I just received this incredibly sad note ...
We just got the sad news that our Photography teacher, Leon H. Frankamp passed away this morning May 29, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer, our Savior has called him home.. Aside from being one of our favorite teachers and by every measure, a wonderful man, he has always held a special place in our hearts as being the teacher in whose class we met. Beside teaching photography, he also taught science at Burbank High. All of the greatest blessings in our lives, 42 years of marriage, wonderful children and two very cute grandsons, are traceable back to him. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.
He passed peacefully in his sleep, at home, surrounded by family. He was a blessing to many, and blessed by many. He was a remarkable man who leaves a legacy of serving and loving others, as God's Word instructs us to do. He changed many lives in his work with Habitat for Humanity. Many people in my home town, Clarksdale, MS, as well as other communities, and as well as the students who worked on the Habitat teams under his guidance were blessed by his teaching, coaching, and the Christian witness he lived daily.
Memorial services for this extraordinary man are as follows:
Tuesday June 11th at 1:00 pm
Magnolia Park United Methodist Church
2828 W. Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
Gathering in the Fellowship Hall will be held directly after.
There will also be a celebration of his life in Pine Mountain Club later in June. This will be held at one of his favorite places in the world, PMC Golf Course. Further details to come.
Our mom will be staying in Burbank at Kim’s. Address is below should you wish to reach her:
3344 Brace Canyon Rd.
Burbank, CA 91504
SCHAUB, EVELYN A., 86, a loving mother and homemaker, passed away in Dallas, Texas on September 16, 2004. She was born September 7, 1918. the 4th child of Harold and Josephine Colvin of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She attended elementary school at Loretto Academy in Santa Fe.
She and her family moved to Burbank, California in 1929 where she attended Burbank High School, graduating in 1935. In 1935, she married Oscar F. Schaub, a Burbank resident since 1922, who also graduated from Burbank High School in 1933.
She and her husband were longtime residents of the City of Burbank, where her husband Oscar, a twice wounded WWII Marine Corps. veteran, was a Burbank city employee for 23 years before retiring in 1973.
Preceded in death by her husband, Oscar (1977), and her brothers, Harold Colvin, James Colvin and Theodore Colvin; sister, Betty Mohr, and her daughter Teresa Schaub. She is survived by her brother, George Colvin of Burbank, California; sister, Florence Carroll of Keaau, Hawaii and sister-in-law, Martha Ballard of South Gate, California and her daughters Patricia Carr, Judith Sanabria, Mary Matasso and Dolores Vincent and her sons Frederick Schaub and Timothy Schaub, 25 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Evelyn and her husband Oscar were one of the founding families of St. Finbar Catholic Church and School in Burbank. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America for 60 years and served as the Court St. Anthony Grand Regent and California State District Deputy. She was also Girl Scout leader, Room Mother and member of the Parent Teacher Association at St. Finbar School.
Evelyn was a loving and caring person who was devoted to her family and loved to play with and read to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She could never pass by a baby without trying to kiss or hug him/her. She loved life and everyone she came in contact with, especially strangers whom she could quickly make feel right at home.
Rosary/wake service will be held on Sunday, September 19th at 8 pm at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 am on Monday, September 20th at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Dallas.
Burial will take place at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Memorial contributions in her memory are suggested to the Evelyn Schaub Memorial: The Prince of Peace Community School, 4500 W. Davis, Dallas, TX 75211 or St. Finbar School, 2010 W. Olive Ave., Burbank, CA. 91506. "Eastgate ""Family Owned and Operated"" LBJ @ Northwest Highway 972-270-6116 www.eastgatefuneralhome.com"
Published in Dallas Morning News on Sept. 19, 2004
Robert LeBaron Patton, BHS 1944
Robert LeBaron "Bob" Patton passed away in Arroyo Grande on October 30, 2018 at the age of 92. He was born in Fargo, ND, son of Eugene LeBaron Patton (1898-1988) and Margaret Thornton Barnes (1900-1998). As an infant, he moved with the family from Fargo to Inglewood, CA.
