1974

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A fifth-generation San Franciscan, Francis Oliva ’74 had numerous careers following SCU and a fine arts graduate degree from UC Irvine. He taught at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, worked as a production assistant at the San Francisco Opera, directed opera as a freelance opera stage director, and concluded his work as a consulting systems engineer with Bank of America’s residential loan division. Frank expressed his gratitude for his years of AA sobriety by founding a number of meetings in San Francisco in addition to running a well-known fourth step retreat at St. Dorothy’s Rest. He is survived by his spouse of 31 years, Steve Mills, of Oakland; his brother, Anthony Oliva (Audrey) of Pacific Palisades, and his sister, Marge Oliva Villarreal (Javier), of San Jose.

08 Nov 2018