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Nicole AUCLAIR (1981-2003) (obit.)
Nicole Auclair
Nicole Auclair, a 1999 Davis High School graduate, died on March 29, 2003, after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was 21.
Born on Sept. 30, 1981, in Sacramento, she spent the first three years of her life in Davis. Her family moved to Santa Barbara, then Colorado, before returning in 1987. She attended Valley Oak Elementary, St. James Elementary, Holmes Junior High and Davis High School.
She began taking piano lessons at age 6 and remained active in both music and theater throughout her life. At Davis High School she participated in the Jazz Choir, Jazz Band and Orchestra and served on the high school's Drama Advisory Board. She also participated in many
musical theater productions both inside and outside of school.
After she graduated from DHS, her family moved to Walnut Creek and she enrolled at UC Santa Cruz.
In February 2002, doctors diagnosed her with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare childhood cancer. She survived nearly nine months of heavy treatment and a stem-cell transplant, and her cancer was declared in remission during the fall of 2002. She returned to college during the winter quarter of
2003, intent on graduating in 2004. Then her cancer resurfaced in February.
She is survived by her parents, Margli and Philippe Auclair, and her younger sister, Mikaela.
Her family has planned a memorial service and celebration of her life for 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Diablo Unitarian Church in Walnut Creek.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations in Nicole's memory to "The Nicole Auclair Memorial Music Scholarship Fund." Checks may be made out to "UCSC Foundation/Nicole Auclair Fund" and mailed to University of California, Santa Cruz, Attn: Arts Development, Porter College D-164, University of California, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA
95064.
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