This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4dW.2ACEB/1398 Message Board Post: Phillip Ward Flynn was born on December 18, 1931, in Santa Monica, California. He was the son of Joseph S. Flynn, a doctor, and Phyllis Ward Flynn, a homemaker, and spent his childhood years in Los Angeles and Ventura, California. Mr. Flynn attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he met his future wife, Carole Carlin. They were married in Marysville, California on September 18, 1955. Mr. Flynn was the President of the Berkeley chapter of the Theta Tau fraternity and received his bachelor-3/8s degree from Berkeley in 1955. He then served in the Navy as a Lieutenant, j.g., stationed in San Diego. Mr. Flynn returned to Berkeley and received his master ' s degree in 1961. Mr. Flynn then moved to San Diego with his wife and worked in the nuclear industry at General Atomics in La Jolla for 25 years. He also continued to serve as an officer in the United States Naval Reserves, retiring as a Commander in 1991. Mr. Flynn was a resident of La Jolla for the last 32 yea! rs and loved to fish, camp and backpack. In 1972, he and his family drove their camper from La Jolla to Alaska, on the then dirt and gravel Alaska Hwy. for the summer. Mr. Flynn recently joined his wife, Carole, who passed away in 1981, and will be greatly missed by many. Their four children, Kevin Flynn of San Clemente, Greg Flynn of La Jolla, Gary Flynn of Bay Park, and Lisa Flynn-Bento of Pomona, and their six grandchildren survive them. A Military Honors Ceremony is planned for March 12, 2003, at 3 p.m. at Fort Rosecrans. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 3/9/2003. (volunteer submission)