Obituaries Obituaries (August 20, 2003)

Joseph Eugene Beh

Civic-minded businessman

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, August 20, for Joseph Eugene Beh of Atherton, who died August 15 of kidney failure. He was 85, and lived in Atherton for more than 55 years.

A native of Iowa, Mr. Beh was a 1941 graduate of Georgetown University. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and served in the Adjutant Generals Division of the Air Transport Command in Washington, D.C.

In 1950, he began an accounting practice that developed into his own real estate fire and casualty agency, with offices throughout the Peninsula. He also served as chief executive and director of the San Mateo County Savings & Loan Bank, and was president of the Banner Development Co.

Mr. Beh was known for his involvement in the community and his church. He was a trustee of St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park and St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco.

In the realm of civic affairs, Mr. Beh had served as president of several organizations, including the Herbert Hoover Boys Club, the Menlo Park Rotary and the Exchange Club. He had also served as president of the board of Sacred Heart Schools and the Menlo Park Board of Realtors.

Mr. Beh is survived by his wife, Allanah Cleary Beh, whom he married in 1996. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Byrd W. Wilshire, who died in 1983 after 41 years of marriage. He is also survived by a sister, Mary Louise Beh of Menlo Park, and a brother, Philip Beh of Alexandria, Virginia.

A vigil is set for 7 p.m. August 19 in the chapel of St. Patrick's Seminary, 320 Middlefield Road, in Menlo Park. A Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. August 20 in the Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. A private entombment service will follow. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Spangler Mortuaries.

The family prefers that memorial gifts be made to Pathways Home and Health Hospice, 201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 135, Mountain View, CA 94040.

Cedric Lussier

Retired dentist

A Mass of Christian burial for Cedric Lussier, who died August 13, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 21, at St. Raymond Church, 1100 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 20, at Redwood Chapel, 847 Woodside Road, Redwood City. A rosary will follow at 7 p.m. at St. Raymond Church.

Dr. Lussier was a resident of Menlo Park for 50 years. He practiced general dentistry at 777 Welch Road for 44 years before retiring in 1997.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Cedric Lussier came West with his father, an oral surgeon, after his mother died when he was 18 months old. The family settled in San Francisco, and Dr. Lussier graduated from St. Ignatius High School, the University of San Francisco and the University of the Pacific College of Physicians and Surgeons.

A war hero, he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1943 and was shot down in the Mediterranean waters near Corsica in 1944, where he was rescued by a PBY flying boat. He arrived back in the United States in 1945 after completing 92 fighter bomber missions over Italy, France and Germany. A highlight of his overseas duty was attending an audience with Pope Pius XII in 1944 while on rest leave in Rome.

He was introduced to his future bride, Alice (Sis) Whelan, by his cousin, Marguerite Lussier Savage, who was her best friend. The couple married in 1945.

Between 1946 and 1954, their six children were born, and Dr. Lussier completed dental school and started his general practice. "There were five of us children at Dad's graduation from dental school," says daughter Christine Dyer.

Dr. Lussier was a past member of the Serra Club, the Peninsula Dental Association, Ducks Unlimited, Menlo Circus Club, and Menlo Country Club. He was active in the St. Raymond Men's Club, Bellarmine Men's Club, and a number of other organizations. He enjoyed duck hunting, playing tennis and golf, and spending time with family and friends, say family members.

Dr. Lussier is survived by his wife of 58 years, Alice (Sis); his children, Cedric (Steve) Lussier Jr. of Cloverdale, Oregon, Michael Lussier of Brookdale, Norman Lussier of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Mark Lussier of St. Helena, Christine Dyer of Menlo Park, and David Lussier of Palm Springs; 19 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

The family prefers that memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 2065 West El Camino Real, Suite C, Mountain View, CA 94040; the Carmelite Monastery, 68 Rincon Road, Kensington, CA 94707, or to Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park CA 94025.

Henry Scott

Former Peninsula School teacher

Henry Clarkson Scott, former Woodside and Menlo Park resident, died July 6 at his home in San Anselmo.

Mr. Scott was born in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to East Hampton, Long Island, New York, as a young boy. He graduated from Phillips Academy at Andover and Stanford University. He completed his doctoral work, but for his dissertation, as a Danforth Teaching Fellow in Education.

Mr. Scott started his teaching career at Sequoia High School and continued at San Francisco State University while living in Woodside with his first wife, Cynthia Keil and their three children. In 1963 he joined the Peace Corps and served as deputy director for Ethiopia.

After returning to the West, he joined the faculty at the California Institute for the Arts in Valencia, where he lived with his second wife, Catherine Berne and their three children. He next moved to Menlo Park and became executive director of Hidden Villa's environmental education program. He later became a teacher at Peninsula School and served on its board of directors.

He is survived by his wife, Caroline Rose Helmuth; brother Tom Keck Scott of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; children, Mary Elizabeth Scott-Bellman of Portland, Oregon; Kathryn Ann Scott Dulin of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Peter Kiel Scott of Boulder, Colorado; and Chloe Britton Scott, Will Berne Scott and Samuel Keck Scott, all of Lagunitas, California; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Daniel Regan

Former Menlo Park resident

Daniel M. Regan, who was a devoted Giants' fan, died August 11 in San Jose. He was 55.

Mr. Regan, who was born at Stanford Hospital, spent his childhood in Menlo Park. Services were held for him August 15 at St. Raymond Catholic Church in Menlo Park.

He is survived by his wife, Louise M. Regan of San Jose; sons, Daniel M. Regan Jr. and Patrick V. Regan, both of San Jose; his mother, Naomi Regan; sisters, Kathleen Bui, Janet Difu and Ann Holloway; brothers, William, John and Michael Regan. His father William V. Regan has died.

Donations may be made to the Diabetes Society of Santa Clara Valley, 1165 Lincoln Ave., Suite 300, San Jose 95125. Arrangements were under the direction of the Menlo Park Chapel of Spangler Mortuaries, 650 Live Oak Ave., Menlo Park.