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PILORZ, Bruno Harrison, died peacefully at his home in Santa Barbara on November 12, 2018. Bruno was born August 13, 1922 in Honolulu, then Territory of Hawaii, to Bruno Paul and Elizabeth Vivian Snyder Pilorz. He spent his boyhood in Mindanao and Hawaii before his family moved to California in 1937. He graduated from Piedmont High School in 1940, where he was President of his senior class. Bruno enrolled at Cal Tech where he lived in Ricketts Hall (and where, along with his two best friends, he originated a ceremony involving a brake drum which persists to this day). He lettered in Water Polo, Football, and Swimming, he was Vice President of his senior class, and he was Company Commander of his Naval V-12 unit. He graduated in 1944 with a BS in Chemistry. He was commissioned as an officer in the Submarine Service, USNR. He was assigned to the USS Entemedor (SS-340) as communications officer, but almost the first message he decoded on his first cruise was the V-J message: "Cease Hostilities". He was demobilized but then recalled during the Korean War, serving on the USS Catfish (SS-339). He was discharged as a Lieutenant, USNR, in 1952. In 1951, while visiting friends in Pasadena, he met Martha Baird Ingram. They were married in August 1951. In civilian life he worked for 40 years for as a chemical engineer and engineering manager for The Shell Chemical Company. His initial assignment was in Houston, followed by seven years in Ventura before a 1960 posting to the Head Office Engineering Group in New York and subsequently Houston. In 1972 he created Shell's Environmental Engineering Group, which he managed until his retirement in 1987. In retirement he and his wife Martha returned to Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. He amassed 3000 hours Reading for the Blind and Deaf, where his ability to read technical textbooks was highly valued. At Valle Verde, his retirement community, he was active as a parts reader in the drama production group. Through his life Bruno was an avid golfer - collecting 7 holes-in-one - and in retirement playing four or more rounds a week, always walking. He was known by friends and family for his penetrating and sometimes impish dry humor. Bruno is survived by his wife of 67 years, Martha Baird Ingram Pilorz, his sons Paul Ingram, Philip Baird, and Stuart Harrison, and his granddaughter, Alison Christine Pilorz. A memorial service will be held Monday, November 19 at 2pm at Valle Verde. Published in The Santa Barbara News-Press Online Edition Nov. 16, 2018.

RANDALL Ronald Glen, passed away peacefully November 10, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Ron was born February 20, 1945 in Jerome, AZ He was preceded in death by parents Hester "Dudley" and Lucille Randall, brother Joseph (Joey) Randall, niece Kimberly Bond and brother-in-law Lorenzo "Pud" Bond. He is survived by his devoted wife Debbie of 36 years, sisters Sharon Bond, Susan Suggs (Jackie) & Joan Tomoff, daughters, Danette "Sue" Pryor (Richard), Kathi "Katie" Timmons (Rich), step-children, Andrea Brooks (Scott), Matthew Blair (Laurie), & Melissa Ray, nine grandchildren; Kristina, Kyle, Nicole, Danielle, Belle, Logan, Lilly, Melissa and Allison and a great-grandson Elian. Ron also had many nieces and nephews. Ron grew up in Cottonwood and Bisbee, AZ and graduated from Bisbee High School in 1963. Following his graduation, he joined the US Navy where he served for seven years as a Submariner on the USS Thomas Jefferson. He completed seven patrols and ended his Navy service as an Electronics Technician (Nuclear) Petty Officer 2nd Class (SS) rank. Ron subsequently worked at the Contra Costa Water District as a Construction Inspector until his retirement in 2004. Ron also had a great love for photography and worked as a Wedding Photographer for 30+ years. He had a natural way with the thousands of brides & grooms he photographed, and only worked on referral. Ron also enjoyed golfing, touring the countryside on his Gold Wing motorcycle and RV'ing with their many friends. They were members of the Pink Flamingos RV Club and the Elks Lodge. Ron was known as Mr. Fix-It and could repair and fix anything. He inherited his mechanical skills from his father and his love for animals from his mother. He loved his many Chihuahuas he had over the years and spoiled them rotten. Ron touched the lives of so many. He was a social butterfly who met friends wherever he went. Celebration of Life will be held at the Elks Lodge in Pittsburg, Dec. 3 at 11:00am. Ron's final place of rest will be at the Sacramento Valley National Veteran's Cemetery, Dixon, CA. At the request of his family, donations in Ron's memory can be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Published in East Bay Times Nov. 16. 17, 2018

RHOADS, Edgar A., was born on June 16, 1937 and passed away on Thursday, November 15, 2018. Edgar was a resident of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin at the time of passing. Dusty proudly served in the US Navy as an electrician working on submarines. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund will be established in Dusty's name.

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