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This page is dedicated to our classmmates who are gone from us but are not forgoten.

The information on this page has been provided to me by Alumni.

Please email information for the FUHS Tribute page to: FUHSalumni@aol.com

Albert (Rhodes-)Wickett, Class of 1963

Albert (Rhodes-)Wickett, Class of 1963 passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2010, due to complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.

While a student at FUHS, Al participated in water polo, the competitive math team, ASB, and the marching band. He later graduated from USC with a degree in mathematics, again performing in the marching band. Music continued to be a big part of his life, and he became fluent on every instrument he could lay his hands upon, from his grandmother’s Stradivarius violin to a pawn shop trombone with a bent slide. He composed several musicals which were performed in southern California churches.

Al wished to be of service to the world, which led to several trips to Africa as a teacher and missionary. Al was ordained by the Methodist church and served as a minister for several decades. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Rhodes-Wickett, daughter Rachel and son Ben.

We miss him terribly.

Bill Wickett, Class of 1970

December 8, 2009 - OC Register

Jerry Christie FUHS class of 1955. Former mayor of Fullerton, '70 to '72. Youngest elected mayor.

Tony Lobo whom I think was either class of 54 or 55

Tony Lobo passed away rather sudden on Sept. 6. from a heart attack. The funeral is this Friday Sept. 18 in Hemet Ca. The service will be at 10am at Hemet Valley Mortuary and then from there he will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Riverside on Van Buren. Should anyone need further information they are welcome to call me at (949) 842-2875 just ask for me I am his son Edward Lobo. On behalf of my family we thank you for the post and consideration regarding my father.

Carl Gregory, 68, dies following 2-year battle with cancer

BY BARBARA GIASONE

STAFF WRITER

Carl Wilson Gregory, CEO and chairman of the board of Fullerton Community Bank, died March 30 following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 68.

Plans for a “celebration of life” to be held on the lawn at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in late April are pending, his wife, Barbara, said Friday.

Gregory, born in Fullerton, was the great-grandson of William Schulte, who relocated from Northern California to Fullerton where he promoted the founding of Fullerton Union High School.

Gregory’s grandfather, R.S. Gregory, laid out and subdivided land surrounding and including FUHS. He also served as the mayor of Fullerton in the 1920s and postmaster in the 1930s and 1940s.

His father, R. Merrill Gregory, was president and chairman of Fullerton Savings and Loan – later Fullerton Community Bank, which now has eight branches in Orange County.

While serving in the Navy, Carl Gregory was a psychological warfare officer whose job was to devise ways to get the Viet Cong to defect. He was also a Nuclear Weapons officer and worked with SEAL teams. He was discharged in June 1969 as a lieutenant commander.

He earned military medals including the Bronze Star, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

He was a graduate of USC Business School before starting a 37-year career with the Fullerton bank.

Widely known for his community service, Gregory served on a myriad of bank, youth, education and philanthropic boards. Also surviving Gregory are: daughter, Brenna of Fullerton; son, Ryan of Fullerton; brother, Richard of Washington D.C. and sisters Nancy Garner of Bishop and Linda Meyer of Fullerton

Robert Chavez Class of '72

Chavez, Robert, "Dorado Man" formerly of Fullerton, resident of Corona, passed away on 10/31/08. Survived by wife, Holly; sister, Angie; nephews, Rudy and Dave; aunt, Josie; mother-in-law, Louise; brother-in-law, Tom; sister-in-law, Tracy, and niece, Stephanie.

We are so glad Robert attended our last reunion in October. Jack Barber is going to make a tribute page on our web site for him and he would like anyone who has pictures of Robert to forward them to him. jack_barber@hotmail.com

This link will take everyone to the guest book for Robert.  Roberts Guest Book

Dear FUHS '81 Classmates:

It is with deep regret that I write to inform you of the passing of our "Most-Spirited" and beloved classmate Teshia Calhoun on September 7, 2008.

As many of you know Teshia has long-battled diabetes with all the fight that she could muster, and "in typical Teshia fashion" to the end she never asked "why," she never lost her faith, and she never lost that incredible spirit for which she was so loved and admired by so many of us whose lives she touched!

Truly Teshia Calhoun, you will be missed but never forgotten. And may you rest in peace...as we left behind here on Earth rest assured that Heaven is now a "more spirited" place!

