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Harvey Wright Obituary
Harvey S. Wright, 102, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2022.
Born on September 4, 1919, in Berkeley, CA, he was the son of Rita M. (Harvey) Wright and William H. Wright. Harvey attended San Diego High and San Diego State and later USC, where he met the love of his life and future wife, Charlotte Humphrey. Harvey joined the Army in 1941 and served in the WWII Pacific Campaign-Aleutian Islands and the Korean War. He went on to serve in the Army for 24 years. Harvey was a Business Instructor and Administrator for 34 years at Los Angeles City College from 1949 to 1983.
Harvey and Charlotte moved to Ocean Hills Country Club, Oceanside, and enjoyed many years of clubhouse dancing, golfing, and world cruises.
Harvey was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Charlotte.
He is survived by his three children and six grandchildren.
Harvey's last cruise to join Charlotte will take place Friday, April 29 at 10:30 am with military honors dockside at Oceanside Harbor, with the scattering of ashes to follow.
Many thanks to Cabrillo Hospice and the team at Kelly's Vista Villa for their compassion and graceful care.
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Linda Dudik
March 27, 2022
I briefly knew Harvey three years ago. He told me a story I have never forgotten. I took notes on it. For many years when he was a child and then through his teen years, Harvey and a brother slept on the roof of their house. "My father built a tent on the roof on the back of the house." The two boys reached it through a hole their father cut in the roof. "My brother and I loved that tent. To hear the birds at night, to see the lightening in the rain. We really enjoyed it. We thought we were privileged to be so close to nature." I remember Harvey as a gentle man. Although he rose in the military from a private to a major, he did not like war. Now this kind man is part of the universe we see at night when we look up to the stars, just like Harvey did so long ago from his rooftop.
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