\t\t\tRobert James Williamson \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Robert James Williamson passed peacefully on July 31, 2026. Born in Rochester, New York, his family ended up in Chula Vista by the time he was in high school. He attended SDSU where he was an active member of Alpha Tau Omega. He met Charlene Wylie at an ATO party, and their fate was set. They married in 1959, shortly after he had graduated.<\/p>\n
Affectionately known by students and colleagues as Dr. Bob, he left an indelible mark on vocational education in the Oceanside School District. If you took any career-oriented classes from the mid-1970s until nearly 2000, you were directly impacted by his work. He fiercely believed that all students should be prepared for the workforce. From agriculture (FFA) at El Camino HS to auto shop; a fully-operational restaurant and a print shop at Oceanside HS; from drafting to computers, medical assisting to court reporting; accounting to office automation, he oversaw it all for more than 25 years. He was also the Principal at Ocean Shores, twice, for a total of nearly nine years. He consulted with other schools and the San Diego County Office of Education on vocational curriculum. He was an accreditation examiner for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. He and a colleague wrote a questionnaire that schools used to assure that students were taking the appropriate classes to line up with their career goals.<\/p>\n
When he wasn\u2019t advocating for his students and staff, Dr. Bob was active in the community. He served on the board, and was president, of the North County Concert Association, and was an early member of the Oceanside Arts Commission. He was a life-long member of Kiwanis \u2013 holding a lifetime perfect attendance pin. If the Oceanside, or later Oceanside Pacific, Kiwanis Club was doing something, he was there, for 40 years.<\/p>\n
He was married to Charlene for 66 years, fully supporting her passion for libraries and women\u2019s education. They raised four children together. Bob was predeceased by his beloved wife and his middle son (Brian) and is survived by his children Lori, Scott and Ian, their spouses, ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. His clan was the light of his life.<\/p>\n
A celebration of life will be held in the chapel at Eternal Hills Memorial Park on September 10, 2026, at 1:00 pm. Donations to the OPK Foundation scholarship fund in his name are suggested in lieu of flowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert James Williamson OBITUARY Robert James Williamson passed peacefully on July 31, 2026. Born in Rochester, New York,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-455255","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\/455255","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=455255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}