Thursday, November 5, 2020

Larry Hoberman, BHS '67 (1949-2020)

Lawrence Steven Hoberman
January 19, 1949 - November 5, 2020

VERY SORRY TO SHARE THE LOSS OF OUR CLASSMATE AND FRIEND, LARRY HOBERMAN... 

Posted on Facebook by Don Ray November 5, 2020 

Sad news. Larry Hoberman lost his battle today. His cousin, Ron Panich, just called to tell me Larry died. He fought hard. I’m certain he was exhausted. The nurse told Ron that Larry was so weak that there was nothing to do for him when his vitals dropped so low. He was 71. He was born on January 29, 1949. He was working as an accountant. His work focused on tax preparation — mostly for non-profits. He was an enrolled agent and represented his clients in U.S. Tax Court. He was also a mortgage broker and a property manager. 

From his landlady/friend: 

It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that Larry has given up his fight. This morning at 5:00 am I was notified by the Windsor nurse that Larry had been readmitted to Los Robles Hospital, because he was desaturating. He had been in the emergency room several hours and the nurses were very concerned about his prognosis. His blood pressure once again was very low, he needed blood and much more oxygen; he was also not responsive and they believe that he was again septic. Shortly after, Larry suffered a heart attack and at 1:15pm he passed. My condolences to Ron and Karen and all of you. I had known Larry only 5 years compared to all of you. Well, Larry just couldn't fight anymore and has crossed over to the other side of the shooting range where he will be free and out of pain. I will miss his voice and his awesome stories. I will really miss him as I'm sure you all will too. 

Melody 

RIP Larry.

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Larry and his his sister Karen Hoberman, BHS '69, were raised in Burbank by parents Sam and Libby Hoberman.

A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS...


  • Well that’s sad, RIP Bulldog 😔

  • Very sad news, may he Rest In Peace.
     
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    So sorry to read this... 😞❣️🙏


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    So sorry to hear this sad news. He fought like a true Bulldog. RIP.

  • So sorry to hear about Larry. RIP my friend
     
    Ron & Karen,
    My sincerest condolences of our loss of Larry. He belonged to all of us.
    Scott
     
    Prayers to his family and friends.... RIP

  • So very sorry to hear this 😢.

  • Melody you have been an angel advocating for Larry and keeping Don Ray informed so Larrys classmates could cheer him on, in their way. Thank you and I pray your loss is filled with many fond memories.
    Don Ray, a more stalwart friend Larry couldn't find. I pray you will find Peace in his passing and joy in all the many years of memories the two of you shared.
    And Larry, thank you; you fought with valour; rest now.
  • So sorry to hear this. He fought long and hard. So sad and condolences to the family. Carol & Alex

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    Thank you, Don, for being such a good friend to Larry. I’m so sorry he lost his fight but I’m sure he’s in a better peace. RIP. 🙏🏻

  • RIP Larry So sorry to hear about his passing, Don you were a great friend.

  • Sad day but he's at peace now.

  • Sorry to hear....he is at peace
     
    So sad 🙏🙏🙏for him

  • So sorry to hear this. He looked so good the other day. Maybe we should have realized it was his last rally. R.I.P. Larry. 💙
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  • My condolences to all his family and friends. RIP Larry.
Condolences to his family! 🙏 RIP Larry!
 
What a tragic loss. Larry was one of those guys who made everybody laugh. I knew him from second grade at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. Larry had this room in his garage called "The Fort." We used to indulge in every kind of vice you could think of! He was one heck of a fighter. He was a leader -- in Boy Scouts the Scout Master used to ask him questions because of Larry's insights and cool personality. He was Ron Panich's cousin. Both of those guys were blessed and were blessings to all of us who knew them. Larry was uncanny. By that I mean he was no-nonsense, and he would not back down from fights -- verbal or otherwise. I regret and mourn his passing. We had planned a lunch with Don Ray, and we never accomplished that due to schedules and then the pandemic. I did not know of his illness or his unfortunate passing. Larry contacted me a few years ago to assist him in a charity he had established for victims of kidney disease. His heart was big and open to all. His humor, his ability to make others laugh will never be forgotten.
 
Spread some sunshine up there Larry. RIP bulldog.
 
I’m so sorry! Prayers for his family.
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Another bulldog down very sad. Condolences to friends and family
 
Rest in Peace
 
This makes me sad. I remember him well.
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RIP
 


Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Mary Brotsis Andersen, BHS '67 (1949-2020)

NOTICE: Lori Diane Pietrantonio posted on Facebook, "I contacted her friend that took care of her. She said Mary is being cremated and a private service at Forest Lawn. When this pandemic is over, they will hold a party worthy of Mary that will be very big!"

  

Mary Stavroula Brotsis Andersen 

July 10, 1949 - September 6, 2020 

 Heartbreaking news... Friend and classmate since kindergarten, Mary Brotsis Andersen, passed away this past Sunday from cancer.

Mary worked in Hollywood and was the Public Relations and Press Coordinator for the TV series "Santa Barbara" which aired from 1984 to 1993.

She is survived by her 97 year old mother, Barbara Brotsis, and her brother, Peter Brotsis, BHS '61. Peter was by her side as Mary peacefully and gracefully passed.

RIP Mary. You are loved and will be missed...

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2018 at our annual reunion in Burbank


1955 Kindergarten at Miller Elementary in Burbank, California
L-R: Jeanne Barron, Cathy Shalda, Martha Burke, Mary Brotsis, Cecilia Sarmiento, Cathy Palmer and Diana Ziegler

A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS
Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
❤️🙏

Patti Dobrowolski
She was so funny

Betty Worland
Oh no!!! Who didn't love our dear Mary?? I have so many wonderful memories of her from Burbank High School where she made me laugh so hard, got me in trouble by distracting me in class. She was a lady that will be missed by so many. RIP dear Mary. ❤

Bruce Fossler
Hope your life was fulfilling..,

Joan M. Ortega
I first met Mary in Drama class at John Muir. You can imagine how much fun she made that class! God bless her and may she Rest In Peace. 💚

Julie Guttridge
So so sorry ! Dang! This class of 67 seems to be dropping like flies.
God bless Mary’s family !!

