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Clarissa Bowman Dyer ........................... 1940 Alice Harra Carrerow ............................. 1942 Betty June Clark DeLucchi...................... 1942 Mary Virginia Styles Spiker ..................... 1942 Frederick Judd .................................... 1943-? Elsie Bosch Peck................................... 1943 Lois Claire Cahill.................................... 1944 Ida Petron Balsamo ............................... 1945 Frances Airtaudi Bianco ......................... 1945 Lillian Ruffoni DeNardo ........................... 1946 Patricia Gardiner Keller .......................... 1946 Richard L. Abbott ............................. FS-1948 Nancy Wise Barnes................................ 1948 Rose Ellis Bringhurst.............................. 1948 Frank (Gene) L. Capra ............................ 1948 Claire Norris Roudebush......................... 1948 Irving Keith Sanders............................... 1948 William R. Carsillo.................................. 1949 Aura Berglund Monfort ........................... 1949 Susan Kellogg Tanklage ......................... 1949 Sue Chapman Campbell ......................... 1950 Gayle Somer Cromwell........................... 1950 Jerry Drever.......................................... 1950 Ed Webster ........................................... 1950 Nelson King Bell .................................... 1951 Joan Cherie McFarland Bohannon............ 1951 Jack Montgomery.................................. 1951 Carol Rose Fanos Roseberry .................. 1951 Ray Anderson........................................ 1952 Dino Ruffoni .......................................... 1952 Bob Silva .............................................. 1952 Jean Wilson........................................... 1952 Patricia Yowell Reynolds......................... 1953 Leo Ansano Amadei ............................... 1954 William Arthur Davey ............................. 1954 Rich Donner .......................................... 1954 John Gaffney......................................... 1954 Lee Stewart Read.................................. 1954 Albert Hollingsworth............................... 1955 Walter Arends........................................ 1956 Albert Borges........................................ 1956 James Vernon Adams ............................ 1957 Daphne Baine Baker .............................. 1957 Jerry Eppler .......................................... 1957 Eldon Kelley, Jr...................................... 1957 Jim Laing.............................................. 1957 Nick Perez ............................................ 1958 Suzanne LaBerge-Backman .................... 1959 Ernest A. Bickell III................................. 1959 Clark Maxfield ....................................... 1959 Dennis Puppo........................................ 1959 Sandra Lynn Buckwald Vargas ................ 1959 Wallace Earl Hughes .............................. 1961 Carolyn Harding..................................... 1962 Carmen Tesolin Lutz .............................. 1965 Cynthia Kaehler ..................................... 1966 Bonnie Heiry ......................................... 1967 Timothy Allen Fitzpatrick ........................ 1968 John Purcell (aka Bambi Lake) ........... FS-1968 Patricia Braegelmann Naus .................... 1969 Gary O. Maffia ....................................... 1970 Joseph Robert Ziganto........................... 1970 Paul Francis Adams ............................... 1972 Terence Finnegan Coyne. ...................... 1975 John Gutierrez ..................................... 1975 David M. Kush ....................................... 1975 John Joseph Kelly............................. FS-1978 Jesse Schouboe.................................... 2006

FACULTY/STAFF Guadelupe Arcelia Cabrera Conrad.................. ...........................................Special Education Marie Therese Hughes .........................Biology Sue Ellen Geissberger...............................ESL George Kerewicz ........................................... .................................. Advisor to the Key Club

SAN CARLOS HIGH SCHOOL Thomas Craigmile ................................. 1963 Susan (Pearson) Hasbrouch.................... 1965 Edward Mitchell ..................................... 1965 Edward A. Meyers, Jr. ............................ 1966 Jean Mary Zaun Wilson........................... 1970 Stuart Wayne Cardott............................. 1971 Diana Maria”Masha” Austin Stockdale...... 1976

SAN CARLOS HIGH Faculty Rich Donner ........... swimming teacher & coach Jerry Drever......................................... coach William Walti....................... Principal, 1969-73 ................. Assistant Superintendent of SUHSD

September 2020 - May 2021

FS = former student Fr = Friend FAC = faculty

SEQUOIA Clarissa Bowman Dyer (1940) During World War II, Clarissa volunteered to meet the wounded as they arrived for treatment in San Francisco and often spoke of how difficult it was to maintain her composure in the face of so much sadness and hurt. She was active in the Crippled Children’s Society and Junior League and was a model for many of the League’s fund raising fashion shows. She chaired the League’s most successful show, filling 1,200 seats at the Sheraton Palace Hotel — a record not matched since. Clarissa was a founding member of the Northern California Chapter of the ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation.

