The Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association of the San Francisco
Police Department held their monthly meeting on Tuesday May 14, 2019 at the
Hall of Justice in San Francisco, California. Roll Call: President Ray Kane, Vice President James
O’Meara, Secretary Mark McDonough (conference call), Treasurer Dean Taylor, Trustees
Al Luenow, Lou Barberini, and Leroy Lindo were present. Trustees Rob Forneris,
Ryan Walsh, and bookkeeper Sally Foster were excused.
The regular order of business was pre-empted for a quarterly report from our
Investor/Accountant Joey Kennedy of KCM who reported that our portfolio is up
10% since the beginning of 2019.
Approval of the Minutes: Vice President Jim O’Meara made a motion to accept
the minutes from our April meeting. Trustee Al Luenow seconded the motion. The
motion passed without objection.
Receiving Applications; Suspensions and Reinstatements: President Ray Kane
responded to the San Francisco Regional Police Academy and presented the WOAA
membership to the 265th Recruit Class. Ray successfully signed up 20 out of the
30 Recruits for WOAA membership. Vice
President Jim O’Meara made a motion to accept the new members, and to reinstate
the following WOAA suspended members who have paid their dues and fines.
Trustee Lou Barberini seconded the motion. The motion passed without objection.
The following previously suspended members are now in good standing with the
WOAA: Giovanna Alexander, Michael
Androvich, Marsha Ashe, Raymond Austin, Jill Brophy, Malcolm Fong, William
Garcia, David Gin, James Gratz, Mary Kilgariff-Weese, Barbara Pinelli, Kevin
Rector, Richard Reyes, James Riordan, and Mark Stull. Darby Reid was
mistakenly suspended due to an administrative error. The following named members were suspended on
April 1, 2019, and will be stricken from our roll on July 1, 2019 if we do not
receive their dues and fines: Giovanna
Alexander, Eric Altorfer, Reese Burrows, Derek Byrne, Rob Cebalo, Michael
Celis, Clodagh Coles, Arthur Conger, Timothy Connell, Walter Cuddy, Rain
Daugherty, James Demartini, Sean Doherty, Christopher Downing, Duncan Duffin,
Scott Edwards, Albert Fernandez, John Ferrando, Emily Fields, Fabian Fowler,
Joshua Fry, Ian Goold, Russ Gordon, John Greenwood, James B. Jones, Jody Kato,
Belinda Kerr, Sidney Laws, Dean Lee, Michael Lee, Bryan Lujan, Edouard
Marchand, Graham Matthews, Justin McCall, Richard Miller, Theodore J. Mullin,
Kevin Needham, Michael Palada, Brian
Peagler, Morgan Petiti, Angela Rouede, Gregory Salcedo, Benjamin Santana, Mark
C. Williams, and Michael Wolf. Letters were sent to all suspended members.
If anyone has the ability to contact any of the named suspended members please
have them contact me at 415 681-3660.
Communications and Bills: Treasurer Dean Taylor read aloud the bills and
paid beneficiaries. Trustee Leroy Lindo made a motion to pay the bills and
beneficiary claims from the family of William Mills. Trustee Al Luenow seconded
the motion. The motion passed without objection.
Report of Visiting Committee: No report this month.
Report of Trustees: We received the sad news of the passing of our
following members:
Kippie Locati, age 72: Kippie Kay
Locati was born on November 9, 1946 in Walla Walla, WA. She graduated from the
University of Washington in Seattle in 1972, with a degree in Romantic Languages.
Kippie relocated to San Francisco in 1977 and joined the San Francisco Police
Department. During her career, Kippie walked a beat in the Castro District, and
later became the first female San Francisco Police Honda Motorcycle Officer.
Kippie later swapped her dirt bike for a horse when she transferred to the
Mounted Unit where she patrolled Golden Gate Park and the Presidio until
retiring in 2005. Kippie wore star #522 during her career and worked the
following assignments during her 28 years in the S.F.P.D.: Police Academy
(March 14, 1977), Northern Police Station (July 3, 1977), Mission Police
Station (October 9, 1977), Central Police Station (June 19, 1983), Mission
Police Station (July 6, 1983), Tactical-Hondas (July 12, 1986), Crime
Prevention (February 24, 1996), Hondas (April 21, 1996), Mounted (March 21,
1998),Crime Prevention (March 15, 2002). Kippie retired on April 22, 2005.