Lorraine Taylor
🙏❤️

Pamela Spang
I’m sorry ...I hate these posts 😢 RIP safe journey

Marcia Matson
Oh no! I remember gym with her: tennis, golf and archery. She was my partner and would come bursting out with a “tennis anyone?” She was so much fun and so different from anyone else I knew! Burned into my memory. RIP dear Mary.

Don Ray
So many years adoring her laughter. So sad to hear.

Flora Ferrens
So sorry to hear. She was so sweet to me. Regards to the family.

Diane Ward
Such sad news. Love and prayers to her family.

Deanna Jennings
So sad to hear this. Mary will be missed. My Dad (Jim Lloyd) has amusing memories of her from John Muir Jr. High.

Mary Durrer
She made everyone comfortable and fun to be around.

Suzanne Lane Tondre
May she now be restored to complete and perfect health and forever Rest In Peace. 🙏

Mary Ogle
No no no! I'm so sad. I've been thinking of her lately. My friend all thru elementary school. Mary O & Mary B. She was so sweet & special. I'll miss her. I've been thinking of her lately. So many good times together. So many shared classes & birthday parties. Here's a picture of Mary B & me sitting next to each other in 2nd grade (March 1957.)

Jeanne Barron Aikman
Mary Ogle, And also Diana Ziegler, Judy Fish, me and Maureen Murphy. Yes, lots and lots of stories and giggles. ❤️

Christine Smith Carroll
RIP Mary, 🙏🏻💙🙏🏻

Mary Durrer
She was really nice. I meet her at john Muir in 9th grade. So sad to hear. RIP

Donna Luce Veatch Neitman
So sad to hear of Mary’s passing! She was one of a kind! RIP Mary! 🙏

Lori Diane Pietrantonio
Such a sad loss. I was blessed to have her as a patient and was honored to have taken care of her. She was so very sweet. RIP pretty lady. You will be missed. 🙏❤️🙏❤️😢😇

Kathie Maybin
So sorry to hear about Mary RIP

Betsey Nash
So sorry.

Sharon Webster-nersesian
I’m so sorry

Vicki Herrin Fields
Rest in Peace

Mary Joan Swartzbaugh
🙏

Annette Dinolfo Bennett
RIP Mary May God Rest your soul and keep you from pain🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Deborah Lynn Mulle
Rest In Peace

Nadine Aguirre Lujan
RIP

Theresa Terry Ballesteros-Thomason
To her family and friends I’m sorry for your loss! RIP 🙏🏼

Judy Sturm Seay
So very sad, rest in peace Mary.

Darlene Culotta
I remember her.. Very sad..

Patsy Raymundi
Sorry for the loss RIP

Diane Ward
So sad. RIP.

Patricia Sorley
So very very sad. We loved her.

Carol Nicholls Lebrecht
This was our annual reunion picture with Mary in September 2018. She was truly a character with a zany sense of humor. Our dear fellow bulldog, she will be missed. My condolences to her family.


Christina Vlachos-Peratsakis
I was fortunate enough to meet Mary while visiting her mother Vera. May her Memory be Eternal🙏

Penny Jonas Barth
Sad news. I remember her well... as a happy, funny light.

Liz Havens
RIP

Jay Peterson


Cathy Palmer
This was our 40th reunion and they called up those who were on drill team and here comes Mary who was NOT on drill team! She was so funny! 🤣 Thanks Jay for the memories 💖



Diana Ziegler Larsen
I'm SO SAD to read this. Mary was a great friend through elementary school! So funny, so happy! It was wonderful catching up with her at several reunions. Such a loss to all of us.

Linda Green Nicholson
So sad RIP, Mary prayers to her family

Mark Littleton Sr
Like no other. Personality way ahead of her years. We all know Mary (aka Holly Wood) what a joy she is. Heaven must be in stitches today. God love and bless her sweet soul. We all love you Mary. Thank you for touching each of our lives. Xoxoxo Father bless and take Mary into your loving arms. Heart broken. 💔🙏 see you soon.

Alma Carson
So sad we had so much fun together in school God just gained another Angel😢

Annette Dinolfo Bennett
So sad !! RIP in Heaven Mary 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Carol Baker
Many of us have some funny memories of Mary in school. I wished we had known she was ill so that we all could have shared our memories with her. RIP Mary, and entertain everyone in heaven.

Linda Everett
So sorry to hear this.......Mary was always so much fun and always brightened everyone’s day with her wit and big smile❤️🙏❤️

Shari Diane Goodstein Epstein
So very sad to hear about Mary 😢She was always so full of life and joy.

Cathy Coyle
I was so shocked and sad to hear this news yesterday. Mary was so full of life & laughter! I first met her when she was in my 6th grade class at Miller. She was actually very vocal, even then, and I remember her and Larry Palmer being the funniest kids in the class. I didn't hang out with her in Junior High or High School but for the past decade we became great friends at our various Class of 67 events. She was always the life of the party! I will always remember her coming in and saying "Hi you Ugly Twins!" or "You two are 'my' Ugly Twins!" as she grabbed us & hugged us. Her voice was very deep and raspy and her laugh was like no other. She was often blunt, but we all knew her heart was pure gold!!! I will truly miss seeing you at our future Class of 67 events dear friend. God Bless you Mary! You were loved by many!!!


