Hugh Allan Rideout, age 99, of Monterey County, youngest son of Charlotte Wythe Rideout and Zoeth Ransom Rideout, will be remembered as a longtime Pacific Grove school teacher, past president of Kiwanis, business owner, and weekend denizen of the Monterey Bay sailing community, first in Monterey, then Santa Cruz.

Hugh had the ocean in his blood. His fondest recollections were of boats, and his heroes were men of the sea. He followed his father, Ransom, and his brothers Ern and Bud to the harbor at a young age, and for the rest of his life a day on the water would find him in his element. 

After service stateside in the Army Air Corps during the second World War, Hugh and a partner purchased a wooden-hulled 64-ft. supply ship from Navy surplus with the idea of shipping fruit up from Central America. The longshoreman's strike put paid to that, but long-line fishermen were picking up work. Why not do that? 

Hugh captained his shark boat, the E.V. Rideout, into the deep sea fishing grounds off Central and South America for several seasons, until the boat was lost to fire.

He then earned his college degree on the GI Bill, and a teaching credential from San Jose State College, joining his sister, Charlotte, brothers, and other members of the family in the education field.

He began teaching high school in Long Beach, where he met his future wife, Sue, who had with her roommate delivered a new police car across the country from the Michigan plant to the City of Long Beach. Moving to Pacific Grove, Hugh and Sue raised a family of three girls and toward the end of his teaching career, when their two eldest daughters were teenagers, Hugh and Sue took on the challenge of owning and operating a campground an hour away down the coast in Big Sur. In the years since, the Rideout family have been caretakers of this lovely piece of woods and stream. After handing over management to the younger family members, Hugh enjoyed returning to the campground to recharge his spiritual batteries and, yes, as he always said, "...Just checking up on things!"

Hugh is survived by Sue Margaret Rideout, the mother of their three daughters, Nancy Dotson (Danny) of Monett Missouri, Sally Rideout (Carole) of Carmel Valley, and Amanda Rideout of Big Sur; grandchildren Zeb Dotson of Big Sur, Eli Dotson (Caitlin) of Missouri, and Hanna Dotson of Big Sur; many nieces and nephews, and countless others who received his love and time.  A gathering of friends and family will be held June 4, 2022, in Santa Cruz.