Month: July 2024

It is great sadness that the VCCCDRA has learned of the passing of Edrissa “Ed” Bassey, retired Accounting professor at Oxnard College.  Ed passed on February 25, 2024, services were held in April 2024 and he was buried at Junior’s Place of Hope (JPOH), a special school in Ed’s home country of Sierra Leone, for children with autism and other special needs.  The school was founded by Ed and his wife Henrietta and opened just two weeks before he passed.

Ed was loved and admired by thousands of students during his long career at OC.

Please use this link to read his obituary in the Ventura County Star.

With sadness, the VCCCDRA has learned of the passing of Terry Pardee, retired professor of anatomy and physiology at Ventura College. Terry began his educational career at Newbury Park High School in 1973, followed by Ventura College in 1996.  Prior to that he served as an LAPD reserve officer and also worked for a few years in a research lab at Amgen.   He is loved and remembered by scores of students who are now physicians, paramedics, nurses, and respected by his colleagues.

Please use this link to read Terry’s obituary, a moving “love letter” by Terry’s children.  No services have been announced.