Stanley Wayne Potts passed away in the afternoon of January 15. Born in Indianapolis in 1925 to Russell and Anna Wilson Potts, he spent his childhood in Dodge City, Kansas. During his teens he moved between Cañon City, Colorado, South Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, following his father, a freelance aviator and mechanic.
After the U.S. entered World War II, he was accepted to the V-12 Navy College Training Program and graduated from UC Berkeley as an officer. There he met Violet Laird, whom he would marry after graduation. Stanley had a successful career in the Navy supply corps, crossing the Pacific 32 times, holding billets along the Pacific coast from California to Washington state, and from Hawaii to Washington, D. C. In 1966 he was promoted to captain and posted to San Diego, where he organized the Naval Exchange Service Center (NESC) at the 32nd Street Station, centralizing and computerizing all exchange business for Southern California.
Offered a rear admiralship, he chose instead to retire after nearly 30 years of service and settled into his permanent home in the Del Cerro community. He then began a second career as a financial planner. He had always been an avid amateur athlete, and in his free time he pursued his passion for tennis, continuing to win tournaments until his 70s.
He served in the vestry of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in San Carlos and enjoyed volunteering to teach tennis to aspiring youngsters. He retired from financial planning in his 60s but continued playing tennis to the age of 88. He lived out his final year at a long-term care facility in La Mesa.
Stanley is survived by his children Stephen, Suzanne, and Cynthia, grandchildren Angela, Brian, Elizabeth, and James, and great-grandchild Cassandra. On February 2—which would have been his 96th birthday--he joins his wife, who preceded him, at El Camino Memorial Park. He will be remembered for his strength, humor, and devotion to his family.
After the U.S. entered World War II, he was accepted to the V-12 Navy College Training Program and graduated from UC Berkeley as an officer. There he met Violet Laird, whom he would marry after graduation. Stanley had a successful career in the Navy supply corps, crossing the Pacific 32 times, holding billets along the Pacific coast from California to Washington state, and from Hawaii to Washington, D. C. In 1966 he was promoted to captain and posted to San Diego, where he organized the Naval Exchange Service Center (NESC) at the 32nd Street Station, centralizing and computerizing all exchange business for Southern California.
Offered a rear admiralship, he chose instead to retire after nearly 30 years of service and settled into his permanent home in the Del Cerro community. He then began a second career as a financial planner. He had always been an avid amateur athlete, and in his free time he pursued his passion for tennis, continuing to win tournaments until his 70s.
He served in the vestry of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in San Carlos and enjoyed volunteering to teach tennis to aspiring youngsters. He retired from financial planning in his 60s but continued playing tennis to the age of 88. He lived out his final year at a long-term care facility in La Mesa.
Stanley is survived by his children Stephen, Suzanne, and Cynthia, grandchildren Angela, Brian, Elizabeth, and James, and great-grandchild Cassandra. On February 2—which would have been his 96th birthday--he joins his wife, who preceded him, at El Camino Memorial Park. He will be remembered for his strength, humor, and devotion to his family.
Stanley Wayne Potts passed away in the afternoon of January 15. Born in Indianapolis in 1925 to Russell and Anna Wilson Potts, he spent his childhood in Dodge City, Kansas. During his teens he moved between Cañon City, Colorado, South Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, following his father, a freelance aviator and mechanic.
After the U.S. entered World War II, he was accepted to the V-12 Navy College Training Program and graduated from UC Berkeley as an officer. There he met Violet Laird, whom he would marry after graduation. Stanley had a successful career in the Navy supply corps, crossing the Pacific 32 times, holding billets along the Pacific coast from California to Washington state, and from Hawaii to Washington, D. C. In 1966 he was promoted to captain and posted to San Diego, where he organized the Naval Exchange Service Center (NESC) at the 32nd Street Station, centralizing and computerizing all exchange business for Southern California.
Offered a rear admiralship, he chose instead to retire after nearly 30 years of service and settled into his permanent home in the Del Cerro community. He then began a second career as a financial planner. He had always been an avid amateur athlete, and in his free time he pursued his passion for tennis, continuing to win tournaments until his 70s.
He served in the vestry of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in San Carlos and enjoyed volunteering to teach tennis to aspiring youngsters. He retired from financial planning in his 60s but continued playing tennis to the age of 88. He lived out his final year at a long-term care facility in La Mesa.
Stanley is survived by his children Stephen, Suzanne, and Cynthia, grandchildren Angela, Brian, Elizabeth, and James, and great-grandchild Cassandra. On February 2—which would have been his 96th birthday--he joins his wife, who preceded him, at El Camino Memorial Park. He will be remembered for his strength, humor, and devotion to his family.
After the U.S. entered World War II, he was accepted to the V-12 Navy College Training Program and graduated from UC Berkeley as an officer. There he met Violet Laird, whom he would marry after graduation. Stanley had a successful career in the Navy supply corps, crossing the Pacific 32 times, holding billets along the Pacific coast from California to Washington state, and from Hawaii to Washington, D. C. In 1966 he was promoted to captain and posted to San Diego, where he organized the Naval Exchange Service Center (NESC) at the 32nd Street Station, centralizing and computerizing all exchange business for Southern California.
Offered a rear admiralship, he chose instead to retire after nearly 30 years of service and settled into his permanent home in the Del Cerro community. He then began a second career as a financial planner. He had always been an avid amateur athlete, and in his free time he pursued his passion for tennis, continuing to win tournaments until his 70s.
He served in the vestry of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in San Carlos and enjoyed volunteering to teach tennis to aspiring youngsters. He retired from financial planning in his 60s but continued playing tennis to the age of 88. He lived out his final year at a long-term care facility in La Mesa.
Stanley is survived by his children Stephen, Suzanne, and Cynthia, grandchildren Angela, Brian, Elizabeth, and James, and great-grandchild Cassandra. On February 2—which would have been his 96th birthday--he joins his wife, who preceded him, at El Camino Memorial Park. He will be remembered for his strength, humor, and devotion to his family.
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