Kippie was awarded a Bronze Medal of Valor for services rendered on Monday
March 19, 1979. On that day, Kippie, with Officers Luis Duran and Michael
Dempsey responded at 1630 hours to a call of a “wild 800” and “221 crazy man
with a gun at 22nd at Eureka Streets. The Officers arrived and
ordered the suspect to drop his firearm. The suspect ignored the Officers
commands and continued to wave his firearm in a semi-circle at the Officers.
The Officers continued their commands until the suspect eventually complied and
laid the firearm on the ground. The Officers took the suspect into custody.
Kippie is survived by Nell Burgos, her life partner of 46 plus years.
George Schreck, age 93: George William Schreck was born on March 17, 1926
in Keokuk, Iowa to Frank and Lillian Kennedy Schreck. He passed away on May 10,
2019 in Idaho Falls, ID. He was under Hospice Care. George served in the United
States Marine Corps during WWII and was promoted to the rank of Master Gunnery
Sergeant. On October 10, 1948 he married Mary Ellen Murray in San Diego, CA.
George and Mary made their home in South San Francisco where they raised their
two children, Doug and Debra. George is listed as being a Service Station
attendant prior to joining the San Francisco Police Department on October 22,
1958. George wore star #806 and worked the following assignments during his 27
and a half year career: Mission Police Station (March 9, 1959), Northern Police
Station (December 14, 1959), Central Police Station (November 1, 1960),
Communications (December 16, 1960), Garage (July 24, 1978). George retired with
a service pension on April 30, 1986. George also had retired from the U.S.M.C.
Active Reserve with 24 years of service. George was a member of the Catholic
Church, enjoyed baseball and walking, western movies, and spending time with
his family. George is survived by his loving son Doug (Carolyn) Schreck of
Idaho Falls, ID, his grandchildren Michael and Christine, and his great
grandchildren. George was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and his daughter.
Peter Williams, age 90: Peter A. Williams was born in San Francisco,
CA on October 27, 1928. Peter was listed as a Bank Employee prior to joining
the San Francisco Police Department on January 16, 1951. Peter wore star #619
and worked the following assignments during his 9 year career: Taraval Police
Station (February 5, 1951), and Central Police Station (August 31, 1953). Peter
left the S.F.P.D. on February 1, 1960 to pursue a career in Private Business.
Peter Williams passed away on March 15, 2019 in Huntington Beach, CA.
Report of Special Committee: Bookkeeper Sally Foster sent word that we are
very close to mailing out the proposed changes of our By-Laws and Constitution,
to our membership. Please look for our letter in your mail.
Old Business: No report this month.
New Business: No report this month.
Good of the Order: No report this month.
Adjournment: Vice President O’Meara led our Board in a moment of silence
for all of our fallen members. President Kane set the next monthly meeting for
Tuesday June 11, 2019 at the Hall of Justice. The meeting will be held at 1230
hours in room #150 at 850 Bryant Street.
To All Members: Any member who wishes to change their beneficiary form can
access a form on our website at sfwidowsandorphans.org. Click on the Resources
box on the upper right side of the face page and the beneficiary form link will
appear. Please RE Board Members. Please send the form to WOAA, P.O. Box 4247, San Rafael, CA 94913-4247. We wish to express
our gratitude each month to the following people who greatly assist our
efforts: Retired San Francisco Police Department Captain and the current POA
Defense Administrator, Paul Chignell, retired S.F.P.D. Lieutenant and the
current host of the Gold Country Reaper, Rene LaPrevotte, retired S.F.P.D. Sergeant Rachael Kilshaw and Risa Tom of the
Police Commission Office, retired S.F.P.D. Sergeant and the long standing
editor of the POA Journal, Ray Shine, David Ng of Personnel, and to the entire
Traffic Command who allows us space for our Meetings and files.