He graduated from Burbank High School in 1944, and attended Glendale City College majoring in meteorology until he was accepted into the Army Air Corps, serving during WWII. Bob worked for the Signal Oil Company in the San Fernando Valley, began his tax accounting business there and continued in that occupation after moving to SLO County in 1985. He received a Certificate of Recognition for his 27 years of leadership and participation in the AARP Tax-Aide Program.
For hobbies, Bob restored 2 vintage Ford cars, a 1925 Model T Touring and a 1915 Model T Roadster. His focus changed and he became a Commercial Hot Air Balloon Pilot. After moving to Arroyo Grande, he learned to play the saxophone and enjoyed playing with the Morro Bay White Caps Community Band. Bob married Doreen Shipley (1928-1992) on July 17 1947, in Burbank. They divorced in 1958.
He is survived by daughters, Carlyn Patton Miller (John), of Templeton, CA, and Joyce Patton, of San Luis Obispo; grandsons, Monte Miller (Bradyn), of Camus, WA, formerly of Templeton, and Ryan Marlett (Anita), of Atascadero, CA; great granddaughters, Casey Marlett of Atascadero, and Lindsey Marlett Horne (Tyler), of Bridgeport, TX, along with Troy Horne, Bob's great, great grandson.
Bob was cremated and no public services are planned at this time. In memory of Bob, he would be pleased for donations to be made to any of the many disabled veterans associations which he proudly supported. God saw him getting tired, a healing not meant to be, so He wrapped his arms around him and whispered. "Come with me."
Published in San Luis Obispo County Tribune on Nov. 29, 2018
Beverly Jean Turner, BHS 1964
Burbank Daily Review, Monday, January 3, 1972
Beverly J. Turner
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday for Beverly Jean Turner who died Friday December 31, 1971 in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 25. Born in Los Angeles, Miss Turner made her home in Burbank with her parents and family.
She was a graduate of Burbank High School and had been employed for two years as a computer clerk by the stock brokerage firm of Bateman, Eichler, Hill and Richards of Los Angeles. Miss Turner was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of North Hollywood.
She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion F. Turner; one brother, John of Burbank; one sister, Mrs. Marilyn MacCrimmon of Vancouver, British Columbia; five nephews and one niece.
Services will be held at 11 am Tuesday at the Eckerman-Heisman Funeral Service Chapel, 333 E. Magnolia. The Rev. Harry W. Marks of St.Paul's Lutheran Church of North Hollywood will officiate at the services. Interment will be at Valhalla Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Sad news from Susan Earle, BHS '70, "My sister-in-law Stephanie Solorio Earle graduated in the BHS class of 1972. Please pass along to her graduating classmates that year the news of her sudden and unexpected passing while she and her husband, Eddie (my brother), were visiting my 99 year old mother and me at our home in Decatur, Alabama."
Stephanie passed away on June 14, 2018. She was 63. Besides Susan and her mother, and her husband, Eddie Earle, she is also survived by her own parents, her children, and her grandchildren.
September 25, 1928 - August 21, 2015
Andrew Roger Adams was born in Glendive Montana to Helen Wodke Adams on September 25th, 1928. Andrew was delivered just two minutes after his twin brother Robin. Andrew never knew his Father Andrew Robert William Hendry Adams who died after trying to stop a thief from escaping a crime scene just months before Andrew was born. He was the youngest of eight siblings of which six were boys and there was another set of twin girls.
In 1942 the Adams Family grew weary of the long Cold Winters in Montana moved to Southern California and settled in Burbank. Raised by his mother Helen and Older Siblings Andrew Graduated from Burbank High School in 1948.
He was inducted into the Air Force in March of 1949 and was stationed in the Bahamas during the Korean War, he was a specialist in Radar.Andrew married Corinne Jacobucci on May 7th, 1955 and they had five children Cindy, Mike, Vicki, Guy and Robert Adams. They settled in La Crescenta California and raised their Family there.
