San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Humphreys, Nathana Harris April 4, 2005
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The Record  April 6, 2005
Stockton
Nathana Harris Humphreys 
Nov. 26, 1945 - April 4, 2005
 
Nathana Harris Humphreys, 59, born November 26, 1945, passed away Monday, April 
4, 2005 after a long battle with cancer.
Nathana was born in San Francisco and grew up in Pacific Grove where her father 
was minister of the Episcopal Church there. After her father died, she, her 
mother and brother moved to Stockton where she attended Stagg High School and 
was involved in the drama club, cheerleading and was the 1963 homecoming queen.
After a year at Delta College, she transferred to Whittier College where she 
earned a bachelor's degree in social work. She then taught 1st grade for 
several years in Southern California where she developed an interest in early 
childhood education that would follow her through the rest of her life.
She lived for more than 20 years in Minnesota where she raised her family and 
continued her interest in children. She was instrumental in advocating training 
and education programs for children and their families so that they could be 
prepared for an start school nourished, healthy and prepared to compete in the 
mainstream educational system. Much of her attention was directed toward 
minority and underprivileged children who might otherwise fall by the wayside. 
While in Minnesota she was involved with the PATCH program and was the founding 
executive director of the Southeast Family Room, a site of the Way-To-Grow 
program serving more than 200 poor children.
In 1995 she returned to Stockton and married Robert Humphreys, president of 
Humphreys College. While in Stockton she worked for seven years as the 
Community Partnership Manager for the Head Start program. In this role, she was 
instrumental in bringing together all the various agencies and programs in the 
community to serve better the needs of young children and their families. She 
served in this role until 2003 when she suffered a recurrence of cancer.
In the relatively short time she was here, she became very involved in 
community activities, serving on the Local Childcare Planning Council, the 
United Way Board, Community Partnership for Families, Success by Six Advisory 
Board and five years on the Stockton First Night Board, serving as its chair 
for two years. She was a participant in the Leadership Stockton program in 1997.
Nathana is survived by her two sons, Derek and Daren Steneman and two 
grandchildren, Kale Steneman, 3 years and McKenna Steneman, 1. She also leaves 
behind two stepchildren, Bob Humphreys Jr. and Wendy Campigli and their 
children, Bryan Patterson, 20, Heather Patterson, 16, Jessica Campigli, 8, Trey 
Humphreys, 2 and Taylor Humphreys, 1 month. Surviving siblings include Carolyn 
(Honey) Pere of Federal Way, Washington, Sharon Larkin of Pacific Grove, CA, 
Juanita Mehringer of Kirkland, WA and Margaret Harris of Whidby Island, WA.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at 
Humphreys College, 6650 Inglewood Ave., Stockton. Interment will be at Park 
View Cemetery, Manteca. Arrangements by Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, Lodi.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the American 
Cancer Society. 
 



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