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This was sent to us by Marc Savage
Deceased Classmate: Charles Guy Scaff
Date Of Birth: 08-30-1945
Date Deceased: 05-09-2019
Age at Death: 73
Cause of Death: Cancer
Classmate City: Nevada City
Classmate State: CA
Classmate Country: USA
Was a Veteran: No
Survived By: Brother: Lawrence Scaff Sister: Marilyn Hempel Daughter: Michelle Sumitra Simpson
Charles was a lifelong friend. He was one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. He was an avid outdoorsman. He went by the adopted name "Narayan". This link is to a documentary about Narayan made by his brother-in-law Monty Hempel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFEzrNjLUvo&t=707s
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Robert T. Balch (Balch)
Charles was always such a non judgemental person, and extremely intelligent. I lost track of him after high school, but per the attached video, he definitely found his calling and lived life to the fullest. My condolensces.
Robbie
David Paul (Kimball) Anderson
Lovely video. Soulful guy. Thank you Marc Savage.
Peter Keenan Smalley (Known At CHS As Peter Hoff)
So sorry to hear of the loss of yet another Claremont alum. My wife says I’m lucky to receive these notifications, sometimes I’m not so sure about that.
Charley and I knew each other from kindergarten at Oakmont Elementary, thru El Roble Junior High, CHS, and finally Pomona College. We were closest friends, and neighbors, in the elementary grades.
Balch and Savage have his number alright, he was always the smartest and most thoughtful student in and out of class.
A memory from about third grade has stayed with me and I have told many people of it over the decades. Our teacher polled the class with the question, “What is your most prized possession?” Many similar answers were given, bicycle, record player, roller skates, and when it came to Charley he said without hesitation “My plant press.” I’m certain he left behind an extensive collection of botanical specimens, dating all the way back to that early time.
And thanks for the link Marc. Quite nice to see him and hear his voice again after a very long separation.
Marc Savage
I've always remembered this one: Eleventh grade, American history with Mr. Mazzoni (great teacher!). It was a huge late-term exam, worth a possible 200 points. Mr. Mazzoni announced that he would "concede the course" to anyone who scored over 170. Several of us did well, got A's, with a few scores even up into the 160's. Those were the highest scores. Except for Charles -- he got 194.
Judith Kathryn Gain
My memory of Charles was in 7th grade math class(can't remember teacher's name) where Charles was clearly the best student. Behind her back we nominated him to ask a totally stupid off the wall question which he did. It blew her mind and she had trouble continuing for the rest of the class. The entire class loved it!