Donna Luce Veatch Neitman
Yep our Mary, one of a kind! RIP Mary!



Joyce Miller
I am so heart broken, sad and shocked.

Kenneth Clark
Sad. I saw her and talked with her at her relatives' eatery in Granada Hills just over 30 years ago.

Steve Beninato
I rember in 9th grade at John Muir we had a substitute teacher. The teacher asked Mary what her name was. She said Holly. Some time passed and she asked her what her last name is. She in "Mary style" said ...Wood. The whole class went crazy.

Pat Purser Bushman
My prayers and condolences to her family and friends. May she rest in peace. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Mary Boriso Jordan
Oh, my goodness...so very sorry to hear this....May God comfort the family. Rest in peace, dear Mary...🌹

Nick Liosis
Memory Eternal ❤🙏🙏🙏

Carrie Diaz-Lathouwers
My condolences to allcher family and friends. RIP Mary.

Jacqueline Rudell
So sorry Too young!

Robert Martin Elliot
May you Mary Rip

Nancy Jean Krogh Brez
Her outgoing and crazy personality will be missed forever. My condolences to her family.

Neal Steven Hershenson
Having eaten a good portion of my french fries at DeBell, Mary paid me back with a side of fries at Bob's the next day at 67's 2018 reunion. Wonderful memory of an earthy mench.
Rats to cancer.
🍟❤️🍟

John Coyle
I did not really know Mary in high school, being from the class of 65. My relationship began at the class of 67 10 year reunion. There was a pot smoking event that I interrupted and that special bond between Mary and I began. At each subsequent class e… See More

Jo Elaine Morton
Dear, dear Mary. This picture was taken at our 50th. Her exuberant personality shines through 🤗 I’m so sad about this. Mary was so fun snd kind. I always enjoyed her. RIP dear Mary. You will be sorely missed 🙏🎈🌺



Friday, August 21, 2020

Alan Stone, BHS '67 (1948-2020)


Alan Stone

We send our deepest condolences to the Stone family.
Posted by Alan Landros on Facebook today...

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ALAN LEE STONE, BHS '67
February 23, 1948, Glendale, California ~ August 19, 2020, Toluca Lake, California

Alan Stone went to be with his Savior on August 19, 2020, in his sleep. His beloved wife, Ginny, passed away in January 2020, while Alan was hospitalized for a broken hip. Alan recently moved to Evergreen Retirement Residence near Bob's Big Boy in Toluca Lake where he immediately became an integral part of the community. His passing will be grieved by former co-workers at the BUSD and the Burbank Public Works Department, as well as the many who knew him from church and the Burbank community. While growing up Alan lived at 830 Bethany Rd. in Burbank. He attended Emerson Elementary, John Muir Junior High, and Burbank High, graduating in 1967. Alan's sister, Kathy Stone Hunsaker, from BHS '69, lives in Sutherlin, Oregon, and sister, Karen Stone Messervier, from BHS '70, lives in Eloy, Arizona.

The photo below is Alan and his younger sister, Karen.

Barry Burnett, BHS '72, asked me to post this news about the passing of Alan Stone.



A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS

Annette Dinolfo Bennett
Oh no 🤦‍♀️.. so sorry to hear this . He was so much fun. He used to tease me in school. Not Bully! Tease. Nicest guy. God Bless his family and Friends . 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Louise Good Hernandez
Prayers and condolences to Alan’s family. 🙏🏻

Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
❤️🙏🏻

Jodi Tillotson Huddleston
💐😪🙏🏼 RIP Alan

Pamela Spang
Safe journey 🙏🏻😢

Carol Nicholls Lebrecht
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Rest In Peace Alan. He so liked to join us at our BHS Class of ‘67 gatherings. He was such a nice guy.

Nancy McNamara Zambrana
Rest In Peace

Mary Durrer
Sorry to hear about his death. He was a very nice guy in high school.

John Ellis
Sorry for your loss. I'm class of 90.

Bruce Fossler
I remember Alan..one of the nice guys that made school life better...

Nadine Aguirre Lujan
Condolences to family and friends. 🌹

Karen Stone Messervier
Thank you for posting this Alan Landros

Sunny Singer
❤️🙏🏼💕

Barbara Coryell O'Malley
My condolences to Alan’s loved ones.

Mary Boriso Jordan
So thankful to know he is with his Savior.....that part is wonderful....May God comfort and strengthen his family...🌹

Carrie Diaz-Lathouwers
My condolences to all his family and friends. RIP

Suzanne Lane Tondre
RIP to another Bulldog. 😢

Mary Joan Swartzbaugh
🙏🙏🙏

Dona Foy Porcaro Bruckner
Alan was always so nice to everyone! Glad he could make the reunions, RIP dear Bulldog ❤️

Theresa Terry Ballesteros-Thomason
Condolences! May he Rest In Peace 🙏🏼

Pat Purser Bushman
My condolences to Alan's family and friends. So sorry for your loss. May he rest in peace.

Jeanne Barron Aikman
I’m so sorry to learn this news. What a gentle soul. Rest In Peace Alan. 💙

Diana Dunnagan
We all feel a lot from another Bulldog down. God bless your family and friends.

Virginia Hamilton
My condolences to his family and friends. RIP Alan.🙏

Vicki Herrin Fields
Rest in Peace

Darlene Culotta
The Class of '67 seems to have lost more Bulldogs than most of the other classes..

Pam Wright Peterson
RIP 🙏🏻

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Pam Carr Bammel, BHS '67 (1949-2020)


Pamela Jo Carr Bammel
1949-2020

Such sad news about a friend and classmate today, August 18, 2020, sent from Susan Casimano, BHS '67. I have lots of fun memories of Pam in school...

