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Services will be Friday for Domingo Isaias Job, who died Tuesday at Watsonville Community Hospital. He was 80.
A native of Mexico City, he had lived in Watsonville for 60 years.
He owned and operated the Monterey Club bar and restaurant on Main Street in Watsonville for 45 years. While his children were growing up, he was active in Boy Scouting, school activities and sports.
He is survied by his wife of 42 years, Blanca Job of Watsonville; two sons, Isaias Job of San Jose and Abraham Job of Watsonville; brother Juan Job of El Paso; and numerous nieces and nephews in Texas and Mexico City.
His sister, Julia Job, died before him.
A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Mehl’s Colonial Chapel, 222 E. Lake Ave., Watsonville. Friends may call at Mehl’s from 5 to 9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Valley Cemetery.
November 13, 2003
Carmen R. Garcia
Services will be Monday for Carmen R. Garcia, who died Tuesday at Watsonville Community Hospital after a short illness. She was 91.
A native of Tamazula, Jalisco, Mexico, she had lived in Watsonville for 50 years. She worked for Green Giant for 25 years and was a member of the Teamsters union.
A member of Assumption Church in Pajaro, she went to the Senior Citizens Center and loved to play bingo.
She is survived by sons Daniel Torres of Salinas, Abel Torres of Watsonville and Hector Quintero of Watsonville; daughters Consuela Escobedo of Salinas, Alicia Seldana of Watsonville, Elvia Ramirez of Watsonville and Lupe E. Iniguez of Watsonville; 15 grandchildren, 41 great- grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband, John, and son Rudopho Torres died before her.
A rosary will be said Sunday at 6 p.m. at Mehl’s Colonial Chapel, 222 E. Lake Ave., Watsonville. Friends may call at Mehl’s from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 9:30 a.m. Monday at Assumption Church in Pajaro. Burial will follow at Pioneer Cemetery.
November 14, 2003
Winifride ‘Wynn’ Alexander
No services will be held for Winifride "Wynn" Alexander, who died Nov. 7. She was 88.
Mrs. Alexander was born in Ste. Annes, England, and owned a dress-making shop there before coming to the United States as a war bride on the Queen Mary.
Mrs. Alexander, a 58-year resident of Santa Cruz, co-owned Alexander’s jeweler on Pacific Avenue with her husband from 1945 to 1995.
Mrs. Alexander enjoyed gardening, cooking, talking to animals, camping and fishing. She always caught more fish than her husband.
She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Walter Alexander of Santa Cruz; daughter Lynda Alexander of Santa Cruz; and sister Sally Belmont-Maitland of London, England.
At her request, no services will be held.
Contributions are preferred to the Lymphoma Society, 1311 Mamoroneck Ave., White Plains, N.Y., 10605.
Arrangements are by Pacific Gardens Chapel, 1050 Cayuga St., Santa Cruz.
November 14, 2003
Retired UCSC faculty member Ronald Ruby dies
Sentinel staff report
A memorial is planned Nov. 23 for Ronald H. Ruby, a physicist and one of the first faculty members at UC Santa Cruz, who died Nov. 5. He was 70.
Born in San Francisco, his parents were part of the Jewish chicken-farming community in Petaluma. He discovered early his fascination with designing and building the right apparatus.
He attended UC Berkeley, earning a bachelor’s degree in physics, then served in the U.S. Navy before returning to UC Berkeley for doctorate, working on magnetic resonance phenomena.
He turned his attention to photosynthesis, devising new equipment to try to understand the process, after working in the lab of Berkeley professor Melvin Calvin, who won a Nobel prize for his work on the role of carbon in photosynthesis.
In 1965, Mr. Ruby was recruited to UCSC to work at the newly established Cowell College, where he won a prestigious Sloan Fellowship for photosynthesis research.
During his tenure at UCSC, he became known for his teaching innovations.
Colleague Peter Scott recalled how he would act out the part of famous physicists like Isaac Newton for his students. He explained centrifugal forces as students whirled around on a funhouse carousel and he composed the "Electricity and Magnetism Calypso" to help them understand the features of electric fields.
Mr. Ruby designed a homespun oscillator using a hacksaw blade, a photo cell and a flashlight bulb to demonstrate harmonic oscillation.
"It was completely ingenious," said Scott, adding that the device is still used in physics labs on campus.
