Rachael Juanita Jones Trott, BHS 1926

Rachael Juanita Jones Trott, BHS 1926

Published in Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, May 13, 1997

Rachael J. Trott, died May 4, 1997 in Walnut Creek, California, at age 89. She was born in Greens Fork, Indiana, and moved to Burbank, California in 1919, graduating from Burbank High and U.C.L.A. She taught school in Burbank for 4 years until she married her high school sweetheart and husband of 60 years, Fred Trott, in 1933.

Upon returning to teaching in Tulare County in 1948, she was soon considered to be a pioneer in the field of special education. She helped organize and served as president of the Tulare County Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children. She became a school psychometrist, school psychologist and councilor. After moving to West Covina in 1956, she began work in special education in the Covina Valley Unified School District, eventually serving as Coordinator for Special Education. She was active in the Covina Soroptimist, Delta Kappa Gamma (Zeta Tau), and the Los Angeles County Administrators for Special Education in which she served as Legislative Chairperson and President in 1969, the year of her retirement. From 1969 until 1995, she lived in Morro Bay, and was active and held office in the California Retired Teachers Association, the League of Women Voters, Delta Kappa Gamma (Epsilon Delta), American Association of University Women and the Floral Design Study Club. Following the death of her husband Fred in 1994, she moved to Oakland, where she resided in active retirement until her health began to fail.

She is survived by her sons, Thomas F. Trott, M.D., Los Angeles and Michael Trott, Berkeley; as well as four grandchildren, John Matthew Trott, New York, Erika Trott, Oakland, and Sara Trott, Berkeley. She has been cremated and her remains will be scattered at sea near Morro Bay. An informal Memorial Service will be planned for later in the summer.

The family requests that instead of flowers, persons might wish to make a contribution to a scholarship fund for graduating high school students in San Luis Obispo. Donations made be to SLO County CRTA Scholarship Fund, on the check, a notation should be made “in memory of Rachael Trott”. Donations should be mailed to Mrs. Jean Honeyman, PO Box 2147, Avila Beach, CA. 93424.  

Shig Shigeo Mayekawa, BHS 1926

Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1975

Shig Shigeo Mayekawa, beloved husband of Mary Tauneko; father of Ken, and Mrs. Kathy McCarthy. Service 7:30 p.m. January 23, 1975 at Hompa Hongwauji Buddhist Temple, 815 East First Street. Pakul Mortuary, directors. The family requests that flowers please be omitted.

Janet Pruett Dickes, BHS 1926

Janet Pruett Dickes, 81, died December 16, 1989 in Panorama City. Born in Arkansas, she lived in Burbank for 73 years.

She graduated from Burbank High School and received her bachelor's degree in educational psychology from UCLA. She was a member of the Helen Matthewson Club sorority and remained active in the sorority, serving on scholarship committees.

Mrs. Dickes had been a teacher for the Burbank United School District and a master teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District. She was an active community volunteer, a Sunday school teacher at the First Presbyterian Church of Burbank and a Girl Scout leader.

She was a charter member of the Burbank branch of the American Association of University Women and was recently honored with a $500 fellowship endowment in her name to the AAUW.

Mrs. Dickes is survived by her husband, Harold; daughters, Elaine Thomas of Burbank and Elizabeth Ring of San Rafael; four grandchildren.

Services are 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Old North Church, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Memorial Park, with burial following. Forest Lawn is handling the arrangements. Donations may be made to the AAUW Educational Foundation Program or the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

Burbank Leader Newspaper, December 1989

Alyn Gordon Campbell, BHS 1926

Burbank Daily Review, Tuesday, January 29, 1985, Gordon A. Campbell, 77, died Friday in a Burbank hospital. He was born in Danville, Illinois, and had lived in Burbank for 60 years. He was an insurance broker in Burbank for 50 years. He was a graduate of Burbank High School in 1926. He was a member of the Burbank Kiwanis for 31 years and secretary for Burbank Kiwanis for 30 years. Gordon was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Burbank. He is survived by his wife Genevieve; daughters, Nancy C. Dana of Chatsworth, Sue Carr of Burbank, Donna Moore of Sedona, Arizona; sister, Lucile Taylor of Wofford Heights; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Burbank. Burial will be private at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California.

Dorothy Alice Shiells, BHS 1926 ?

Dorothy Alice Shiells, BHS 1926 ?



Ventura County Star (CA) - May 2, 2003


Dorothy Alice Shiells 94 passed away peacefully in her home on April 29 2003.


Dorothy was born in Brooklyn N.Y. on Oct. 23 1908. At a young age Dorothy along with her parents and two other sisters made the long auto journey from West Haven Conn. to Burbank at a time when such trips were measured in weeks not days.


Dorothy grew up in Burbank attended Burbank High School and after graduation enrolled at UCLA where she received two teaching credentials upon completion of her studies in 1930. She was accepted for a teaching position at the old San Cayetano grade school in Fillmore. Dorothy taught there for several years before she met and later married Lester T. Shiells a local rancher. After her marriage in 1933 she devoted herself to being a wife and mother.


During her lifetime Dorothy was active in and president of many organizations including Children's Home Society Ebell Club Business and Professional Women's Club (BPW) Fillmore Republican Women's Club and Soroptomist International. She was a life member of the Ventura County Museum of History and Art and honorary life member of the Convalescent Hospital Auxiliary. Dorothy was a Girl Scout leader for 12 years and a district director for three years. She was selected to sit on the Ventura County Grand Jury in 1965 and accepted that honor with great humility and dignity.


Always involved in one way or another with the best interests of her community in mind Dorothy and her beloved husband Lester gave of themselves in so many ways never seeking recognition for their never-ending donations to the community over the years.


Dorothy was predeceased by her daughter Sandra in 1978 and her husband Les in 1985. She is survived by her son Larry; daughter-in-law Carol; grandsons Ryan and Chad Shiells; and great-granddaughter Isabella Madeline Shiells.


A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday May 5 at Bardsdale Cemetery in Fillmore. The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions in Dorothy's name be made to the Ventura County Children's Home Society an organization Dorothy loved dearly.

Carolyn Wilma Stevenson Ludlow, BHS 1926

Carolyn Wilma Stevenson Ludlow, BHS 1926

Ojai Valley News, Friday, March 23, 2007

Carolyn Wilma Ludlow, 95, of Ojai, died Monday, March 19, 2007, at Ojai Valley Community Hospital. She was born July 1, 1908, in Long Beach, California. She and her family lived in Burbank, California, and she graduated from Burbank High School.

She married William "Bill" Ludlow on July 14, 1929, and they lived in Van Nuys and Burbank before moving to Newhall, California in 1945. Mrs. Ludlow worked as a district secretary for the Sulphur Springs School District from 1952 to 1972. Mr. and Mrs. Ludlow retitred in 1972 and moved to Ojai, where they lived at the El Sereno Mobile Home Park. In October 2005, Mrs. Ludlow moved to the Gables of Ojai as a resident in an independent living apartment. She was an active member of the Ojai Presbyterian Church and volunteered at the church office from 1992 to 2006.

Mrs. Ludlow is survived by her two daughters, Joan Biddison, of Spokane, Washington, and Majorie Weston, of Malibu, California; three grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1992 and her parents.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 24, at 11 a.m. at Ojai Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Jeff Holland and Scott Beck officiating. A reception will follow at the church. Private inurnment will be at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, California. The family requests that donations be made to a memorial fund at the Ojai Presbyterian Church, 304 N. Foothill Road, Ojai, CA 93023.

Arrangement are under the direction of the Clausen Funeral Home, Ojai.