Andy was self-employed most of his Adult life and was a Great Provider for his Family. After living through the Great Depression he always made sure his Children had enough to eat and sent all five kids to College. Andy loved to go Fishing, Water Skiing, Snow Skiing, and Camping in Motor Home. After retiring Early in 1981 he kept active in Elks Club, Gallivanters Motor Home Club and most of all enjoyed spending time with his Grandkids and Great Grandchildren.
He is survived by his Wife Corinne Adams, Five Children, Eleven Grandchildren, two Great Grandchildren, two Brothers and One Sister. Andy spent the weekend with all his Children by his side and passed away peacefully Monday morning on August 24th with his wife of 60 years at his Bedside.
Published in Glendale News-Press on Sept. 5, 2015
Audrey M. Parker died December 30, 2002, in San Diego. She was 95, and lived a life well in advance of her times. Dr. Parker was born November 7, 1907, in Des Moines, Iowa, the oldest child of Leslie and Lura Parker. She was raised in Southern California. She graduated Occidental College in 1929, and afterward taught fourth grade in Glendale.
She joined the Navy as a lieutenant in 1943. She served as assistant to the superintendent of aviation training in Jacksonville, Fla., and was commended upon her discharge in 1946. In 1948, she took a position as dean of women at Bethany College in West Virginia. She then moved to Ohio Wesleyan University, where she served as dean of women from 1949 to 1963. Dr. Parker earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1955. Soon after, she spent a year in Scandinavia studying women's education. Dr. Parker returned to California in 1963, as dean of women at California Western University. She retired in the mid-1970s. Dr. Parker was a member of the San Diego Historical Society and the American Association of University Women.
She traveled extensively and spent time with many close friends and family. Dr. Parker is survived by her niece, Jeni Booth; nephews, Bruce Parker and David Parker; sister-in-law Janet Parker; great-nieces Sarah Lewis, Claire Chapman, Laurie Parker and Aimee Booth; great-nephews Darren Parker, Brent Parker and Kenny Booth; and two great-great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, John Parker; nephew Gary Parker; and great-nephew Seth Parker. At Dr. Parker's request, no services were held.
Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Jan. 26, 2003.
Scott Blair Horton
July 27, 1971 - May 5, 1992
His sister posted this on Facebook:
Our family misses him so much even though it has been many years since he has passed away.
Scott actually died from a very acute form of Leukemia. He was in remission for almost a year and doing really well. He bought a pick up truck, went skydiving and got a dog.
Then one day he wasn't feeling well and thought he had a cold. Tragically, the cancer had come back in a more aggressive form. My sister was a bone marrow match for him, but he didn't survive long enough to have the transplant.
He was 20 years old when he died. Way too young for anyone to be taken from a family. We will all miss him for the rest of our lives. Thanks again for taking time to remember my brother! Julie Horton
Shyrell Lynn Hamner, BHS 1986
1 killed, 5 injured in Palmdale traffic crash
PALMDALE – A 47-year-old Lancaster woman was killed Tuesday evening when a pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and caused a four-vehicle collision in Palmdale, authorities said. It happened around 5:10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 on Pearblossom Highway, just west of 40th Street East, according to Deputy Danielle Day of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.
“During our preliminary investigation, we determined that the driver of [a] white Ford F-150 was traveling eastbound in the No. 1 lane of Pearblossom Highway. The driver veered off into the No. 1 lane of the westbound traffic of Pearblossom Highway and collided head-on with the driver of a black Honda Accord,” Day said.
A westbound Chrysler 300 hit the rear driver’s side of the Honda Accord and then sideswiped the Honda Accord during or just after the head-on collision between the Accord and the pickup, said Sgt. Tucker of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.The Ford pickup truck then came to rest against a westbound Honda Civic hatchback, Tucker said.
The Accord’s passenger, 47-year-old Shyrell Lynn Hamner of Lancaster, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. The Accord’s male driver was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, sheriff’s officials said. The Ford pickup truck’s driver was also transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Tucker said.
