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Posted on: Nov 05, 2026 at 1:33 AM

Posted on: Oct 31, 2026 at 9:51 AM

You are one of the few people I could recognize in the photos of the reunion. I hope you all had a good time. Rob

Posted on: Feb 24, 2026 at 10:21 AM

I won't be able to come to the 60th class reunion. I've made most of the others. I live in Spain now. I won't return to the US for a while.

Posted on: Oct 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM

Best wishes for the class reunion. I'm not able to attend this one. I have attended all the previous ones, I think. I've been living in Spain for the past three years and my husband Richard and I both love it. He is from Argentina so already speaks Spanish. My Spanish keeps improving. We have a very close international community here and great relationships with our Spanish neighbors. Spain offers freedoms and security that are only aspirational in the US. Spain takes very good care of children and older people. It is not a youth-centric culture. Older people are respected. I am respected by virtue of my age even if I'm an immigrant. We never have to think twice about being open about our relationship or our sexuality. One can feel what it is like to live in a country where there is equality between men and women. We feel like we have found a home here. We enjoy the life healthy style, the culture, and the food.

Posted on: Oct 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM

n Memory - Thomas Carl Lueder
Thomas "Tom" Carl Lueder passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of July 2, 2026, in Santa Rosa at the age of seventy-eight. Tom was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to many. Those who knew him saw him as steady, caring, and committed in anything he took on. Those traits fostered love and respect in friends and family alike.
Born on June 29, 1948, in Fresno, California, to parents Carl and Betty Lueder, Tom grew up as older brother to sister Nancy and brother Chris. After a few years of living and growing in Fresno and Chowchilla, the family moved north to the city of Belmont, California, to put down some serious roots with other young, post-war families, making for a tight-knit, nurturing, neighborhood.
As the oldest child of the Lueder kids, Tom naturally fell into the role of leader. As a youngster, he was heavily influenced by his ex-marine father. Carl worked long and hard as a high school teacher and football coach at Capuchino High School. The U.S.
Marines ethos served Carl, and, by extension, Tom well. Hard work, giving everything one had to give, tackling the hard and challenging jobs, all while looking out for your buddy's best interests worked for both - well, most of the time. Carl was always willing to provide frequent, military-inspired "buzz" cuts to all the boys in the neighborhood.
That was a tough sell to Tom and the guys who, in the early 1960s, were more drawn to the mop-top style, popular at the time. Whatever the length of his hair, he started dating in high school and soon met and began dating a classmate at Carlmont High School, Jackie Evans. Dating led to a love that lasted a life time. They married in 1967. Jackie gave birth to their son, Eric, and Tom got serious about finding a career in the young Silicon Valley. He landed a job in the design and drafting of integrated circuits that kept the family comfortable and kept him interested and busy, but something was missing.
He wanted more from a career, and in 1974, after adding fire science to his studies at the College of San Mateo, he found it, his career. He entered the fire service with the San Leandro Fire Department and never again questioned his career choice, not for a moment. Tom worked with pride, determination, and passion at SLFD and later Alameda County Fire. He rose through the ranks to Captain, and along the way picked up the nickname Captain Huggie due to his long, hugs that he offered freely to those who needed one. He was a strong and caring leader, always willing to help a fellow firefighter learn and advance through coaching, training, and mentoring (plus bonus hugs). One of the highlights of his career was being a charter member and a developer of the Critical Incidents Debrief Team for the fire department, whose business it was to care for and appropriately treat those firefighters who were or would inevitably be affected by the traumas they experienced on the job. Hugs helped here, too. While working a demanding schedule and raising an energetic youngster, Tom and Jackie longed for a quiet place that they could truly call home. In 1980, they built their dream home on a portion of Jackie's grandparents' (Bert and Julia Elliott) apple and walnut ranch in the hills outside of Occidental, surrounded by towering redwoods. The build was a full family affair, with Tom's and Jackie's parents (Carl & Betty Lueder, Jack and Wilma Evans) and son Eric offering their skills, experience, and labor along the way.
Retiring from the department in 2003, Tom turned to new passions like motorcycle riding, traveling the with Jackie and teaching an occasional fire science class at Santa Rosa Junior College. He was also into trap shooting and supporting Jackie's dog training and scent-work (dog) competitions. He was a dedicated and loving grandfather to Natasha. Perhaps he was his happiest when spending time and hosting friends and family at the family cabin at Lake Tahoe or at home on Joy Road in the house that Jackie and Tom had built together to forever celebrate their love.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Betty and Carl. Tom is survived by his loving, devoted wife of 59 years, Jackie; their wonderful son, Eric (Debbi); their adorable-and-talented-since-birth granddaughter, Natasha (Kevin); their beloved dog, Lacey J; a fabulous sister, Nancy (Vinaye); a great brother, Chris (Donna); and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews to round out the family.
Tom has left to us a legacy of dedication, strength, and love for family and friends.
A parting quote: "Proceed as if Success is Inevitabl

Jeff, did Danette pickup my breakfast tab? Great seeing you at Reunion

The New Starting 5, for the GS Warriors

Posted on: Oct 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM

Martha and I have been at Emerald Heights In Redmond Washington since May 2024.
We moved here 2 1/2 years ago after 45 years on a 16 acre hobby farm near Monroe, Washington. We raised two boys, doing 4H and then select soccer, we also raised many sheep and lambs, llamas, alpacas, goats, and chickens, and in my spare time, I spent many hours with Monroe family practice.
There were no specialists for the first 15 years, so I assisted with surgeries, made home visits etc. I delivered babies until my brain tumor in May of 1990 but still followed the babies I had delivered. In 2008, I left Monroe for five years at the Snoqualmie tribal clinic in nearby Carnation.
Emerald Heights isa wonderful nonprofit continuing care center with 600 residents on 35 acres with 10 acres of forest.
Because I am having more difficulty walking, we checked several things off our bucket list. In April, we spent a week with Road Scholar in Florida at Amelia Island and Saint Augustine and then in July and South Dakota is in Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Mammoth Hot Springs, and the Inside Passage in Alaska. (The neurologist theorizes that the neural network that took over after my tumor excision is wearing out.) I took a walker to Mount Rushmore and to Maine in August.

We will miss the reunion, because we had an undergraduate reunion at Lake Tahoe two weeks ago and made a 10-day road trip.
I really enjoyed our last reunion, and appreciate all the effort that has gone into arranging this one.
I look forward to sharing this weekend's events vicariously.
Thanks everyone,
Best regards to all,
Hans Dankers

With Popeye in Cambria. Only problem he’s Navy and I was First Division, Ranger.

Posted on: Oct 07, 2026 at 10:43 AM

My beloved husband passed away 7/2/2026

Happy Birthday Bill!

Posted on: Oct 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM

Hi Robb,
Thanks for the campus map. I won't be there next weekend. Martha and I made a 9 day road trip to Fallen Leaf Lake last weekend for an undergrad reunion, and couldn't do both.
Be well and greetings to everyone. Hans
No hard feelings for beating me for SB Pres.