Class of 1953

      Subject: My Hawthorne, California-raised, brother passed.....

      Donald Alexander Pinard

      Life ended as the new year began for Donald Alexander Pinard, 69, a forty-nine year resident of the Victor Valley. His neighbor and friend, Angie McNeeley, found the retired Kaiser Permanente executive in his Lucerne Valley residence last Saturday, New Year's Day, apparently never waking from his last New Years Eve sleep.

      Pinard moved to Lucerne Valley at the conclusion of his service in the U. S. Army which included a tour of duty in Korea at the end of the Korean War. His parents, Clifford D. and Florence Pinard, had moved to the valley in 1956, purchasing the Valley View Ranch on Christiansen Road. He was born in Los Angeles, California, July 27, 1935. Other than a few years during World War II when the family resided in Arlington, Virginia, he lived in Hawthorne, California, where he attended St. Joseph's School, then graduating from Mt. Carmel High School Los Angeles in 1953.

      Pinard hired on at the new Cushenbury cement operation of Kaiser Permanente, in the winter of 1956. Working in a variety of jobs in the early years of the giant cement operation, Pinard settled into the purchasing department and evidentially worked his way up to be in charge of purchasing. By the late 1970's, Pinard left the Cushenbury operation and took specialized assignments with Permanente, first in San Jose and then at mining operations in Indonesia. He retired in 1979. Pinard then established himself as a consultant and completed assignments with international cement companies in Freeport, Bahamas, Africa, and San Antonio, Texas through the mid 1980s.

      Married in 1957 to Karen Lee Klosman (now Hilker of Oceanside), whose parents Jay and Gertrude operated the Hitching Post Restaurant, Don would often assist in the family business. They had two daughters. The first, Jana, died in a traffic mishap in 1982. Her son Joshua Gallagher lives in New York. Their second daughter is Julie Pinard Verhagen, grandchildren are Destiny Carroll, John Jay Verhagen, Cheyne Verhagen, Tiana Verhagen, Julian Pinard, and one great grandson. Rylin Carroll. All are in San Clemente.

      Following a divorce, Pinard married Sheila Candow in 1987. She resides with the couple's son Donald Alec Pinard, 17, in Ajax, Ontario, Canada.

      Four brothers survive, John W. “Jack” Pinard of Port Hueneme, Thomas C. Pinard of Wrightwood, Richard "Louie". Pinard of Rosarito Beach, Mexico and James K. Pinard of Templeton, California. A sister, Pamela Marie Turner, and brother, Clifford Pinard, proceeded Don in death.

      Memorial services will be at Saint Paul's Catholic Church on Thursday, Jan 13, 2005. Inurnment will follow at Lucerne Valley Cemetery. Dudley Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

      53/50 REUNION

      We had our 1953 class reunion (50th ) at the San Pedro Elks Lodge on June 27th (Friday), 2003

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      Here is a photo of a few of us at the 50th reunion of the class of 1953.

      Sitting, L-R, Vince Hohman, John Kline, John Kean
      Standing, Ken Newville, Butch Colburn, Ron Meyer Kenney Newville

      Phil Martin, flipem52335@cs.com
      12200 Pomelo Drive
      Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

      Retired from Scantron Corporation('94), as custom forms designer and administrator.
      Taught JHS English for Archdiocese of LA prior to that.(' 63-'78)

      Ron Meyer, Ron Meyer@catalina-inter.net
      Address: 9957 Richeon Avenue,
      Downey, CA 90240

      Retired from the Gas Company as Engineering Manager in 1994.
      Am currently Business Manager for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Downey.

      Kenney Newville ,JKNewville@aol.com
      980 Via Rincon
      Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274

      Married to Mary Ann Hohman (Saint Mary's '55) - 43 years.
      Nine children and six grandchildren.

      Civil Engineer with my own firm.
      Still working, but not for much longer.

      Peter Reggie, Shahedi@earthlink.net
      7607 Goddard Ave.
      Los Angeles, Ca 90045
      310-410-9671

      Wayne Paul, paulsbit@pacbell.net
      I worked for Tom Bussjaeger's dad through most of my years at Mt. Carmel and have always considered him like a second father.

      James Sehr, jimatcf@pcmagic.net
      Address:
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      19681 Spilsbuville Road
      SoulsbyVille CA 95372-9745
      Phone: 209-588-1539

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