THE PASSING OF RON DANDY

10-14-51 TO 2-13-2010

RON AT VERNAL FALLS

YOSEMITE JULY 1968

IT IS WITH A DEEP SENSE OF LOSS THAT I REPORT THE PASSING OF MY GOOD FRIEND RON DANDY. HE PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING AFTER A VERY LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. RON WAS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND THRU JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER COLLEGE, WE WERE ROOMMATES UNTIL HE MARRIED HIS WIFE LINDA IN 1973. THE PICTURE ABOVE WAS TAKEN WHEN RON AND I DID OUR FIRST OF SEVERAL "ROAD TRIPS" TO CAMP IN YOSEMITE VALLEY. THAT PICTURE IS HOW I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER RON.

PASSING OF MARK GROGAN

MARK ERIC GROGAN PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER ON DECEMBER 19, 2009. HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 15, 1950 AND SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BURBANK. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE BURBANK YMCA. THE PAST FEW YEARS, HE LIVED IN BASS LAKE, CA WHERE HE WORKED IN REAL ESTATE SALES AND ENJOYED RIDING HIS HARLEY DAVIDSON IN THE MOUNTAINS. I WAS ABLE TO SEE AND TALK TO HIM AT OUR 40TH REUNION. HE WAS FIGHTING THE CANCER AT THAT TIME AND SEEMED TO BE IN VERY GOOD SPIRITS.