Mr. Ruby met Dorothy Bell, a graduate student in psychology as he began graduate school. His wife recalled his sense of showmanship was not confined to the classroom. One birth announcement reads, "It’s a baby," showing the proud father in a boater and cane, clicking his heels, tap dance style.
The couple raised four children in Santa Cruz, but spent two years abroad, living in Oslo, Norway, from 1972 to 1974. The first year, Mr. Ruby was on sabbatical; the second year, he had a Norwegian fellowship.
"It was a nice place to go back to, and a nice place to take our children," his wife said.
The couple had visited the country when they were just married, and had always wanted to return.
As the campus grew, Mr. Ruby played an active role, serving on the committees writing a long-range development plan, setting up an electronics lab and overseeing recreation and physical education. He chaired the Academic Senate, the faculty governing body, and the Physics Board, and served as associate dean of natural sciences. He also found time to coach the rugby team.
He liked to go for long bicycle rides, 20 to 30 miles, on Sunday mornings, sometimes heading up Branciforte Drive then down Old San Jose Road or Rodeo Gulch back to Santa Cruz.
‘He’d say, ‘Let’s meet under the eagle,’" said Peter Scott, using his term for the statue across from the downtown post office. "We miss that guy."
After retiring in 1991, Mr. Ruby took the opportunity to bicycle, sail, travel, spend time with his grandchildren and compete in rowing and Nordic skiing - a sport he had taken up while living in Norway. His wife noted that each activity required special equipment with an interesting history and plenty of room for technical innovation.
NAME: Ronald H. Ruby
BORN : Dec. 1, 1932 in San Francisco.
DIED: Nov. 5, 2003, in Santa Cruz
EDUCATION: BA, PhD from UC Berkeley; postdoctoral work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OCCUPATION: Physicist on faculty of UC Santa Cruz, from 1965 to 1991; conducted research at UCSC and University of Oslo in Norway
SURVIVORS: Mother Ruth Bittmann of Oakland; wife Dorothy Bell Ruby of Santa Cruz; two daughters, Leah Williams of Cambridge, Mass., and Rachel Ruby of North Monterey County; two sons, Michael Ruby of Boulder, Colo., and Joel Ruby and two grandchildren.
SERVICES: 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at Cowell College Library at UCSC, with his ashes scattered at sea off the Santa Cruz coast.
DONATIONS: UC Santa Cruz Foundation- Ruby Award, University Relations, Carriage House, UCSC 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064. This award will be presented annually for excellence in teaching natural sciences at UCSC.
November 17, 2003
Dale Keith Valory
Services will be today for Dale Keith Valory, who died Wednesday at a Watsonville nursing home. He was 60.
He was a graduate of Acalanes High School in Lafayette.
In 1970, he received a graduate’s degree in anthropology from UC Berkeley. As part of his postgraduate work, he helped organize the George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library at UC Berkeley’s Kroeber Hall.
He is survived by mother Kay Valory of Concord; brothers Craig Valory of Ben Lomond, Lance Valory of Minden, Nev., Ross Valory of Danville, Brett Valory of Pleasant Hill and Dana Valory of Clayton; and several nieces and nephews.
Services are 1 p.m. today at St. Peter and St. Paul Orthodox Church, 9980 Highway 9, Ben Lomond.
November 22, 2003
Maxwell George Hohlbauch
Services will be Monday for Maxwell George Hohlbauch, who died Tuesday at his home in Ben Lomond. He was 89.
Mr. Hohlbauch was born in Tulare. He had lived in Ben Lomond for the past 30 years.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later worked as a farmer for 26 years in the Tulare area. After moving to the San Lorenzo Valley in 1973, he worked in real estate until he retired.
He attended the Felton Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed singing and often did so as a soloist when he attended church in the Visalia area. He also liked to fish, go horseback riding and do carpentry work.
He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Mary Coyner Hohlbauch of Ben Lomond; sons James Frederick Hohlbauch of Visalia and Maxwell Brian Hohlbauch of Santa Cruz; sisters Marjorie D. Curry of Joshua Tree and Beverly J. Peter of Snohomish, Wash.; and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
His first wife, Wilma Hutt Hohlbauch, died before him.
Service will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Felton District Cemetery.
Contributions are preferred to the Hospice Caring Project of Santa Cruz County, 6851 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003; or to the Felton Presbyterian Church, 6090 Highway 9, Felton, CA 95018.
November 22, 2003