Three occupants in the Chrysler 300 sustained minor injuries — two females were transported to the hospital and a male declined to be transported, Tucker said. The Honda Civic’s driver complained of pain but was not transported to the hospital, according to Tucker.
Neither alcohol nor weather appeared to be factors in the collision, sheriff’s officials said. The incident remains under investigation and no further information was available Wednesday morning.
Published in Antelope Valley Times, December 23, 2015
Sun Valley Sky Diver Falls to Her Death
A 26-year-old Sun Valley sky diver plummeted to her death Sunday February 23, 1964, when her parachute and safety parachute failed to open. Miss Diane Richards of 8154 De Garmo Ave landed in a plowed field northeast of Arvin in the San Joaquin Valley after falling 3,500 feet. The chutes of three other skydivers who jumped from the plane at the same time opened safely.
Pilot Gene F. McMahon, 34, of Compton, told Kern County sheriff's investigators that Miss Richards parachute came out of the pack but failed to open. A second chute also failed to function.
The group from the Antelope Valley Parasports Center originally planned to skydive in the Lancaster area, McMahon said, but the wind was too strong. He said Miss Richards had jumped more than 20 times before.
Published in the Burbank Daily Review, Monday, February 24, 1964
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Obituary
Burbank Daily Review, Wednesday, February 26, 1964
Diane Faye Richards
Funeral services for Diane Faye Richards, 26, will be held Thursday, at 10 am at the Fillbach Bailey Chapel. Mrs. Richards, 8154 De Garmo Ave, Sun Valley, died Sunday when her parachute failed to open during a sky diving exhibition in Kern County.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Bernice Schilling of Burbank, a daughter, Denise; a sister, Mrs. Karen Waid of Hollywood, her grandfather, Gus Schilling of Burbank and her grandmother, Mrs. H.L. Dean of San Diego. Rev. Arthur W. Pelkey of Avalon Community Church, Catalina, will officiate at the services. Interment will be at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
Mrs. Richards was raised in Burbank and was graduated from Burbank High School. She was employed by Pacific Airmotive Corp. for two and a half years. She was a member of Antelope Valley Parasports Center.
Robert "Bob" Brian Gingell
July 29, 1945 - September 10, 2018
Nevada
Bob Gingell, BHS '64, passed away last year on September 10, 2018.
He is the brother of Guy Gingell, BHS 1966 and Valerie Gingell, Burroughs 1955. Bob was born on July 29, 1945 and after high school, he joined the Marines. Later, he worked for Rocketdyne as a mechanic on the space shuttle.
Bob was a resident of Nevada at the time of passing. Among his survivors are his wife Mary Ann and son Todd.
Celebration of Life was held Thursday September 21, 2018 at Mt Charleston Baptist Church in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Robert Brian Gingell
JULY 29, 1945 ~ SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 (AGE 73)
Robert Brian Gingell, age 73, a veteran of the U.S. Marines, engineer, husband, father and grandfather, of Las Vegas Nevada, passed away on Monday September 10, 2018.
He was born to Herbert Gingell and Ruthann Smythe on July 29, 1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife, children and grandchildren ; and a host of relatives and friends.
Celebration of Life is scheduled for Thursday September 21, 2018 at 12 noon at Mt Charleston Baptist CHurch, 1 Kyle Canyon Road in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Nelva S. Ross
Camarillo, CA
NOVEMBER 5, 1932 ~ DECEMBER 24, 2018 (AGE 86)
Nelva Ross passed away on December 24, 2018 in her home in Camarillo. She was born in Buffalo New York. She moved with her family to California in 1943. The family settled in Burbank and Nelva graduated from Burbank High School in 1950.
Her first job was with Pacific Telephone and later in the aerospace industry with Lockheed Martin until her retirement in 1992. Nelva and husband, Les Ross, moved to Camarillo in 1998 from Valencia.
Nelva was preceded in death by her husband in 2007. Nelva is survived by her sister, Wanda Costello and brother, Lucian Bartoletti.
