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Blue Devils, from page 1 Nebraska en route to the annual DCI World Championships in Indianapolis. There, they met up with the A Corps, which had been on tour a month longer. At DCI, the Individual and Ensemble competition is held before the teams compete Friday and Saturday. Nunn decided to enter the individual competition, which is open to anyone from the World and Open classes. Annette Odello, part of the legendary family that founded the Blue Devils, choreographed Nunn’s sabre solo routine. The CV junior stunned her older, more experienced competitors with a performance that
earned her the I&E individual color guard gold medal. The Blue Devils B Corps put on stellar performances in the semi-finals and finals to grab the gold. The B Corps’ program was entitled “Pursuit,” featuring the music of Imogen Heap’s 2005 hit “Hide and Seek,” John Meehan and John Mapes. Rick Odello, brother of Annette and a 2008 DCI Hall of Fame inductee, is the director of the B and C corps. Their parents, Tony and Ann, founded the Blue Devils in 1957, a year before Clayton Valley High opened. This was a bittersweet year
for the Odellos and the Blue Devils. Their patriarch, Tony Odello, died in March, so the dual World Championships proved a fitting tribute and just rewards after both corps took silver medals in 2008. The Blue Devils A Corps has won 13 DCI World Championships, including at least three in each of the past four decades. “We’re happy, obviously, that we had a successful run at it and it’s nice to have an unblemished record through the whole thing,” Rick Odello said after the Indianapolis performance. “It’s a feeling beyond compare.” For more information on the Blue Devils, visit www.bluedevils.org.
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Obituaries
Joyce Murdock 1929 – 2009 Clayton resident Joyce Murdock died July 14 in Rocklin. She was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 1929, but grew up in Redwood City. She attended Washington State University and received a degree in teaching. She was a member and served as president of Kappa Delta Sorority. She was a resident of Clayton for nearly 50 years. She belonged to the Clayton Historical Society and the American Association of University Women and was director for many years for the Clayton Community
School. She also was a noon supervisor at Mt. Diablo Elementary School for more than 25 years.
Joyce enjoyed music, the theater, the outdoors (especially gardens) and animals. She loved to talk politics and about the history of people and places where she has traveled. She was also an avid 49ers fan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley A. Murdock. Survivors include her children, Dale Murdock, Gary Murdock, Lynn Murdock Gossett and Mark Murdock; grandchildren Krystine, Noreen, Bryan, Corinne, Anna and Matthew; and great-grandchild Nathan. Services were held July 24 in Menlo, Wash.
Faye Marilyn Tompach 1935 – 2009
Photo courtesy Trowbridge family
CLAYTON VALLEY HIGH STUDENTS OLIVIA HANSEN, EMILY NUNN AND TANYA TROWBRIDGE THE BLUE DEVILS B CORPS COLOR GUARD which helped their team win the DCI World Championship Open Class gold medal in Indianapolis.
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Clayton resident Faye Marilyn Tompach, 74, died Aug. 11 of complications from surgery at John Muir Medical Center in Concord. Faye was born July 10, 1935, in Fresno, one of three children of Earl and Arna Phillips. She was a former San Leandro and Fremont resident and has resided the past five years in Clayton with her loving husband. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. She loved music, traveling, gardening, knitting and cross stitching. She also was a collector of dolls and teddy bears, but most of all her family was her passion. She is survived by her husband of three years, Norm
Tompach, and daughters Linda Rice of South Lake Tahoe, Bonnie Shelenski (Mark) of Beaverton, Ore., and Lisa St.Pierre (Mike) of Pleasanton. Daughter Jana Rice preceded her in death, as did her first husband Bill Rice. Other survivors include brothers Richard Phillips of San Leandro and Thomas Phillips (Cathy) of Los Angeles; five grandchildren, Greg, Drew, Amy, Stephanie and Emily; and two great-grandchildren, Takoa and Ezekiel.
She was immediately accepted as a loving grandma by Norm’s seven grandchildren after their marriage. A memorial celebration of Faye’s life will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug 22, at Quimet Bros. Concord Funeral Chapel, 4125 Clayton Road. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers a memorial contribution to the N a t i o n a l Multiple Sclerosis Society, Northern California Chapter, 1700 Owens St., Suite 190, San Francisco, CA 94158.
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