Class of 1943

Robert Tavis Arballo, 83 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO — Robert Tavis Arballo died Monday, April 27, 2009 at New Mexico Veteran’s Home in Truth or Consequences, N.M.

He was born January 8, 1926 in Encinitas, Calif. Robert lived in Truth or Consequences for the past 15 years. He graduated from San Dieguito High School in 1943 and joined the U.S. Army Infantry shortly thereafter. He was a Staff Sergeant, and was seriously wounded while serving in Germany. He was recalled after having been discharged and served in Korea until 1951. He received three Bronze Service Stars for having engaged in three combat campaigns. Robert served as a San Diego County Sheriff for over 20 years.

Robert was the son of Loreto and Isobel Arballo of Del Mar, Calif. He is survived by his sister, Mary Magana; brother, William; and nieces, Loreta Arballo, Teresa Barth, and Luana Gonzales; and a nephew, Charles Magana. Military services were held at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma, where his ashes are inurned.

—Legacy.com (obituary published North County Times on June 7, 2009

March 29, 2009

Edward “Ted” Cozens, 82, of Encinitas, died on March 18, 2009, after a long struggle with emphysema.

He was born to Bert and Grace Cozens, their fourth son, on May 19, 1926, in Oceanside, California. Ted was an outstanding student in the Encinitas Elementary School District. He set a record of achieving the highest marks possible (A) in all subjects in grades seven through twelve at San Dieguito Junior and Senior High School. He acquired additional education at Cal Tech as well as UCLA.

He served his country aboard a Navy destroyer in the South Pacific during World War II. After his World War II service, he joined his father and brother in the construction business, “BG Cozens and Sons”, formerly “Cozens and Hammond.”

Both the Cozens and the Hammond families arrived in Encinitas in the 1880′s, wherein Tom Cozens met and married Annie Hammond. In the 1950′s, Ted and close friend, Harry Phillips, traveled to Mexico City on a vacation where both met, and subsequently married lovely Mexican Senoritas.

In the 1960′s, Ted’s health began to deteriorate when he was diagnosed with severe emphysema, which he battled the remainder of his life. His nephew, Tom Cozens, devoted thousands of hours in recent years keeping Ted as comfortable as possible as his health declined.

Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law Robert and Patricia Cozens, his sister and brother-in-law Ann and Gerald Largent, and their extended families. A private Memorial will be held in the near future.

—San Diego Union-Tribune

May 28, 1922 — Dec. 23, 2006

Marcelina Rubalcaba, 84, of Escondido died Saturday. She was born in Durango, Mexico, and was a homemaker.

Survivors include her sons, Bernardino Rubalcaba Jr. of Escondido and Robert Rubalcaba of San Diego; sister, Petra Martinez of Escondido; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: noon Wednesday, El Camino Memorial, Sorrento Valley Chapel, 5600 Carroll Canyon Road, San Diego.

Interment: El Camino Memorial Park.

Donations: American Heart Association, 9404 Genesee Ave., Suite 240, La Jolla, CA 92037.

—San Diego Union-Tribune County Obituaries for December 29, 2006