SBHS Class of 1959 Deceased Classmates
This blog post lists the known deceased classmates out of a class of 715.
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 Wolfe, You 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
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
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.
Ray Knowlton
Pam Kuskey
Pat Kuskey
Dorothy Lancaster (1958 O&G)
Norman Langlo (1958 O&G)
Fredrick Lopez
Herman
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
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.
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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
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)
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)
