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Will Lotter

Sacramento, California

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Will Lotter, UCD Hall of Fame coach, U.S. Navy aviation veteran, inspiring professor, humanitarian leader, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Davis, California on May 20, 2019, at age 94. Will grew up in Alameda and played football and baseball for Cal Berkeley playing in the 1949 Rose...

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Buenas tardes, saludo desde Guatemala, no tuve la noticia que Will Lotter ha fallecido, fue un hombre muy ejemplar y ayudo mucho a la comunidades de Guatemala. Que tristesa y un fuerte abrazo a la familia y dejo muchos recuerdos con Famdegua

You can see it in the eyes and smile. He was a living candle among us. His life exemplified the expression, Light a candle, rather than curse the darkness.
He lit many candles, including me in a small way, when his PE144 class inspired me to become the first job coach at Pinetree Gardens, the home for those living with mental disabilities.

Don, Mike, Scott, and Rick,

Your father was an inspiration to so many people and he gave all of you such wonderful and unusual experiences that will stay with you for generations. I am so glad that my family was associated with him--if only for a few years mostly in Malawi.