1952

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Roger Lee Redig ’52 passed away peacefully after a long illness following a cardiac arrest on August 19. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne, son Steve, daughter Shari and six Grandchildren; Chris, Gabe, Elisa, Meghann, Katie, Sarah and two Great Grandsons; Kaiden and Mason. He attended Santa Clara University on a football scholarship before joining the Air Force and being commissioned a Second Lt. In 1953 he married his high school sweetheart and spent the next year flying F84 jets in Korea. After finishing his tour of duty, he went back to college at San Jose State and became a Civil and Structural Engineer working his last twenty years at Ruth and Going. When their children married he and Jeanne built a home in Santa Cruz Mountains where he was Bonsai enthusiast and loved building things. His oldest Grandson wrote after he died, "so many memories, I’m aware of the values he lived by and expects us to live by, the service he gave by serving in the military and second by being the voice of opposition to policies he thought were wrong. He lives on in us even as he waits to be reunited with us." His family was the most important thing in his life and he will be greatly missed.

08 Nov 2018