January 13, 1943 - May 29, 1986
John Adam Safian is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood. His Find A Grave memorial bio simply reads: Drowned in Kern River after saving the life of a woman. His body was not recovered for six months. He drowned on May 29, 1986.
I found this in The Hanford Times, dated Monday, December 8, 1986.
Kern drowning victims found.
Bakersfield - The bodies of three drowning victims were recovered after the level of the Kern River was lowered, but two others believed to have died during the summer remain missing.
A sheriff's rescue team on Sunday recovered the bodies of James Lopez, 15, of McFarland, who drowned on August 3; John Safian of Sunland, missing since May 29; and Khanh Do, 30, of Gardena, who disappeared in the swift water August 31.
Searchers were unable to find the bodies of Billy Rothgeb, 22, of Bakersfield and Mark Lawrence, 20, of West Los Angeles.
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