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Obituaries

Dec. 30, 2010

Franklin Orfield 1921-2010

Franklin Orfield, a retired San Diego County Superior Court judge, died Thursday of complications from a stroke. He was 89.


By Pat Broderick


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - Franklin Orfield, a retired San Diego County Superior Court judge, died Thursday of complications from a stroke. He was 89.


Born March 11, 1921 in Minneapolis, Orfield enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II, and was soon transferred to San Diego. After his discharge in 1946, he began attending Balboa Law School, which would later become California Western Schoo...

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