Sydney Lowe Shue

Shue, Sydney Lowe, 78, of Huntington Beach, California passed on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, peacefully at home. Sid was born July 13, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Tin Hop Shue and Susie Waijon Yuan. After the sudden death of his father and the serious illness of his mother in 1940, he grew up, along with his brother, at the Spanish American Institute (SAI), a Methodist School for boys in Gardena, California. He graduated from the Junior High school there in 1947 and later returned as a member of the staff. He graduated from Gardena High School in 1950 and from Pepperdine University in 1955. He attended Pepperdine on a 4-year football scholarship and played under Coach John Scolinas, was the first Chinese-American football player in a 4-year university, was a member of Beta Tau Delta Fraternity, and later returned to coach at the University. He began his teaching career shortly after college at Peary Junior High School in Gardena where he met his wife of 48 years, Barbara Cederquist of Jamestown, N.Y. They were married on December 16, 1961. He continued teaching mathematics and coaching at Magnolia High School (Anaheim Union High School District) when it opened in 1961, and continued to substitute teach there following his retirement in June 1999. During his career at Magnolia High, he coached football, wrestling, basketball, baseball, boys/girls tennis, and was a sponsor for the Asian Club. Throughout his successful career as a football coach, Sid helped to bring Magnolia High 4 League Championships in the first 5 years of the school's history, specifically, 1962, 1963, 1965, and with an undefeated team in 1966. He also coached football at SAI, Cal Poly Pomona, Newport Harbor High (including a Sunset League Championship there in 1973), Santa Ana College, and Cypress Junior College. Additionally, Sid was a supervisor for Sunkist at Disneyland for many years. He also began teaching night classes in 1979 and later Saturday Adult Education classes at Cypress JC until August 2010. Sid's favorite pastimes were spending time with his family (movies with the grandchildren!), "working out", cooking, and traveling (cruising) the world with his wife, Barbara. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Wendy Shue (Dean) Doke of Westminster, CA and Kelly Shue (Luis) Vazquez of Huntington Beach, CA; four grandchildren, Camryn Sydney Doke, Michael David Doke, Anthony Luis Vazquez, and Natalie Diane Vazquez, a sister, Bernice Jeung of San Francisco, CA, and brother/sister-in law, Gilbert Shue/Eva Chan Shue of Ontario, CA, a sister-in-law, Muriel Cederquist Jackson of Jamestown, NY, and 8 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister/brother-in-law, Georgia Yuen/Varney Yuen of Concord, CA and a brother-in-law, Albert Jeung of San Francisco, CA. A memorial service will be held in the Magnolia High School gym (2450 W. Ball Road, Anaheim) on Saturday, October 23, 2010, at 10am. A Sydney Shue Memorial Scholarship Fund is being established at Cypress Junior College or memorial donations in Sid's memory may be made to a charity of one's choosing.