Grant Henry Finster, BHS 1963

Grant Henry Finster, BHS 1963

4 Jul 1945 - 20 May 2018, California

Age 72

When Grant Henry Finster was born on 4 July 1945, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Victor Leroy Finster II, was 28 and his mother, Sylvia Beatrice Kiehl, was 35. He married Donna Lee Quick on 13 June 1964, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 20 May 2018, at the age of 72, and was buried in Calimesa, Riverside, California, United States.

Funeral Service

MAY 25. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PT)

Church Of Jesus Christ Of Ladder Day Saints

56885 Onaga Trail

Yucca Valley, CA 92284

Reception

MAY 25. 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PT)

Church Of Jesus Christ Of Ladder Day Saints

56885 Onaga Trail

Yucca Valley, CA 92284

Graveside

MAY 25. 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM (PT)

Desert Lawn Memorial Park

11251 Desert Lawn Drive

Calimesa, CA 92320

Dr. Elvyn V. Brown, BHS 1938

Dr. Elvyn V. Brown, BHS 1938

San Bernardino Sun, 25 February 1956

Dr. Elvyn V. Brown, 37, of Beaver Clinic, Taken by Death

REDLANDS Dr. Elwyn V. Brown, associated with the Beaver Clinic, died Thursday night of a heart attack. A first attack was suffered three weeks ago and he was presumed to have been recovering well. He was 37. A resident of 910 LaFeliz Dr., Dr. Brown had been in Redlands eight years. He attended the University of Redlands four years. 

HOME IN BURBANK Native of Bellingham, Wash., he lived in several cities before the Brown family made their home in Burbank. He graduated from Burbank High School in 1938 and came to the University of Redlands, where he received his bachelor degree in 1942. He attended the University of Southern California and 

U. S. Navy in 1946, serving two years in the medical corps, part of the time in China. He returned to civilian life in1948 when he became associated with the Beaver Clinic. He was a general practioner specializing in anesthetics. 

Surviving are his widow, Dorothy Lee Brown, and two children, Richard Lee, 10, and Margaret. Ann, 7. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Lee, Redlands, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brown of Bellingham. Wash. 

SERVICES SET - Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. J. Wendell Beck, pastor, officiating, F. Arthur Cortner Chapel is in charge. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery. The family has asked those who wish to contribute to the building fund, in care of E. L. Jury, at Redlands Community Hospital.

Julianne Marie Livingston Vergon, BHS 1968

Julianne Marie Livingston Vergon, BHS 1968

November 16, 1949 - October 27, 1996

Juliane Marie Vergon, beloved wife of Jacques Vergon, mother of Melissa Nicholls, also survived by her mother and father Marie and John Livingston and brothers, David and Stephen Livingston.

Slumberroom visitation to be held on Friday, November 1, 1996 from 10:00 a.m. to 9;00 p.m. Services to be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 2, 1996, at the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Glendale, Forest Lawn Mortuary.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to an organization or charity of your choice.

Published in the Burbank Leader in 1996.

Victor Leroy Finster III, BHS 1959

Victor Leroy Finster III, BHS 1959

April 28, 1941  -  April 28, 2021 

Victor Leroy Finster III, beloved husband and father, passed away at home on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, on his 80th birthday. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 3, 2021 in the Billings Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery. The funeral will be broadcast live on the funeral home website and the funeral home Facebook page.

Vic was born on April 28, 1941 in Hollywood, California. After graduating from Burbank High School, he attended Glendale College, where he took a two-year course in technical illustration. His first marriage, to Kristin Aud Rasmussen, resulted in two children, Vic and Jill. After their divorce he married Linda Joyce Austin in 1976, with whom he was united until his death. He worked first as a technical illustrator and then later as Art Director of Hughes Aircraft Missile Systems Group, where he managed 20-some artists, oversaw a million dollar a year budget, and was involved in top secret military projects.

In 1983 Vic and Linda moved to Woodward County, Oklahoma, where Linda's parents lived. After a few years of getting settled in their country home, Vic began his second career at Oklahoma's Action Rehabilitation Centers. He worked at a variety of jobs there, ending up running the woodshop. He retired after 29 years at the age of 77.

In his spare time Vic loved reading his Kindle and building things. He made model boats and airplanes, and once built a full-size wooden sailboat and taught himself to sail.

Vic remained active in the Seventh-day Adventist church throughout his adult life. In addition to his role as a church elder, he also helped many years in the children's classes. He loved the children, and they loved him back. Although at first meeting he might seem quiet and reserved, people quickly discovered his neverending sense of humor, his kindness, and his generousity.

He is survived by his wife Linda of 44 years of the home, his son Victor Leroy Finster IV of California; his daughter Jill Marie McElroy and spouse Tom of California; his granddaughter Sigrid Elizabeth Sanoja and spouse Luis, his grandson Patrick Victor McManus, three great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Erik and Samuel Sanoja, all of California; and many nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents, Victor LeRoy Finster II and Beatrice (Kiehl) Finster, as well as his brothers Lawrence Allen Finster, who died as an infant, and Grant Henry Finster, who died in 2018.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Seventh Day Adventist Church with the funeral home accepting the contributions.