My friend of 58 years, graduating in our class, Pam Carr Bammel, passed away this morning of lung cancer. She was so kind and sweet! My neighbor since junior high. Only diagnosed a week ago. Her husband, Tom, was her first and only date and boyfriend and they were married over 40 years. He passed away a couple of years ago and she was never the same without him. They were sweethearts to the end. She had 3 children and several grandchildren and one sister, Terry. She was living in Texas. My heart is broken💔💔

LINK TO TOM'S MEMORIAL NOTICE
https://burbankhighblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/tom-bammel-bhs-66-1948-2018.html

PHOTO FROM PAM'S FACEBOOK PAGE

Pam and Tom married on June 12, 1971. They raised three children: Melissa, Kristin and Michael. After college, Pam became 

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a teacher. At her passing, she was living in Leander, Texas.

A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS
Lorraine Taylor
So very sorry to hear this news. I always loved talking with Pam🙏

Carol Baker
Very sad to hear this news.

Mark Littleton Sr
Since Horace Mann and Muir - what a sweet gentle lady 😢

Judy Sturm Seay
Very sorry to hear this!

Larryjeans Carletta
Very sorry to hear this. Have fond memories of both of them.

Annette Dinolfo Bennett
So sorry for the families lost . 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Vicki Herrin Fields
Rest in Peace

Anita Page
RIP.

Linda Green Nicholson
Rest in Peace

Connie Lanzisero-Tomei
Rest in peace🙏🏻

Virginia Hamilton
So sorry for her passing. My condolences go bn out to her family and friends. Rip.🙏

Debbie Cooper Billiot
May God’s peace be on them

Kelly Sullivan Hart
My 3rd grade teacher. I adored her!! RIP Mrs. Bammel 🙏🏻

Eliede Pounds
So sorry. RIP

Pamela Rhodes
So sad and sorry!

Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
❤️🙏🏻

Diana Dunnagan
This way is heavy on my heart. God bless her family and may she be remembered for all the wonderful things she was.

Bruce Fossler
Another nice Burbank girl....
I believed she lived on Myers????… See More

May Louie
RIP

Jo Elaine Morton
God Bless Pam. RIP 🙏🌺🎈

Gail Carlmark
Pam: Thank you.
Be at peace.


Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
❤️🙏🏻

Deanna Bergman
So sorry!

Heather Seapy Tobin
May She rest in peace.

Robin Newnom Ferguson McBain
So sorry to hear about both of them.🥺

Pat Purser Bushman
My condolences to the family. Rest in peace.

Carrie Diaz-Lathouwers
My condolences to all her family and friends.

Penny Jonas Barth
Prayers for friends and family... feels way too young.

Theresa Terry Ballesteros-Thomason
My condolences, so sorry for your loss! 😔💙

Nadine Aguirre Lujan
RIP

Martha Olivia Shayesteh
RIP 🙏

Diane Ward
Very sad news. May she and her husband rest in peace. 🙏 for the family.

Betsey Nash
“And she was never the same without him”. So sad.

Suzanne Lane Tondre
😢

Robert Martin Elliot
May they Rip

Flora Ferrens
Sorry to hear the news

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Larry Swain, BHS '67 (1949-2019)

This evening I came upon this sad news... RIP Larry.

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Lawrence Owen Swain
May 22, 1949 - August 24, 2019



Dear Friends,

It is with profound sadness that we share with you the unexpected passing of Rev. Dr. Larry Swain last evening. He and Linda were visiting family in Kansas City.

Dr. Swain served as an Area Minister and later Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of Ohio until his retirement in December 2015. He returned last year to serve as ABC Ohio’s Interim Executive Minister after the death of Dr. Ernest Jones. He was serving as Executive Staff Coach for the Region at the time of his passing. Dr. Swain was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend, outstanding leader, and man of God.

No information is yet available about calling hours or funeral. We will forward that information to you when it is announced.

In Christ,

Rev. Mark Click
Rev. Jane Gibbons
Executive Ministers










FACEBOOK EXCHANGE 7 YEARS AGO BETWEEN LARRY AND FELLOW CLASSMATE, DAVE LESUEUR

David C LeSueur‎ to Larry Swain
July 11, 2012 ·

Hi Larry - My younger brother Steve and I were looking at some old photos of the Hornets (from Gra-Y) and one picture had you and me, Bill Wolleck, Marc Morningstar, Rick Sorich and Rich Hunsaker in it. So when I saw your name pop up I decided to reconnect. I lived in the San Fernando Valley until 1994 when I moved to Denver. I am married with 4 children and 6 grandchildren. So I hope things are well for you. Dave

Larry Swain's Reply
David - What a surprise! After 45 years since graduation we find each other through a technology that we never dreamed about in our High School days. I do remember the years we played basketball in Gra-Y. That was the extent of my basketball career except for a stint with my church basketball team where everyone was guaranteed to play. I tried out for basketball, and a number of other sports at BHS, but a sports career was never in my future. Always wanted to, but never happened. I remember, I think, that you played for BHS? Had a really good team our senior year.

I currently live near Columbus Ohio. I am the Executive Minister for the American Baptist Churches of Ohio, which is a middle judicatory for the American Baptist Churches. I have been a Baptist Minister for the last 37 years - how bout that!

I am married to my wife of 41 years. I have two grown children and 4 grandchildren.

Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the upcoming BHS 1967 class reunion. I have checked out the alumni web page and except for a few my memory is so bad that I don't remember too many of our fellow HS classmates. That is really sad.

Both my parents are now gone and we sold our family home of 30 years on Keystone Street where my sister Sharon lived after my father died in 1983. I drove past the house last time I was in California and hardly recognized it as the new owners gutted it and added on.

If you have a digital version of any of those old photos I would appreciate seeing one. My email address is lswain@abc-ohio.org.