Condolences may be left at www.ConejoMountain.com
Published in Ventura County Star on Jan. 13, 2019
John E. Morris, BHS 1936
The Burbank Daily Review, Saturday, December 20, 1969
Funeral services will be conducted Monday for former Burbank resident John E. Morris, who died Thursday December 18, 1969 in a Sylmar hospital. He was born on June 23, 1917.
Services will be at the Country Chapel at Pierce Bros Mortuary, 10621 Victory in North Hollywood. Interment will follow at Valhalla Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 pm today and 8 am to 9 pm Sunday.
Born in St. Louis, Mr. Morris lived in this area for about 40 years and in Burbank for 30 years, until moving to Sylmar. He was a 1936 graduate of Burbank High School and was employed as an upholsterer.
He is survived by his wife, Rachel; three brothers, Wesley of Burbank, Carl of Sun Valley and Oliver of North Hollywood; one sister, Edna of Long Beach; two daughters, Mrs. Pat Peterson and Mrs. Sherrie Bernheimer, both of Sylmar; one son, Richard of Sylmar; and two grandchildren.
Robert Norton Basile, BHS 1970
December 3, 1951 ~ May 7, 2019
Bob Basile passed away on May 7, 2019 at 10:15 P.M., after a long battle with cancer. He was 67. The Basile family first lived on Sparks St. in Burbank, then about 1965 moved to 821 E. Angeleno, and Bob attended 8th and 9th grade at John Muir. He went all the way through BHS and graduated with the 1970 Class. (Bob doesn't have a senior picture in the 1970 Ceralbus, so the photo shown is his junior picture - sorry a bit blurry due to small size of original photos.)
After high school Bob was in the U.S. Air Force. He then attended Cal State Fullerton and received a B.A. degree in Accounting. He had lived many years in Carlsbad in San Diego County. He was a commercial airline pilot for Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Air, and had been a corporate pilot for a Newport Beach company. He was also a flight instructor, and had also been a partner in a flight charter business in Carlsbad, Basile Aviation, and had co-owned a Cessna 310 plane.
Bob was never married and had no children. Bob was one of 7 children in the Basile family. Only he and sister, Sue Basile attended BHS, (Class of '64), as the family moved to Costa Mesa in 1972. Of the 7 siblings there are now only three surviving, Sue, younger brother, Jim Basile (four years younger than Bob), and one other younger brother.
Leota Mary Caleel Bancroft, BHS 1969
August 31, 1951 - May 30, 2010
Leota Bancroft, 58, passed away on May 30, 2010 in Burbank, California where she resided. Leota was born on August 31, 1951 in Los Angeles County, the daughter of Norman and Catherine (Kitty) Caleel. Her parents building the first McDonalds in Burbank.
Leota married Joseph P Veraldi on July 31, 1971 in Los Angeles and they later divorced in October 1974 in Los Angeles. Leota married two other times with the last being Bancroft.
Leota is survived by her mother Catherine and two sisters, Christy Curtis and Liz Weiss. She was preceded in death by her father, Norman who passed in 2005. Leota was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California.
Kevin Patrick Lowman, BHS 1981
CHATSWORTH : Motorist Sought in Fatal Car Accident
By Chau Lam
Police are looking for Adolfo Aguirre Jr., 22, in connection with a car accident in which a Burbank man died.
Kevin Patrick Lowman, 31, was traveling west on Roscoe Boulevard in Chatsworth on Tuesday when the driver of a Jeep making a left turn onto Tobias Avenue struck Lowman's motorcycle, killing him, authorities said.
One witness of the 7:25 p.m. accident said the Jeep driver stopped briefly to look at Lowman before fleeing on foot.
Witnesses described the driver of the Jeep as a man 20 to 30 years old, 5 feet 7, weighing 140 pounds. Police are asking anyone with information about Aguirre's whereabouts to call Detective John Miller or Detective Greg Pfeifle of the LAPD's Valley traffic division at (818) 989-8391.
Published in the Los Angeles Times, March 31, 1994