• • • Betty June (Clark) DeLucchi (1942) worked for a year as a welder in a defense industry plant before joining a US Army Nurse Corps training program, achieving her RN certificate in 1946. She was an active nurse for decades, with particular focus on Intensive Care and In-Service Training. She was the author of four books; “Betty June”, her memoir of the Great Depression and World War II, is a noteworthy first-person account of that historical era in the San Francisco Bay Area. An avid equestrian, she built and operated the Lucky D Stables in Texas, achieving numerous awards for her riding skills, writing “Our Horses” about the people and animals there. She was an excellent swimmer, scuba diver, carpenter, seamstress, embroiderer, artist, and teacher. • • • Mary Virginia Styles Spiker (1942) was the first girl to become a member of the radio club. Graduating during wartime, her part in the war effort was first replacing indicator lights in B-17 bombers, and later using her radio skills at an FCC listening post in Hayward to monitor war-time radio broadcasts from around the world. • • • Frederick Judd (1943?) was a residential and commercial builder on the Peninsula, and a lifelong outdoors man. • • • Elsie Bosch Peck (1943) worked for United Air Lines and the Standard Oil Company in San Francisco.

• • • Patricia Gardiner Keller (1946) In Los Altos she set up an after school sports program for girls. Then, as a coach and teacher at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, Pat coached the girls basketball teams to many titles during the ensuing 17 years. • • • Richard L. Abbott (FS-1948) entered the Army Signal Corp after college and served in Germany. He started a career at Pacific Bell, then AT&T, working up through the ranks to Marketing Manager. He also became a successful real estate agent and broker, helping many buy their first homes. He loved the game of golf and played well even in his later years, often achieving the prize of playing his age as well as hitting 7 ‘holes-in-one’.

• • • Nancy Wise Barnes (1948) followed her passion entering nursing at Children’s Hospital in San Francisco. Later she was in charge of newborn nurseries at Sequoia Hospital.

• • • Eugene (Gene) L. Capra (1948) In the early 1950’s Gene served in the U.S. Army as a weapons specialist and worked as a weapons instructor. After returning home, Gene pursued his education and opened a dental laboratory which he ran for over 40 years. • • • Claire Norris Roudebush (1948) At the beginning of the Silicon Valley tech boom, she went to work for Litton Industries working her way up to supervisor and retired after 25 years. Claire was very civic minded and involved with many local organizations, including the Red Hat Ladies, the 39’ers, Sequoia Alumni groups, and a Litton Retirees group (where she initiated monthly luncheons at Harry’s Hofbrau). She volunteered for many

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years at The Family Tree, a retail thrift store that supports Peninsula Family Services.

• • • William R. Carsillo (1949) A graduate of the University of Oregon, he began working in real estate. He later began a distinguished 46-year career in service to the US Department of the Navy, at first at San Bruno’s Western Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Real Estate Division, and later on Treasure Island, ending his career as Director, Navy Base Closure and Relocation. Bill retired with commendations from the Secretary of the Navy and then-President Barack Obama. He received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award and Medal, presented in 2002 and 2011.

