IN MEMORIAM Fred J. Pain, Jr., ’55, age 92, died July 4 in Phoenix, Ariz., where he had practiced trial law for nearly 60 years. He specialized in complex cases that often lasted for years. He was a powerful advocate for the underdog. Through his legal work, he changed many lives for the better. He continued to work on cases well into his eighties. Fred’s family was the center of his life. He and his wife, Carolyn, married in 1956 and had three children (Deborah, married to Mark Kimmel; John Gregory, married to Lisa Greene; and Matthew, who died in 1998), and five grandchildren (Maureen Kimmel, Emily Kimmel Gaffney, Kolbe Pain, Libby Pain and Alex Pain). After his family, Fred's lifelong passion was the law. After graduation, he enlisted in the US Navy, where he served as a lieutenant and in the Judge Advocate General Corps. Following military service, he drove across the US, visiting several cities in the Southwest. After seeing one of its beautiful desert sunsets, he decided that he and Carolyn would live in Phoenix. Beyond his family and the law, Fred loved baseball, piano music, Shakespeare, good literature, theatre, and Cannon Beach, Ore. He grew up in the 1930s listening to the New York Yankees play baseball on the radio. Before the old Yankee Stadium was demolished, he took his daughter to one last game, sitting by third base and teaching her how to score the game. Fred enjoyed playing the piano and was largely self-taught. He studied music theory using the college textbook written by his father-in-law. One of his few rules required each of his children to take piano lessons for five years to learn an appreciation for music. Fred's wife, Carolyn, was an actress and singer, and he was her greatest fan. Through her, he enjoyed theatre, music, and dance. He treasured his friendships at the Phoenix Theatre. He spent many evenings at the Phoenix Theatre, the Phoenix Symphony, the Arizona Ballet, and Scottsdale Center for the Arts. During a family vacation in the 1970s, Fred fell in love with the Oregon coast. He bought a small cottage by the beach, returning for summers and holidays with family and friends over the next four decades. He loved walking the long stretches of beach on chilly, misty days, feeling the gritty sand, and icy saltwater wash over his feet. Fred will be buried in a casket made of Oregon pine.
Joseph B. Matuga, ’57, of Highland, Ind., passed away Tuesday, July 6 at Munster Community Hospital at the age of 89. He is survived by three children: Kathy (Mark) Doty, Matthew (Julie) Matuga and Janis Matuga; loving grandchildren, Chloe and Aidan Matuga; longtime companion, Joan D. Judge and her son, Larry Judge; dear friends, Tom Goolik, Dennis Hoyda, Dr. Robert Thornton, and John and Ron Pluskis; and many
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