Searle Garth Colson: A resident of Oakland, Colson was a fourth generation Californian whose ancestors settled in Oakland in 1851. Colson graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1946. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a graduate of Armstrong College. He died June 21 at the age of 85.
Margaret Lawrence: A resident of Oakland, Lawrence was a German Holocaust survivor. She worked for 23 years at the Oakland Kaiser Medical Center. She was also a gifted piano player. Lawrence died on July 3 at the age of 96.
Manuela Cardenas: A resident of Newark, Cardenas lived most of her life in Oakland. She worked as a bilingual interpreter/campus supervisor at Roosevelt Junior High in Oakland for 26 years. Cardenas died on June 26 at the age of 83.
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