• • • Jerry Drever (1950) was a multi sport athlete while at Sequoia. His mentor, Al Terremere, told Jerry he would make an excellent teacher. He went to the College of San Mateo to continue his education and played on the golf team in 1951, leading CSM to a 2nd place finish in the state championship and then again in 1952 to win the state championship. After CSM, Jerry joined the army on the GI bill to earn money to fund his education and was fortunate enough to be stationed in France and still have golf in his life as he qualified for the highly regarded Berlin Military Golf Tournament. He then went to San Jose State University to finish his degree in education where he played on the golf team and met many cherished lifelong friends who also made coaching their professions. He received his Masters Degree from SJSU years later. His profession in education started at Exeter High School, then he returned to the Peninsula to coach and teach at Carlmont High School. He went on to San Carlos High School and took the helm of the basketball and baseball programs. In 1967 he led the basketball team to a championship in the Peninsula Basketball Tournament. In 1968, he went to coach and teach at Cañada College, where started the basketball program and coached the team until 1976. He also started the Canada College golf program in 1973 where he coached the team until 1992. His golf teams won 5 conference championships, 3 Nor-Cal Team Championships and the California State Team Championship in 1988. Jerry had the unique distinction of being the only person to win the California Community College Golf Championships as a player and as a coach. He was named the Golf Coach of the year in 1988 by the California Community College Athletic Association. In 2013 Jerry was inducted into the Canada College Hall of Fame. • • • Edward D. Webster (1950) In 1949-50 he was the Drum Major for the Sequoia High marching band. Ed worked 30 years in the real estate business with First American Title and the County of San Mateo. • • • Joan Cherie McFarland Bohannon (1951) attended San Jose State University. She had a long and successful career as a real estate broker. • • • Carol Rose Fanos Roseberry (1951) farmed for 38 years in the Lodi area. She served as choir director and worked in the library. • • • Ray Anderson (1952) Served as an M.P. in the U.S. Marine Corps in Japan during the Korean War. He was later a salesman for Adams Pool Solutions.

• • • Dino Ruffoni (1952) At six feet five inches tall he was a star on Sequoia’s basketball team. He was an actor in the drama program. He served with the Marines during the Korean War. At San Jose State, he received a degree in Business Administration and played basketball there. He worked for Ampex and was then recruited by Hughes Aircraft for a long career. • • • Leo Ansano Amadei (1954) served two years active duty with the U.S. Army (151st Engineer Group [combat] at Fort Benning, Georgia) and for over 20 years in the reserves. In 1961, Leo joined Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, where he worked on silicon-based semiconductor devices, specializing in p-type surface layers in ion-bombarded silicon. He then worked at Sylvania Electronic Systems, Fairchild Semiconductors in Mountain View and Palo Alto and later at the Xerox Corporation in Southern California, he contributed to the development of high speed semiconductor integrated circuit technology components which were used to improve the operation and efficiency of Xerox printers and copiers. In 1981 he returned to his home in Santa Cruz. Throughout his schooling he played baseball, football, tennis, soccer, and was a wrestling team member. However, more than anything he loved soccer, which he played until he was 80 years old! • • • William Arthur Davey (1954) began his career as an electrician with his family-owned business, Davey Electric in Redwood City, and attended College of San Mateo in the evenings studying business and real estate. He obtained his real estate license his R.E. broker’s license in 1980. After the electrical business was sold, he became co-owner of Davey Properties in Redwood City as an investor and broker. In 1990, he started his own company and joined the Prudential California Realty franchise until he retired in 2011.

• • • Richard Donner (1954) was a star swimmer and water polo player at Sequoia High School. His aquatics prowess continued at Menlo College and San Jose State. Rich was inducted into Halls of Fame as both an athlete and a coach at Sequoia, San Jose State, and The Olympic Club in San Francisco. He taught and coached at San Carlos High School in 1960, then became a swimming and water polo instructor and coach at the College of San Mateo for 38 years. Coach Donner brought home many championships and produced dozens of All American athletes. He was named Northern California Community College Water Polo Coach of the Year from 1968-1971. Rich coached the United States water polo teams at the Maccabiah Games in Israel in 1969 and 1973, bringing home the gold both times. In his retirement, he co-founded the Peninsula Referees Association where he served as a referee and leader. • • • Lee Stewart Read (1954), served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and graduated from Lockheed’s Electronics Technician Training Program, then worked as an Electronics Technician at Lockheed for 40 years. His true love was creating beautiful jade and alabaster carvings, and sharing his gardening knowledge, fruit and seeds with others. He was an active member of the Rare Fruit Society of San Jose as well as an astronomy enthusiast.

