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William Carroll Gower, BHS 1920
Burbank Daily Evening Review, Friday, September 9, 1932
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN CAUSES SUICIDE IN PROMINENT FAMILY
Wm. C. Gower, aged 31 years, a resident of this locality for more than 20 years and favorably known throughout the community,passes away this morning at his home at 1345 Justin street in Glendale, death being due to shooting by his own hands.
The tragedy was enacted in the garage at his own home about 6 o'clock and is supposed to have been brought about by despondency due to ill health, his physician having recently ordered him to dispose of his business and take a long rest by reason of a threatened nervous breakdown.
Mr. Gower was the son of Mrs. Florence Gower, 617 North Angeleno avenue, and a nephew of Miss Octavia Lesueur of this city. His wife, Mrs. Esther Viney Gower and three brothers survive.
The coroner's office has decided that no inquest will be necessary. Arrangements for the funeral which are in the hands of L.C. Scovern of Glendale, has not been completed at the time of this writing.
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The Los Angeles Times, Saturday, September 10, 1932
GLENDALE MAN KILLS HIMSELF
Glendale - Sept 9, Despondency caused by a nervous breakdown was held by police to have been the cause of the suicide early this morning of William Carroll Gower, 31 years of age,in the garage of his home at 1345 Justin street.
Gower, who was manager of the Doctors' Business Bureau of Los Angeles, suffered a nervous breakdown about three months ago,and had been in a despondent state since that time,according to police.
Mr. Gower had been a resident of Southern California for the past twenty-one years. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Esther Gower; his mother, Mrs. Florence Gower, who lived at the family home here,and a brother, L. Gower of 1221 Elmwood street, Burbank. The body was removed to the L.G. Scovern mortuary here.
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Burbank Daily Review, Saturday, September 10, 1932
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon for William C. Gower who passed away suddenly early yesterday at his home, 1345 Justin avenue, Glendale.
The rites were held at 4 o'clock in St. Jude's church with Rev. John C. Donnell, rector, officiating. Interment followed in the family plot in Grand View cemetery.
The deceased was born 31 years ago in Marshall, Missouri. When a child, he moved with his parents to Durant, Oklahoma, but twenty-two years ago came to Burbank, where the family located at Hollywood Way and Victory boulevard, then ranch property. For several years he had conducted a doctors' business bureau with offices in Los Angeles. Lodge affiliations included membership in the Burbank Masonic order.
Immediate survivors of the young man are his wife, who was Ester Viney; his mother, Mrs. Florence L. Gower; a sister, Mrs. Florence Edgerly, and two brothers, Lesueur and James Gower, all of this city.
Dwight Frederick Millaird was born on August 10, 1900 in Des Moines County, Iowa and passed away on July 28, 1956 in Los Angeles County, California. Dwight was a 1919 graduate of Burbank High School.
From the Valley Times, North Hollywood, California, Page 16
Dwight Frederick Millaird, of 5650 Cartwright, North Hollywood, passed away July 28. Survived by brother, Edward W. Millaird of Glendale; two sisters, Marie E. Roscoe and Catherine Keyes, both of North Hollywood. Services will be Wednesday, August 1, 3 p.m. Fillcach Burbank Funeral Home, Interment Grand View Memorial Park.
Ray Franklin Purrier, BHS 1918
The Valley Times, North Hollywood, California
Monday, March 22, !954, Page 16
Purrier, Ray F., 53, of 1119 N. Keystone, Burbank, passed away March 19, 1954. Native of Minnesota, lived here since 1902.
He is survived by his wife, Eileen A., one son, Richard, of U.S. Air Force, Laredo, Texas; twin daughters, Diane and Donna; one sister, Mrs. Eva Theadaker, of Pacoima, and his mother, Mrs. Gertrude E. Purrier, of Pacoima.
Services Tuesday, March 23, 2 p.m., Fillbach Funeral Home Chapel. Burbank Masonic Lodge 406 F. & A.M., Dr. Zenas D. Bancroft officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
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The Valley Times, North Hollywood, Tuesday, March 23, 1954, Page 12
Hold Last Rites For Ray Purrier
Funeral services were conducted today for Ray F. Purrier, 53, assistant supervisor of the mail department of the Burbank Post Office, who died at a Glendale hospital.
A Burbank resident since 1902, he was a member of Masonic Lodge 406. Survivors include his wife, Eileen, and twin daughters, Diana and Donna, of 1119 Keystone Street, and a son, Richard, stationed in Laredo, Texas, with the U.S.A.F.
