The Memorial Wall

Margaret J Sepe, 87, of Laguna Niguel, CA, passed away at home peacefully in her sleep on August 13, 2022, after a battle with Parkinson's disease and kidney cancer. She was the wife of Albert J. Sepe. They were married for 30 years and lived a beautiful life of love and travel. Born in New York City, NY on May 9, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Jenard Sr. and Virginia (Barlow) Jenard of Pawtucket, RI.
Margaret "Margie" was the GOAT of all moms, a dance teacher for over 30+ years in Pawtucket and Portsmouth RI as well as owned Nadeau's Pharmacy with her first husband the late Richard Cosimini Sr. They operated the business for 35 years in the heart of Portsmouth. Margaret moved to California in 1990 and worked as a floral designer until she met and married her best friend Albert with whom she loved, cherished and traveled the world together.
Margaret leaves her husband Albert J Sepe, and children Victoria Landry of Vero Beach, FL, the late Laurie Humes-Page of Portsmouth, RI, Richard Cosimini Jr and Heather of Portsmouth, RI, Donna Cory of Portsmouth, RI, Jane Jensen and Peter of Costa Mesa CA, David Cosimini of Saugus, MA, Mia Finnegan and Ritch of Laguna Niguel, CA, Jonathan Sepe and Christina of SJC, CA, as well as her sister Joy Coffey and Terry of Vero Beach FL and brother Paul Jenard and Lisa of Pawtucket RI.
She was the beloved grandmother "Mimi" to Douglas Key, Virginia Key, Emma Cory, Francis Humes Jr, J. Sydney Humes-Carlson and Josh, Jack Page, Abby Cosimini, India Roy, Paul Jensen, the late Noah Finnegan, Margaret Finnegan, Eli Finnegan, Julia Sepe and great grandmother to Landyn and Bradley Carlson. She was preceded in death by her brother Leonard Jenard Jr.
Margaret lived a spirit filled life of love, patience, generosity and kindness. She always had a smile on her face and unconditional LOVE in her heart for all, especially her family, friends and every life she touched.

John D. (Jack) Jones II '69 passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his wife and children.

A dedicated family man, he was also an accomplished businessman and philanthropist who was widely respected by those who knew him both personally and professionally. He was described as generous, wise and tirelessly supportive of his family, friends and larger community.

Jones was born on Aug. 6, 1947, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to John L. Jones ("Pop") and Helen Treslar. He was the eldest of four children as the family grew to include brothers Leslie and Morgan and sister Peggy. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, until 1964, when the family moved west and settled in Thousand Oaks, California.

Jones attended UCLA, where he earned a degree in mathematics, and followed his father into the aerospace industry, working as an engineer for Garrett AiResearch. He also managed a small apartment building in Westwood while attending UCLA, which laid the groundwork for a prosperous and rewarding career in real estate that spanned over 50 years. In late 1971, Jones and his father went into real estate full time and founded John L. Jones & Sons Inc. A few years later they took a huge risk by mortgaging their homes and purchasing the opportunity of a lifetime. Jones and his parents, with a number of trusting investors, purchased an apartment building in Los Angeles that was 10 times the size of any other building they owned. It was a make-or-break moment in Jones' life and, fortunately for him and his family, it paid off.

Jones was able to grow his business and attract investors because his mission was to buy in overlooked neighborhoods and constantly improve the buildings. He believed in treating people fairly and that trust and integrity were of utmost importance. He invested in neighborhoods around Los Angeles, including the Crenshaw corridor and Baldwin Hills, and was committed to giving residents a home where they could thrive and be treated reasonably.

In 1971, Jones married his first wife, Marcia. His son John was born in 1974, followed by his daughter Jennifer in 1977. Jones was a devoted father and loved taking his family on adventures around the world. When his children were young, he coached their little league and soccer teams. As they got older, he enjoyed taking Jennifer to rock concerts throughout her middle school years, hockey games in high school and basketball games on his visits to her while she attended college. Jones shared his love of golf with John, and they traveled to Augusta, Georgia, for the Masters golf tournament on multiple occasions.

