Rowland-Kerr-Obituary

Rowland Kerr

Long Beach, California

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Rowland Kerr Age 77, passed away at his home on March 22, 2013. "Roly" was born in Long Beach on June 25, 1935 to Elsie McIntyre Kerr and local merchant and grocer F.J. "Bud" Kerr. He grew up in the Lakewood Village area and lived there most of his life. He graduated from Wilson High in...

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There is not a day goes by that I do not think of you. You will be forever in my thoughts. You touched so many. I still miss you Pops.

Ruben and I were remembering you today. We will never forget you!

As long as I'm here, I will always remember you.

Roly was always a gentleman, in the true sense of the word. I enjoyed sitting and chatting with him for hours, during my time at CSULB. We met in 1984, and I last saw him in the Summer of 1994. It was wonderful to have meaningful conversations with him. We were of different politics, but we both cared about people. I was hopeful he was still about, but we all eventually fall to the passing of time. God bless you my friend! The world is a little less bright with you gone.

I'm not sure why I randomly looked you up today, but I do think of you often. You were one of the nicest humans I ever knew. My daughter just asked me what made you special to me, and I said he treated me like a person, when so many others treated me like a student, or an employee. Roly was at my wedding, thoughtfully gave me gift for the birth of my son, and always invited me into his world of community theater when he was was acting. I do miss you Roly. I haven't run across many as...

I still miss and think of you.

Virginia Mathes

Rest well dear Roly and I'll continue fond memories of working with you at CSULB in the early 70s. What fine times we had creating programs that made differences in students' lives. Gaylene

Just heard about Roly's passing. A great colleague at CSULB in the later 60's & 70s. A delightful fellow. A remarkable dude, ahead of his time in so many ways. Peace.

Remembering all the times we visited with you and the dinners too. I'm so glad I saw you in one of the plays at the Playhouse.
I have a lot of nice memories.