Herbert Hoy Deeter, BHS 1929
May 3, 1910 - August 28, 1993
Published in the Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 31, 1993, Page 17
Lyons - Herbert Hoy Deeter, 83, died Saturday. He was born in Milford, Indiana, and began his commitment to religion when he was 13. He graduated from Burbank High school and attended La Verne College, Biola College and the University of California at Los Angeles. He was a machinist. He took courses at the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California, where he was ordained a minister in 1958.
He married Patsy Evans on September 11, 1932; she died in 1969. He married Eleanor Henderson on July 29, 1972.
Survivors include his wife; son, Bill of Lyons; daughters, Joy D. Schumacher of Cedarville, Ohio, LuAnn Helms of Jefferson, Patty Haffner of Sparks, Nevada, and Sally Parrish of Salem; sister, Mildred Barton of Carson City, Nevada; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Canyon Baptist Church. Interment will be in Bilyeu Den Cemetery, Scio. Arrangements are by Weddle mortuary, Stayton. Contribution may be made to Gideons Child Evangelism Fellowship or to Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Edward James Bauer, BHS 1961
Burbank Daily Review, Friday, April 9, 1965
Edward James Bauer, 21, of 2912 N. Lincoln Street, died Thursday April 7, 1965 in a Los Angeles hospital. He was born in Los Angeles and had lived in Burbank for fourteen years. He was a graduate of Burbank High School (Class of 1961), a student at UCLA and a math analyst for Rocketdyne.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:20 p.m. at Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Mr. Bauer is survived by his parents, Robert G. and Edna F. Bauer; a sister, Nancy Ann; a brother, Robert L. Bauer; his grandmothers, Mrs. Caroline Bauer and Mrs. Minnie Forney; and a nephew, Robert John Bauer.
Fred H. Schreiner, BHS 1910
Published in the Burbank Daily Evening Review, Saturday, May 21, 1932, Page 5
DEATH RECORDED OF FORMER GRADUATE
Attention was called this morning by Principal Enyeart of the High School to the fact that Fred Schreiner, whose death yesterday was noted in the Los Angeles papers this morning, was a graduate of the Burbank high school, the deceased and his sister, Ora Schreiner, having been two of the three members of the first graduation class turned out by the local school. The funeral was held this afternoon at the Forest Lawn cemetery.
Published in The Los Angeles Times, Saturday, May 21, 1932, Page 13
AUTO MAN'S FINAL RITES TO BE TODAY
Masonic Services to Be Conducted at Funeral for Fred H. Schreiner
The solemn funeral rites of the Masonic order will be recited at 3 p.m. today in the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, to honor the memory of Fred H. Schreiner, former University of Southern California football player and well known automobile dealer who died at his home, 4633 Beverly Boulevard, Thursday.
Mr. Schreiner, who was 41 years of age, was stricken two weeks ago with a slight cold and his death came from blood poisoning as the result of a throat infection.
Mr. Schreiner, after his graduation in 1914, entered business as an automobile salesman. For more than fifteen years years he conducted his own agency first on Vermont avenue and recently at 2478 West Washington street.
He was a Thirty-second Degree Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Optimist Club. Services this afternoon will be conducted by members of his Masonic lodge, with an escort from the Al Malaikah Shrine.
In addition to his widow, Mrs. Rena Schreiner, he leaves a son, Lynn, 10; a sister, Miss Ora Schreiner, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schreiner, all of Los Angeles.
Robert Wayne Moore
aka Robert W. Keck “Bob”, BHS 1970
Born March 14, 1952, passed in his sleep November 12, 2019. Graduate Burbank High School 1970 and a star player on the Burbank High tennis team. Served in the United States Army November 1972- November 1975. Computer guru and successful amateur radio operator.
Bob is at peace at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Eagle Point, Oregon. Survived by wife Diane Davis-Moore, partners, friends and soulmates for 40 plus years.
Submitted by Tim Tillotson Class of 1971, Sunrise Manor, Nevada
DeWitt Wilbur
Published in The Burbank Review, Saturday, August 12, 1916, Page 1
COMPOUND FRACTURE OF LEG SUFFERED BY DEWITT WILBUR IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Wilbur were shocked on Tuesday to learn of an accident in which their son, DeWitt Wilbur, a young man about twenty-one years of age, came near losing his life and suffered a compound fracture of the left leg, which was broken between the knee and hip and above the ankle.
