Nicole Johnson

City College says good-bye March 8 at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento to two professors who were married to each other and served the campus.

On March 2, professor Laura Toohey-Maeda, an adjunct history professor, died three days after her husband, City College sociology adjunct sociology professor Wayne Maeda.  Both died of cancer. The couple had been married since 2008.

Toohey-Maeda, 64, had worked for the Los Rios Community College district since August 1991. Maeda was 65 when he passed and had been a professor at City College since 1989. Maeda also a Sacramento State professor and, according to The Sacramento Bee, “was one of California’s leading voices on Japanese American history.”

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Family and friends have arranged to have a joint memorial service Friday at 3 p.m. at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento, 2401 Riverside Blvd. A potluck reception will be held after the memorial.

Directions to Buddhist Church of Sacramento