Park Cockerill, 81, passed on July 6 at Kaiser Hospital, Panorama City, from a stroke. 

He had been a teacher at San Fernando High School, a tennis coach at Flintridge Prep, and a member of the Altadena Senior Men’s Golf Group. Park had been active earlier in local tennis groups. He also taught tennis camps locally and in the San Fernando area. As a teacher in San Fernando he coached winning football teams, tennis and golf.

He is survived by his wife Kathy, a retired teacher from La Cañada High School; daughters Lisa Shinder and Emily Brockett; stepdaughters Suzanne Laughrey, Alison Gunter and Ashley Holsinger. He also leaves four grandchildren: Drew Cockerill, Audrey Shinder, Dylan Holsinger and Lillie Laughrey. Services will be held at Sure Foundation Christian Fellowship in Pasadena on July 24 at 3 pm.

Interment will be at Riverside National Cemetery at a later date.

Funeral Directors: CrippenMortuaary.com