Published online at Billings Funeral Home, Oklahoma.

Melazine Overholtz Mumaw Oldham, BHS 1942

Melazine Overholtz Mumaw Oldham, BHS 1942

April 20, 1898 – February 21, 1961

Burbank Daily Review, February 1961

Melazine O. Oldham, of 739 E. Elmwood, passed away February 21, 1961. Survived by husband, John; daughter, Jessie Mae Morehouse of Oakhurst, California, 3 grandchildren. She was a resident of Burbank 39 years.

Services will be held Friday, February 24 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of the Mumaw Funeral Home in Lancaster, California. Interment in Lancaster Cemetery.

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Melazine Oldham, of Burbank, California, loving wife of John C. Oldham, mother of Jessie Mae Morsehouse of Oakhurst, California; grandmother of Penny Williams, Scotty Williams, Kathy Mel Morehouse of Oakhurst, sister of George R. Mumaw, Burbank, and Roy S. Mumaw, Lancaster.

Services Friday, 2 p.m., at the Mumaw Funeral Home, Lancester. Interment Lancaster Cemetery.

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Burbank Daily Review, February 1961

Mrs. John C. Oldham, a 40-year resident of Burbank. Mrs. John C. Oldham, 62, died Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center following a long illness.

Mrs. Oldham was a member of the Guardian Council, Job’s Daughters, Bethel 97, for several years. She was also a member of the Angelus Hospital Alumni Association. Mrs. Oldham came to California in 1903 and was employed for 20 years as a nurse in Burbank. She was born in Scottsdale, PA.

The long-time Burbank resident is survived by her brothers, George R. Mimaw, Burbank, and Roy F. Mumaw, Lancaster. She also leaves one daughter, Jessie Mae Morehouse, Oakhurst, CA. Find A Grave Memorial

 

Elizabeth Carol Erselius Stapp, BHS 1958

Elizabeth Carol Erselius Stapp, BHS 1958

December 12, 1940 — January 19, 2021

Arvada

Elisabeth Stapp, 80, of Arvada, beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away on January 19, 2021.

Born on December 12, 1940 in Glendale, California she was the daughter of Emil and Mary (Wagenseller) Erselius.

Elisabeth enjoyed being a homemaker, administrative assistant to her ex-husband's drywall business, and ultimately as an involved grandmother.

She will be remembered for her kindness, her love of family, and her love of travel. She enjoyed sports; she was a true and loyal Broncos and Rockies fan. She loved the theater.

She is survived by her daughters: Toni Langedyk and husband, John; Julie Bowen and husband, Steve; grandchildren, Megan, Kaitlyn, and Zachary Bowen; Katrein, Anneke, and Pieter Langedyk; and her brother, Robert Erselius.

A small intimate service to be held on February 15, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Horan & McConaty Cremation Garden in Centennial, Colorado.

Natalie Smith Banta, BHS 1969

Natalie Smith Banta, BHS 1969

July 24, 1951 Burbank, Calif. ~ June 19, 2021 

Henderson, Nevada

Natalie Smith Banta passed away on June 19, 2021 at the home of her son, Nathan, in Henderson, Nevada. She had been receiving hospice care for melanoma cancer which had metastasized. Natalie's passing was five weeks before her 70th birthday.

Natalie Smith was born at St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank. She grew up in the 700 block of Hampton Rd. in Burbank, and attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary, John Muir Junior High, and her first year of high school at BHS before she left after her sophomore year in 1967. She was part of the BHS '69 class her sophomore year. In recent years Natalie divided her time between her homes in Salmon, Idaho and Henderson, Nevada.

Natalie was widowed. She is survived by five children, Nathan Woodward, Heidi Woodward Osborne, Breana Rue, Chris Banta, and Julia Banta Locke. Natalie also leaves 12 or 13 grandchildren. Natalie's older brother, Christopher Smith, passed away in early 2021 in Salmon, Idaho due to a heart attack. He was 70. He was Natalie's only sibling. Their parents are both deceased.

Natalie Smith and Krenn Wilkinson were neighbors as girls on Hampton Rd. in Burbank, and have remained life-long close friends. The second photo is the two of them in recent years during happy times. Krenn Scott

 By Alan Landros June 20, 2021

Marilyn Lorraine Yanche Parks, BHS 1965

Marilyn Lorraine Yanche Parks, BHS 1965

26 Oct 1948 - 16 Mar 2007 

Marilyn Lorraine Yanche Parks was born on October 26, 1948 in Pennsylvania. Marilyn was the daughter of John and Margaret Bagley Yanche. Somewhere along the way the family relocated to Burbank, California. Marilyn graduated from Burbank High School with the class of 1965.