God bless you Teshia.

In Our Loving Memory....

Teachers
Bert Kay Hathaway
Vern Wrightson
Robert Reade
Louis Armijo
Floyd Moore (2007)
Ray Lawyer (March 18, 2008)
Ester Pierce, Study Hall

Class of 1925
Stanley Dunbar Smith

Class of 1928
Robert E. Stevenson
Pearson Jewett (1999)

Class of 1929
Lilburn "Skeets" H. Smith
Ernie Chapman

Class of 1935
Virginia Chandler Fitzsimmons

Class of 1941
Charles William Salzmann
Hubert Isley

Class of 1942
Annabelle "Marianne" Foster

Class of 1943
Trent Mitchell
Ted McCoy

Class of 1944
Jim Christiansen

Class of 1947
Barbara Crowley Larimer

Class of 1948
Gilbert Hilbert
Barbara Houlihan Johnson
Robert A. Hodson Sr. D.C.

Class of 1949
James E. Wright (Jim)

Class of 1950
Richard Price
Mary Ercikson Sullivan
Stan Chapman

Class of 1951
Donald C. Young John Reynoso
William Feltner Don Riffle
Johnnie Reed Janice Strickland
Robert McCracken Marvin Umberson
Daryl Leibermann Alfred Zuniga
Sandra Macaulay Oleta Clarida
Jack Ramsay

Class of 1952
Alvin Boyd Richard Stonebraker
Kenneth Barton James Jolly
Kenny Barton
Jack Albright
Nancy (Moore) Stroud

Class of 1953
Wendell Paul Schulte Patty Whittemore
Kermit Franklin Wood Sharon Wood
Janet Kerridge Charles Floyd Taylor
Herb Marquett Ronald Field
Ronnie Pitts Bob Moore
Margaret (Pud) Hooper Kenneth Osborne
Lyle Batchman Craig Jewett
Deloyce W. Boteller Charles Girald
Geraldine Collier Kenneth B. Stenton
Gary Kuenzli Lin Sitton
Vivian B Tressler Jane Amondson
Jean Arroures Jim Gunn
Bob Barless Charles Hezhalmach
Nick Bell
Shirley Doane
John Bowling
Howard Elliott
Judy Thing
Delores Dick
Philip Gilkerson
Robert Fisher
Albert Howard
Gary Hartzell
Wilma Pitts
Jacqueline Holub
Darryl Williams
Doris Richards
Frank Ruff
Marilyn Higdon
Nancy Wallace

Class of 1954
Don Rilea
Joan Choate Hansen
David G Reid
Alice Liesch Duncan
Shiley Pharris Ledbetter
Judy Richards Schade
Helen M. LaFremier
Kenny Chesley

Class of 1955
Addington, Betty Marie Lowe, William Guy
Allen, Mary Louise - Bernabei Lozano, Alice G. - Ramirez
Basten, Terry Lyman, Lynn Loyd
Baxter, Delores - Taylor Marshall, James Edwin
Belanger, Joan Marie - Roman Martinez, George
Bening, William Millard, Leon
Blair, Patsy Sue - Morgan Mitchell, William Robert
Bohannan, Dolores Yvonne - Powell Moore, Harold (Hal) Ross
Borgeson, Jerry Dale Newkirk, Joel A.
Brade, James Parker, Bette Marilyn - Snyder
Bruederle, John Edwin Perry, Anita Bray
Buell, Robert Raymond Pettis, Richard (Dick) Emmett
Cantrell, John Pilkington, Murray William
Cantwell, John Pyron, Chuck
Carlton, Ronald Reynoso, Manuel D.
Cook, Henry R. E. Rust, Charles William
Cook, Shirley B. Sanchez, Raymond
Costello, Thomas H. Sandberg, Marilyn
Crapo, David Santana, Frank Lopez
Cratsenburg, Truman J. Sherman, Jon David
Cree, Thomas Kirby Snyder, D. Eugene
Doss, Darryll Eliott Story, Oliver R.
Dougherty, Dennis Richard Strathman, Tom
Edmondson, Nadine - Warye Strickland, Frank R.
Ellingson, Rose Mary - Demke Swan, Richard D.
Fidel, Michael Peter Twaddell, Valerie Anne - Somerville
Fleenor, Ronald Ray Varner, Gary
Flores, Alfredo Vickers, Wanda Merril - McMurtry
Fulkerson, Richard G. Waites, Leonard Hugh
Gibbs, Jill White, Mary Ellen - Trotter
Grunwald, Ed White, Michael R.
Hains, Lee Williams, Robert T.
Handley, Ruby Geraldine (Jerri) - Beam Witt, Jack Bertrum
Henry, Charles Alan Wong, Leonard
Hensley, Claudia - Watson Wons, Virginia Mary
Hezmalhalch, Sharon Ann - Hall Yee, Jim
Hyde, John Carr
Johnson, Don
Kerin, Walter
Lemberger, Larry
Leslie, Jerry
Libby, Richard Wesley

