April 2020 - 74

In Memoriam
Canada

* Walter P. Brock, Calgary AB
Jane E. Purdie, Red Deer AB
Bob Thole, Lethbridge AB
Peter Chew, Victoria BC
Ronald S. Osborne, Ladysmith BC
Dr. Hans A. Witt, Lake County BC
Joyce E. Dalton, Fredericton NB
David Gaudet, Little Brook NS
Angela Baxter, Sarnia ON
Nan J. McLean, Sutton West ON
Murray Nott, Sault Ste. Marie ON

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Mary R. Barwick, Wetumpka AL
David G. Richmond, Orange Beach AL
Emma E. Shirock, Montgomery AL
Patricia Brish, Sun City West AZ
Peggy S. Shannon-Brown,
Lake Havasu City AZ
E. Sue Ward, Phoenix AZ
Beverly L. Cochran, La Crescenta CA
Michael F. Creamer, Oxnard CA
Mavis Depass, Exeter CA
Patricia B. Evans, Dana Point CA
Mary M. Green, San Diego CA
Edward Kreins, Nipomo CA
George Y. Longyear, Villa Park CA
Barbara F. Loweree, Burbank CA
Martha A. Melton, Foster City CA
Louise Rhea, Indio CA
Norma Petersen, Stockton CA
Anthony J. Robinson, Coronado CA
Marian Templeton, Irvine CA
Sue Thue, Santa Rosa CA
Phyllis P. Trilling, Laguna Woods CA
Joe E. Venosa, La Quinta CA
Jacob Weisberg, Mission Viejo CA
Judith J. Lynch, Lafayette CO
John W. Swenson, Englewood CO
Jerome W. Cramp, Salisbury CT
Pamela G. Vass, Stamford CT
Edythe A. Mendolia, Greenville DE
Nancy Blurton, Naples FL
John Breen, Naples FL
Dann B. Davies, Boca Raton FL
Ruth K. Falk, Winter Park FL
Marion K. Frederick, Vero Beach FL
Dr. John H. Griscom, Boca Raton FL
David Keinan, Aventura FL
Betty C. Kleeman, Tallahassee FL
Bebe B. Kline, Ponte Vedra Beach FL
Lawrence E. Oppenheimer, Titusville FL
Cynthia F. Rehm, Hobe Sound FL
Leonard M. Saari, Boca Grande FL
Don Tribus, Vero Beach FL
Jack Walser, Bonita Springs FL
Susan C. Willoughby, Fort Myers FL
James M. Kiss, St. Marys GA
Susan C. Martin, Columbus GA
Shirley G. Vaughn, Savannah GA
Leonard A. Jaffe, Kaneohe HI

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Shirley A. McAnelly, Indianola IA
Christine M. Carroll, Champaign IL
Patricia C. Andersen, Newburgh IN
P.J. Eflin, Anderson IN
P. Jim O'Connell, Hutchinson KS
E.L. Yost, Wichita KS
Marty Solomon, Lexington KY
William D. Tanck, Lexington KY
Sharon F. Henry, Metairie LA
Dorothy Sanderfer, Covington LA
Dr. George Gardos, Sharon MA
Samuel C. Keiter, Adamstown MD
Nancy C. Raftery, Edgewater MD
Rhona B. Tabor, Baltimore MD
Lee M. Crossen, Frankfort MI
E.J. Mike Grathwohl, Niles MI
Jean Leighton, St. Cloud MN
Mary C. Meinecke, Stillwater MN
Thomas R. Remick, Carver MN
Evan S. Sachs, Edina MN
Jean E. Sanford, St. Paul MN
Diane R. Wright, Minneapolis MN
Elizabeth O. Studt, St. Louis MO
Betty Jones, Helena MT
H. Leon Gatlin, Charlotte NC
Virginia Gregory, Asheville NC
Dr. Worth Gregory, Asheville NC
Dr. George A. Haeseler, Greensboro NC
Richard B. Troxel, Hendersonville NC
Donald Aslan, South Orange NJ
Dennis J. Bernat, Hackensack NJ
Lucille A. Davignon, New Providence NJ
Alan S. Fleishman, Fort Lee NJ
David Goldstein, Edison NJ
Ted O'Keefe, Lakewood NJ
Robert P. Blount, Alamogordo NM
Julie J. Drennan, Albuquerque NM
Robert E. Katz, Albuquerque NM
Joel Cartun, New York NY
Richard L. Egelston, Albany NY
James F. Frenzel, New York NY
Diana S. Pillsworth, Water Mill NY
Tana F. Scholl, Coram NY
Carol Grieselhuber, Centerville OH
Patrick G. Hoffman, Cincinnati OH
Jo Anne Georgi, Stayton OR
Joyce Guhy, Redmond OR
George O. Watts, Bend OR
Richard J. Crosbie, Feasterville-Trevose PA
Burrill C. Porter, York PA
Sylvia Zalkind, Providence RI
Suzanne C. Brown, Okatie SC
James M. Horkheimer, N. Charleston SC
John S. Harbour, Union City TN
Barbara J. Estes, Devine TX
Dr. Allan Gold, Dallas TX
Josephine B. Grabow, Grey Forest TX
Patricia M. Handly, El Paso TX
Jody Henry, Huntsville TX
Norma Murray, Menard TX
Karen Snyder, Spicewood TX

Graham Gilmer III, Lynchburg VA
* Mary G. Petty, Yorktown VA
* William Parsons, Rawlins WY

Edna Tuerck, Temple TX
* William White, Arlington TX
* Lewis R. Boynton, Kaysville UT

*Life Master

Dr. John Griscom
1929-2020
Grand Life Master John Griscom, 90,
died Feb. 2 at his home in Boca Raton FL.
Griscom, who accumulated almost 14,000
masterpoints during his playing career, won
the Baldwin North American Pairs in 1983
with Jim Felts. He had many regional championship titles.
Griscom was born in Nashville TN and lived most of his life
there. A graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy, Vanderbilt
University, and Vanderbilt Medical School, he practiced internal medicine in private practice until joining the Frist Clinic in
Nashville where he finished up his professional career.
Griscom is survived by his wife of 35 years, Vivian Griscom,
four children and nine grandchildren.

Norma Petersen
1924-2019
By the family of Norma Petersen
Norma Petersen of Stockton CA died
May 12, 2019, peacefully sitting on her couch
watching TV. She was 95 years young.
As an active member of the Stockton
Bridge Center, Norma held every board
position multiple times, from president to sergeant-at-arms. She
was a Ruby Life Master.
Norma mentored players, offering sound encouragement and
advice often wrapped around a bit of good humor. For instance,
she advised, "The most important convention you have to remember is to 'Always blame your partner!'"
Norma loved duplicate bridge. Bridge was an intellectual outlet for her as well as her community. As she aged, her bridge family was there for her, offering rides, providing meals and lifelong
friendships.
Norma was fiercely independent and lived by herself in an
apartment, not assisted living ("Those are for old people"). She
was an inspiration to others, a loyal friend, and very generous and
helpful to others in need.
Norma was a registered nurse and was director of nursing at
Dameron Hospital in Stockton at the time of her retirement. In
the 1960s, she was in the vanguard for nursing equality and collective bargaining, opening the way for improvement of working
conditions, salaries, higher status, gender equality and the right
for nurses to work with a contract.
Norma was preceded in death by her husband, Pete (1989),
and is survived by three daughters, two grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter.
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