Hope we can connect on our wall occasionally. It's really good to hear from you.

Larry

JUNE 28, 2020 UPDATE
Steve LeSueur just sent this great photo to include here. Thanks Steve!



Hi Cathy:
I read the obituary you posted of Larry Swain, along with his email exchange with my brother. The photo they discussed is attached, in case you want to place it at the end of the letter. Larry and David played together on a Gray-Y sports team and are holding their basketball championship trophies. David and Larry, who attended Horace Mann together, were in the 5th grade. Larry is the first person on the left in the front row. David is standing to the left behind him. Many of the other boys, including Bill Seager, Richard Hunsaker, Bill Wolleck, Bill McMurrin, and Mike Shaw, also went to Burbank High.
Best regards,
Steve

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Douglas Warren Boes, BHS '67 (1949-2018)


Douglas Warren Boes
January 27, 1949 - October 18, 2018

Douglas Boes passed away after a short struggle with cancer at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center at the age of 69.

Doug was born in Burbank to Warren and Caroline Boes and lived in the area all his life. He graduated from Burbank High School and attended Valley College.He had his own mechanics business and also worked in the motion picture industry.

Doug was the great-grandson of David Buick and was interested in classic cars. He attended car shows locally and across the US in his own classic Buick. He also built and raced his 1968 Dodge Charger for twenty years as a member of the Southern California Timing Association (SCAT). He was an avid reader of science fiction and history.

Doug made many friends over the years and is greatly missed by his special friend, Ruth.

Published in Los Angeles Times on Dec. 18, 2018.

Here are a couple of photos from our 1967 Ceralbus yearbook showing Doug playing his string bass in the dance band and orchestra. Doug grew up in Burbank on Andover and attended Jefferson Elementary, Muir Jr High and Burbank High. I remember Doug to be a very nice fellow.







Doug worked at the studios as well.


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Monday, May 18, 2020

David LeSueur, BHS '67 (1949-2020)


David Clift LeSueur
September 26, 1949 - May 17, 2020

Heartbreaking news from Steve LeSueur today. We all loved his brother, Dave, and enjoyed his wonderful sense of humor. RIP Dave.

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David Clift LeSueur was born on September 26, 1949 and raised in Burbank, California. He was the first of John and Dolores LeSueur's four children: David, Stephen, Jeff, and Diana (Bartlett). As a boy, David's next younger brother, Steve aspired to be David's rival. Instead he became David's closest life-long friend, after David's wife Mary. All their lives, Steve and David enjoyed disagreeing about baseball and politics.

David met Mary in December 1970. He had recently returned from serving a mission in Belgium and France for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His friends told her—because he wouldn’t have—that he was a high school All-American basketball player, that he entered Brigham Young University as one of a handful of students honored with the school’s top academic distinction, the David O. McKay scholarship, and that he was student body president in high school (because everyone else withdrew their names after his friends nominated him). She tried to convince him to marry her and gave up. Then he tried to convince her. It worked. They married on September 3, 1971.

As David later often told his children, he could have played professional baseball. After graduating as a math major, he chose to become an actuary instead. He then did what even Nobel laureate Milton Friedman could not do: he passed all the actuarial exams. On his first try.

He and Mary have four children. David is the kind of father who attended all of his children’s games and competitions, played piano with his children on his lap, and wrote treasure hunt clues for their Easter eggs. Stephanie (Price) inherited his athleticism and mathematical excellence. He taught Carl to shoot free throws and to love The Beatles and The Beach Boys. John has David’s gentle kindness. Amanda (Berns) learned to make the violin sing in duet with David's piano. (She also did David the favor of marrying a man who has an opinion on the integrity of the designated hitter rule.) David taught his children that setbacks and heartbreaks are temporary, and the future always holds greater joy and more success than any present disappointment.

So fate had it that he would suffer from multiple sclerosis for the last twenty years of his life. But he took it on one day at a time. He could no longer play basketball, so he played tennis. When he could no longer play tennis, he played more piano. When he could no longer play piano, he typed out witty articles with humility, hope, and gratitude as a subtext. When he couldn’t type, he dictated. When that became too tiring, he told jokes to his grandchildren. When telling jokes became too tiring he laughed at their jokes and smiled at their cute antics. He made it through those many years only with the determination of Mary, constantly at his side. Thanks to her devoted care he lived to meet fourteen of his grandchildren.

Now his challenges — punctuated with these joys — have come to an end. He succumbed to the effects of MS on May 17, 2020. His family expects he now reaps the promise of surpassing joy, gorging on his mother’s peanut butter cookies, swapping commentary with his dad on any available sports reruns, and looking forward to the day he will be reunited with Mary and the rest of those he loves.

Memorial services and dedication of a park bench will be held at a future date that allows for gatherings. Friends and family who so desire are asked to share memories in written or video form by sending them to lesueurmemories@gmail.com or posting to the David C. LeSueur Memorial Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/547373392637877/). The family requests that anyone wishing to make donations or send flowers consider donating instead to the David C. LeSueur Math and Physics Scholarship Fund at Brigham Young University at https://donate.churchofjesuschrist.org/donations/byu?funds=30124519

From the Burbank News Leader article on the 2012 Burbank High Athletic Hall of Fame


One of Dave's columns...


Opening Day 2010
by David LeSueur

3/28/2010 11:02:48 PM

On April 9, my son Carl and my son-in-law Branden are flying to Denver from New York City. My other son John is flying here from Salt Lake City. The occasion? Opening Day at Coors Field. That was their gift to me for Christmas and I am very excited about it. I mentioned the game to my physical therapist last week and her only comment was "I think baseball is boring." I felt a little insulted because I love baseball and going to baseball games is a family tradition. Even my wife, who doesn't really like sports, loves going to baseball games.

