December 29, 1929 �" April 15, 2011
Alfred J. O'Connor Jr., a retired San Francisco Unified School District special education teacher, died in San Francisco April 15. He was 81.
Mr. O'Connor, a native of San Francisco, was a passionate ice skater, skating weekly at Buena Vista Gardens.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
He was the dear brother of the late Maureen Cresta, dear uncle of Michael, Jeffrey, and Robert Cresta and Mimi Patterson; cousin of Jeannie Handley and Hank Dapkis; and a longtime friend of Doug Johnson, Sidney Modell, Buck Thibodeau, Nick Andrade, James Gatteau, and the late George Marsh and Tom (Martin) Schram.
Family and friends are invited to a memorial Mass Thursday, May 5 at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond Street, San Francisco, CA 94114. Inurnment to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.