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and Dean ’72, and grandchildren Laura, Douglas, Randy ’03, Hilary and James. John B. Selters Jr.
LLB ’41, of Chino, Calif.;
May 2. Phyllis Dixon Lavelle ’45, of San Francisco; April 3, at the age of 85. While at USC she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. After graduating, she and her husband, Dave Lavelle ’46, moved to San Francisco where she raised their six children and served as a Cub Scout mother and as Mother’s Club president of St. Monica School and St. Ignatius High School. She was an active member for more than 50 years of the auxiliaries of St. Mary’s Hospital, Little Children’s Aid, Little Sisters of the Poor and St. Monica’s Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. She was president of the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce Women’s Auxiliary in 1956. She returned to school in the late 1960s for a teaching credential and was a substitute teacher for many years. She was preceded in death by her father, Carl Parlin Dixon DDS ’19, mother Maud M. Fischer-Dixon DDS ’16, and husband David. She is survived by her sons, Dave, Tim, Mickey and Dan, daughters Patsy and Peggy, daughters-in-law Carol, Helene, Terri and Roanne, son-in-law Clark Rasmussen, grandchildren Denise Lauron, Philip, Brian, Ceci, Brendan, Corrin, Eileen, Heidi, Sean, Mike, Rebecca, Nicole, Rose, Brigid and Ingrid, and great-grandchildren Alyssa and Kathryn.
’45, LLB ’48, LLM ’60, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; April 13, of heart failure, at the age of 84. At USC, he was involved in the Naval ROTC and was a member of Phi Kappa Si fraternity. He was commissioned upon graduation to go overseas on the USS New York and received his law degree after his discharge from the U.S. Navy. He worked in his own private practice for several years and later went to work for Superior Oil Company. He also worked for Texaco Company and the Fluor Corporation, where he advanced his legal career as the head attorney of its oil and gas division. He retired from the Fluor Corporation in 1987. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Doris ’47, children Nancy, Barbara, Bob and Bill ’79, grandchildren Michael, Marina ’94, Mindy ’93, Billy, Danny ’03, Rebekah, Tamara, Caleb, Joshua and Helen, great-grandchildren Thomas, Joseph, Myles-Domino, Brooke and Kimberly, and his brother, Kenneth ’40.
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the Delta Gamma Alumnae Association and served on the board of the Clearway Foundation. She was on the executive board of the Christian Science Church in Laguna Beach, Calif., where she was a reader for three years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Laird, and daughter Lea K. Hillgren. She is survived by her son, Mark Hillgren, daughter-in-law Susan Hahn Hillgren, grandchildren Carl R. Hillgren and Sophia M. Hillgren, and niece Ann Schureman Bennett Dieroff. ’48, of Seattle; April 20, at the age of 88. He served in World War II as a naval flight instructor stationed primarily in Corpus Christi, Texas, and San Diego, Calif. He spent his career in various management positions for Los Angeles County and was a resident of the Pasadena/Glendale area since 1925. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Susan Haines. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Clara, son Mark, and cousin Barbara Mugler. Edward R. Haines
’49, MA ’59, of Salt Lake City, Utah; June 2, at the age of 91. He was a veteran of World War II. He led a long career as a teacher and high school administrator in the Whittier, Calif., area until 1969, then began a new career in business in Salt Lake City. After retiring, he taught school in Apia, Western Samoa, for the LDS Church College of Samoa. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Daphne, seven children, 45 grandchildren, and 35 great-grandchildren.
Charles H. Osborn
Beverly Judson Roose
Kay Schureman Laird ’47, of Laguna Hills, Calif.; Jan. 27, at the age of 83. She taught at the Newport Beach (Calif.) Elementary School, was active in Junior League and
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Charlene Hardey Steere ’49, of Malibu,
Calif.; Oct. 23, at the age of 81. She was USC’s Homecoming Queen in 1948. She was also a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, was the Hello and Smile Queen as a freshman and was involved in many campus activities. After graduating, she landed her first film role in Take Care of My Little Girl. She also worked as a model, appearing on billboards and in many magazine and newspaper ads. She frequently acted on Cecil B. DeMille’s Lux Theater radio show. She also appeared on several Fireside Theater television shows and had a regular role as Red Sanders’ secretary on the UCLA football coach’s live weekly television show. This led to a job offer as Sanders’ real secretary at UCLA, a job she held for the next several years until starting a family. She later was an active volunteer during her children’s elementary school years, serving as president of the PTA. She promoted the expansion of youth sports in Malibu and was involved in other community organizing. She was preceded in death by her uncle, Francis Hardey ’29. She is survived by her husband of more
than 51 years, Steve, daughter Shannon ’82, son Steve Jr., brother-in-law Don Steere MED ’61, 14 nieces, and eight nephews. Alfred “Al” Bernard Osterhues ’50, of Lake Forest, Calif.; April 17, at the age of 85. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star. After graduating from USC, he worked for the State of California and the Los Angeles County Engineers. He was the chief engineer for planning the towns of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Valencia, Calif., before starting his own business. He was a real estate broker, licensed landscape architect, licensed general contractor and registered civil engineer. He was a past president of the Exchange Club of San Clemente, Calif., and the 94th Infantry Division Association. He also belonged to the Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Professional Engineers, Archimedes Circle, David Wilson’s Associates, American Water Works Association and the USC South Orange County Trojan Club. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Ann-Marie ’71, MA ’79. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Donna, son Paul, daughter-in-law Diana ’73, DPT ’99, son-in-law Thomas, grandchildren Erik, April, Michael and Benjamin ’12, brothers Clarence and Raymond, sisters-in-law Edith and Bess, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
’51, of Paradise, Calif.; Feb. 21, at the age of 80. He attended USC as part of the NROTC program, and upon graduating he served on the USS Theodore E. Chandler in Korea. He worked at the Naval Ordinance Test Stations at China Lake, Calif., and Dahlgren, Va., before spending 20 years working for Lockheed Missiles and Space in Sunnyvale, Calif. He is survived by his wife, Claudean, children Kirt, Marlane, Breck, Tanya and Ross, and seven grandchildren. Robert Louis McAlexander
Dwana (Thomas) Holroyd ’54, of Stony Brook, N.Y.; May 25. After graduating from USC, she went on to study music at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and the Schola Cantorum in Paris. She toured around the world as an accompanist, a soloist and a duo-pianist, later appearing as a chamber performer and accompanist at the Salzburg Festival and as a soloist with the Pittsburgh (Penn.) Symphony. For several years she toured as the accompanist for the Gregg Smith Singers and was the resident pianist at the Adirondacks Festival of American Music. She was on the musical coaching staff in the opera department at UCLA and was a staff pianist, accompanist and musical coach at Cal State Los Angeles. She held a longstanding position as