Tim McCloskey

Tim McCloskey, a longtime Santa Cruz County Cycling Club SCCCC member and club webmaster, lost his 10-year battle with melanoma June 1st and passed away at his home, in the company of family and friends.

Timothy Alan McCloskey was born Dec.10, 1942, in Eureka, CA, and spent his early childhood in Humboldt County. His father, a WWII naval officer, and his mother built a 34-foot sailboat which the family lived on in Seattle for 2 ½ years after the war. The family then moved to the Philippines, where Tim attended school. He graduated from high school in Guam in l961 and joined the Coast Guard. He attended the Coast Guard Academy in Groton, CN. In the early l970's, Tim was one of the original employees of Seagate Technology of Scotts Valley, where he worked as a software engineer until his retirement in 2002. He bought a home on Glen Canyon Road in Santa Cruz and, when that home was destroyed in a mud slide in the l980's, Tim rebuilt his present home on the same lot. As an avid traveler, Tim enjoyed frequent trips to Thailand, a cycling trip in France and participated in Cycle Oregon for many years.

Tim is survived by his mother Cecil, 95, his son Michael, 26, his brother and sister-in-law, Denis and Jean McCloskey of Los Gatos, and his sister Kathleen Richardson of Soquel. He also has seven nieces and nephews.

A plaque in Tim's honor will be placed on the SCCCC Memorial Bench at the Capitola Community Center.

Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Rails to Trails Conservancy program at 2121 Ward Ct., NW, 5th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20037 www.railstotrails.org or the Lance Armstrong Cancer Foundation.