10. Marjorie Maxine Mallon & Stanley Roosevelt Truman

Jun 10, 1906, Birth of Marjorie Maxine Mallon, the 2nd of 4 children of Jacquelin Chatfield & James Frederick Mallon, in Basalt, Eagle County, Colorado.

Jul 30, 1927: Marriage of Marjorie Maxine Mallon & Stanley Roosevelt Truman, Oakland, Alameda County, California

Aug 2, 1927: Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Alameda County, California:

Told at a luncheon yesterday afternoon was the betrothal of Miss Marjorie Mallon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mallon of Lawton avenue, to Stanley R, Truman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. J. Truman of Perry street.Miss Edna Truman was hostess at the luncheon at the home of her parents, at which Miss Mallon was the guest of honor. The news of the betrothal was made when Patty and Bonnie Burr, the twin daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Burr, dressed in Cupid costumes, pulled two streamers from a ball hung above the luncheon table, and vari-colored hearts fluttered down upon the guests. Bridge was played later in the afternoon. The bride-to-be is attending the University of California. Her fiancé is a graduate of Union College in New York City, and was a member of Theta Alpha fraternity.

Aug 10, 1927: Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Alameda County, California:

Welcomes are being extended Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Truman, who have returned from their honeymoon and who are settled in their attractive apartment in Walnut street, Berkeley, near the campus.Mr. and Mrs. Truman were married the evening of June 30 at a lovely home service and later spent their honeymoon in Yosemite valley, at Lake Tahoe and the Feather river, and in Colusa county, where they visited with relatives.

They are planning to attend the University of California this year. Mr. Truman will continue his graduate work and Mrs. Truman will enter her senior year. She was formerly Miss Marjorie Mallon.

STANLEY TRUMAN

A Collection of his Writings

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Stanley Truman lived a long, productive, involved life. He was deeply involved in service to his patients, his family and his community. His observations and appreciation of his surroundings were most evident to us in his magnificent photographs of the natural world, and of the homely artifacts and structures of everyday life; a wave-washed shell on wind-combed sand, a rough-hewn barn door, a lonely, gnarled tree touched by a setting sun.

During the last two years of Stan’s life, I was fortunate enough to attend a writing class with him. He had joined the class with a purpose: to write about the things he experienced as a boy and young man, growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, in order to share his memories with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His power of recollection was keen and his descriptions of the minutiae of everyday life are exacting and evocative. He was a true observer of his twentieth-century world.

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An Evening Poem
Should I go in?

I’m sitting on the porch — alone

Marj is not here

I can’t stop crying

It has been a beautiful day

War, no wind

Doves cooing

There is silence

The sun is almost setting

The clouds won’t block it out

I hear voices in the distance

They sound happy saying goodbye

The sun is gone

Only the bright clouds remain

I’ll stay here until it’s cold

My handkerchief is wet

I’d better go in!

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Stanley Truman

March 1988Note: Stanley Roosevelt Truman’s wife, Marjorie Mallon Truman, died Mar 14, 1988Stanley Truman, A Collection of His Writings, by Jacquelin (Aubin) Ewing, June 2002

Mar 14, 1988: Death of Marjorie Maxine (Mallon) Truman, Walnute Creek, Contra Costa County, California; from pneumonia

Cremated: Ashes interred, Graves Cemetery in Orland, Glenn County, California

Mar 24, 1988: Rossmoor News, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Country, California:

MARJORIE M. TRUMAN

Marjorie M. Truman, 82 of 2645 Saklan Indian Drive died March 14 at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek. She was a native of Colorado and a longtime resident of Oakland.

She was a member and president of the Women’s Auxiliary for the California Medical Association and the Alameda-Contra Costa County Medical Association.

She is survived by her husband, Stanley Truman of Rossmoor; one son, James Truman of Santa Fe, New Mexico; one daughter; Carol Olson of Langley, Washington; eight grandchildren; and a sister, Neva Aubin Kyme of Oakland.

No services will be held. Contributions may be made to Save The Redwood League, 114 Sansome Street, SF or the charity of your choice.

Mar 1988: Orland Tribune, Orland, Glenn County, California:

TRUMAN, Marjorie Mallon in Walnut Creek, March 14, 1988. Beloved wife of Dr. Stanley Truman; loving mother of Dr. James Truman and Carol Truman Case Olson; sister of Neva Aubin Kyme; also survived by eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Born In Colorado. Served on the boards of Planned Parenthood of Alameda County, Booth Memorial Hospital, Fred Finch Home, Mathilda Brown Home, Oakland Museum Association and the Women’s Auxiliary in the California Medical Association.Private family services will be held in Orland, CA. Those wishing may make contributions to Save the Redwood League, 1114 Sansome St., S.F., CA or to the charity of your choice.

Jan 1990: Alameda County newspaper obituary, Alameda County, California:

TRUMAN, James C. M.D. in his Santa Fe, New Mexico home on Tuesday, January 2, during his recuperation from a serious accident. Dr. Truman was born in San Francisco in 1932; he graduated from Piedmont H.S. and UC Davis; he attended OCS and served 4 years as an officer in the Naval Reserve, he then graduated from McGill University in Montreal in 1962. He established his practice in internal medicine in Oakland after completing his internship and residency at Highland Hospital. He retired to live in New Mexico in 1987. His love of the outdoors was shown through his many years of backpacking and sailing with his family and close friends. He is survived by his father Dr. Stanley R. Truman of Walnut Creek; his wife Roberta and daughter Jordan of Santa Fe; his three children from a previous marriage, Catherine Hodges of Pt. Richmond, Peter Truman of Alameda and Caroline Lange of Valencia; his two grandchildren and his sister Carol Olsen of Langley, WA.Friends are invited to a Memorial Service on Wednesday, January 10, 1990 at 3pm at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley. In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory can be made to an organization of choice or to The Head Trauma Support Project, Inc. 909 12th St., Sacramento, CA.

Oct 29, 1993: Death of Stanley Roosevelt Truman, Walnute Creek, Contra Costa County, California; head trauma, from a fall after having had cataract surgury

Nov 5, 1993: Burial os Stanley Roosevelt Truman, Graves Cemetery in Orland, Glenn County, California

Oct 1993: Walnut Creek newspaper obituary, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California:

TRUMAN, Stanley R. M.D. — in Walnut Creek, October 29, 1993. A native of San Francisco, and a Rossmoor resident of 7 years, age 90. Dr. Truman practiced medicine in Oakland for 50 years. Father of Carol T.C. Olson of Washington; grandfather of eight and great grandfather of nine.Memorial Services will be held on Friday, November 5, 1993 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church, 55 Eckley Ln., Walnut Creek, CA. Interment will be private. Family suggests donations to the SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE, 114 Sansome St. S.F. CA or to your local Planned Parenthood.

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