in Memoriam

This Site looks to the future - but also celebrates the slow passing of an era, and the people who have been important to our community. These are people who reached adulthood without computers, hand held calculators or cell phones (not even flip phones). This was long before Arpanet became the Internet. It is, however, the era that saw rise of Science as a respectable career, the rebirth of pre-Christian spirituality in the West, the rise of the Internet and the "information Society". It was an era where fast transportation encouraged migrations and the introduction of many far-flung cultures to each other - but also fragmented families and communities.

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Andrew J. Grygus

OK, I confess, I'm not actually dead (8-2023), and don't expect to be dead for some time (even though the paranoids are all plotting against me). I'm starting my own memorial page now because I'm very confident nobody else would ever get around to it.

Fay Daphne Angus

Fay was a writer, community activist, mother of two, and all around sweet and likable person. She was born May 25th 1929 in Brisbane, Australia, spent some time in a Japanese internment camp in China during World War II, and lived a long and productive life in Sierra Madre, California. She died very suddenly on February 17th 2016.

Katrelia Anne Angus

Late as of August 24, 2023. Katrelia was a writer and lecturer on mythopoeic subjects, particularly expert in the works of Tolkein and C. S. Lewis. She also was an enthusiastic belly dancer and a Possum enthusiast.

Ronald Allen Grygus

Master motorcycle mechanic and restoration craftsman.

Jon Martin Stringer

Jon Stinger had a particular interest in music, and was an avid collector of recordings, particularly of early music (Medieval into Classical). He organized music programs for the Music Group form many years. He was also very interested in film noir, narrow gage steam railroads, and the old Los Angeles Red Cars.

Denise Gail Vilay

Denise, by her own admission, lived a life of making bad decisions. She spent much of her life homeless and living in her car, and at her death, she was already pretty much forgotten, except by myself. Here I have described her story, as well as I know it.

Alex Bratmon

Alex had a long career as an engineer in the aerospace industry. He was also a long time participant in Musica Donavania, and in past times hosted a number of Musica Donavania events. Alex was also an avid Science Fiction fan.

Ron Cobb

Ron Cobb, one of the two true founders of Chesley Donavan Foundation - from which Musica Donavania was derived, became a famous illustrator, political cartoonist, and designer for Science Fiction / Fantasy motion pictures.

Jon Lackey

Jon Lackey was a tall, imposing man. He was an artist of considerable talent and ability, and very wide interests. He had a certain charisma which attracted people to him. His ambitions were great, but often thwarted by aspects of his own personality.