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Nancy Pakin Resident of Brentwood Nancy Pakin, age 62, passed away on Sunday morning, June 18, 2006, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Walnut Creek following a long battle with ovarian cancer. Nancy was born March 15, 1944, in Trenton, New Jersey, and came to Contra Costa County in 1960. She was a 1962 graduate of Acalanes High School in Lafayette, where she met her husband of 42 1/2 years, Joseph Pakin, a 1961 graduate of Acalanes High School. A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, she was a homemaker who enjoyed arts and crafts, baking, making doll houses, gardening, and most of all her time spent with her grandchildren. She will be missed by her devoted husband, Joe; son and daughter-in-law, Erik and Dawn Pakin of Brentwood; son, Clint Pakin of Dallas, TX; grandchildren, Zack and Alyssa of Brentwood; a brother, Brant Selb of Durham, Connecticut; a sister, Amity O'Neill of Pittsburg, CA; by her mother and step-father, Alice and Ken Youry of Brentwood; and by her father, L. "Bill" Selb of Capitola, CA.
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Sherri Witter (Nissen)
Nancy and I met when I transferred from the East Coast in our Sophmore year. We lived just up the street from each other in Lafayette and ended up dating fellow “life long buddies”
from the class of ’61 whom we both ended up marrying. All four of us had a “blast” when we went to the ’61 class Senior All Night and then drove to the Tonga Room at the Fairmont Hotel afterwards. Nancy and I had lots in common as we “originated” from New Jersey and often talked about all of those “snow” stories. Nancy loved her husband and her family and always bragged about her grandchildren. I miss not being able to call her and chat about what the latest news is with our children and what the next camping adventure would be in their motor home with their Boxer.
Sherri Witter (Nissen)
Just got out our Aklan 1962 graduation year book and found something about Nancy that I had forgotten. She was the literary editor of the Blue Print Don Magazine. Her responsibilities included searching for donations for ads, gathering pictures of classmates and our functions and multiple editing tasks; all of which she always did thoroughly and the ending product was always great.