In 1994, Jones established a new real estate company, Greystone Management Group, and continued to add to his portfolio of buildings. In 2002, John took over as President, allowing Jones to semi-retire and spend more time doing things he loved. In 2000, he married Cindy, and they traveled the world, enjoyed practicing yoga together and hosting dinner parties with friends and family.

In 2005, Jones became a doting grandpa to Sophia, who was followed by Trevor and Henry. Jones was a welcoming and kind father-in-law to John’s wife, Tara, and Jennifer’s, husband Joey.

In 2014, Jones founded the Jack and Cindy Jones Boys & Girls Club of Mar Vista Gardens. He was a hands-on benefactor of the club, acting as mentor and friend to countless young people in the years that followed. He was especially delighted to welcome groups of kids from the club to his home for summer pool parties, which he hosted frequently.

Jones maintained his sense of humor, described as "amazing and mischievous," through his final days. He loved a perfectly styled outfit, a delicious meal and, above all, the company of those he loved.

 Peter ("Pete") Craig was born April 11, 1945 in New York City and passed away at home in Laguna Niguel on February 9, 2023, at age 77, surrounded by his family.

Born to Donald Edward Craig and Patricia Marie Dailey, Pete spent his childhood in Ithaca and Manhasset, New York. His father Don was an opera singer, choral conductor, and professor of music at Cornell University. His mother Patricia was a design artist and hatmaker in Hollywood during the golden age of film.

Pete grew up in New York City during the 1950's and was a Yankees fan in the era of Mickey Mantle. He was a Life Scout, one of the highest leadership ranks in Boy Scouts of America, and a member of their honor society, Order of the Arrow.

He graduated from Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1967. At Case, he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau, managed the college radio station jazz programming and played drums in the Case orchestra.

In 1967, after college, he married Penelope Ford, the clarinet player from the orchestra. They settled in Minnesota, where he worked at Honeywell International developing aerospace components, including for the Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia". They had a beautiful daughter, Gretchen, in 1971.

In 1973, he was transferred with his family to Cologne, Germany to integrate foreign computer communication networks. When Pete returned to the U.S. in 1974, he pursued a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He had keen foresight into the evolution of technology; his 1975 graduate thesis focused on the "Application of Queuing Theory to the Analysis of Computer-Communications Systems". The work analyzed uses of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPANET) technologies that ultimately became the technical foundation of the Internet.

In 1976, he relocated to Orange County, California, to join the burgeoning computer revolution. He joined Printronix, a supplier of line matrix printers, where he rose to the position of Vice President, International, managing joint ventures and distribution channels in 40 countries.

In 1977, he married Patricia Brown and welcomed Kent and Jerry as loving stepsons; he and Pat were married for 43 years until her passing in 2021.

Pete ultimately led a distinguished 50 year career as a technology executive. He was proud that his business engagements in the 1980's led to personal interactions with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. From 1986-1989, he served as CEO of Promod, Inc., a supplier of software development tools. From 1989-1999, Pete was a Director and Vice Chairman of Rainbow Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: RNBO), a supplier of information security products for the Internet and eCommerce. While at Rainbow, he led work on cryptography solutions for the U.S. government intelligence community.

His extensive operating experience in the electronics and software industry, and primarily in IT infrastructure and enterprise applications products and services, lent immense value to both public and private sector clients, as the world embraced the information technology revolution.

Pete completed post graduate business programs at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and Wharton/Spencer Stuart Directors training programs. He was certified by Institutional Shareholder Services as a qualified independent director.

From 1993-1997, and again from 2005-2007, Pete served on the National Board of Directors and Executive Advisory Board of the American Electronics Association. He later served as a Board member for many technology companies, focusing on corporate governance issues. In recognition of his many years of service, the Forum for Corporate Directors (Orange County) named Pete 'Director of the Year'.

