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Last Address National City, CA Layed to rest in Anacortes, WA
Date of Passing Nov 18, 1993
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Resting in peace.
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Floyd Kenneth Pevoto, 71, of Anacortes, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 1993, at his home following a long battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 16, 1921, in National City, Cal, to Ira B. and Zada B. Pevoto. Because of his mother's death when he was 2 years old, Mr. Pevoto was raised by his uncle and aunt, the Rev. D.R. Pevoto and Mrs. Josephine Pevoto in the Brenham and Houston, Texas area. He graduated from Pasadena HS in Houston, Texas, in 1940 and enlisted in teh US Navy. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Mr. Pevoto retired from the Navy in March 1960, as a parachute rigger. In 1945, he married Katherine Fisher in Seattle, while they both were stationed at San Point NAS. Later, he was stationed in Hawaii and California. in 1963, they moved to to Oak Harbor where he owned and operated an upholstery shop. He loved amateur "ham" radio and was known as W7CLW, previously K6JHT in California. He was affiliated with the Oxnard, CA., Lodge No. 341, Free adn Accepted Masons: Scottish Rite: Nile Temple Shriners: Whidbey Shrine Club; Oak Harbor Olks Lodge; American Legion; Deception Pass Power Squadron and the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. Mr. Pevoto also enjoyed boaring and country music and had been a private airplane pilot. He is survived by his wife, Lorene at the family home: two daughters, Rebecca Pevoto of Lynnwood and Renee Pevoto of Federal Way and gradson, Kristopher; a son, Kenneth Pevoto and grandsons, Derek and Kory.
1950-1951, PR-0000, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA
Naval Hospital Oakland, also known as Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, was a U.S. naval hospital located in Oakland, California, opened during World War II (1942) and closed in 1996 as part of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure program. The 167-acre (68 ha) site is bordered on three sides by Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue in the city's Oak Knoll section.
Oak Knoll hospital was built during World War II for the purpose of treating American military personnel who had been wounded in the Pacific theater. In later years it also treated those who had been wounded in the Korean and Vietnam wars. The site was previously a golf course and country club which had closed during the Great Depression.
A large main hospital building was started in 1965 and opened in 1968. The base was closed in 1996 in an official Navy ceremony.
This building was imploded on April 8, 2011.
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