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Sunday, October 25, 2009

SBHS Class of 1959 Deceased Classmates (updated 5 June 2023)


SBHS Class of 1959 Deceased Classmates

This blog post lists the known deceased classmates out of a class of 715.

If you have information about deceased classmates, or photos or comments you'd like to add to the list below, please email it to me at mauipeterb@hotmail.com


They are not long, the days of wine and roses;
Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for awhile,
Then closes within a dream. 
- Ernest Dowson





Something has spoken to me in the night, burning the tapers of the waning year; something has spoken in the night and told me I shall die, I know not where.  Saying, "To lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth - whereon the pillars of this earth are founded, toward which the conscience of the world is tending - a wind is rising, and the rivers flow."
― Thomas WolfeYou Can't Go Home Again







Charles Anderson















Loretta Antles












Pat Austin



Billie Banks












Joy Barker












Nancy Barth (1958 O&G)










I remember arriving at SBHS two weeks after the fall semester had started in 1956 and I was assigned a history class. Nancy sat in the seat in front of me. I never got to know her very well, though.


Carol Belsaas








I remember that Steve was a close friend of Pamela Jameson Boehr. He would have been only 62 or 63 years old when he passed... much too young.


Knud Bergmann












Sandra (Berry) Turner

 


Diane Blankenship












Charles Brocklesby














Jerry Maurice Brown 

Jerry Maurice Brown died July 30, 2020 in Palm Desert, California.
https://newspress.com/brown-jerry-maurice/



Larry Brown












Louis Brunello












Barbara Olivia (Burke) Forner passed away on July 30, 2015.

















I remember Jim Forner and Barbara Burke sitting in Mr. Pyle's 11th grade Algebra class. They sat in the row against the window and even then it was clear that they were a couple. Jim, I am so sorry for your loss.


Roger Butler














Robert Canning












Albert Careyette (no photo)
Barbara was married to Charles Chester who was my mother's stockbroker at Merrill Lynch before she passed away in October, 2003. It is such a small world.



William R.W. Coleman   7/15/41 - 12/29/2016  










Bill Coleman passed away on December 29th, 2016

S.B. News-Press Obituary notice




Don Costello (1958 O&G)














Tom Cota












Jimmy Cousins was recently listed as deceased in the SBHS Alumni Association newsletter. He was listed in the 1958 O&G 'Juniors Not Pictured' list, but was not mentioned in the 1959 O&G because he moved away and did not graduate with our class.
 



Lori Daunhauer (1958 O&G)












Frank DeLoretta












Louis de Ponce













Walter Docker













Sam Dooley













Sheila Duncan













Hazel Ellis Jackson (no picture) passed away in Santa Barbara in 2019.



Bruce Emmeluth, August, 2021. Bruce had been in a memory care facility in Santa Barbara for the past three years.



Susan Eselgroth April 18, 1941 - August 21, 2015




Fred Fields














Margaret Gaines












Bernard Garcia













James Palmer Gawzner passed away within the last year. He was enrolled at SBHS for 10th grade. No picture is available.


Alice Gonzales














Roxanne 'Roxy' Gorham Mattinson

Roxy passed away in 2018 in Santa Barbara.










Roxy always seemed to be very popular and have a lot of friends. I always had the feeling she was a very kind person. I don't think I ever spoke to her.


Gerald Griffin














Denis Griswold














Donald Guadagnin













Audry Gullattee (no photo)


 
 
Frank Gutierrez (1958 O&G)














Katherine Kate (Hand) Berman - September, 2022















Sharon Hall












La Mar Hazard

















Wayne Heisinger (July, 2020) OBITUARY















William Hiltz (no photo)













Doris Hope (no photo)



Todd Hovey








Sharlynn (Isom) Timm passed away in November, 2016.. She graduated from a different high school but was affiliated with Santa Barbara High School.



Karel Jo Jacobs










Karel Jo Jacobs, of Poway, CA passed away on September 20, 2016 at age 75, after bravely battling bladder cancer for 18 months.




Karen Lee Jacobs














Mike Jacobs passed away in April 2023.





Barbara Jacobson













Sue Keifer (1958 O&G)












James Keipp












Dennis Kelly













 
 
Merlyn LeRoy Kelly was born on October 17, 1941 and passed away on December 31, 2014
















Ronald Kemp passed away in October, 2014.











