Monday, June 14, 2010

Dorothy Melvina Casper Maxham, BHS 1933

Dorothy Melvina Casper Maxham, BHS 1933

The Big Bear Grizzly, January 2009

Dorothy Melvina Maxham, 92, entered eternal life January 2, 2009, at home of her daughter Linda in Bend, Oregon. Born May 21, 1916 in Muncie, Indiana, she and her sister came to California and lived in Roscoe - now Sun Valley, California in their teens. She attended Burbank High School. After graduating, she met her future husband Ben. They lived in Burbank where they raised two daughters. In 1971 they moved to Big Bear to help their daughter linda and her husband Glenn operate the Boulder Bay Market. She and her husband Ben were active in the community and were members for many years of the Big Bear Baptist church.

She is survivied by her two daughters, Linda of Bend, Orgon, and Joan of Issaquah, Washinton, and nephew Ray Proctor of Big Bear Lake and Phoenix, Arizona. Funeral services were held at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California.

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