Pamela Joy Dagley
Pamela Joy Dagley, a longtime Tiburon resident, died in her sleep on June 21, 2010, in San Rafael, following a major stroke, with her family by her side. She was 79.
Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 28, at St. Stephen’s Church in Belvedere. A reception will follow.
Raised in Coronado, she attended Coronado High School and San Diego State, where she met and later married Robert Dagley. They moved to Tiburon in 1980.
Tennis was a constant thread in her life. She was a longtime member of the Mill Valley Tennis Club, where she played competitive tennis and volunteered for various teams and tournaments. In 1990, she and her partner were ranked number one in women’s doubles in their 5.0 division. She spent many years working in the registrar’s office at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, where she also coached the boys’ tennis team.
When Mrs. Dagley was unable to continue playing tennis, she took up golf. She was a natural athlete and it wasn’t too long before she made her first hole-in-one.
She and her husband enjoyed travel and went to many international destinations. “She was a wonderful and vibrant woman who lived life to its fullest,” said her son, Bill. “She was fiercely independent and very loyal to her many close friends.”
Mrs. Dagley’s husband died in 2007. She is survived by her sons, Bill Dagley of San Rafael and David Dagley of Seward, Alaska; and two grandchildren, Jack and Caroline. She also loved the company of her miniature poodle, Polly.
Donations in her memory may be sent to the Tam Boosters Boys’ and Girls’ Tennis Teams, 700 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941.
Gregory Scanlon
Gregory Scanlon, 50, son of Jeanne Negin of Tiburon, died June 19, 2010, after a long battle with cancer.
Born in San Francisco, Mr. Scanlon grew up in Mill Valley and graduated from Ross School, Redwood High School, Notre Dame de Namur and the University of San Francisco. In high school, he played football, basketball and CYO basketball. He loved motorcycles and competed in many dirt-bike competitions.
In 1986, he moved to Los Angeles and operated a moving company while working as an actor.
He moved to New York City in 1996 to pursue a career in music. In his website biography, he wrote of having performed at Baggot Inn and as a solo act and in group lineups at Kenny’s Castaway’s in the East Village, among other places. He performed as an actor/guitarist in the musical, “The Joy of Writing,” staged by the Polish Theatre Group of New York.
He was a devout Roman Catholic. He sang in the folk choir and then the High Mass choir at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church. He participated in anti-abortion protests.
He also had performed in a reading of a Tennessee Williams play at the Actors Studio, and performed most of the music in the production on guitar.
He had self-published a book, “Dogs and Fathers and other Stories from the Dirt,” and had recorded an album, Every Fall.
He played the role of the valet in the film, “Love Walked In”.
A Funeral Mass was held in New York City. Arrangements for a celebration mass at St. Hilary Church in Tiburon are pending.
He is survived by his mother, Jeanne Negin of Tiburon; a brother, Kevin Scanlon of Tiburon; and aunts, uncles and cousins.
Donations in his memory may be sent to Catholic Charities, P.O. Box 17066, Baltimore, MD 21297-1066.