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Ring Lost and Found

Second ring returned... Chickquetia (Curry) Sohriakoff
(Stolden several years ago. Found December 2002, returned December 2003)

Richard D. Castro, Sequoia class of 1955, was searching on eBay and came across a 1949 Sequoia class ring. Having lost his own almost 30 years ago, he presumed the ring may belong to someone who may have lost it. Alas he was the winning bidder. At that time, he contacted the Sequoia Alumni Network, but the site was not set up to deal with finding such persons.
After Richard heard of Garret's ring being returned, he thought he would try again. Sure enough, we were able to help him contact Chickquetia (Curry) Sohriakoff, through her grandson, at first.
Chickie's ring was delivered to her at 4:55 pm on December 5th, per USPS. The ring was sent Priority mail with insured mail.

Ring found... Garret Rosslow
(Lost ca. 1959. Found November 2003)

Garret and his girlfriend, Sandy Lowrey, met as students at Sequoia. Sandy moved to San Jose in her Junior year. Garret graduated from Sequoia in 1958. They went “steady” in 1959. It was common for the girl to wear the boy’s ring. Tape was wrapped around the bottom of the ring to adjust for the size difference. While playing in the surf, off the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, she lost the ring. They spent some time checking the surf line, but it was gone!
Fast forward 44 years...
Lee Wiese of Milpitas does Metal detecting as a hobby. On the weekend of November 8-9, 2003, he was beach in Santa Cruz and found a high school ring from Sequoia High School with the same emblem as the school.

This story has been featured in:
• San Mateo County Times (Nov. 19, 2003)
• Santa Cruz Sentinel (Nov. 26, 2003)

The ring was from the class of 1958 and the initials in the band were G.S.R. He contacted the Sequoia High School Alumni Network trying to get contact information for the owner of the ring.
At 9:43 a.m., an e-mail was sent out to to our e-mail list and by noon, the owner of the ring was identified, found and contacted.
In the next days, Lee and Garret contacted each other to make arrangements for Lee to return the ring. On November 16, Lee and Garret met in Santa Cruz and the ring was returned.
Garret and Sandy were married in 1960 and have three children and four grandchildren. They have lived in the Santa Cruz area since 1970.
Lee had found the ring within 100 yards of where Garret and Sandy had lost it 44 years ago!

Found - Sequoia, class of 1947 | Found Found July 2003 on eBay Located in Sonoma County Ladies ring with initials RJ.
Contact: Richard D. Castro.
Created: 12/18/2003. Modified: 12/18/2003.

Lost - Sequoia class of 1950 | Initials D.F. or D.A.F. inside. Taken from a purse in Girls Locker Room. It was Valeri's Mom's ring and her mom has passed away. Would like back, no questions asked.
Contact: Valeri (Grainger) Roberts.
Created: 7/24/2008. Modified: 7/24/2008.

Lost - Sequoia class of 1951 | Taken from home in Santa Clara in the 1960s.
Contact: Shirley (Anderson) Holliday.
Created: 2/15/2006. Modified: 2/15/2006.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1951 | Gold with black onyx stone. Lost while returning from duck hunt winter of 1954 in vicinity across Redwood Creek of what is now Pete's Harbor. I doubt if it will ever be found unless in some earth moving construction work.
Contact: Charles Mabie.
Created: 2/15/2006. Modified: 2/15/2006.

Found - Class of 1951 | Found a gold ring with a blue stone in San Carlos, in a friends backyard on Chilton Street in San Carlos (right behind Carlmont High School). The ring has a class date of 1951, but was found in 1999 or 2000, and has an inscription on the inside of "G.I.Jo" and is larger, so probably a man's ring. It took awhile to clean it up since it had been buried in their backyard for awhile. It was dug up while I was helping to put brick pavers in the backyard.
Contact: Lindsey Engels.
Created: 05/07/08. Modified: 05/07/08.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1954 | Black onyx stone with the initals DMP on the inside.
Contact: Donna Pierce Christen.
Created: 7/6/2005. Modified: 7/6/2005.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1955 | Gold with Blue Stone initials R D C on the inside. Lost around 1975 ? in the Sacramento Area.
Contact: Richard D. Castro.
Created: 11/17/2003. Modified: 11/18/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1955 | Lost Gold with ruby stone. Probably engraved with initials HBM. Lost in burglary in late 1980s. San Diego, California.
Contact: Howard McVicker.
Created: 11/23/2003. Modified: 11/23/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1956 | Gold with black onyx. Initals DMD. My Menlo-Atherton High girlfriend misplaced it (we just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary!). I think it was lost in Palo Alto on Webster Street.
Contact: Don Davis.
Created: 12/15/2007. Modified: 12/15/2007.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1958 | Lost 2001, Newark, CA.
Contact: Marie Hansen Jacobson.
Created: 12/09/2003. Modified: 12/09/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1959 | Left in locker of Men's Gym at UC Berkeley in Spring, 1963, after my SJS baseball team traveled there to play Cal.
Contact: Steve Chell.
Created: 9/9/2006. Modified: 9/9/2006.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1960 | Male ring with with initials 'JAC' inside. Lost June 2, 1973 Brentwood Lodge in South San Francisco.
Contact: John A. Castro.
Created: 11/23/2003. Modified: 11/30/2003.

