February 2020 - 72

In Memoriam
Canada

Jelle Dejong, Edmonton AB
John Rademaker, Halifax NS
Rajat K. Bhaduri, Dundas ON
John A. Gross, Sarnia ON
Larry Mitz, Madoc ON
* Ken J. Murray, Pickering ON
Michael J. Ridley, Toronto ON
* Nicole Hardy, St. Catherine QC
* Therese Joubarne, Montreal QC
Marie Rose Lavertu, Quebec QC

United States

* Gloria S. Kilpatrick, Bessemer AL
* Dolores P. Vance, Huntsville AL
Stephen F. Jacobs, Tucson AZ
Dr. Edwin J. Manning, Scottsdale AZ
* Lou Ann O'Rourke, Scottsdale AZ
* Henry Tate, Phoenix AZ
* Dr. Theodore Walden, Green Valley AZ
* Norman Avrech, Pacific Palisades CA
* Ron R. Butler, Palm Springs CA
* Jim M. Kelsey, Fremont CA

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Juna Lok, Palo Alto CA
Kenneth H. Maden, Coronado CA
Melvina Marble, Murphys CA
Paul V. McDaniels, Richmond CA
Arthur C. Peterson, Redondo Beach CA
Dolores K. Rudow, San Rafael CA
Terry Terzian, Castro Valley CA
Evelyn D. Petrucci, Dover DE
John Biller, Plantation FL
Dennis Cogan, Palmetto FL
John W. Eidt, Naples FL
Charles Gill, St. Petersburg FL
Will B. Grant, Juno Beach FL
David H. Kravetz, Delray Beach FL
Gertrude K. Mainberger, Venice FL
Adrienne Muslin, Tampa FL
Stanley Regenbogen, Longboat Key FL
Beverly R. Saltz, Delray Beach FL
Gary Tabak, Lake Worth FL
Dick Browne, Alpharetta GA
Betty Capodice, Bloomington IL
Jay D. Poling, Decatur IL
Marjorie L. Kite, Indianapolis IN

Claude W. Cain III
1944-2019
By Dan Kroll, Berkeley CA
Claude Cain passed away in November
2019 at the age of 75 after battling numerous ailments. Claude was a San Francisco
native who was devoted to the game of
bridge and to his many students. After working as an electronics
specialist and relationship therapist (among other avocations),
Claude taught bridge for more than 25 years and taught more
than 8000 students, many of whom joined the ACBL and went
on to become Life Masters and higher.
In his younger years, Claude won titles in high-level pairs and
team events in regional and national tournaments, but in his
later years, he focused on passing along his wealth of bridge
stories and wisdom to budding players. Claude was a bidding
expert, devising a strong club system modeled on the Italian
Blue Team with many innovative variations. He was fond of saying (and was quoted in a television interview about the game)
that "bridge is the most fun you can have with your clothes on."
Claude thankfully respected that bit of decorum in his weekly
Thursday night bridge games in his home, in which he laboriously wrote up suggested auctions for each hand on the detailed hand records, in the days before computer double-dummy analysis was available.
In addition to his passion for bridge, Claude was an avid
reader, music lover and friend to all animals. He amassed a large
collection of books, stamps, classical and jazz music, movies,
songs, recipes, and, most fondly, stories that he loved to tell to
his many bridge students. He and his fount of bridge lore will
be missed.

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Dean H. Becker, Wichita KS
* Phyllis D. Nicholson, Salina KS
* Marge Handley, Elizabethtown KY
Jane A. Rummell, Lexington KY
* George A. Runyan, Metairie LA
William H. Carpentier, Indian Head MD
James L. Mason, Easton MD
* John C. Wang, Beltsville MD
Alonzo L. McDonald, Birmingham MI
Betty W. Shaw, Lennon MI
* Bruce F. Boje, Chanhassen MN
Judy M. Reynolds, Clearwater MN
* Rose A. Etzkorn, St. Louis MO
Oliver D. Landis, Southport NC
* Ray Murphy, Winston-Salem NC
* Evelyn K. Weinmann, Asheville NC
* Sheldon Berger, Hackensack NJ
* Vera Sandor, Upper Montclair NJ
Raya Gitlow, New York NY
* Sheldon Rothchild, New York NY
Arthur P. Munger, Collinsville OK

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Charles E. Baker, Jr., Corvallis OR
Mary Ann Chiappetta, Chesterbrook PA
Joan M. Gowder, Horsham PA
Mary A. Illson, Monroeville PA
Audrey S. Marzolf, Jeannette PA
Rose Calvin, Houston TX
Bed R. Joshi, Pearland TX
Dennis C. McAdams, Georgetown TX
Kay Quinn, Tomball TX
Billie Rush, Odessa TX
Robert W. Van Lone, Prosper TX
Piri E. Bailey, Haymarket VA
George R. Barber, Yorktown VA
Fern M. Gundaker, Williamsburg VA
Robert N. Hackett Jr., Yakima WA
Wanda Ottensmeyer, Vancouver WA
Marilyn M. Saba, Poulsbo WA
Helen J. Reilly, Mequon WI
Frederick R. Mason, Beckley WV

*Life Master

Martin Miller 1937-2019
By Patti Lee, Etobicoke ON
Our beloved Martin Edward (Marty)
Miller died in September 2019. Marty was
born in 1937 in Rochester NY. He went to
university in Ohio and eventually moved to
California, where he lived for 25 years.
Marty was a social worker and a rehabilitation counselor at a penitentiary.
Marty believed that education for young first offenders would
broaden their outlook and give them something to strive for,
hopefully ensuring that they would not repeat. He convinced
management to purchase 40 bicycles. The participants rode
the bikes to a community college during the day, and reported
back to the penitentiary in the late afternoon. He was so proud
of the success of this program, as most of his participants never
returned to jail.
For the last 10 of his California years, Marty owned and operated a very successful bridge and backgammon club. In 1978, he
was president of Unit 507 (San Jose).
Marty had a long love affair with bridge, first learning to play
on a bus ride to Mexico when he was about 20 years old. He was
a fierce competitor, winning dozens of regional events and placing in many national events. But he also loved mentoring others,
advising them of the importance of good partnership. Marty
moved back to Rochester in the late 1980s. There he continued
to play bridge and mentor others in this exciting pastime.
My love affair with Marty started in the early 2000s. When
we married in 2009, we moved to Canada. He always remained
a strong American, but proudly cheered for the Toronto Raptors basketball team.
Marty's adventuresome spirit took him to over 120 countries
and six continents. He always took "the road less traveled" and
strongly believed in "stopping and smelling the roses." He was
kind, intelligent, and a great listener with a wonderful smile.

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