Pete also contributed his time and energy to many charitable causes, including serving on the Board of Trustees for the South Coast Medical Center Foundation in Laguna Beach.

In fact, the only thing Pete ever failed at was retirement. He continued to work, mentoring people about their career paths and helping individuals and companies navigate the complexities of the technology industry.

Pete's professional accomplishments and community services were notable, but his biggest source of pride was his role in loving and mentoring his family and friends. Pete was a loving husband, father, and grandfather to his wife Pat, daughter Gretchen, son-in-law James, stepsons Jerry and Kent, daughter-in-law Judy, and grandchildren Orion, Gwen, and Charlotte.

In 2017, Pete & Pat celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, surrounded by close friends and family. He and Pat enjoyed attending concerts at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. He loved taking his grandchildren out for ice cream, attending Angels baseball games, and working on his model train set – earning him the nickname "Papa Train." He was a dedicated member of St. Timothy Catholic Church, where he attended Mass for many years.

He was proud of his paternal colonial lineage to the Reverend John Craig, who served as the first Presbyterian pastor of the Augusta Stone Church in Fort Defiance, Virginia in 1740. He also held great pride in his maternal ancestor John Paul Judson being one of the first settlers in the Seattle-Tacoma area, who crossed the Naches Pass through the Cascade Mountains by wagon in 1854. Judson, also a judge, served as a Regent of the University of Washington.

A noble warrior, he bravely battled both prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease for over five years, till his ultimate passing. May he rest in eternal peace with his loving wife Pat until they are joined by the rest of their family. Pete will always be fondly remembered for his engaging wit, mentorship, and love for his family and he will live on in our hearts and minds forever.

Julian Carl Levy, 80, of Los Angeles died on January 20, 2023, of a heart attack, after battling Parkinson's. The son of Evalina Port Levy and Samuel Levy, he grew up in Maplewood, NJ, where he attended Columbia High School. He graduated from Harvard University and while a student there honed his skills as a photographer working on the Harvard Crimson. He became a freelance photographer whose work was published in Time Magazine and The New York Times, among others. He was a gifted pianist, madrigal singer, artist and a consummate pool player. He had an abiding love of animals, science and classical music. Julian is survived by a beloved daughter, Harley (Jason) White -Wiedow, and grandchildren Charlie and Henry, all residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In Santa Monica, he leaves a sister, Ellen Levy, brother-in-law, Bob Dietz, and niece, Jessie. His companion of many years, Mary Grace Doty, predeceased him. We will miss Julian's engaging sense of humor, gentleness, and indefatigable curiosity.

Frank Harry Pinkus was born Sept 6th, 1938 in Pittsburgh to his German immigrant parents, Ernst and Hilde Pinkus. Ernst and Hilde had fled Nazi Germany the year before, and were so happy to be in America they named Frank after FDR, their new president. For years, Frank kept a clipping of his mom in her hospital gown and bed holding him moments after he was born, while speaking to her parents in Berlin through one of the first transatlantic calls to be initiated from Pittsburgh.

Anxious to become Americans fast, Frank, his younger brother Ralph, and their parents spoke only English at home and outside. As a result, and not withstanding his best efforts, Frank never got much past being able to say more than hello, goodbye, and thanks in his parents’ native tongue. Frank embraced the most American of sports — football — in high school, and matriculated to play at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, where he was a red-shirt freshman for a year. He transferred the following year to Pitt, a football powerhouse, where he warmed the bench for a year before retiring his cleats and focusing on studies and fraternity life. Thankfully his time in the Phi Epsilon house didn’t get in the way of graduating Cum Laude, and being accepted directly into Penn’s Wharton Business School. Two of the great loves of his life were found in Philadelphia — the University of Pennsylvania and Roslyn Deborah Popick, his loving wife of 53 years.