Marilyn  married her high school sweetheart  Richard "Rick" Parks (BHS 65). To this union they had one son, Mica.  Sadly Marilyn passed away on March 16, 2007. Marilyn is survived by her husband, Richard Parks and son Mica.

Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California. See her Find A Grave Memorial here.

Rubin Rodriguez, Jr., BHS 1978

Rubin Rodriguez, Jr., BHS 1978

July 20, 1960 — November 16, 2023

Farmington Utah

Rubin Rodriguez Jr. passed away on November 16, 2023. Rubin survived numerous heart attacks, Stage 4 Tonsil Cancer, a quadruple bypass, and finally succumbed to Stage 4 Colon Cancer and lung disease. Rubin was born on July 20, 1960, to Froydis Johansen and Ruben Rodriguez Sr.

Rubin grew up in Rose Park, UT and Burbank, CA where he attended Burbank High School. His passions included competitive swimming, surfing, ultimate frisbee, and skateboarding. Rubin was an entrepreneur at heart. From a young age, he and his friends had various businesses during his time in California. Rubin enlisted as a Marine at 17 years old and served as a helicopter mechanic. He had several opportunities throughout his 30+ years in broadcasting to make friends and associates all over the country, with his favorite being Jackson Hole TV.

Rubin “Happy Pappy” exuded so much life and laughter. His love for his family and dogs made his days memorable. He loved everything that let him feel the wind on his face—whether it was on his skateboard, surfing, riding a motorcycle or a boat, or in his Jeep with the top off and the windows down. He loved being in the mountains, at the beach, or on road trips with his family. Rubin loved to fish and spent many days fishing in Lake Powell, Strawberry, or Big Bear. Rubin loved to ski in his youth with his uncles. He was an excellent pool player, playing in leagues for years that lead to him bringing home a few too many trophies. Rubin had a love for rock ‘n’ roll music and watching football or NASCAR. You could often hear him singing around the house or in the car to Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, or Jimmy Buffet. He loved to listen to music too loud, so he could sing even louder. He was a wannabe chef, an amateur movie critic, and a natural comedian. Rubin loved to make people laugh—nothing brought him more joy than to laugh with others, especially his children. His laugh was loud and contagious and often times made any joke funnier with how hard he made himself laugh. He coined the name “Happy Pappy” because he wanted to be known for being a source of happiness.

Though Rubin battled many health problems in the last several years of his life, his family and close friends made his days worth living. He had many times that he defied the odds to see another day. His absence has been felt by those who knew and loved him.

Rubin is preceded in death by his mother Froydis, sister Vivian Smith, his beloved grandparents, and many other loved ones and dear dogs. He is survived by his wife, Kathy, his father, Ruben, and children Olivia (Casey) Creager, Jordan Wager, Rubin Rodriguez III, and Tristan Quinn Rodriguez, along with his 6 grandchildren and sisters Rita and Sonja and several nieces and nephews, whom he loved dearly.

A viewing will be held Friday, November 24th from 6 PM-8 PM at Russon Mortuary, 1941 North Main Street Farmington, UT. The funeral will be held Saturday, November 25th at 10 AM at Russon Mortuary in Farmington. An additional viewing will take place prior to the service on Saturday morning from 9 AM to 9:45 AM.

Services will be streamed live on the Russon Brothers Mortuary Facebook page and on this obituary page. The live stream will begin 10-15 minutes prior to the service and will be posted below.

Rubin was passionate about bringing awareness to the hardship that fighting cancer can cause. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make donations to the American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.

Howard (Woody) Kenneth Wood, BHS 1955

Howard Kenneth Wood (Woody), BHS 1955

On Sunday, March 20, 2016 Woody passed away in Seattle, Washington, after suffering a fatal stroke.

Woody had accepted Jesus Christ as his savior many years ago. He was originally from Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Southern California as a small boy.

Due to the untimely death of his father he was forced to begin working at a very young age. Woody graduated from Burbank High School in 1955. After graduation he began a long career as a "Grocery Man" and throughout the years he worked for several large food chains in the San Fernando Valley.

Woody was a devoted husband and a committed father who willingly took on enormous responsibility; often working seven days a week to provide for his family. He was a long-term and proud member of "Local 777." In the Grocery business, he considered himself from the old school before calculators, computers or bar scanners.

One of his pet peeves ! was beginner clerks who could not mentally count back correct change (without some outside aid or device). More than once he provided on the spot schooling. Sadly, he was forced to retire at age 50, due to disability from Neuropathy.

He and his wife Ellen moved to the Las Vegas area. After Ellen passed he eventually moved closer to his youngest son Grady and his family in Seattle, Washington. As his medical issues increased this move proved to be a blessing for both. Grady became his caregiver, guardian and friend.

Eventually their roles reversed, as often happens, and the son became the father. Much like his father, Grady took on this responsibility with respect and devotion. Upon his passing his son Grady and wife Frances were at his bedside.

Woody is survived by one sister, six children, ten grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.

San Fernando Valley Sun, The (CA) - Thursday, April 14, 2016