The young man was riding along the highway just beyond Newhall tunnel with two companions, all on motorcycles, when young Wilbur, who had road ahead came into a collision with an automobile as he rounded a curve. The force of the impact threw him and when his friends and others rushed to his assistance, he was found to be terribly injured. Mr. Shaeffer, working for the Clampitt well digging company near the scene of the accident, brought the young man in his machine to the Burbank hospital, where the limb was set and at this date he is resting as comfortably as could be expected. He was very brave all through the trying ordeal.
Published in The Burbank Review, Saturday, August 19, 1916, Page 1
DEWITT WILBUR PASSES AWAY
As a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday of last week, DeWitt, the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Wilbur passed away at the Burbank Hospital shortly after noon, Monday, August 14, aged about 21 years.
The young man had borne with unusual fortitude the suffering incident to his injury, and although it was known that he was seriously hurt hopes were entertained that he would recover, and the announcement that he had passed away was a severe shock to his friends.
DeWitt was a quiet, unassuming character, a great home body and devoted to his family. He will be missed among his schoolmates at the High school and among his young companions but oh, so sadly missed from the home circle in which he was so beloved. He leaves his parents and one brother, Delos Wilbur, to mourn his loss, who have the sincere sympathy of all in their great bereavement.
The simple, impressive funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at Forest Lawn cemetery, where interment was made. A profusion of beautiful flowers were sent by loving friends and funeral arrangements were in charge of Scovern-Letton-Frey Company.
Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, Florida, Wednesday, May 11, 1988
VAN CRASHES INTO CAR, KILLING WOMAN
Clearwater- One woman was killed and another was injured Tuesday afternoon in an accident on U.S. 19 near an entrance to the Countryside Village Shopping Center.
Janet Blum, 26, of 1955 Hastings Drive in Clearwater was a passenger in a small car that was hit broadside by a van on U.S. 19, police said. She was taken by helicopter to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg where she died shortly after arriving, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Clearwater police Sgt. Ken Donagan gave this account of the 4:20 p.m. accident:
A 1975 Dodge van driven by Joseph M. Nowokunski, 44, of 370 N Westwinds Drive in Palm Harbor, was northbound on U.S. 19, apparently traveling in the far right safety lane, Donagan said. A 1984 Honda Civic driven by Stacy Kirker, 20, of 2407 Azalea Drive W in New Port Richey was turning left into the shopping center when it was struck broadside by the van, Donagan said.
"It didn't appear (the van) was intending to turn here (at the shopping center entrance)," Donagan said, "If you are traveling in the right turn lane, you are required by law to turn. She probably thought he'd be turning." Ms. Kirker was taken to Morton Plan Hospital, where she was in good condition Tuesday night. Nowokunski was not hurt.
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The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, Friday, May 13, 1988
POLICE CONTINUE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
Clearwater- Police were continuing their investigation Thursday into a two-car accident that resulted in the death of a 26-year-old Clearwater woman. Janet Blum was pronounced dead at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg shortly after the Tuesday afternoon accident near the entrance to Countryside Village Shopping Center on U.S. 19. Blum a passenger in the car, was transported to Bayfront aboard the Bayflite ambulance helicopter.
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The Tampa Bay Tribune, Tampa, Florida, Saturday, May 14, 1988
DRIVER FACES CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH ACCIDENT
Clearwater- A 44-year-old Palm Harbor man was charged with careless driving Friday in connection with the fatal accident Tuesday, police said.
Joseph M. Nowokunski, 370 N. Westwinds Dr., was charged in the accident that claimed the life of 26-year-old Clearwater resident Janet Blum of 1955 Hastings Dr., said police Lt. Jack Dowling.
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Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, May 14, 1988
Janet Lee Blum, 26, of Clearwater, died Tuesday (May 10, 1988) at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. She came here several months ago from California. She was a secretary at an air-conditioning company.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Valerie and Brian Delmastro, and a sister, Donna Fligg, all of California; and her maternal grandmother, Ruby Parker of England. Wilder and Fuss Funeral Home, Clearwater handled the arrangements.
Stephanie Lee Plath, BHS 1963
Burbank Daily Review, Wednesday, June 29, 1977
Stephanie Plath, 31, died Friday, June 24, 1977 in a Stockton hospital. Born in Hollywood, she was a Burbank resident for 31 years. She was a consultant with Trojan Lithograph in Burbank.
