Richard Scott Strickland, BHS 1963SCOTT STRICKLAND
On Friday, April 22, 2005, Scott Strickland died suddenly of Heart Failure at his home in Santa Clarita, California. Scott was born on March 13th, 1945 in Austin, Texas and soon after ended up in a suburb of Burbank, California. He was a track star in high school, an avid surfer and all around athlete.
Scott joined the Burbank Fire Dept at the age of 21 and rose through the ranks to Battalion Chief. After retirement he worked with his brother as LA Division Manager for his construct ion company and later became Fire Chief at JPL (NASA) - safety officer for a toxic waste Superfund clean up site and became Director of Safety of US operations for Bimbo Bakeries USA after they purchased Mrs. Baird's, his previous employer.
Scott received his masters in Political Science and Governmental Affairs. He was talented, insightful, intelligent, witty, humorous and razor sharp in his approach. He could make you cry with laughter or melt you verbally if you needed to be challenged.
He is survived by his wife Becky who was his ray of sunshine along with their daughter Tia and husband Brett, daughter Shellie and grandchildren Nicole, Brittia, Amy and Beth, parents Don and Betty Wayne, brother Jon (who has lost his hero) and his wife Teresa, sisters Clarity and Diane, nephews Trevor, Tanner, Austin and niece Amanda. Scott also loved his dogs; Chin, Gabby, Minnie, Haley and his bird Wylie.
A man that enjoyed family, surfing trips to San Onofre, his collection of Harley's and old comedy movies. Scott was an extremely loved man that will be dearly missed and left this planet in such a rush that heaven must have had some fires to put out.
A Celebration of Scott's life will be held at the "Castaways Restaurant" in Burbank in the "Mountain View Room", California, at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 3, 2005. Donations should be sent to the "Grossman Burn Center" at Sherman Oaks Hospital, 4929 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 in Memory of Scott Strickland.
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