Found - Sequoia, class of 1963 | Female (I think - very small ring) Sequoia class ring. Found in an estate cleanup. Initials inside appear to be T.J.S.
Contact: Roger Voorhees.
Created: 9/9/2006. Modified: 9/9/2006.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1966 | Lost in the early 1970s in a vineyard in St. Helena, CA. Gold with purple stone. Initials 'DAF' are inside.
Contact: Don Fabiano.
Created: 9/18/2004. Modified: 9/18/2004.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1966 | initials LTL Lost 1965 lost in Lake Berryessa in site of the dam.
Contact: Louis Learned.
Created: 11/23/2003. Modified: 11/24/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1967 | Lost My ring was lost in 1970 Was borrowed by a guy named Peter at a party or stolen by a girl named Linda in Redwood City.
Contact: Marti Towns Emmons.
Created: 11/27/2003. Modified: 11/30/2003.

Lost - Ravenswood, class of 1967 | Lost In the 1970's it was stolen, along with love letters( we won't go there) Burglary of my home in Menlo Park. We found articles in several pawn shops, but no ring.
Contact: Jacquelyn Munchiando-Swan (Smith) Boyd.
Created: 12/09/2003. Modified: 12/09/2003.

Lost - Menlo Atherton, class of 1968 | Ladies ring with blue stone and school emblem in gold. Initials DMP. Stolen in the mid-1980s, possibly in the small town of Bonne Terre or Defiance, Missouri.
Contact: Diana Weber .
Created: 08/29/2005. Modified: 08/29/2005.

Lost - San Carlos, class of 1969 | Lost 1970. Walking one chilly night in Redwood City.
Contact: Carolyn Little Stuart.
Created: 12/08/2003. Modified: 12/08/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1970 | Lost Early 70s. If I knew it wouldn't be lost. Probably in Redwood City.
Contact: Jim Hogue.
Created: 12/10/2003. Modified: 12/10/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1970 | lost in 1970 or 1971. It was silver with a black stone. I think it had my initials—MH or MCH.
Contact: Mykol Hamilton.
Created: 06/12/2006. Modified: 06/12/2006.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1972 | Silver with white stone. Initials "JLF". Stolen from my SF home day after Christmas 1981.
Contact: Janine Ford.
Created: 9/9/2006. Modified: 9/9/2006.

Lost - Carlmont, class of 1973 | Taken in 1989. It has initials on the inside, KMK, and had a sapphire stone.
Contact: Kathy Kennedy.
Created: 9/29/2007. Modified: 9/29/2007.

Lost - Carlmont, class of 1973 | Had initials on one side, with our mascot on the other. It may have been lost in Oregon..
Contact: Mark Crusoe.
Created: 12/15/2007. Modified: 12/15/2007.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1975 | Lost in the 70's, summer of 72-75, not exact on date in Pasco, Washington, left in a gym at a high school.
Contact: Norma MacKenzie.
Created: 11/17/2003. Modified: 11/22/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1975 | Ring stolen from P.E. locker in 74-75. Only had it a few weeks. It was gold with purple stone. May have initials BJH engraved inside it.
Contact: Beverly (Howard) Lucien.
Created: 11/17/2003. Modified: 11/22/2003.

Lost - San Carlos, class of 1977 | (Burglary); purple stone with the initial LAS engraved. Lost 1984 in South San Francisco.
Contact: Linda Steinberger.
Created: 11/18/2003. Modified: 11/22/2003.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1978 | Stolen from house in 1980. It had a white square face with the Sequoia tree. I dont remember if it had my initials in it.
Contact: Maria Garcia.
Created: 4/30/2007. Modified: 4/30/2007.

Lost - San Carlos, class of 1982 | Girls ring with garnet stone, Pewter and black colors in the band. Band/Music ensignia on one side. SCHS on the other. Stolen in September 2005 near Portland, OR. Unique in that the ring was dropped many years ago and the ring band snapped about 3/4th way around -- clean break all the way through the band.
Contact: Sally Price Douglas.
Created: 2/15/2006. Modified: 2/15/2006.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1984 | Gold with purple stone, Initials engraved inside: KDC. Lost at Sequoia gym.
Contact: Kristin Billerbeck.
Created: 9/9/2006. Modified: 9/9/2006.

Lost - Sequoia, class of 1990 | Gold with Black Onyx stone. Cherokee on one side; Football player with '1990' on other. Initials 'FAB' on the inside. Lost Fall 1989 Sequoia Gym boys locker room. Taken from gym locker.
Contact: Frank Bravo.
Created: 11/15/2003. Modified: 11/16/2003.

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