November 9, 1945 — September 22, 2024
Daric (aka Rocky) Wolkenhauer passed away at home on Sunday morning, September 22, 2024. He was born on November 9, 1945 at Georgetown Hospital in Washington, D.C., where his father was stationed in the Navy. He later grew up in the East Bay, as his parents had before him, graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in English, and working several decades as a high school teacher in the Mount Diablo school district.
He lived most of his life in San Francisco, before recently moving to Walnut Creek with his husband of 20 years, Danny Scheie, whom he married on August 12, 2004 in Toronto, Canada. Daric was a hardcore opera buff, an avid cinephile (watching a film a day even in the hospital), and an aggressive world traveler. He loved little parrots, most especially Rocky, Donna, Timmy, Duffy, and Bingo. Besides his husband, Danny, he is survived by his sister, Gail Johnson; his nephew, Kevin Johnson; and his great nephew, Kostas Johnson. A memorial will be held at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland (designed by Julia Morgan while she was doing Hearst Castle) on his birthday, November 9, at 11 a.m.
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