\t\t\tLoretta Huckabone \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Loretta Deiss Huckabone, n\u00e9e Ricketts, was born in Aurora, Indiana, and grew up in nearby Rising Sun, Indiana. Raised in that neighborly small town on the banks of the Ohio River, she went on to become a world traveler, history buff, accomplished tennis player, and formidable bridge partner. At age 91, she traveled to Delaware with her children, logging her 50th State. \u201cDelaware is calling,\u201d she said, \u201cand I must go.\u201d An avid birder, her life-bird-list tally soared to 1,402. A lifelong Methodist, she attended both San Diego First and San Carlos United Methodist Churches. An engaged and well-informed citizen, she supported KPBS and for years kept a stack of Newsweek\u2019s on hand in order to \u201ccatch up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The adored only-child of her attorney father Lee Ricketts and his wife Garnet, Loretta excelled in school, graduating with an A.A. from Stephens College (Columbia, MO), then attended Radcliffe College (Cambridge, MA) before completing her B.S. at the University of Indiana.<\/p>\n
She married Ronald Deiss in 1953, and together they raised their two children \u2013 son Jeffrey and daughter Leigh. Following her husband in his aerospace career, they moved from Cincinnati, OH, to Syracuse, NY, to Mount Holly, NJ, to Santa Monica, to Denver, CO, to Orlando, FL, to Los Angeles, and, finally in 1969, to San Diego, which was her beloved home for the rest of her life.<\/p>\n
In 1978, she remarried to Theodore Huckabone, a retired naval officer. Ted and Loretta devoted much of their free time to travel, notably in their motorhome, and both became accomplished square dancers. They hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and later to the top of Mount Whitney, where they square-danced on the summit. Their license plates spoke volumes \u2013 \u201cHVG FUN\u201d and \u201cHVG FUN2\u201d. <\/p>\n
Somehow, Loretta was able to fit in a distinguished 7-year career as a tax auditor with the State of California before retiring in 1985.<\/p>\n
Widowed in 2001, she remained active over the course of her remaining years, pursuing her interests, continuing to RV on her own, nurturing her friendships, and hosting and visiting her family. Though she often reflected, \u201cLife was simpler in Rising Sun, Indiana,\u201d she nonetheless earned a moment\u2019s victory over \u201cTechnology\u201d when she was featured by the Washington Post in their story, \u201cThis 92-year-old beat the cable company.\u201d <\/p>\n
She is survived by her son Jeff (and wife Vila Schwindt), daughter Leigh O\u2019Brien (and husband Tommy), four grandchildren (Allison, Thomas; Katie, Jamie, Jack); step-son Jay (and wife Beth), step-son Michael (and wife Sonia), three step-grandchildren (Emily, Donna, Nathan); and a myriad of great-grandchildren. <\/p>\n
A memorial service will be held at San Carlos United Methodist Church on August 15. Donations are suggested to The Audubon Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loretta Huckabone OBITUARY Loretta Deiss Huckabone, n\u00e9e Ricketts, was born in Aurora, Indiana, and grew up in nearby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-427970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}