Class of 1950
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Patricia Westlund died April 29 in comfort; surrounded by her daughters, in the lovely palliative care room at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. She was 77.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 5th, from 4 – 7pm, followed by a 7 pm rosary at Chapel of the Angels Mortuary, 250 Race Street, Grass Valley. A mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, May 6th, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Grass Valley.
Patt was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Carl and Anna Pohlmann. Th e family moved to San Diego County in 1941 and Patt forever loved the warmth and fishing provided in that environment. She graduated from San Diego Union High School in Encinitas, and happily attended every reunion. Email provided her the ability to stay in touch with all of her classmates, which she loved. While in school, working with post-polio patients, she met a handsome Occupational Therapist, Kenneth Westlund.
In 1953 she graduated from Los Angeles County Hospital School of Nursing, and two months later she married Kenn. They moved to Garden Grove (Orange County) where they raised 3 daughters.
Patt worked in many venues as a nurse and enjoyed “medical talk”. In 1991 Patt and Kenn moved to Grass Valley, restored a Victorian home, and rejoiced in making many new friends.
Patt was a proud member of several travel clubs, the Ruby Nugget Red Hats, Keepsake Doll Club, and Newcomers Club. She is survived by daughters Holly (Phil) Champagne, Heidi (Daniel) Raudy, and Heather Wilson, and grandchildren Noelle (Craig) Huddleston, Patrick and Graham Champagne, Hannah, Ben and Daniel Swinford, and Joshua, Natasha and Jory Wilson, and great-granddaughter, Milana Swinford. Kenn preceded her in death in 2007.
They loved to travel, and her final advice to her family was, “Travel. It’s so broadening.”
Donations may be made to Hetty’s Haven, c/o Women of Worth, PO Box 213, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924.
Lives Lived, TheUnion.com. Another obituary may be read here.
July 22, 1999
Duane Paul Stillman, 66, died Monday, July 19, 1999, in Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, Calif.
Born Aug. 9, 1932, in Oceanside, he lived in the North County for 66 years. He owned and operated Stillman Cabinets in Solana Beach, Calif. for more than 25 years. He graduated from San Dieguito (Calif.) High School in 1950.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Karen Stillman, in 1991.
He is survived by his son, Paul R. Stillman of San Marcos, Calif.; a daughter, Lori Helewski, formerly of Duluth, now of San Marcos, and her children Brandon and Daniel; and a brother, Floyd Stillman of Solana Beach.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. today in Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside. Interment to follow. Arrangements by Allen Brothers Mortuary, Vista Chapel, Vista, Calif., (760) 726-2555.
—Duluth News-Tribune (MN).
