Philip Matthew de Bord ’49 of Mountain Ranch died Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Placerville. He was 87. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Mr. de Bord was born June 25, 1923, and grew up in Canton, Ohio. A World War II veteran, he flew Navy torpedo bombers from the U.S.S. Kitkun Bay. He was a Naval reserve officer for 20 years. He graduated with a degree in economics from Santa Clara University, with post-graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley. He had a 28-year career with Metropolitan Life, retiring as a district office manager. He lived on the Monterey Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and worked as an apricot rancher in Tracy. He retired in Mountain Ranch. He enjoyed his Newfoundland dogs, golf, tennis and extensive travel throughout the United States, Mexico and abroad. He was a past president of Rotary Club and member of the Tracy school board, and served on the grand jury in San Joaquin County. He is survived by children Deborah de Bord and Pamela (Rick) Kaefer of Placerville and Renée Fitzsimons of Los Altos; brother Thomas (Tess) de Bord of Manteca; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by brother Harold (Alice) de Bord of Ohio; and sisters Elizabeth Montgomery of Tracy, Suzanne Suarez of Texas and Florence James of Pasadena.