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James MCNAUGHTON Obituary
Age 67, of Lancaster, Calif. passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, April 18, 2020 surrounded by family and friends.
James was born September 5, 1952, in Orange County Calif, the son of late Audrey and Emory McNaughton. He was the youngest of four siblings.
He graduated from Westminster High School with a full paid athletic scholarship in wrestling to the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated from U.C.L.A. in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science. He later pursued his education and graduated in 1976 from Cal State Sacramento with a master's degree in social work.
He was employed by the Antelope Valley Union High School District as a teacher for 33 years at both Antelope Valley High School and Quartz Hill High School. He also served as a wrestling, volleyball, softball and tennis coach at Antelope Valley High School early in his career. He truly was a great father and family man who will always be loved and sorely missed by his entire family and all who had the privilege of knowing him.
James was preceded in death by his parents Emory and Audrey, his brother Edward and sister Carol.
James McNaughton is survived by his fiance´e Melissa, sister Ruth, five children Sonia, Santino, Raul, Thomas and Jesse and daughters in-law Angela and Rosa. His grandchildren Christopher, Shay, James, Hannah, Santino Jr, Jose and Destiny, great grandson Brennan, numerous nieces and nephews and his former wives Maria and Jenny.
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John J. Garry
June 5, 2023
The years do go by but I vaguely recall James from my high school days with him. He disguished himself as "The Wrestler." It is gratitfying to see he lived a good life and had a positive impact on family, friends and student. Well done!
May the Good Lord continue to comfort his famliy, friends and all those who knew and loved him. God Bless him!
Until we are reunited in Our Lords Hands I look forward to meeting him again. Class 1970 WHS
Marissa Gomez-H
February 23, 2023
It saddens me to know you have passed. I was a student of yours my senior year at QH. I took both your psych and sociology classes first semester and then became one of your TA´s for second semester. You were my favorite teacher at QH. I still have the card you gave me for graduation. Thank you for being the amazing teacher you were and I hope you are resting peacefully Mr. McNaughton.
ANGELA HENDERSON
September 10, 2021
Mr. McNaughton... you were my favorite teacher ever. You were the first person I ever saw do a backflip in person, lol, and the biggest influence I had to stand my ground. You called me "Super Soph" since I was the first person you could recall taking your psych class so early. You were amazing. When Ryan died, serving his country before he was even old enough to legally drink, I found you and we spoke for such a long and meaningful amount of time. I wish I had the foresight to reach out and say "hey favorite teacher! I had a kid!" We saw the world the same in a lot of ways which always made me feel so grown up and smart, because this incredibly intelligent man thought the same things. You made every class fun and when I was your TA, I could not wait to get to your world history class. I wish I could reminisce with you rather than about you. I'm so sorry you're gone. You were such an amazing person, teacher and I didnt ever tell you, but for 5 days a week, 2x a day you were like a dad to me. I really really wish I had been able to receive my diploma from you, love you Mr. McNaughton!
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