Kenneth Brooks Wright

Ken was born in Whittier, California, and spent his childhood in Hacienda Heights, Riverside and Sherman Oaks. He attended Van Nuys High School, Pomona College and Stanford Law School. Ken practiced law in Los Angeles at Lawler, Felix and Hall and at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius. He and his wife moved to Ojai following his retirement. He died peacefully on May 7.

Ken served on the Board of Campbell Hall School for 35 years, and he was active in the Episcopal Church at St. Michael’s in Studio City and at St. Andrew’s in Ojai. He participated in American Bar Association section work and in the Pomona College Alumni Association.

Ken is survived by his wife of 57 years, Soni Smith Wright and by his children and grandchildren: Margo Wright Lane, Rock Lane, Rowan and Claudia of Malibu; Daniel Brooks Wright of Santa Fe, New Mexico; and John Waugh Wright, Megan Mullin and Cordelia Wright Mullin of Durham, North Carolina. They will all miss him terribly.

Ken’s life will be celebrated at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ojai, California, on Saturday, May 28 at 1pm.