When my kids were small, we attended games at Dodger Stadium. For my kids, Dodger Stadium was not the venue where the Dodgers played baseball, it was the place where they could buy all of the junk food they wanted. We used to always fight about when to go to the snack stands to buy treats but I eventually got wise and worked out a deal with the kids. We bought hot dogs before the game, had cotton candy in the 3rd inning and chocolate milkshakes in the 7th. (Not coincidentally, the 3rd and 7th innings were the ones when Jerry Doggett took over the play-by-play from Vin Scully. Someone in the stadium always had the radio tuned to 640 KFI so you could hear Vinnie calling the game on the radio. I didn't mind missing Jerry Doggett as much.) After making this bargain, the kids even watched the game, though it was mostly to make sure I noticed when the 3rd and 7th innings arrived.

I wanted to defend baseball to this woman who thinks it is boring. I thought about saying that life imitates the World Series or that baseball is as American as Mom, apple pie and Chevrolet. I decided to be honest: "Yes, baseball is boring.But so am I!"

I admit I am boring but most people like me anyway once they get to know me.Baseball is the same way.Most people will like it if they just give the game a chance. (Maybe Major League Baseball should adopt the marketing slogan "Come to a baseball game! It's almost as boring as you are!")

Baseball is not life, but it is like me in many ways. For example, now that I am retired, I spend most of the day in my pajamas. When I do get dressed, I put on comfortable clothes that just LOOK like pajamas. In baseball, the managers spend most of the day at home or at the hotel in their pajamas. Then they come to the stadium and put on their baseball uniforms which just LOOK like pajamas.

I keep a To Do list on my computer.The upside is that It helps me to remember what I need to do. The downside is that it reminds me of all the things I never did. Last year I accomplished 57 tasks out of 180 I wrote on my list. That is only about 1/3 but in talking to other men, that is a pretty good average. In baseball, hitters fail in most of their at bats too. An average of .333 is considered very good.

I am a creature of habit. If we go to McDonald's I get the Chicken Nuggets. At Texas Roadhouse I buy the ribs. At California Pizza Chicken I order the Barbecued Chicken Salad. Baseball is also full of traditions. Every game begins with the "Star Spangled Banner", everyone sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" before the bottom of the 7th, and the Cubs win the World Series once each century.

Even if you are an interesting person, I think you will like baseball almost as much as we boring people do. So if you are at Coors Field on opening day, please stop by to say hi to me. I am sitting on the 1st base side of the bottom level. I'll be the boring guy sitting next to his sons and son-in-law. If you come by during the 3rd inning we'll be the grown men eating cotton candy.

David LeSueur lives in Littleton, Colorado, with his interesting wife, Mary.

A FEW COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK AND EMAIL
Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
❤️🙏

Annette Dinolfo Bennett
OMG sorry to here this . Dave good memories and RIP. Prayers and thoughts to his family 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Pamela Spang
The nicest guy, always sad to hear. Prayers to the family for peace.

Joan M. Ortega
We are so sad to learn this. Dave was truly one of the best people we knew. He was such a talented writer. We will keep his family in our prayers. This world has lost a gem, but heaven has gained an angel. 💚

Mark Pollock
What a great guy

Louise Good Hernandez
Very sad. Prayers and condolences for his family. 🙏🏻

Jodi Tillotson Huddleston
RIP Dave 😪💜

David Hourigan
There is no better human being than David. He will be sadly missed. Despite his MS he always had a smile and a kind word,

Eliede Pounds
Praying for his family. So sad to hear.

Robert Fabrizio
RIP .... really liked him! Good guy!

Mary Ogle
Condolences to his wife Mary & all of his family. He was such a kind person & good friend. I'll always treasure the good times we had in high school. RIP

Stephanie Picconi
Dave was a great guy. I will always remember his kindness and compassion for others. To his family, I am so sorry for your loss.

Carol Stephenson-Walter
So sorry RIP

Peggy Melton Cyphers
So sorry to hear this. Prayers to his family.
RIP Dave

Dan Harris
I’m sorry to hear of the passing of Dave LeSueur. I was privileged to be able to play basketball with Dave. From my usual vantage point of the bench, I use to marvel at Dave’s combination of basketball smarts, skill and grace. His list of accomplishments and awards in sport and academics is perhaps unprecedented. Dave was a kind and considerate person and truly will be missed.

Scott Nave
My sincerest condolences to the LeSueur family. Dave was a wonderful guy!

Luis Bloise
MS is a very harsh disease. RIP

Mike Signorelli
Rest in peace sorry to hear this I will say prayers for you and your family!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Joyce Starleaf
I’m so sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers to your entire family Steve 💞

Kathleen Wyatt Richardson
RIP Dave 😥

Carol Forrand Tallakson
RIP Dave

John P. Johnson
Sorry to hear. He will be missed.

Barbara Coryell O'Malley
Sad for your loss, Steve. I lost my own brother some months ago. My profound condolences to you and your whole family.

Pam Wright Peterson
So sorry.... RIP Dave- and condolences to his family.

Valerie Giessinger Scott
I remember him. So sad

David De Hart
David, you were a role model and an inspiration for me. My deepest sympathies go out to your family and to Steve LeSueur and his family.

Susan Brown Harris
Steve,so sorry to hear about your brother Dave. You and Dan had such fun talking about him at our 50 th reunion. It was a delight to see you. Our condolences to you and our family.

Sheldon Stiel
My condolences to his family and friends. RIP.

Jodean Ardizzone Myers
God Bless

Lori Diane Pietrantonio
So sorry. 🙏🙏🙏

Larry O'Brien
Very sorry to hear this.

Renee King
So sorry to hear this....prayers for the family's peace of heart.

