Beloved father and husband Calvin James Bedgood, born on April 12, 1948 in Grants Pass, Oregon, and died July 16, 2024. Calvin graduated from Hayward High School in 1966. He enlisted in the Navy, in 1967 and served in the Vietnam war. He was honorably discharged in 1969. He was hired into the Contra Costa County Fire Department in 1974, and served 31 years. Calvin retired in 2005 as a Captain. He would often say of his career, “If you do something you love, you don’t work a day in your life.” He married his wife of 51 years, Debra Bedgood, July 15, 1973. Calvin left behind two sons, eldest son, James, youngest son Robert, and his six grandchildren who he loved dearly. We know you are watching us from Heaven, we will miss you. Amen.