Photo: Left to right: Tony Gwynn, Michele Tarbet, Aubrey Dunne, Duane Stainston, Penny Halgren, Joe Drew
December 26, 2014 (San Diego’s East County)--East County lost community leaders, a sports star, a former elected official, business owners and beloved volunteers in 2014. Some were well-known, such as Padres Hall of Famer and Aztecs coach Tony Gwynn, ex-school board member Penny Halgren, Drew Ford patriarch Joe Drew and Grossmont Hospital CEO Michele Tarbet. Others were active in nonprofits, politics, schools and other community endeavors, such as Council candidate and Save ECPAC volunteer Duane Swainstom or beloved teacher Aubrey Dunne. Some weren’t well known, but their deaths made headlines and pulled at our heartstrings, including as missing persons, a military pilot and young people lost in the prime of their lives due to tragic circumstances.
Here’s a look back at those whose passages made headlines in East County in 2014:
Jackie Billings, Starbucks worker and Santee mom, dies of meningitis
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/santee-mom-starbucks-worker-brain-dead-meningitis
Joe Drew, Drew Ford, dies of cancer
http://eastcountymagazine.org/drew-ford-sells-socal-penske-following-dea...
Aubrey Dunne, teacher and actor
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-aubrey-dunne-teacher-and-actor-1932-2014
Sally Estabrook, missing woman with Alzheimer’s
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/body-found-julian-confirmed-be-missing-woman-sally-estabrook
Padres star and baseball legend Tony Gwynn passes away
http://eastcountymagazine.org/former-padre-star-and-baseball-legend-tony...
Penny Halgren, former La Mesa-Spring Valley school board member
Kimberly Hayes, found burned in Alpine
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/missing-el-cajon-senior-found-dead-rural-area
Douglas Holbrook, KNSJ radio host and board president
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-attorney-teacher-and-radio-host-douglas-holbrook
John Holzhauer, winemaker
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-winemaker-william-john-holzhauer-1955-2014
Leonard Kevin Jones, kayaker found drowned
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-drowned-kayaker-identified
Melissa Kennon, SDSU student, killed in fall off 5-story building
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sdsu-student-dies-after-falling-5-story-building
Daniel Marquez, missing senior, former volunteer patrol with El Cajon Police
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/missing-el-cajon-senior-found-dead-rural-area
Russell Mendez and Jeffry Ingram, fishermen killed in boating accident
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/body-second-boating-accident-victim-found
Elaine Murphy, cofounder of Santee Historical Society
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-elaine-murphy-cofounder-santee-historical-society
Leoma Owens, author
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-el-cajon-author-leoma-owens-1918-2014
Rosemary June Owens, bakery owner
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-bakery-co-owner-rosemary-june-owens-1926-2014
Carl Lee Salayer, missing Alzheimer’s patient
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/body-missing-man-found-0
Linda Shipman, Lakeside resident and noted community volunteer
Lt. Sean Christopher Snyder, Santee resident killed in Navy helicopter crash
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/santee-man-missing-after-navy-helicopter-crash-virginia
Sara Stelzer, SDSU student, succumbs to meningitis
Duane Swainston, aerospace manager and El Cajon City Council candidate
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-duane-swainston-1965-2014-el-cajon-council-candidate
Michele Tarbet, Grossmont Hospital chief executive officer
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-grossmont-hospital-ceo-michele-tarbet
Bernardo Teran, tree trimmer killed in El Cajon
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/passages-tree-trimmer-killed-el-cajon
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