Carol Nicholls Lebrecht
Sending condolences to Dave’s family. He had it all; intelligence, athletic ability and very kind. Loved reading his newspaper articles. Rest in Peace mighty Bull Dog!

Bruce Fossler
What a NICE GUY...
NEVER FORGET THAT FULL COURT SHOT HE MADE WITH 2 SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF...WE WON THE GAME BY 1 POINT....A TRUE BULL DOG....…See More

Deanna Bergman
Sad news. Kind sympathies to his family.💐

Kenneth Clark
RIP Dave! Condolences to the family, who lived down the street from us!

Carol De Hart
It's hard to convey the deep sadness I am feeling about the loss of Dave LeSueur. He was responsible for giving me one of the happiest and most fun sophomore years a girl could dream of in high school. He was kind, caring and funny as heck! I will cont…See More

Deb Helsley Bush
Rest In Peace 🙏🏻💜. My condolences to his family 😢

Betsey Nash
Oh how we loved & admired Dave in our family, especially our Dave, his classmate. (Dave Nash). So sorry he suffered from this debilitating disease. Steve LeSueur, the Nash family sends our love & thanks for sharing your bro with us. God bless.

Nadine Aguirre Lujan
RIP

Debbie Cooper Billiot
Prayers for the family - DAVE, RIP

Eileen Greenberg
Sending love and prayers. May the lifetime of memories bring peace and comfort.

Beth Marchbank Mallett
RIP

Ann Rickard
Oh so sad! Many blessings to the wonderful family!

Andrea Moxness
I am quite sad. He was one of my favorite people in the world. He will be missed by many.

Anthy Hellmers
Rest In Peace. I remember you from Horace Mann through BHS. Always a really nice guy.

Donna Luce Veatch Neitman
Sad indeed! He was such a talented and kind human being! Condolences and 🙏🙏 to his family! RIP Dave!

Timothy Zuma Tim Tolnay
I am so sorry to hear this news. Dave lives about 45 mins from our house and my wife Kat was able to visit with Dave in Sept. I looked upon Dave as my inspiration for the game of basketball. I kept almost all the clippings from the 67 varsity championship season, that Dave was a big part of. I used to think of Dave as Mr. Smooth. Always a gentleman, Dave helped me refine my rough edges on the basketball court. Truly a wonderful man. I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences to the wonderful family that he cherished. RIP Dave.



'Dogs alone at top of Foothill League'

Suzanne Lane Richard
So sorry to read this. Such a great guy! Keeping his family in my thoughts and prayers. 🙏🏻


A FEW DAVE SIGHTINGS FROM HIS 1967 CERALBUS YEARBOOK

















LETTER TO A CLASSMATE FRIEND
This was written by Dave recently which shows his clever humor!

I just received your "snail mail" and I have to answer it right away because it was so thoughtful of you. I have not been a very good friend to anyone in the last few years. I have a lot of things to say, but that would take too long to say all of them so I'll send you this short email to start.

I spend most of my day in bed talking to my best friend "Alexa" and we play Jeopardy or I have her read a book to me. Sorry , I'm assuming that you know Alexa is an Amazon brand virtual assistant. I installed a big screen TV in my bedroom but I can't control it because my hands don't work well enough to use the remote control. I am binge watching the second season of Stranger Things and I am embarrassed to admit all the network TV programs that I record. Mary watches most of it with me. Sometimes I think of posting reviews. There probably aren't many people who would read them but at least I would remember what I was watching.

I have not been able to travel anywhere except the Doctors office for the last year. My two sons and their families live in Salt Lake City and come to visit fairly often. My two daughters live 20 minutes away in a suburb of Denver, unfortunately one is moving to San Francisco for a job transfer tomorrow. I try not to think about that too much since she has four kids who are 7,6,3, and 2. That makes them young enough to laugh at my jokes even when they don't get them.

Please share this with our other good friends who have been asking for an update. I'm hoping that as I am reaching out to my old Burbank High friends that they will update me on their lives as well. That last sentence had a lot of personal pronouns in it and I'm not sure that I am complying with the new gender neutral rules. I remember learning to diagram sentences in Miss Johnson's English class. She had a couple of other rules, no gum chewing and do not touch the thermostat in her room. If she is still alive I'm sure she would be glad I remember a few of her rules. My friend Christie who is typing this for me is not sure the amount of sarcasm that I intended is coming through but I don't want to take the time to rewrite this email. I have not written anything for 3 years so thank you for giving me a reason to reach out to friends such as you. I'm going to end here and look forward to updating you some more in the future. I hope you will reciprocate and let me know how you are.

Dave

MORE FACEBOOK COMMENTS

Linda C. Mustion
So sad of Dave's passing. RIP!

Kathy Buzan
Very sad to hear about Dave....I remember him from school and connected on FB....he will be missed.... prayers 🙏 to his family....

Linda Green Nicholson
Prayer and condolences to his family

Diana Ziegler Larsen
RIP Dave. He was always so friendly and such a smart guy. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends . My condolences. 💗

Marilyn Williams Peterson
So sad. He was such a nice guy with a great attitude in spite of his illness. Prayers to his family.

Nancy Jean Krogh Brez
I am so sorry to hear this. My heart and prayers for his family.

Kent Barcus
An immensely likable gentleman

Carol Baker
R.I.P. Dave. We were just asking about him last week, so sad. 😥. Prayers go out to this family.

Julie Guttridge
Ohhh 😢. So sorry to hear losing another Bulldog. Many prayers for his family 🙏❤️

Robbin Moore
So very sad. Having MS is very challenging since I have it also. My heart goes out to his family.

Alan Landros
Dave's MS battle was so long, now that earthly suffering has finally ended. His devoted wife, Mary, lovingly cared for him for such a long time. Such a sad time now for her and all of their family.