Class of 1956
Patricia Smales Pilkington Melvin Williams
Rosie Rodriquez Don A. Roesner
Anne Bonar Jerry Christie
Dee Knisley Morrison
Donald Glenn Buckmaster    
Wayne Armstrong
Sammy Negrete
Mary York
Larence Owens

Class of 1957
John Harriman
Bill Janson
Terry Guy
David Hajny
Robert Galante
James Binns
Bob Hezmalhalch
Helen Ward
Mike Jewett
Floyd A. Graham (1992)
Jimmy Jewett

Class of 1958
Mike Fitzsimmons Sharon Webster
Charlene Dennis (Snow) Charles Fowler
Myma Magee (Van Kleveren) Vern Smith
Sheryl Crawford (Wilson) Gail Thompson (Reno)
Diane Darnold John "Jack" Chorbagian
Larry Esslinger David Bridgeford
Patricia A. Light Karen Hobb Skor (2/13/06)
Susan Magnuson Melvin L. Hunt
James E. Mason Joe Ellyn Mc Alister (Hix) - Guestbook
Larry McDonald Terry Carnes (Johnson) (7/12/04)
Sharon Stivers (Baker) Lee Jewett (5/08)
Brian Sturman Janet Rawlins
Jon Phetteplace Gary Read
David Dowling Norman Robert Hawkins
Becky Chambers Donna Matthews Huson (2/14/08)
Judy Harrington Garland Doss
Don Wildermuth Carl W. Gregory
Robert Synider Dennis Ferguson
Fay Amundsen (Booth) Linda King (Herrell)
John Agrums Wayne E. McFadden
Larry Gallio
Doug Krabbe
Bob McLaran
Ronnie Wiles
John Stuhley

Class of 1959  
Click here to view conplete list
Click here to view Class of '59 "In Memoriam" Document

Class of 1960
Mike Marenco

Class of 1962
Jo Ott
Chuck Clampitt
Gary Dodds

Class of 1963
Nancy Martin Groener
Albert (Rhodes-)Wickett

Class of 1967
Carol Lynn Jones
William D. Mackey
Cathe Averett
Daniel Stunkard
Randy Szajna
Randy Rhea

Class of 1969
Daniel H. Poole

Class of 1970
Daniel H. Poole
Jean Roden-Hoskinson
Debbie Astin-Lish
Don Gromaki
Bruce Nelson
Ted Schumacher
Kyle Citadin

Class of 1972
Robert Chavez (click here to sign Robert's Guest Book)

Class of 1975
Rick Hall

Class of 1976
Chris Beard
Jeff Woods
Ann Brown
Janice Lutz
Jennie O'Hern
Glenn Murray
Tracy Garrison
Stacey Howard

Class of 1977
Mark Acevedo
Randy Ramirez
John Kenson
Gregg Fewell
Eddy Eschner (A Celebration of Eddy's Life)

Class of 1978
Mark Allen

Class of 1980
Dean Budke
Dale Corney - (click here to sign Dale's Guest Book)
Vito Chingari - (click here to sign Vito's Guest Book)

Class of 1981
Teshia Calhoun

Class of 1984
Susan Nolan

Class of 1985
Tim Walcholtz

Class of 1987
Jeffrey Lee Faber

Class of 1997
Joey Emigh

Class of 2001
Matthew Terry   

A Tribute To Our FUHS Alumni Who Gave Their Lives For Our Freedom....
Class of 1965
Vietnam War
John Mckenzie
Manuel De La Torre
Class of 1966
Vietnam War
Randy Schmidt
Class of 1967
Vietnam War
Randy Rhea

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