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Feb. 21, 2000 – March 6, 2022
Terry de la Mesa Allen Nilsen Jr., known to everyone as “TJ,” was killed by a drunken driver one year ago. TJ grew up in Pacifica and graduated from Shasta Summit Prep. His memorial service was held at Pacifica State Beach. A large memorial heart remained on the beach for some time.
TJ would have been a senior at Cal State Chico and was within months of graduating and starting a promising career when he was struck from behind as he rode his moped home from work. Instead, TJ received a posthumous Certificate of Achievement from the college, and the flags on campus were flown at half-staff in his honor.
The drunken driver was 24, gainfully employed and had an infant son. He was sentenced to prison, but jail time does not bring back a life.
Because of the drunken driver’s bad decision to drink and drive, everyone connected to this death has suffered — TJ’s parents, Terry Nilsen and Jenna Gilman, his grandparents, relatives and friends, as well as the drunken driver’s parents, relatives, friends and infant son.
To anyone who is reading this: Please don’t drink and drive. Please don’t let anyone who has been drinking get behind the wheel. The pain that can be caused by impaired driving is simply too great.
Former Pacifica resident Louise Schaffner passed away May 19, 2022, in Brigham City, Utah. Louise and family resided in Fairway Park from 1961 to 1981, after which they retired to Brigham City.
On May 19, 1940, Marcelline Yvonne Jadinak was born to Joseph and Dorothy Jadinak in Minneapolis, Minn. Her family moved to San Francisco when she was 12, then returned to Minnesota for one winter and decided California was where they wanted to be. They landed in Pacifica, a small town just …
John Theodore Brink II passed away peacefully on June 20, 2022, at age 82. He was the beloved husband of Jean E. Brink; loving father of Laura Brink Ritenour and Adam Chapman Brink; caring grandpa of Serena Ritenour, and Avery and Tyler Brink.
Robert J. Moore made his final Irish goodbye the morning of May 30, 2022. Born on Dec. 30, 1954, he spent 67 years doing exactly what he liked to do. Bob loved the outdoors, music, SF Giants, 49ers, NASCAR, the Sharp Park golf course (especially the 19th hole with his brothers Mike and Bill)…
Susan Alyce Blume (Ostovar) passed peacefully at her home in Sharp Park, May 24, 2022, at age 59. Born in Chicago, the family moved to Pacifica when she was 2, where she lived for her entire life. Susan attended Terra Nova High School and Skyline College. She was certified by the Red Cross i…
Anne N. Dowd was born in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 3, 1937, and was raised in Daly City. A longtime resident of Pacifica, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 years, Thomas P. Dowd Jr.She leaves behind her children, Thomas P. III (Mariann Freed), Jeanne (Greg Spangler)…
Richard Francis Rummelhart, 75, passed away peacefully at his home, on Monday, June 6, 2022, while in the loving presence of his wife of 50 years. Richard (Rick) was born on May 7, 1947, to Francis John and Eleanor Louise Rummelhart at St. Anthony Hospital in Denver, Colo. He was the first o…
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