BABETTE "BOBBY" STEIN, FUHS 1934

Stein, Babette "Bobby". Longtime Fullerton resident, Babette "Bobby" Stein passed away at home December 5th. Her family and caregivers were with her. She was 89 years old. Born in Fullerton on August 21, 1918, Bobby attended St. Mary's Grammar School, Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton Junior College, and graduated from Stanford University in 1939. She was once active in the St. Jude Guild, YLI, and St. Mary's Altar Society. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her brother, Nick Stein, and his wife, Joan; her nephew, Michael Stein; his wife Pamela, and children, Nicolas and Rebecca Stein, and her niece, Marquita Stein Gyben; her husband Jack and children Molly, Emily, and Peter Gyben. The Rosary will be prayed for Bobby Friday, December 14th, at 7:00 p.m., at McAulay & Wallace with the funeral mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Saturday, December 15th, at 12 noon. The family asks that in lieu of flowers a donation be made in Bobby's name to the St. Jude Memorial Foundation.
McAulay & Wallace
Published in the Orange County Register on 12/13/2007.
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JAMES NEWTON DOWDEN, FUHS '42?

(James may have enlisted in the marines before he graduated from FUHS.)

Dowden, James Newton, Aug. 18, 1925 - Oct. 23, 2007, Graveside memorial services for James N. Dowden are set for Saturday, Dec. 8, at Fairhaven Memorial Park, Orange, at 12:30 p.m. Born in Fullerton, he died in Sacramento following an extended illness. He is survived by former wives, Esther Dowden and Marilyn Lobner, both of Sacramento; sons, Michael, Tahoe City, and Patrick, Loomis; sister, Mariana Bornholdt, Santa Fe, N.M.; brother, John, Newport Beach; and two grandchildren. He enlisted in 1942 and saw action with the 1st Marine Division at Finschhaven, New Guinea; Cape Gloucester, New Britain; Guadacanal, Peleliu, and Okinawa. Known as "Jungle Jim" by his comrades, he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster (Peleliu and Okinawa) and discharged with the rank of corporal. He graduated from Fullerton JC in 1948 and until his retirement in 1985, he worked for the State Lands Commission, surveying and mapping shorelines and adjacent wetlands. In retirement, he and his sister wrote two family histories. He also authored two volumes about his military experiences: "With the First Marines in the Southwestern and Western Pacific." Factus Non Victus
Published in the Orange County Register on 12/5/2007.
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ROBERTA SPILLMAN NEYLAND, FUHS ‘52

Berniece Schafer Sarthou phoned me to tell me that Roberta had died November 10, 2007. I have no other information.