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Michael Wells Lorr; Ventura Psychologist

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Psychologist Michael Wells Lorr of Ventura died Wednesday after a rain-related automobile accident in Moorpark. He was 55.

Lorr was born Feb. 29, 1944, in Takoma Park, Md., where he grew up and attended school. He completed undergraduate work at Oberlin University in Ohio and received a doctorate in psychology from the University of Iowa in 1972.

In the mid-1980s, he moved to Ventura and was later employed by the Ventura County Behavioral Health Department in Simi Valley. Since 1976, he had been a member of the American Psychological Assn.

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Lorr liked hiking in the mountains and being outdoors. For 25 years, he was a member of the Sierra Club. He also liked blues music.

He is survived by his wife, Teresa F. Donegan; stepdaughters Jacinta Stockton of Vista, Mia LaSalle of Oak View and Colleen Barnes of Vancouver, Wash.; his mother, Joan Lorr of Takoma Park, Md.; a sister, Nancy Lorr of Ithaca, N. Y., and two step-grandchildren.

Memories of Lorr will be shared at a service scheduled at 7 p.m. Monday at the Loma Vista Chapel at Ted Mayr Funeral Home, Ventura, which is handling the arrangements.

Donations may be made in his memory to the Sierra Club, second floor, 85 2nd St., San Francisco 94105.

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