December 25, 2020

 

Merry Christmas!!

You know you're getting old when you read an article in the paper about a Navy destroyer successfully shooting down an ICBM in a test over the Pacific, and the destroyer is named after someone you knew -- the USS John Finn.  John was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Pearl Harbor.  He lived out near the Golden Acorn Casino and passed away in 2014.

Jack Tempchin '65 and his wife Sheryl have written a Christmas song, The Gingerbread Man.  Tuesday's UT has a nice article about it.  Click HERE to read all about it.

Georgeanne Irvine is the little sister of Ginger '60 and Janis '64.  Her folks whisked her away to Anaheim while still a youngster, so she didn't go to Crawford.  She joined the public relations department of the San Diego Zoo in 1978 where she worked with Joan Embery '67.  Last Saturday's UT had a nice article about her and the childrens' books she's written.  Click HERE to check it out.

I saw the article in last week's Union-Tribune, but didn't realize there was a Crawford connection.  Norman and Sivia Mann, married 76 years, contracted and survived COVID, and are back home again.  They are the parents of the late Mark Mann '63 as well as Stacy Mann '67.  Click HERE to read the whole story.

This looks for all the world like a color shot of Mission San Diego de Alcala in a pristine Mission Valley.  We featured the black and white version in a post a while back.  Apparently computer tinting apps are getting very good.  Click HERE to see an enlargement, along with the other two 1936 photos we featured.

Recognize this place?  It's Goodbody Mortuary, on 50th and El Cajon.  Ed Goodbody died December 9th at the age of 93.  In what was a surprisingly brief obituary it mentioned that, when word came down that a new Blessed Sacrament church was to be built, Ed had the old one moved to this location and turned it into a mortuary.  Ironically, Featheringill Mortuary was in charge of Ed's funeral.

Susan Gallerstein Krull '66 passed away December 21st after a lengthy illness

Tony Flores '72 passed away December 13th, according to the Crawford Alumni web page.