Obituary for Harry Clay Hallenbeck, FAIA 1934 – 2016

Harry Hallenbeck

Harry Clay Hallenbeck, FAIA, 81, died Tuesday, February 3, 2016 in Denton, Texas from stroke related complications.

He leaves his wife of 35 years, Donalee (Deffenbach) Hallenbeck; his three daughters, Aline Hallenbeck Caulley, Risa Hallenbeck Yuhas, and Kalyn Hallenbeck Baer, and his two stepchildren, Dawn Lee Dias and Donald Braverman.  He was preceded in death by his brother John Hallenbeck and his sister Betty Hallenbeck Spelman. He celebrated 17 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and two on the way; and many other family members and friends.

Harry was born in 1934 and raised in the San Francisco bay area, the son of Helen and John Hallenbeck.  He attended Santa Clara University and University of California, Berkeley where he studied architecture.

Harry was the owner of his architectural practice with offices in Alameda and San Diego.  He was involved in many unique architectural projects from the America’s Cup masterplan in San Diego to the restoration of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, in Sacramento.  He was the recipient of over 30 design awards and advanced in the practice of Virtual Design and Building Information Modeling (BIM) with the Sacramento construction management firm Vanir CM.

Harry served his profession as California State Architect, board members and officers of the American Institute of Architects, Oakland Chapter, California Council and National AIA.  He was awarded the honor of Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, California State Architect and the AIA Kemper Award for outstanding service to the public and the profession.

There will be a Memorial Mass honoring Harry on Monday, March 7th at 2 p.m.  The Mass will be at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1017 11th Street, Sacramento, CA.  The Mass celebrant will be Bishop Emeritus William K. Weigand with homilist Pastor Emeritus, Msgr. James T. Murphy.

The family welcomes all to attend this very special memorial for Harry.

Contact Person:  Donalee Hallenbeck, Wife – 916- 690-2714 / donalee.hallenbeck@gmail.com 11805 Southerland Drive, Denton Texas  76207

 
 
 

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