Class of 1940
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Norma Ruth (Broo) Luscomb, a long-time resident of Lemon Grove, Calif., died Sunday, Feb. 6, after a brief bout with cancer. Mrs. Luscomb was born on March 13, 1923, in New Ulm, Minn. In 1928, she and her family moved from Mankato, Minn., to San Diego County, where they settled in Solana Beach. There, Mrs. Luscomb and her two sisters received their primary education in a two-room schoolhouse. After graduating from San Dieguito High School in 1940, Mrs. Luscomb attended secretarial school in San Diego, and she eventually took an administrative position at Point Loma Elementary School. In 1942, Mrs. Luscomb married Donald Armand Luscomb, who preceded her in death in 2004. A homemaker since the birth of her first child in 1945, Mrs. Luscomb enjoyed camping and traveling, especially with her family. Among the many international places she visited were Italy, Germany, France, England and Mexico, along with domestic destinations including Yosemite, the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and a family ranch in Healdsburg, Calif. For many years Mrs. Luscomb sang in the Lemon Grove Methodist Church choir. She was also very active in her children’s lives and participated in various educational and youth organizations, including the PTA, Camp Fire Girls (Bluebirds), Little League and Cub Scouts. Mrs. Luscomb is survived by children Donald, Carol, Neal, Brian (Teresa); granddaughters Natalie, Katharine, Emily, Lillian; sister Ina Wall, San Diego. Services will be held in the Garden Chapel at Greenwood Memorial Park and Mortuary on Friday, Feb. 11, 2005, at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations to San Diego Hospice.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, published February 11, 2005
Lost during World War II.
18 October 1992
1 January 1971
6 March 1922 – February 1991
4 November 1983
10 June 2010
25 July 1979
29 July 1920 – 6 April 2007
Tamotsu Tom Uyeji, 86, of Chula Vista died April 6. He was born in San Diego and was a landscaper.
Survivors include his wife, Rose, daughter, Sharon Okamoto; son, Stan Uyeji; sisters, Aya Yamano, Kaoru Nakamura and Miyako Horiye; brothers, Minoru Uyeji and Manabu Uyeji; and two grandchildren.
Services: 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, San Diego Japanese Church, 1920 E. St., San Diego.
Interment: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Mount Hope Cemetery, 3751 Market St., San Diego.
Arrangements: Community Mortuary.
14 April 2007 San Diego Union-Tribune
19 May 1922 – 14 February 2005
Eugene Evans Whigham, 82, of San Diego died Monday. He was born in Los Angeles and was a senior test flight engineer for General Dynamics.
He served in the Army Air Forces and was a member of the E.A.A. and the Clipper Club.
Survivors include his daughter, Susan; sister, Barbara; brother, Don; and one grandchild.
Services have been held. Inurnment: Cypress View Mausoleum, 3953 Imperial Ave., San Diego.
18 February 2005, San Diego Union-Tribune
