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Robert
William (Bill) O’Hara In loving memory of Robert William (Bill) O’Hara, who died peacefully Saturday morning, April 29th, 2006, at 7:15am at the Petaluma Care & Rehabilitation Center. A native of Fresno, he was born in January 1925, to Alma Jean Appel and Ruben Roland O’Hara. He was a veteran of WWII who served in Europe. In 1949 he graduated from California Polytechnic State University’s Engineering School. He was widowed by Mary Ellen Sullivan in December 1978 after a marriage of 30 years. Both he and Mary Ellen were active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Bill once serving as President of the Catholic Interracial Council of the San Francisco Archdioceses. He retired in the late 1980s from Lockheed (Moffitt Field). His helpmate of 28 years, Joan Ewing is currently in the care of her daughter Janet, in Berkeley. Joan & Bill traveled the world extensively with Veterans for Peace and were members of the Mid Peninsula & Santa Rosa Peace Centers. Bill was also a member of the MG Owners Club, and recently refurbished, for the fourth time since 1958, his right-hand drive 1950 MGTD. Bill loved life and wanted to make the world a better place for those who came after him. He is survived by his sister Margaret (Peg) Louise Smith of Fresno, and his 7 children: Peg(#2) & Seán(#3) in California, Kate(#6) in Oregon, James(#4) & Pat (#7) in Wisconsin, and Tim(#1) & Moira(#5) in Massachusetts. A memorial service was held on Saturday, May 6th, at Santa Rosa Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, in the Religious Education Commons. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa 95401; 707 575-8902; peacentr@sonic.net, www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org.
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