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Friends we will miss Larry Paul Cobel passed away November 1, 2021. Larry was born December 17, 1937 in Columbus, Ohio to Paul and Pansy Cobel. He had been a Banning resident for 17 years and previously lived in Highland, California for several years. He is a graduate of Hardin High School and a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Civil Engineering through the ROTC program. He was a distinguished military student and a distinguished military graduate. He received a regular Army Commission as a Second Lieutenant. After four years he resigned his commission and established a successful career as a Civil Engineer with E. L. Yeager Construction in Riverside, California, as an area and project manager. He is survived by his wife, Christine, of Banning, California. He is also survived by grandson Dillon Murphy and great-grandson Samuel Mathew both of Elk Grove, California, grandson Sean Murphy of Big Bear City, California, sister Phyllis (Norman) Shumate of Vine Grove, Kentucky, nephew Bryce (Kim) Shumate of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, niece Scarlett Shumate of Kentucky and nephew John Wilkerson of Redlands, California. Larry was preceded in death by his daughter Stephanie Christine Murphy of Big Bear City, California. Larry was an avid lover of the outdoors. He loved fishing, golfing, and men's college basketball, diligently rooting for his alma mater, the Kentucky Wildcats, throughout the entirety of every season. Ralph Giffin was born March 16, 1938, and passed November 11, 2021. Ralph was born in Buffalo, NY. He attended the Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, followed by 28 years of active-duty service. He was qualified to pilot several aircraft and was stationed in NY, Alabama (Ice Breakers), San Diego, Alaska, Hawaii (Commanding Officer), and Long Beach, CA. He then (with less than a week in between) began his job with the Boeing Air Craft Company in Seattle, teaching aircraft systems for 15 years, which included quite a bit of travel to various places around the world. Sun Lakes, happily, was next on the agenda. Ralph was always physically active and enjoyed golf immensely for as long as he was able. He also loved bridge and was an accomplished player. He was loyal and loving, had a curiosity of the world, was well read and had a wide breadth of knowledge, and, best of all, had a great sense of humor. Two sons survive, Steve (partner Claudia) and Michael (wife Michelle). Also, two sisters, Barbara Ricotta and Sheryl Willumitus (Rochester, NY), many nieces and nephews, his two loving cats and his wife Kris. He will be missed beyond measure. Submit your Friends we will miss to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com 64 | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | JANUARY 2022 |