Greg Mulhardt - Deceased 2012
My memories of Greg are dear. He was a good friend to me. His small acts of kindness towards others always added up to something much bigger, a huge positive difference in the lives of those who knew him. My two favorite memories of Greg are funny ones. The first happened in the third grade, when he accepted an award with his shoes off. That was funny when I was nine years old! The second happened when we were in Jr. High School and we entered a dance contest. We danced around a sombrero and won! Greg was a sweet, kind and fun person. God bless you Greg! Be at peace. Thank you for being you. You made a difference. Your friendship, kind ways and sense of humor will not be forgotten. – Debby Shackelfurd Blank
Marcia McAffe - Deceased 1996
Marcia was a sweet and very loyal friend and I am sorry we lost track of each other thru the years. She and her Marine husband attended our ten year reunion..it was the last time I saw her. Her sister Wendy said she struggled with breast cancer for many years. Marcia had one son Danny…who was her pride and joy. I miss her laughter. -Cyndy Ovalle
Lisa McFadden - Deceased 2015
Thomas McKenna - Deceased 1971
Pat Muldoon - Deceased 2001
Pat and I went all through school together…first grade through graduation. He was one of the kids who lived out in the farm country, and, like most of those guys, he was rather quiet and a true friend. Our senior year, Pat really came out of his shell; lots of people got to know the fun-loving guy he was. I hope he’s hanging out somewhere with Johnny and Eddie, the other farm kids taken too soon.- Steve Bailey
Tom Nelson - Deceased 2012
Tom was our 8th grade class president at St. Mary Magdalen…simply because he was someone everyone liked and wanted to be friends with. Always cheerful, he was our surfer, our motorcycle guy. As an adult, he was a beloved father and husband. Seeing him at the 40th reunion was such a treat! When he was diagnosed with brain cancer, he handled it with characteristic good grace and humor. We miss you, old friend. – Steve Bailey
Daniel Norbie - Deceased 1981
Jack Norville - Deceased 2015
There is always that person from high school who you reflect back upon as
being that real friend. That was Jack. We worked together on a couple of
different jobs, played sports together, and generally hung out as best friends
did in those days. I fondly remember us buying these crab nets and chicken
necks to go out on the local piers and make our fortune ( or dinner) in the
seafood trade. Jack would always doubt that we would catch a anything,
and I declared us moguls when we hauled in a starfish and a half-dead spider
crab. I remember Jack as a wonderful soul, with a quiet demeanor, who
always would respond to my requests to do something with “ might as well.”
As life too often has it, Jack went one way and I another. We reconnected
not that long ago, but it was so good to see him smiling in the pictures. The
Lord now holds my old friend in his loving arms. We miss you Jack, I miss you Jack. Until we reconnect again. Rest well. – Bob Cook
Ray Nunez - Deceased 2006
Ray Nunez is one of those people that you never saw without a smile. Sometimes in the middle of talking, he would get into a laughing fit and couldn’t speak. …..and of course, you know I was always laughing about something….I would join right in with him….until our eyes were watery and we had to walk away from one another just to breathe! I was so looking forward to laughing with him once again. RIP my good-natured, laughing friend….you are missed. – Cyndy Ovalle
Maria Pereira-Cubillas - Deceased 1989
Maria also went to St. Mary Magdalen and was my classmate from grades I
through 8. As kids growing up in Camarillo, she was my neighbor in an adjoining
tract. I became good fiends with her brother Johnny and with her parents. Her
parents were from Portugal and hard-working. Although I speak Spanish I could
never get the hang of Portuguese but was still able to understand her father. I
lost track of Maria after high school and learned she had married Steve Cubillas.
Maria was sweet and very close to her family. I am just saddened to know I have
lost so many friends from St. Mary Magdalen. – Joe Beltran
Diane Pomerleau - Deceased 1984
Diane was very pretty and kind to all those she met. She always greeted me with a smile and usually a joke or two. She fought with her little sister (who I dated) now and again but either would defend the other in any outside situation. She was a great dancer and loved the music we all loved back in the 60s. I saw her only once after we graduated up in Santa Barbara and she seemed sad to me, I think because of the car wreck she had been in, that killed her friend and classmate Lora Dearinger. Sadly, Diane lost her own life not too long after that. I will always miss her and her beautiful smile. – Steve Johnson
Rick Provenza - Deceased 1998
Rick was probably one of the smartest guys I have ever known. His quiet intelligence and mature perspective baffled my silly teenage brain. I have come to realize this guy was a man…in a 16 year old body. He opened my eyes to see the suffering of others…he was passionate about politics, especially civil and equal rights. Rick was devoted to his God, his family and the USA. One day, his brother Jim and I made plans for a surprise get together with Rick, but he died two days later. It broke my heart that I missed seeing him. ‘He will rise up on eagles’ wings…’ – Cyndy Ovalle
Maria Stella Quiroz - Deceased 2007
Tino Rodriguez - Deceased 1989
Ted Russell - Deceased 1979
I had a head over heels crush on Ted Russell in junior high, maybe freshman
year, don’t recall exactly. Our school bus would pass his bus stop every
morning and we would wave to each other. He gave me his awesome black
and yellow St. Christopher medal to wear, so perhaps we ‘went steady’ for a
couple of days. I guess that’s just about how long a crush lasted back then.
Very sad to see that he died so young. – Karen Keigher Long
Robert Rutt - Deceased 2007
Robert Rutt and I met on the playground at SMM in the 5th grade. He was
a good friend in grammar school, but I lost touch with him in high school.
Robert had something wrong with him for a long time, and I’m not sure they
ever found out what the cause was. He had some kind of brain anomaly.
I recently tried to relocate him, but, sadly, I just found the news of his ‘07
departure. Bobby was a loving, sharing kid. I miss him.- Steve Johnson