Kris Kepp















Mike Killion, Spring, 2016
 















Kathleen King













Ronald Kittle (no photo)


 
 
 
Karen Margaret (Kleveland) May (1941-2021)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karen Margaret (Kleveland) May passed away on April 8, 2021 in the comfort of her home, from the cancer she so bravely lived with for over 27 years.

 Link to the obituary


 
Ray Knowlton












Pam Kuskey













Pat Kuskey














Dorothy Lancaster (1958 O&G)













Norman Langlo (1958 O&G)














Fredrick Lopez













Herman Martinez (1958 O&G)














Harold Mattraw












Cathleen McDavid












Eugene McElhaney









Marianne McKibben












Sonja Medby












Anthony Mendoza












Rachael Lydia (Mercado) Medina passed away on

January 31, 2019 in Dana Point, CA








 
 
Lawrence Miranda













Philip Moreno passed away around the first of April, 2023. He may have been living in Orange County.




Allan Murroughs















Larry Musgrove














Ethan Nadel passed away in 1998. He was a professor at Yale University when he passed away.











Bonnie Nagy













Hector Navarro












Sharon (Nayh) Cordero passed away in January, 2012










Campbell Nelson (1958 O&G)












Karen Nelson













Sandra Marett (Nelson) Fenske passed away on Nov. 17, 2020 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Link to the obituary.











Jeanice (Newton) Lugo













Fred Niediek


 
 
Betsey (Northman) Brighton passed away on April 22, 2010.



 



 
 
 
 
 
 
Peter O’Brien















Dr. Denis Oliver passed away January 19, 2010.
ARTICLE




Kathryn Oliver















Kim Omori










I remember that Kim was a good friend of Christopher 'Kit' Gray, but I didn't know him at all.




Donald Ontiveros















L. Gary Papai
















Robert (Bob) Parker suffered from cancer, and passed away on December 2nd, 2017 in St. George, Utah.



Carlin Perkins














Linda Peterson














Cynthia Anne (Pierce) Kennedy, June 26, 1941 to August 29, 2015
 













Emily Piper














Jack Pritikin

















William "Bill" David Randolph, 78, passed away in April, 2020 of a heart attack. Link to the News-Press obituary.















Ronald Reginato (1958 O&G)













Pamela Rester












John Rifferro passed away the night of June 4-5, 2023 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. He had been battling advanced prostate cancer.



Robert Roberti









Auscencio Robledo passed away in December, 2021 after battling cancer.



Norma Jean (Romero) Comastra (Aug. 26, 1941 - Sept. 30, 2015)
San Jose Mercury-News














Steve Shugart



David Shurtleff










Roger Shute














Star Jean Sinclair














Elizabeth Ann (Sizer) Freet 
Feb. 10, 1942 (Santa Barbara) to May 16, 2015 (St. George, Utah)















Joan Smallwood (no photo)



Gwendolyn Smartt














David Smith














Eilene Smith














Janet Smith













Sydney Smith-O'Neill (1942-2016)









 
Obituary Notice



Marsha Snell














Jean Spamer














Patricia Stodden













Jacqueline Talevi














Jeanne (Tarot) Prater passed away on March 12, 2010 in Santa Barbara.











Douglas "Doug" M. Taylor passed away on March 4, 2014.












John Uribe















Manuel Valarde (no photo)



Daniel Valenzuela March 28, 2016






















Daniel Van Fossen














Susan Van Schaick (1958 O&G)















Lawrence Villalba














Donald Vogel










I remember that Don Vogel was a good friend of Martin Zinn's, but I didn't know him all that well.




Nancy Voskuyl passed away in December, 1959.











Nancy was a freshman at Westmont College in Santa Barbara when she died in an auto accident in December, 1959. Her father, Dr. Roger Voskuyl, was president of the college at that time, and the Voskuyl Prayer Chapel on the Westmont College campus was dedicated to Nancy's memory. I never knew Nancy; I don't think I ever spoke to her, but I consider her death a tragedy. Six months after graduation and she was gone.



James Walker














Bruce Washburn (no photo)



Tobias Welo













Anne White













Barry Whitney














Hayward Williams passed away around December 31, 2022 in a care facility in northern California, possibly Walnut Creek. Apparently he had suffered for years from multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease.




Karon Williams, Spring, 2016















Don Wirths














Willie Wood passed away on 28 October 2022 from a form of lymphoma.


Georgia Worth (no photo)


Ming Yee (1958 O&G)
















Lynn Young (1958 O&G)