Frank Nugent

Born: Feburary 19, 1946
Died: January 13, 2019
Age at Death: 72 years

Frank Nugent   Born: Feburary 19, 1946   Deceased: January 13, 2019 

Our beloved CK McClatchy classmate, Frank Nugent, passed away at home on January 13, 2019 at the age of 72, a month short of his 73rd birthday.  He passed away from cancer and was with his loving wife Mary Lou, whom he had been with for the past 20 years.  Frank leaves a brother Steve Nugent. Frank also had a son Greg from an earlier marriage who tragically was killed in a car accident while the family was in Mexico preparing to attend Greg’s wedding.  That was a very tough time in Frank’s life.

Frank worked his career as a police officer, following in his father’s footsteps, but his wife, brother, skiing, traveling and athletics were his main love.  Frank was an avid skier, a ski coach and had many, many ski trophies on his mantle.  Frank and Mary Lou traveled a lot for 12-14 years all over Europe.  Frank also devoted a lot of time later in life to his own personal growth work so he could be a better partner, relative and friend to others.

His McClatchy classmates may remember that Frank played on the football team at McClatchy, as the back-up fullback to Tom Tash. On one of the Thanksgiving Turkey Day football games with Sacramento High, Tom Tash was unavailable, so Frank replaced him in the starting line up and before the day was over Frank had scored 4 touchdowns, propelling McClatchy to victory. 
 
Frank liked to talk about how he met his wife, Mary Lou.  They both took West Coast Swing dance lessons at the “Ballroom” and Frank was the first to admit he had two left feet.  During the lessons everyone continually had to switch partners but at the end Frank and Mary Lou would always end up by chance having the last dance together.  But Frank didn’t meet up with Mary Lou’s dance partner expectations so she kept looking.  Later they met by chance at a local Western bar, called “Cahoots.”   Here was Frank sitting at the bar dressed in non-western clothes drinking a chardonnay.  Mary Lou realized that Frank was a man who did what he wanted and didn’t worry about what people thought of him. She also instinctively knew that Frank was a really good man, much more than just a dance partner.  She apologized for judging his dancing skills, he accepted the apology and they were together ever since.
 
Frank will be missed by all his many friends, family and classmates.  We love you, Frank. 

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