She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plath of Burbank, her brother, Richard Jr. of Burbank, her grandmother, Mrs. Mildred Gutshall of Glendale.
Funeral services were noon today June 29th at Church of the Hills in Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills. Interment followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California.
NOTE: Stephanie died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Stephanie was a 1963 graduate Of Burbank High School where she was on the drill team.
John Geoffrey Peters. BHS 1946
Viewing: October 4, 2019 (Friday) from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at DeVol Funeral Home, Gaithersburg, MD
Service: October 5, 2019 (Saturday) at 10:00 a.m.
Location: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD
JOHN GEOFFREY PETERS
Retired Foreign Service Officer
John Geoffrey Peters, 91, died peacefully on Monday September 30th, 2019 at his home in Montgomery Village, Maryland. He was born January 11th, 1928 in Highland Park, Michigan, the second and youngest child of the late Horace Walter Peters and Edna Louise Clabeaux.
John graduated in 1946 from Burbank High School in Burbank, California. After high school graduation, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in February 1946 and completed basic training in Louisville, Kentucky. He was assigned to the 88th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation, Trieste, Italy, which provided security to Trieste under the auspices of the United Nations. In 1948 he met a young woman from Trieste, Anna Roncelli. They married on September 23rd, 1948 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Trieste and spent their honeymoon in Rome.
John was honorably discharged from the Army in February 1949 with the rank of corporal. He had been awarded the Word War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal.
John began his career with the U.S. State Department in 1955, starting as a message center clerk. He took the Foreign Service Exam, passed, and joined the Foreign Service in 1956. From 1956 to 1986, he served in diplomatic posts in West Germany (twice), Australia, Greece, Israel, Yugoslavia, as well as the State Department headquarters in Washington, DC. In addition to English, he learned to speak and write German, Serbo-Croatian, Greek and Italian.
John was a student at American University in Washington, DC and received a B.A. in Social Sciences in 1953, and an M.A. in International Relations in 1955. He studied Eastern European Studies at Indiana University from 1964 to 1965. In 1971 he received his Ph.D. in Area Studies from American University.
Anna accompanied him for all his diplomatic tours, while his son and daughter lived with them for much of the period during his assignments in Greece, Israel and West Germany, from 1968 to 1984. John arrived for diplomatic duty in Israel in September 1973, one month before the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Egypt. From October 6th to 26th, 1973, he and his family shared the danger of night air raids on Israeli civilians with the population of Tel Aviv. John retired from the Foreign Service in 1988 after 30 years of service.
From 1989 until 1993, John worked for the Montgomery County (Maryland) government, assessing the market value of homes in the county for tax purposes.
His major leisure interests were reading, the performing arts, Shakespearean drama and classical music.
Anna died in March 2019. In addition to his wife and parents, John was preceded in death by his brother, Horace Andrew Peters. He is survived by his son Michael (Luisa) Peters of Falling Water, West Virginia; daughter Mary (Gerald) Shewan; three grandchildren, William, Elizabeth and James Shewan, all of Montgomery Village.
Friends are invited to call at the DeVol Funeral Home, 10 East Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg, MD on Friday Oct 4th, 2019 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. A short burial service will be conducted at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday October 5th. Those wishing to attend the burial should meet the family at Gate of Heaven Cemetery near Section 11 on St. Michael's Ave.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Parkinson's Association.
John R. Hoist, BHS 1912
Published in Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 20, 1958, Page 46
John R. Hoist, funeral services for John Russell Hoist, 64, employee of the Los Angeles Board of Education for 42 years as a counselor in high schools, who died Friday in Queen of Angels Hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of Sacred Memories, L. G. Scovern & Son, Glendale. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial-Park. Mr. Hoist lived at 1802 Melwood Drive, Glendale. He leaves his widow Martha; a son William Edward, and two grandchildren. An accomplished organist, he played in many Los Angeles and Pasadena churches.
Published in Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 20, 1958, Page 53
John Russell Hoist, July 18, 1958, late of 1802 Melwood Drive, Glendale, loving husband of Martha M. Hoist, father of of William Edward Hoist of Burbank, grandfather of Katherine Jane Hoist and William Edward Hoist III.
Funeral services Tuesday, July 22, at 2 p.m., in the chapel of Sacred Memories, L.G. Scovern and Son, 828 South Brand Boulevard, Glendale.
