Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Roy William Pyros, BHS 1975

Fellow classmate posted this on Facebook: 

It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of our friend ROY PYROS.
There will be a service Thursday, 7:00 p.m. October 11, 2018 at The Old North Church at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive Los Angeles California 90068.

With sympathy and prayers from the heart for the PYROS Family. . . RIP Our Dear Friend!

No other details at this time.

8 comments:

  1. Roy, was an awesome person. We worked together at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

    R. I. P. Roy

    You will truly be missed.

    Cynthia Meekins

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  2. I have known Roy for over 50 years as a neighbor and friend....I went to California to visit him about 2 weeks ago...and we always kept in touch....and then to have Julie call and tell me the terrible news...R.I.P My good buddy, will miss you always....We have great memories from young to old....Groton Dr. Gang....Julie you are the best ,be strong, Gina and I love you and the kids....

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    1. Jeffery

      Mike Ballard here. I ran across this post while looking for Roy's dad Moose. I'm told he is still alive. Moose coached my brother Ed Ballard and I in baseball over 50 years ago. Ed also passed recently and I was hoping to look the old man up and say hello and thank you. Do you know if he is still in the old Groton house?
      mike@ALeyeGN.com

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    2. Ed has passed? Oh no! I’m not sure his classmates know this, would you mind sharing the information? My condolences to your family and to Dawn.

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  3. My husband and I rented Roy's house on Brighton Street in Burbank, in the mid 1980s. My husband, Jim Genova, also knew Roy from school. We were out for dinner last night, when Jim learned via Facebook, that Roy had recently passed, which prompted me to Google and find this memorial page. We're sad to learn of his passing. Our condolences to his family.

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    1. Sorry to hear of Roy's passing. I dated Roy in the early 80's for about 5 years when he worked in the trouble area of the DWP. I remember him coming over after a night in a storm working to restore power. in 1986 I had a child who was fathered by Roy who sadly he did not want to meet or have anything to do with. She grew up to be a lovely young woman with Roy's blue eyes and model height, whom my incredible husband adopted. I am sorry that Roy never had a chance to meet her.

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  4. I'm enjoying a quiet Sunday, hanging out with my GF and was just silently going over the roster of humans, both good and bad, that I've encountered in a lifetime.

    I happened to Google one of the good guys. I was going to reach out and say hi.I worked for Roy (Mr. Pyros to me) in the Palms area of LA. He was the Superintendent there and I was one of an army of nameless apprentices there in '94.

    I was a good employee so consequently our paths never crossed. I was a name on a white board.

    What I remember about Roy, aside from passing in the hallway with the usual "morning" being exchanged, was the day he learned that I was resigning.

    Evidently he did know me to some degree. I'm a big guy, Roy was bigger. He put his arm over my shoulder as we walked into the office together and he tried to talk me out of leaving, offering words of encouragement.

    I'm sad to learn of Roy death. I'll always remember him and keep his family in my thoughts and prayers

    RIP Roy...

    Aidan Conroy
    Prescott AZ from Acton CA

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