• • • Suzanne LaBerge-Backman (1959) was a dental assistant, a bookkeeper at Mel’s Bowl, then found her passion for being a day care provider, which she did until 1976. In 1980, she and her husband purchased the Wakefield News. She loved working with all the local businesses that supported them and was president of the Wakefield Chamber of Commerce for 10 years.

• • • Wallace Earl Hughes (1961) worked as a software engineer. He was lucky to enter the field early when everyone was a pioneer in cyberspace and could build new and interesting types of software. For the next 15 years, Wallace devoted his time to managing software projects. At age 40, Wallace quit his career to follow the oceans and rivers into the wilderness and find the last corners of the earth where wild animals still thrive. He and his wife took their sailboat on a 4-year diving expedition throughout the remote regions of Oceana where they found clouds of fish, forests of black coral, beds of giant clams, World War II shipwrecks, and a whole new world under the ocean. Wallace and his wife became amateur dangerous game photographers and traveled the world, breaking trail, glassing, and tracking wild animals in the bush and jungle. Later, he purchased a specially built expedition jet boat, and he and his wife ran 5,000 miles of uncharted subarctic rivers in North America. • • • Cynthia McMahon Kaehler (1966) was director of the Cozy Corner Children’s Center in Ukiah, CA. She helped design the building to fit in with

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the surrounding Sun House and the Old Stage Stop. She later taught first grade in San Jose.

• • • Timothy Allen Fitzpatrick (1968) completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder. A 41 year career at DuPont ensued, which took Tim all over the world. As Senior Account Manager - Chemical Solutions, he elected to retire after 41 years of dedicated service. During his career, Tim received a US Patent, two Corporate Marketing Excellence Awards and a Business Excellence Award, as well as numerous other awards in recognition for his contributions in sales and business excellence. In addition, he sponsored the Environmental Leadership Award.

• • • Bambi Lake (FS-1968) Born John Purcell, from an early age, she knew she was destined to perform and often said that she survived high school by plunging herself into the never-ending whirl of local theater. The first play she acted in was Brigadoon at Sequoia High School. In 1965, her childhood friend and future choreographer, Tony Ortega, helped get her cast in the original Broadway production of Oliver. Even though she only performed in the chorus, Oliver planted seeds of what her life was to become. After studying theater at Cañada Junior College, in 1970, she met future Cockette piano player Peter Mintun, who picked her up hitchhiking. He told her about a new merry band of hippies, and the next thing she knew, she was at a Cockette rehearsal. The Cockette’s founder, Hibiscus, took her under his wing, and together they became Angels of Light. Bambi’s first play with the Angels of Light was Whatever Happened to Baby Jesus?, a combination of the Biblical nativity story and The Little Match Girl. She sang Ariel’s Song from The Tempest, and Good Times magazine ran a photo of her. She went on to be the leading lady whenever Hibiscus asked her to be in his next play. In 1973, Hibiscus called her to perform in The Enchanted Miracle in London. After the play’s run, she stayed in London for a year, and when Hibiscus called again, she left to Provincetown to perform in Razzamatazz. With Hibiscus, her understanding of herself expanded. In her 1996 book, The Unsinkable Bambi Lake, co-written with Alvin Orloff, she wrote, “A pattern was starting. I was the melancholy note in the sea of giddiness.” When she sang “Kiss Me” from the Marilyn Monroe movie Niagara, she realized that some singers are better at singing sad songs. Later that year, she returned to Europe and made Berlin her home. At this time, Bambi (born John Purcell) started taking hormones and, before she knew it, became who she always knew she was. She returned to San Francisco in 1978 and threw herself into San Francisco’s fledgling punk scene. She sang with the all-female band VS and went on to tour Europe with The Stranglers. Upon her return, she realized that she was too sensitive to be a punk rocker. She went back to her roots and continued acting. In the 1980s, she began writing poetry and putting her words to music. Her best-known song, the autobiographical “The Golden Age of Hustlers,” is performed all over the world. In it, she laments, “It’s hard to find someone you can trust amidst the rhinestone and the rust.” Despite being down and out, she sang sad songs on stages of all sizes all over San Francisco for more than 50 years and released her debut album, My Glamourous Life as a Broadway Hostess, in 2005. In a 2017 interview, she said her greatest talent was “making people cry.” Her voice was fierce and filled with enchanting melancholy. After a brief hiatus, she launched a comeback in 2016 following her documentary, Sticks and Stones, directed by Silas Howard. Her last public performance was as part of the cast of the Dan Karkoska-produced Cockettes Are Golden: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, Jan. 4, 2020 at the Victoria Theatre. It was a fitting end to a chanteuse who bared it all, wore her heart on her sleeve, inspired many, and always left audiences wanting more. When reflecting on her passing, Henry Rollins from the band Black Flag said, “Bambi Lake was a true sweetheart and an absolute rebel. She lived in love and courage.” • • • Gary O. Maffia (1970) loved playing baseball and was an outstanding young athlete. Gary discovered a passion in the culinary arts and pursued an education in European Cuisine. At the young age of 21, he opened Barbarossa European Restaurant in Atherton, CA as the chef and coowner. For 25 years, local patrons celebrated Barbarossa as a regional favorite offering a fine dining experience. As the chef and owner, Gary received several prestigious awards including Mobile Four Stars and Chefs of America recognition in 1988. Later in his career, Gary opened a Olivio’s European Bistro in Belmont, CA where he served continental cuisine in a more casual atmosphere. Oftentimes, you would find Gary mingling amidst the tables sharing old stories, jokes or a recipe. • • • John Gutierrez (1975) studied Business Administration at UC Berkeley and was a Business Analyst Lead at GAP.

