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and loved the works of the great painters. Mari exhibited regularly with First Street Gallery in New York. More about her life and art is available at www.marilyonsstudio.com.
Hospital where she stayed for thirty-five years. She spoke lovingly of her time at St. Joseph’s and of her colleagues whom she felt so lucky to have worked with.
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Marylou had a lifelong love of alpine skiing. She was fortunate to have had a wonderful husband and group of friends that traveled extensively skiing many of the world’s greatest mountains. She truly enjoyed the “ski group,” as well as her annual trip with the GGJs. She was an avid gardener (she had quite the green thumb), traveler, food and wine enthusiast, water skier and hiker. She loved the Napa Valley and was fortunate to spend her last days living in the place she adored so much. She also enjoyed following in her mother’s footsteps by spending her time volunteering at the Sharpsteen Museum in Calistoga.
BE C KY M OSH ER WA RD Becky’s sister, GEORGIANNE MOSHER ’64, informed us that her sister passed away on November 22, 2015 after an extended battle with Parkinson’s. She is survived by her husband, John S. Ward, and son Steven Ward. Her daughter, Stacey Ward Galati predeceased her mother after her own battle with Parkinson’s.
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Marylou Kilburn Schingler passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 24, 2014 in St. Helena, California. Marylou was born on September 19, 1948 to Channing and Betsy Kilburn. She was raised in Orinda, California attending high school at Anna Heads School in Oakland. She moved to Stockton to attend the University of the Pacific where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. After graduation, Marylou started her career as a laboratory technologist at Dameron Hospital. After five years at Dameron, she moved to St. Joseph’s
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Marylou was an extremely gifted artist. Her love of pleine aire painting can be seen in the many art works that she created in her tenure as an artist. Her gift as an artist will live on through her pieces of art that adorn so many of the walls of her family and friends’ homes. She was a member of the Stockton Art League and the Calistoga Art Center. Most importantly, Marylou will be truly missed by her family and friends who were so blessed to have known her. She was a wonderful wife, companion, and partner to her husband, Richard, a loving step-mom,
and a true friend. She touched so many people in her time here in such a profound way. She will be dearly, dearly missed. Marylou is survived by her husband, Richard; her step-children, Jason (Kristan) and Abbey (Shannon); her grandson, Alex; her sister, Betsy Beck; her mother in law, Carolyn; her nephew, Mark Beck (Kelly); her brother and sisters in law, Bob, Mary and Judy; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
1975 CAR O L CHR ISTIE PETERSO N Carol Christie Peterson was born December 26, 1957, in Berkeley and raised in Oakland, California. She passed away March 17, 2016, in her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after a long battle with breast cancer. Carol attended Heads in her junior high years as part of the Class of 1975, while her mother worked as a director of development. Carol was a graduate of The Colorado College, Class of 1979, where she earned a degree in Political Science. A member of the Delta Gamma Fraternity, she was also one of two female disc jockeys at the college radio station (KRCC). Carol earned a Law degree at Hastings College of the Law, University of California, in 1982.
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