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Clarence Joseph Cravalho ’54, Nov. 30, 1932 – Sep. 23, 2014. Clarence grew up in Burlingame and graduated from Burlingame High School. He graduated in the class of 1954 from Santa Clara University. In the army he shot the largest cannon in the world 28 times, more than anyone else in the world. He became partners in his father’s tile company, Peninsula Art Tile, in San Mateo. Clarence and Mary Monast were married at Our Lady of Angels Church in 1960. Clarence became a parimutual clerk at Bay Meadows Race Track and owned horses together with his parents. Clarence always said he was a lucky person….and indeed, he was!

He had a blessed life with a loving wife, Mary, to whom he was married for 54 years; great parents (Manuel and Theresa) and sister (Gerry); marvelous children, Tom (Mona Monroe), Jamie Cravalho ’85 (Mary Nejat), Theresa Webb ’87 (Paul Webb), and Greg (Carla Ackley); cherished grandchildren, Wesley, Selena, Ariana, Cory, Dylan, Tyler, Jackie, Cameron, Arden, Payton and Larson; and two great-grandchildren, Lily and Christian. 

08 Nov 2018