09-20-02obituaries

John David Snyder, 56, of Ventura, died unexpectedly in Ventura the week of Sept. 15, 2002. He was born June 6, 1946, in Spokane, Wash., and lived in Oak View for two years before moving to Ventura.
Mr. Snyder was a graduate of the University of Idaho, and attended and taught at San Francisco City College. His hobby was working on the computer.
He is survived by his son, David Joseph Snyder, of Pacifica, Calif.; parents Joe and Bernadine Snyder of Ojai; and brothers and sisters Stephen J. Snyder, M.D., of Encino, Calif., James M. Snyder of Portland, Ore., Mark F. Snyder of Los Angeles, Calif., Mary K. Frankum of Ridgefield, Conn., Philip C. Snyder of Glendale, Calif., Anne Perri of Portland, Ore., Joan Snyder of Oregon City, Ore., Alan G. Snyder of Portland, Ore., and Suzenne Seradwyn of Burlington, Vt.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, at 1 p.m. at Clausen Funeral Home in Ojai, with Father Michael McFadden, O.S.A., officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Help of Ojai, or to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Clausen Funeral Home in Ojai.

Joan Van Beusekom

Joan Van Beusekom, 79, of Ojai, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002. She was born June 24, 1923 in New Jersey.
She was a lifelong member of the Theosophical Society community and the Liberal Catholic Church to which she dedicated much of her time and energy.
She moved with her family to the Netherlands during the Depression and was present in Holland during the Nazi occupation where she actively helped her father who was a leader in the Dutch resistance. Together with her family she saved many Jewish people from deportation to concentration camps in Germany.
She lived in Seattle for many years where she raised her children, graduated from the University of Washington, and taught high school French and German.
She met Hein Van Beusekom in the late 1940s at the Liberal Catholic Church and then introduced him to the Theosophical Society and the Round Table. This meeting was to change their lives. After each raising separate families and spending years apart, they became reacquainted and were married in 1977 and lived on Orcas Island, Wash.
In 1990 they moved to Ojai when Hein was appointed resident head of the Krotona Institute.
She is survived by her husband, Hein Van Beusekom, of Ojai; children Mark and Pearl Ray, both of Seattle, Wash.; and her siblings.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Liberal Catholic Church of Our Lady and All Angels, 1502 E. Ojai Ave., with Bishop William Downey officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of McDermott-Crockett Mortuary, Santa Barbara.

Elsie R. Chambers

Elsie R. Chambers, 77, of Oxnard, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002 in Ojai of a long illness. She was born Sept. 15, 1925 in Minnesota.
Mrs. Chambers worked at Point Mugu Naval Base for 40 years.
She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Foster, and grandsons Bobby and Eric Foster, all of Oxnard; sister Elaine Brake of Ojai; brother Bob Cookson of Fontana, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Chambers.
A memorial service will be held Friday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m. at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park Chapel, with interment immediately following.
Arrangements are under the direction of Clausen Funeral Home, Ojai.