A rare moment of adorable affection as adults.

My dad with Sheila, my mom, and Norman. Love how she has her arm around her brother.

Sheila Pokras was among the first female judges appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in the late 70s.  A group of us came together when judicial elections were scheduled, each concerned that someone would file against us.  Barbara Johnson, Florence Packard, Madge Watai and I  got together with Sonny Radin who had experienced a judicial election to get advice from her and her husband Hal.  Luckily none of us faced and challenge and even more luckily, we became the best of friends throughout our judicial careers and thereafter, attending judicial conferences together, celebrating our birthdays, enjoying each others vacation homes together, and simply becoming  good friends .  Florence and Madge are gone now, and Sheila has now joined them.  I can imagine them laughing!  Sheila, dear friend, rest in peace.

Shiela was a friend and political supporter.  She swore me in to my first elected office in 1994 (Long Beach School Board) and continued to offer her support in the ensuing years. I appreciated her commitment as chair of the JCC Community Relations committee as we developed a successful Jewish/Black dialogue. Sheila was a force for women and paved the way for so many of us!!

Judge Pokras  was a dynamo. She was strongly supportive of women  judges, and women lawyers. She was strong feminist, and I am proud to have known her. 
She started her life as a public servant on the Lakewood city Council, and when she became a judge, she did not stop involving herself in many community activities. We are all the better for what she did for Long Beach.
I will miss her greatly. She gave me two of her robes when I became a judge, and when I wear the robes that were hers, I feel her warmth.
Judge Carol Rose (retired)

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Sheila Frances Pokras

5 agosto, 1935 – 16 diciembre, 2023

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