program for the visually impaired and a low-vision clinic, Sanders said.
Through it all, she promoted a family atmosphere in her ranks, which included nearly 300 teachers and teachers' aides.
"We all felt we were part of a family," Sanders said. "Anyone can be replaced, but I don't think there'll be another one like Barbara."
Survivors include her daughter, Erin Anne MacNeil of Salem, Ore.; mother, Ellen Lamb of San Diego; and sisters, Sue Ellen Smith and Cathy Wittmayer, both of San Diego.
Robert Lee
Michael “Mickey” Lieberman
May 6, 1945 – August 18, 1992
My brother graduated from USC and became a captain in the army. He ultimately managed an insurance agency and had a daughter and a son. Mickey raised his family in Danville, California. He passed away from heart valve disease. His parents and three sisters miss him with all of our hearts. He was not just a “son” or a “brother” but our best friend.
Bob MacFarlane
March 14, 1945 - June 29, 2006
My brother passed away suddenly. There was no warning, and the family -- as well as friends and associates -- are in shock with this death. He was a doctor specializing in addiction medicine. He did his internship at UCLA Harbor Medical Center in Los Angeles, and residency in neurosurgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in La Jolla. He opened his private practice in the Hillcrest area of San Diego in 1987. He was founder and medical director and chairman of the board of Bethesda Recovery Center since 1987. He was medical director of Choices in Recovery in Vista since 1994. He was a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the Narcotics Anonymous, where he gave service on the local, national and international level for almost 25 years.
He leaves behind his wife Jeanne, daughter Katy, stepson Andy and stepdaughter Trayce, in addition to his older brother Don '60 and myself. A memorial service is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, July 14, at Crown Point Shores in Mission Bay. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Bethesda Recovery Center, c/o Choices, 733 S. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, CA 92083.
Wife of Michael, mother of Stephen and Shane, aunt to Don and John and my sister, Lois died from complications of lupus. She loved life, loved living in Las Vegas, where she passed away, and is missed by all of us – Janice Markov Dempsey
Harry Maulsby
Died in March 2003 after a 3-month battle with colon cancer
Yvonne Louise Morse Cowan
February 24, 1945 - September 1, 1989
Yvonne died of cancer. She married Ernie Cowan '62 and was the mother of three sons. The Cowans lived in Escondido.
Larry Newport
Larry Newport was killed on April 22, 1966 in an army transport plane crash in Ardmore, Okla. He was enroute from Fort Ord to Fort Benning, GA to begin Green Beret training.
Barbara Earley Powell, '64
Tim O'Rourke
February 16, 1946 - July 25, 1988
Tim died of muscular dystrophy. He was a good friend.
Bonnie Rademaker
September 3, 1945 - December 17, 1996
Stanley Reed
March 8, 1945 - November 6, 1990
Passed away in 1990 after a long bout with depression
William Glenn Secrist
February 8, 1945 - January 1, 1977
Dianne Snow McCance
January 23, 1944 - February 27, 2002
Passed away from lung cancer
Jo Anne Souza Roberts
September 19, 1945 - August 19, 1991
Virginia Stout Jurkovich
November 27, 1945 - August 20, 2001
My sister Virginia died of cancer. "Ginger" was survived by her four children, two grand-children, mother, brother and sister. Ginger was blessed with a sweet and gentle spirit. She is missed.
Sharon Thornton Jojola
May 5, 1944 - April 24, 2002
Sharon died April 24, 2002 in Englewood, Colorado from a blood clot in the brain and dehydration brought on by complications from diabetes.
Alfred Tone
March 2, 1946 - February 3, 1966
Robert Vigil
August 29, 1945 - March 7, 2007
Robert was my brother-in-law, and Rose Vigil’s brother. Rose and I have been married for 38 years. Robert had lived in Clearlake California for nineteen years. He suffered a stroke and then pneumonia. He fought a good fight, and this last year we were able to be with him during his hospital stays. He always gave life his best, and became frustrated at times that his body would not let him do what he desired too. But he came to peace within himself and was grateful for what he had.
Rose arranged a wonderful service that was held at his church, which he was active in. It was a packed house, and everyone stayed for the reception. A lot of wonderful things were said by those who loved him, and what a great thing for his family to hear. We learned of his life these last years and saw how many lives he had impacted in a loving way. I have included the link for his guest book, which is open to all. As Robert would say " Know That You're Loved ". -- Steve Mueller ‘66
GUEST BOOK
Donna Wentz
February 3, 1946 - April 25, 1980
(Thanks to Mary Gale Rogers '67 for most of the above dates)
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