Year: 2025

With sadness, VCCCDRA has learned of the passing of Inajane Nicklas through a Facebook post.  Inajane was a retired Dean of Student Learning at Moorpark College.  She passed on June 21, 2025 of progressive ALS. 

Please use this link to read Inajane’s obituary.

It is with sorrow that VCCCDRA has learned of the passing of Jeanine Day, retired Fiscal Services Supervisor at Ventura College, on May 31, 2025. Jeanine passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones.

A celebration of Jeanine’s life will be planned at a later date and will be shared when more details are available.

It is with sadness that VCCCDRA has learned of the passing of Orbie Darrell Ingersoll, at home in Ventura, California on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Orbie was born in Kansas in 1941, and in 1967, he was founding faculty at Moorpark College in the Music Department.

Orbie developed and taught all of the music theory classes for music majors, and his courses in Music Appreciation for non-majors became so popular with students that more space had to be found to accommodate the strong interest in his classes. During his 49 years teaching at Moorpark College, one of the several classes that he taught exceeded 100 students every semester for every year that he taught there.

Honoring Orbie’s wishes, funeral services were private. Arrangements were under the direction of the Boyko & Reardon Telegraph Road Mortuary & Cremation, Ventura.

Please use this link to read Orbie’s obituary.

With sadness, VCCCDRA has recently learned of the passing of Charles “Chuck” Dahl, on January 20, 2025.  Chuck was an engineering faculty member at VC and retired as a Dean of Occupational Education in 1992.

Please use this link to read Chuck’s obituary.