SEQUOIA FACULTY/STAFF Guadelupe Arcelia Cabrera Conrad. Special Education, first taught in a maximum security juvenile prison, but eventually taught special education classes at Sequoia. She was a translator for the Flying Samaritans (medical personnel who fly in their own planes to bring free medical needs to remote villages in Baja California. and nature. After retiring in 1997 Arcelia wrote a history of her family dating back to their ancestors in Mexico.

• • • Marie Therese Hughes earned a B.S.degree at Dominican College and her teaching credential at USF. She taught biology at Sequoia High School.

• • • Sue Ellen Geissberger, taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at Sequoia and Woodside High Schools in Redwood City. • • • George Kerewicz Member of Kiwanis Club; Advisor to the Key Club at Sequoia.

SAN CARLOS HIGH SCHOOL Susan (Pearson) Hasbrouch (1965) It is with great sadness and love that we mourn the loss of Susan Pearson Hasbrouck on January 29, 2021 from the Covid virus. She will be missed by many loving family members and friends but is at peace forever now. The Hasbrouoch Family • • • Edward Mitchell (1965) [we received no obituary, only comments on the Class of 1965 website.]. “ I remember him as a kind and gentle person.” ~ Phyllis (Rogers) Moore; “I will never forget being in Mr. Jackson’s History class when the announcement came over the loud-speaker of Kennedy’s death. Ed left for church immediately. He will always hold a special place in my heart.” ~ Louise (Andrews) Harmo; “He made a positive impression for all of us who came in contact with him. He was one of my only bright spots in high school.” ~Sheron (Hart) Morris; “Ed always treated everyone with kindness!” ~ Larry Benevento • • • Edward A. Meyers, Jr (1966), was a graduate from Mendocino College in 1986. He was a professional Class A driver for 50 plus years, and retired to his redwoods in 2005 from Rinehart Oil, Ukiah. During the late 1980’s he was the procurement manager for ten years at AM&D in Willits.

• • • Stuart Wayne Cardott (1971), loved bicycles and cars. Stu served in the US Navy on the USS Hepburn 1972-75 where he mastered engines and boilers. He worked in the trades for 40 years, both building and maintaining many of the HVAC systems in Northern California’s and Nevada’s various skylines. He was an avid traveler, motorcycle builder and racer in AHRMA, devoted to the Triumph and BSA models of his youth. • • • Diana Maria”Masha” Austin Stockdale (1976), a graduate of San Jose State University, spent 20 years teaching at Miano and Grasslands elementary schools near Los Banos. She loved country music.