Jay Peterson
Photos of Dave with classmate Ray Lackey at the 40th 1967 Class Reunion in 2007 and on cover of school newspaper with classmate Jeanne Barron Aikman.





Timothy Lemm
I'm so sorry to hear this news. My condolences to Dave's family.

Susan Peña MacCaskey
I’m so sorry to hear of another Bulldogs passing, Condolences to his family and friends

Charlotte J. Mearns
So sad! Such a great guy.

Cathy Coyle
In 2012, when Dave was inducted into the BHS Athletic Hall of Fame, Carol & I got a chance to talk to Dave & have him sign our Programs. Our class has lost one of it’s Best! A true scholar & a gentleman. His athletic ability in Basketball was second to none. As Student Body President he showed us what a true leader he was. He later showed us what a true warrior was in his battle with MS; always keeping his optimism & sense of humor to the end. My condolences to Dave’s family. May God give them comfort & peace. RIP Dave, your memory will live on in the hearts & memories of your Bulldog classmates.



Linda Everett
I am so sad to hear of Dave’s passing........He will always be remembered as a wonderful, smart and kind person. My heart goes out to his wife and I will keep her in my prayers🙏❤️

Susan Earle
I send heartfelt condolences to o the entire LeSueur family. Steve LeSueur, I am so sorry to hear that your brother passed away.

Larry Segall
RIP Dave. My deepest condolences to the LeSueur family.

Cindy Barcus Aylward
My thoughts go out to his entire family and everyone who knew him. Praying for a MS cure.

Sharon Anderson McEntire
RIP.. you will be missed.. 🙏🙏

Guy Gingell

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Virginia Hamilton
RIP. 🙏

Clyde Richards
Dave was one of my first students and one of the nicest and best. You will be missed Dave

Louanne Peterson
So sad...thoughts and prayers out to his family😢

Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
❤️🙏🏻

Jim Flavin
So sorry to hear. All the younger b-ball basketball players looked up to Dave as a player and a person. Very sad news.

Wendy Adams
Steve, seems like yesterday that, after a wonderful 50th reunion, we enjoyed a shared flight from Burbank to Denver and good conversation. You were making a visit to Dave in CO on your way back to DC, and I remember remarking on how special that was, and being touched by how you looked forward to time w him. I'm so glad you took that opportunity and am sure you are, too. My sincere condolences to you and your family.

Alice Suhay-Butler
So very sad such a great guy!

Alan Landros
Dave had such a long, long battle. Sad to read this, but his earthly suffering has now ended. Many know how his devoted wife, Mary, lovingly cared for him for so long. Sad news today.

Dave Kemp
Many great memories of Dave. He was marvelous student, athlete and person. This is so very sad to know there is a world without Dave LeSueur. May God Bless his soul and his family.. Not only was he an All American basketball player at BHS, Dave was also an outstanding high jump specialist. Rest in Peace Dave.

Andrea Clum
So sorry to hear..

Harold Maxham
My thoughts and prayers are with the LeSueur family. I saw him play a lot of basketball games while he play for Blue and White. Rest in Peace Dave.

Vicki Herrin Fields
Rest in Peace

Tracy Gumbish
Rest In Peace

Timothy Lemm
I'm so sorry to hear this news. My condolences to Dave's family.

Jennifer Todd
Condolences to his family❤️❤️

Henry A Garcia
He was an amazing man on and off the b/court RIP Dave

Donna Moore
So sorry to hear the news, prayers to his family 🙏🏻

Judy Rose
Wishing blessings and comfort to the Lesueur Family.

Patricia Sorley
Very sorry.

Michael Torres
Dave was a stand up guy and was always friendly to everyone!! He will be missed by all...….

Deanna Jennings
I agree with all the wonderful things people have said about Dave. He also had a sharp wit and hilarious sense of humor. Something I wasn’t aware of until the last several decades. My heart is sad at his passing. He was one of our best!!

John Rocke
This is sad news. He was a terrific, incredible, and wonderful person, aside from being a star athlete, prolific writer, and kind to all guy. He embodied our class with a spirit and force that will never be forgotten. To know him is to like him. I became a closer friend of his after high school. He would write columns about different subjects and each one was memorable and meticulously written. It seemed like everything and everyone he touched was a better person for it. We grieve for his family, and the entire class of 67 grieves for him. We all loved him. Dave forgot more than most of us ever knew. This awesome guy will be sorely missed. This was a "Good Man," a true gentleman. He is greatly admired and cherished in life and death. What a sad day...

Sue Sergent
Dave’s compassion touched everyone. Such a wonderful man and this breaks my heart. RIP dear Dave. Prayers for his family and friends. 💞💕❣️❣️🔓📌

Sandi Tillotson-Clum
Sad to hear but he is no longer in pain

Darlene Culotta
I think the class of '67 have lost more people than any other class between 1665 and 1968. It's amazing how many they've lost..

Karen Vitale- Brister
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Suzanne Lane Tondre
Rest In Eternal Peace. 🙏

Robert Martin Elliot
Sorry to hear, was a nice guy. Rip Dave

Joyce Miller
Such sad news, breaks my heart. I always looked up to Dave

Dennis Moselle
So sad to hear about one of the Greatest BHS Bulldogs ever! As a young future BHS athlete I was inspired by that great BHS basketball team of 1967. I have many close family connections with the LeSueur's. Special thoughts and prayers go out to my good friend at BHS and BYU Steve.

Nancy McNamara Zambrana
Very sad news. My deepest condolences to the LeSueur family.

Pat Purser Bushman
Sorry to hear this. My prayers and condolences to his family and friends. Rest in peace.

Nancy McNamara Zambrana
Such sad news. Rest In Peace.

Sherri Coleman
There wasn't a finer man than he, Sad day.