Obituaries 2005
John Sidney Nash,
61
John Sidney Nash, 61, died suddenly of a
heart attack December 19, 2005. For the past 7 years he
had been a resident of Desert Hot Springs. His family is
most appreciative for the efforts and care the Desert
Hot_Springs Springs Fire Department and Paramedics
administered that afternoon.
John was born in Bakersfield, California in April 1944.
Growing up, his family moved throughout the western
states, allowing John to attend over 17 different
elementary schools, from rural, one-room classrooms to
military academy. He painted continuously from the age
of 3, and loved poster paint, acrylics and watercolors.
After finishing high school in LA, John studied at
Southern Oregon College in Ashland, Oregon; Shasta
Junior College in Redding, CA; and in 1964 entered the
California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA.
During 1967-68 he helped inaugurate C.C.A.C.’s
experimental campus at El Molino near Patzcuaro, Mexico.
Having completed a double major in printmaking and
painting, John and Christina Jo Ruffa, a classmate from
C.C.A.C began traveling together in the spring of 1969.
Following a year’s worth of camping throughout Europe,
including a lengthy Moroccan visit, the two were married
in Pacific Grove, CA, May 28, 1970.
John and his family had lived and painted in Morocco,
Spain, France, Northern Europe, Mexico and Hawaii.
During the 80’s he established a mountaintop studio in
Julian, CA. In the 90’s John and his family lived in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Returning to CA, he produced five
novels, one currently published, titled Taboo, and one
to be published posthumously, to be titled Nookie.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Christina, his
sons, Jackson George and Mack Nathan Edward Nash, all of
Desert Hot Springs. Other close relatives are his
stepfather, (Pat) Nathan T. Nash, Cottonwood, CA; his
brother, George Jerald Nash and his family of Bishop,
CA; his sister, Janie Ellen Gallagher and her family of
Sacramento, CA. His mother, Frances Geraldine Nash and
his adopted mother Lois Elizabeth Dailard, of San Diego
preceded him in death.
John has left his family with loving, historic,
controversial paintings of our times from the 60’s to
the present. They are a treasure for all to see and
enjoy. His novels represent his delight and care for
humanity. For more information, please contact his
family at 760-250-9440.
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Bernie Fawley | Fern Linstead | Jerry Murphy 74 |
Tad Lonergan 72 |
| Paul Charles Ruble, 88 | Carl Benjamin Wedgwood, 86 | James Leroy Stanick, 66 | Javier Martinez | Deanna Sue Harnage, 44 |
Paul Traub 49 |
Taylor Frank Mattern, 87 | Gloria M. Thedford, 92 | Kent Edward Browner, 56, | Naomi Lavonne Kiernan, 73 |
| Nancy "Annie" Ponce, 67 | Lee Joy Grim Jr., 51, | Lydia Clitheroe, 34 | Vera L. Clow, 92 | Marian A. Slama, 77 |
| Phyllis L. Baker, 62 | Anna May Storms, 89 | Morris Turtletaub, 90 | Charles Eugene Hauser, 78 | Augusta Murchall |
We have lost many of our friends and
relatives over the past year; way too many to list in detail.
We try here to mention as many as we can find records on. If there are some that we have overlooked, it is not intentional, but it is a matter of time and space.
Listed here are those of whom we are able to obtain names .
Each served the community in their own way and each will be remembered for their contributions to those of us remaining.
When a friend of the community departs, there is a piece of us all that leaves us. For this, they will all be missed .
May they rest in peace.