John Spencer Letts

John Spencer Letts was born December 19, 1934, in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut, received a B.A. from Yale University in 1956, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1960. Letts was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Previously, he was in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1960 to 1966 then served as a vice president and general counsel of Teledyne in Los Angeles, California. He was a member of the Sequanota Club in Charlevoix, Michigan for seventy-nine years. An avid tennis player, he was runner up in the National Senior Father-Son Hard Court Tennis Championships in 1995. He is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Virginia Carroll Letts, a sister, Elizabeth Zelle Washburn of Winter Park, Florida, a brother, Whitmarsh Jackson Letts, of Mission Hills, Kansas, three children, James Spencer Letts of Chalfont, PA, Elizabeth Carroll Letts of Baltimore, MD, John Jackson Letts, of Pasadena, and nine grandchildren, Christine, Allison, Joseph, Jonathan, Emily, Nora, Abby, Hannah, and Willis. A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to support the rehabilitation of post-incarcerated youth at SEA Youth Peace Movement, Soledad Enrichment Action, 222 North Virgil Ave Los Angeles CA90004 Attn: Ines Telles

Funeral Home:
Green Hills Mortuary and Memorial Chapel
27501 S.Western Ave.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
US 90275