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Roving Reporter Stan Wharton went to Diablo Lodge in Danville to ask residents: What do you remember most about your father?
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Alice Gonzales, Retired housewife: My father was a cattle rancher in New Mexico. He put me on a horse by the time I was 9 years old and had me competing in local rodeos. He believed in his children being self sufficient and well educated. He was quite a guy. -
Tom Murphy, Retired electronics sales: I grew up in Oakland, and my father was an inspector for the Oakland post office. He was there all his working life. One day in 1970 as he was leaving work, he tripped down the staircase of the main post office on 7th street and died before he hit the bottom. He was 49, and I was 18 at the time. -
Helen Qualls, Retired kindergarten teacher: He was a coach and history teacher who was always interested in everything. He also liked gardening and was an artist. He was an all around guy. -
Jeannie Rader, Kaiser Permanente customer service: He was born at home on Albany Hill in Albany and eventually moved to El Cerrito. He worked at Standard Oil (now Chevron) for 35 years, and he did a rotating shift, so it was nice that we had him around the house a lot. He was an excellent craftsman and a very gentle person. I never heard him raise his voice. I heard him say “damn” once, and it upset my mother. -
Beatrice Kropf, Retired bank officer: My father was a sweet, honest and wonderful man. He never spanked me, although he threatened to. He taught us right from wrong and how to live. He worked for Ford Motor Co. in Detroit for many years.