Before the expression ‘meet cute’ was ever coined, Frank and Roz met cute. Frank saw his future wife at the corner of 34th & Spruce, on the Penn Campus, and knew he needed to meet this newly arrived coed. Pushing his watch up his sleeve to hide it from sight, he crossed the busy street and asked Roz if she knew what time it was as he was unfortunately without a watch. They were married slightly over a year later in 1963 upon Frank’s graduation from Warton, and subsequently took up residence in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn. Then began the first career arc of Frank’s professional life. This first chapter covered moves from New York to Pittsburgh, then Dayton and finally, Los Angeles, all in pursuit of ever increasing responsibilities across a who’s who of now defunct department stores (A&S, Kaufman’s, Rike’s, and finally Orbach’s). With each move came a new child: Gary in New York, Mark in Pittsburg and, a number of years later, Lynn in Dayton.

In 1980, Frank began the next chapter of his career as an entrepreneur, before that word had become a part of the common lexicon. His first company, N’est-ce Pas, was a great success, selling low priced designer women’s clothing to the masses. After splitting with his partner, he started another clothing firm, Pistache, before ultimately going into business with a close neighbor in Tarzana, and founded Nissan Time — distributing clock movements sourced from Taiwan. Many a family friend was gifted one of Nissan’s famous Las Vegas Dice Clocks.

Always hard-driving, Frank downshifted his professional life and replaced rigorous working hours and a long commute to downtown LA with a red scooter drive to his low-rise office two miles from home. A long-time skier and avid boogie boarder, he also began playing tennis, racquetball, and basketball every Thursday and Sunday, and started a daily fitness regimen. Having learned Bridge as a child, Frank soon became an avid player — both with Roz and other friends. He also developed a special relationship with Costco, where he spent many a happy Saturday buying all sorts of things he either didn’t need or needed in much smaller quantities than Costco’s required purchase size. This more balanced life allowed him to be an ‘always-on’ dad to his three growing children, particularly when Roz went back to law school and then started her own legal practice.

After he and Roz became empty-nesters, Frank decided it was time to sell Nissan, and move to chapter three of his professional life. Combining his vocation with his avocation, he returned to his Alma Mater, and began his dream job of working for the University of Pennsylvania as an Admissions Officer responsible for the Southwest of the United States. Frank still receives regular letters from a small cadre of former admits with whom he developed deep personal relationships. This even included being the officiant at a couple of Penn alum weddings.

In July 2016, after 53 amazing years of a loving relationship filled with raising kids, traveling the world and completing each other’s sentences, Roz passed away after a six month battle with melanoma. Heartbroken, Frank was blessed to meet a beautiful widow, Sylvia Ward, later that year. In his second round of ‘meet cute’, they were introduced by Sylvia’s daughter Susan and Frank’s daughter-in-law Lya who were in Torah class together. Sylvia and Frank’s first date was at Starbucks in Sherman’s Oaks – even though neither of them drank coffee – whichthey discovered when they were in line together and getting ready to order. Things moved swiftly from there. After spending New Year’s Eve the following year together, they moved into a newly purchased condo in the Wilshire Corridor. The happy couple loved to travel and particularly enjoyed going to NY to visit Frank’s kids and grandkids and Sylvia’s grand daughters. Active members at Stephen S Wise temple, they tried never to miss a Friday night service, and were delighted to have their families with them for high holiday services.

While Frank had many passions, his greatest love was for his nine grandchildren, all of whom he showered with time, attention, and wise counsel. They were blessed to have him as such an active and important part of their lives.After a multi-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease, Frank quietly passed away surrounded by family on July 27th, the same date eight years to the day that Roz passed into eternity.

He is survived by his three grown children (Gary (Mary), Mark (Lya) and Lynn (Evan Lewis)), nine beautiful grandchildren (Dani (Henry), Amy, Charlie, Ellie, Nicole, Sam, Sutton, Olivia, and Griffin), his beloved brother, Ralph, and his loving partner, Sylvia Ward. He will be greatly missed, and remembered forever for his enthusiasm to engage with anyone and everyone.