Jean Leona Ruliffson Nelson, BHS 1935

Jean Leona Ruliffson Nelson, BHS 1935

Ventura County Star, Ventura, California, Sunday, August 25, 2002

Jean Leona Nelson, 86, of Ventura passed away Friday, August 23, 2002. Jean known to many as “Grandma Jean,” passed away after a long illness of liver disease. Prior to that she was a cancer survivor. Jean spent her final days in bed under the loving care of her “angel,” Hilda Hernandez. 

Jean was born July 17, 1916 in North Dakota. She enjoyed camping and surf fishing with family and friends. She was the creator of the “Pebble People by Jean,” made from the pebbles she and her husband would collect from the beaches near her home in Northern San Diego, Leucadia, California. The “Pebble People” were sold in gift shops throughout California. Her other hobbies included knitting, gardening, cooking and her grandchildren. She met her husband while working in a bakery in Glendale. They were married on August 17, 1935, at the Wilshire Wedding Chapel in Beverly Hills. She graduated from Burbank High School in Burbank. Jean was the loving wife of Vernon Herbert “Scotty” Nelson, who preceded her in death on January 28, 1996, at the age of 83. 

Jean is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Bob and Victoria Nelson, of Ventera, and Barry and Nancy Nelson, of Oviedo, Florida. She was a proud grandmother of Lori Nelson, Hilda Hernandez, Darin Nelson (ex-wife Bertal), Derik Nelson, Rick and Paula Nelson, all of Ventura, Mando Nelson, Sedona, Arizona, Robert Nelson, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Florean and Rodney Nelson, of Anaheim. She was a great-grandmother to Zachary, Haylie, Devin, and Brittney Nelson and Gracie Yarz of Ventura, Ashley Nelson of San Francisco, Nicole Nelson, of Dinuba, California, Ronnie Ann and Ameam Nelson, of Sedona, Arizona. She is also survived by her sister, Marie Wirgler, of Hemet, California; and brother, Allen Ruliffson, of Arizona.

Jean was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend. She was an extraordinary and brave woman. She was always happy and genuinely cared about everyone she knew. Grandma Jean will always be loved, remembered and missed by all who knew her. We love you.

A service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 25, at Charles Carroll Funeral Home, 15 Tidema Drive, Ventura. 

Mark Wolff, BHS 1945

Mark Wolff, BHS 1945

Mark Wolff, passed away on July 17, 2022 shortly after celebrating his 95th birthday with his family and friends. He leaves his wife Barbara, three children, Lyn, Dean, and Thad, and his brother, Berny (Bud). 

He served in the Navy during WWII and joined the Los Angeles police force where he served for 20 years, of which he said, “It was just a slice of life and we sometimes saw the sadder side of it,” 

He then became the Moorpark College Police Supervisor for 15 years, serving with professionalism, humor, and friendship. 

Submitted by Berny Wolff, brother, Senior Bulldogs

James Allen Mackie, BHS 1962

James Allen Mackie, BHS 1962

Ventura County Star-Free Press, Ventura, California, Tuesday, November 5, 1985

Services for James Allen Mackie, 41, Simi Valley, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, Simi Valley, with Dr. Frank M. Witman officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Reardon Simi Valley Mortuary.

Mr. Mackie died Saturday at a Simi Valley hospital after a brief illness. He was born April 8, 1944, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was a three-year county resident coming from Santa Monica. 

Mr. Mackie was a deputy probation officer for the county of Los Angeles at the Mira Loma Youth Camp. He was a graduate of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, and received his master’s degree from Arizona State University in Tempe. He was a director of the New Horizons Workshop in Sepulveda and was instrumental in introducing legislation in Sacramento to require flashing lights on privately operated buses.

He is survived by his wife Katalin; daughters, Jenifer and Veronica Mackie of Simi Valley; parents Paul and Gerry Mackie of Westlake Village; brother Jack Mackie of Sunland; and sister Jeanne Raudman of Redding. The family requests that donations be sent to the Ventura chapter of the American Cancer Society.

Donald Lawrence Haller, BHS 1944

Donald Lawrence Haller, BHS 1944 

North County Blade – Citizen, Solana Beach, California, Saturday, February 15, 2003

CARLDBAD – Donald L. Haller, 76, died peacefully Monday, February 10, 2003, of cancer, in his home with his wife, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughters present. Born May 22, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan, he retired in 1995 from Hughes Space and Communicators in El Segundo.  

Don was born in Detroit, Michigan to Charles and Goldie Haller and resided near Flint, Michigan, until the age twelve. He then moved with his parents to New Mexico, where they set up a trading post on the Continental Divide near Gallup. He attended school there with the Navajo tribe and then later moved to Burbank, California, where he attended high school.

After graduating six months early, he enlisted in the Navy and served aboard the destroyer USS Meade D0602, as a sonarman third class. During his service he earned the American Area Campaign Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and the World War II Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in June 1946.

He had several jobs in the years following the war and most recently worked for Hughes Corporation in El Segundo, California, in the Space and Communications division. He was a technician in the high bay building satellites. He retired in 1995 to his home in Newbury Park, California, where he had lived since 1973.

 He was a member of King of Glory Lutheran Church in Newbury Park, California, since 1975 and most recently attended services as his health allowed at Calvary Lutheran Church in Solana Beach, California.

Don is survived by his wife of 54 years, June Haller; son Jeff Haller; aunt Sylvia Whitcomb; daughter-in-law Eileen Haller; and granddaughters Brenna and Tessa Haller.

There will be a memorial service for Don today, February 25, 2003, at 2 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, 424 Via de La Valle in Solana Beach. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made in memory of Donald L. Haller to the City of Hope, Attn: Central Processing, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010.

Warren Ray Wyatt, BHS 1964

Warren Ray Wyatt, BHS 1964

April 8, 1946 – August 2, 2017

Abilene Reporter News, Abilene, Texas, Thursday, August 3, 2017

Warren Ray Wyatt, Hawley, Texas, age 71, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Services are pending with Girdner Funeral Home in Abilene, Texas. 

Buried in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery, Abilene, Texas.  Warren’s Find A Grave Memorial