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Donald G Bagala Sr 1933 - 1996

Don George Bagala Sr of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA was born on March 17, 1933 in San Francisco, San Francisco County to Loretta Pollack and Vincent Bagala. He had a brother Vincent Bagala. He married jacquline marie kelly on March 1, 1953 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, and had children deborah anne bagala, Richard J Bagala, and Donald George Bagala Jr. Don Bagala died at age 63 years old on September 6, 1996 in Alameda, Alameda County.

Don George Bagala Sr

"Bugs", Pop

Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA 95405

March 17, 1933

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States

September 6, 1996

Alameda, Alameda County, California, United States

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03/17

1933

Birthday

March 17, 1933

Birthdate

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California United States

Birthplace

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Early Life & Education

Balboa HS, SF
Military Service

yes, korean era
Professional Career

Don was a Korean Veteran who went to work after discharge at Safeway in SF; in the next few years he became a business owner in the early 60's purchasing Lowell Market from his parents Loretta and Vince. There was a very short lived partnership with his brother , Vince; who's life went in a different direction. Further personal contact between the two was sparce with animosity.
Personal Life & Family

He was an individual who, in my experience functioned best on his own. He bought an early 50's 23' inboard cabin cruiser made by Owens that was powered by a plymouth 6. The boat was wood. He cleaned it, repaired the motor and the hull and the cabin; refinished the hull, cabin and deck. He christened her the "Liki Tiki" and she was docked at Oyster Point in South City. Prior to being birthed at Oyster Point and after purchase; Liki Tiki spent about 18 months in the backyard space at Lowell Market enduring repairs and SF fog. Pretty cramped about 14 ' wide and 27 ' deep. He worked the Market from 7am to 7pm, basically 7 days a week from the early 60;s to the late 60's. He tinkered with "tiki" in the hours from 7pm to midnight Owning the "Liki Tiki" suggests that he liked the water; while thats acurrate; what he liked was fishing SF Bay or the Northern Cal coast. Even the fresh water sources like petaluma along the SF waterffront; both the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges; occcassionally a bit outside the gate. Later he became a home repair person; self employed in Sonoma County, northern cal. Tiki was gone by then and early on in Sonoma he worked at various conerns like Safeway, Hewlett Packard, local lumber companies but the atmosphere just did'nt work. became more adversarial then anything else. He was not much about supervision from someone or comment regarding performance; much preffered being given an assignement and coming back for another one after completion.
09/6

1996

Death

September 6, 1996

Death date

fall from ladder

Cause of death

Alameda, Alameda County, California United States
Death location

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Donald G Bagala Sr lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.

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In 1933, in the year that Donald G Bagala Sr was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.

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In 1962, when he was 29 years old, on February 20th, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. The Friendship 7 flew three times around the earth in 4 hours and 55 minutes. At age 77, Glenn returned to space - the oldest person to fly in space.

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