Blythe Van De Ven

Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA

After 93 trips around the sun, Blythe's journey ended on

February 3rd, 2026. She was the loving wife of John Van de

Ven, her constant companion for the past 75 years.

A dedicated student, Blythe graduated from Austin High School

in Chicago, attended the University of Illinois , Champaign IL,

and San Diego State University.

Blythe's working years took place in her pre- and post-parenting

times. Before getting married, she studied at the Argonne

National Laboratory in Chicago and later traveled with John on

his five year Navy enlistment. As a Navy wife, she worked at

Union Planters Bank in Memphis, Veterans Hospital in

Washington D.C., and Veterans Hospital in Chicago. She felt

that her most rewarding work years was the fourteen year stint

she spent as an Instructional Aide for the Visually Handicapped

in the San Diego Unified School District.

She will be sorely missed by her family, including her two adult

children, their spouses, and three grandchildren.

Her lively and sparkling presence will be also missed by her

friends at Pioneer Oceanview United Church of Christ in Bay

Park, the Wesley Palms Retirement Community in Pacific

Beach, and those still living in the Bay Park neighborhood she

called home for over six decades.