March 10, 1952 ~ July 23, 2016
Ellen Gelbard Zell passed away in 2016 at age 64. Ellen attended Thomas Jefferson
Elementary, John Muir Junior High, and Burbank High, graduating in 1970. The family lived on Eton Dr. while Ellen was in school in Burbank. Her sister, Susan Gelbard, was BHS '66, brother, Marty Gelbard, was BHS ‘68, and sister, Nancy Gelbard, was BHS ‘71. Their father, Dr. David Gelbard, was an M.D. in Burbank, and Marty Gelbard was also a Burbank M.D. as a Urologist, now retired.
Ellen and her husband, Joe Zell, attended the BHS ‘70 45th reunion in June 2015, just over
a year before she passed away. They had lived in West Los Angeles for many years. In previous years Ellen had been employed at Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. Ellen is interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park on Forest Lawn Dr. near Burbank.
Ellen Gelbard is survived by her husband, Joseph Zell; daughters, Rachel Zell Macht and Monica Zell Adler; granddaughter, Charlotte Rose Macht, born just before Ellen passed away; sisters, Susan Gelbard Fishman and Nancy Gelbard Kalb; and brother, Dr. Martin Gelbard. Ellen's father, Dr. David Gelbard, passed away in 2009, and her mother, Corrine "Corky" Gelbard, passed away in 2010.
Alan Landros, BHS 1970, March 4, 2020
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