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Peter Alan Crosby

Los Angeles, California

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October 20, 1945 - April 11, 2024 Peter Alan Crosby, longtime resident of Pacific Palisades, was born in Santa Barbara to parents Harold and Margaret (Peterson) Crosby. Pete grew up in Ventura. He was a proud graduate of Ventura High, UC Berkeley and Stanford. Pete remained a diehard fan of the...

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Peter was my little brother in the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Berkeley. We had been close friends ever since those days at CAL. When he finished Stanford and moved to LA I encouraged them to move to the Palisades to live. Moving to Washington in 1991 I still maintained contact with Peter on my many yearly business trips to LA. He was one of my constant email companions sharing stories and jokes on almost a daily basis. My condolences to Janet, Mike and Kelly. Sincerely Craig Clifford

Several of Pete´s classmates will gather in Ventura on 17 May 2025 to celebrate our 80th year on the planet. We are sorry Pete won´t be there to share his tales of life and travels, but I´m sure several of us will raise a class in his memory and recount the stories for him. RIP Pete.

Pete and I both graduated from Ventura High School in 1963 and went on to UC Berkeley. I flunked out my first semester and I lost contact with several VHS classmates at CAL after that. Then in Spring 1968, when I was a Navy officer and frogman stationed in Key West, a few of my mates and I went over to Nassau, Bahamas for a long weekend on leave. Like most sailors, we hit plenty of bars and nightclubs. As we were walking back to our rented apartment, a guy passed us headed toward the night...