Ronald Phillip Franzen, BHS 1966

Ronald Phillip Franzen, BHS 1966

Ron Franzen, was born in Van Nuys, California along with his twin sister Connie in 1948. In 1956, the family moved to Burbank as his father Roy Franzen became postmaster general for the City of Burbank. Ron attended Burbank public schools and received a varsity letter for football in 1966.

After high school, he joined the United States Army and went to Vietnam, after which he returned and joined the Santa Monica police Department, where he served for thirty years as a police officer and a detective. He was married to his wife Lynda for twenty seven years and resided in Westlake Village until his passing on October 19, 2022. He is survived by his sisters, Sunny ’60, Connie “66, and Sally ’76. 

From Cathy Palmer “67 for Senior Bulldogs Newsletter.

Robert Vanderweg, BHS 1955

Robert Vanderweg, BHS 1955

The Fresno Bee, Sunday, September 19, 1999

Robert “Bob” Vanderweg passed away on September 16, 1999, at the age of 61. Bob was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on November 22, 1937, and has lived in Fresno for the past 27 years. Bob served in the United States Marine Corp., and is a graduate of California State University, Fresno. He enjoyed weightlifting, racquetball, sports events, windsurfing, and being with family and friends. Bob was a jokester, always good for a laugh. He was a Marketing Manager at Derrel’s Mini Storage for the past 12 years, where he has met many wonderful people. He really cherished the relationships with the people he worked with.

Bob is survived by his wife of 30 years, Susan Vanderweg; his daughter, Tracy Johnson; son-in-law, Gene Johnson; his mother, Barbara Vanderweg; mother-in-law, Barbara Ferguson; sister, Rita Brooks; his sister-in-law, Karen Knapp; his niece, Lindsey Souza, two grandchildren, other nieces and nephews and his loyal Great Dane, Brewzer.

The family would like to thank Doctors, Nurses, Medical Staff and friends who played a role in Bob’s battle with kidney disease and meningitis. Visitation will be held at the Chapel of the Light on Monday and Tuesday, September 20 and 21, 1999, at 10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.

Funeral Services will be held at the Chapel of the Light on Wednesday, September 22, 1999, at 10:00 A. M. Remembrances may be made to the Kidney Foundation or charity of your choice.

 

Maynard Michael Parker, BHS 1958

Maynard Michael Parker, BHS 1958

The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, Tuesday, October 22, 1998

Maynard Parker, who as editor of Newsweek helped transform the weekly newsmagazine from a digest of foreign and political events into a publication that put greater emphasis on science, religion, social issues and technology, died Friday October 16, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, New York. He was 58.

Parker, who had been suffering from leukemia for the past year, died of complications from pneumonia, said Richard Smith, the chairman and editor in chief of Newsweek. Parker re-entered the hospital in September after closing Newsweek’s cover story on the Starr report.

He was Newsweek’s editor for the last 16 years and helped to increase Newsweek’s total paid circulation and make the magazine more competitive with Time magazine. Time remains the bestselling weekly newsmagazine, but Newsweek narrowed the gap, creating real competition between the two publications. Newsweek’s circulation increased to 3.2 million in 1998 from 3 million when Parker took over as editor in 1982.

Maynard Michael Parker was born in Los Angeles on July 28, 1940. After graduating from Stanford University in 1962, he went on to Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism a year later, and started out as a reporter at Life magazine in 1963.

He moved to Newsweek in 1967, where he continued to cover Hong Kong and went on to become Saigon bureau chief. As bureau chief there and later in Hong Kong, he led Newsweek’s coverage of the Vietnam War.

He returned to the United States in 1973 to become managing editor of Newsweek International, a new global newsmagazine, and went on to be Newsweek’s national editor, assistant managing editor and then executive editor.

Sharon King Mortenson, BHS 1959

Sharon King Mortenson, BHS 1959

Sharon King Mortenson, died in Lehi, Utah on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Sharon was born on July 16, 1941, in Glendale, California to Carl Marcus and Virginia Bowen King. 

She received a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education at Brigham Young University, and taught third grade as a young adult. She was an accomplished vocal soloist, talented teacher, and gifted pianist for over 60 years. She toured Europe as the premier vocal soloist for the Brigham Young University Madrigal Singers. She sang the soprano solo for Handel’s Messiah with a full chorus and orchestra multiple times. In 1959, she was the lead role in the BHS production of the musical operetta “Rose-Marie.”

On June 6, 1964, Sharon married her eternal sweetheart, Jerry V. Mortenson. Together they raised 6 beautiful children and spent 58 wonderful years together. Sharon is survived by her husband, 5 children, 24 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren, as well as 4 of her 5 brothers. 

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Edward Thomas Case, BHS 1945

Edward Thomas Case, BHS 1945

Los Angeles Times, California, Sunday, September 2, 2007

Edward Thomas Case, 80, of Palm Desert, California passed away August 10, 2007 in Palm Dersert of a heart attack. Tom was born April 3, 1927 in Hollywood to Edward Case and Charlotte Ashurst. A graduate of Burbank High School. Tom served in the United

States Navy, before graduating from Woodbury College with an interior design degree. He later apprenticed as a make-up artist at Universal Studios, before embarking on a 50 year career in the film industry, specializing in women’s beauty make-up. Tom had a fantastic sense of humor and an infectious laugh, which brought joy to so many people. Famous for his practical jokes and witty comebacks, Tom was always the “life of the party.” He was a real people person and others just loved to be around him. He enjoyed life to its fullest and had the uncanny ability to make everyone feel important and special.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Elsie; sons Randy and Jeff; daughter Vicki; sisters Wanda Campbell and Linda Jordan; and grandchildren Matt, Kayla, Remy and Johnny.

At Tom’s request, no services are planned. The family suggests memorial donations be made to one of these charities: Motion Picture & Television Fund: P.O. Box 51150, L.A., CA 90051 or St. Jude Children’s Hospital: 501 St. Jude Pl, Memphis, TN 38105.

Dale Alan Criscione, BHS 1969

Dale Alan Criscione, BHS 1969

Los Angeles Times, Friday, June 26, 1987

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the United Cerebral Palsy Pre-nursey, 7630 Gloria Ave., Van Nuys, California, 91405. Services 3 p.m., Saturday, June 27, 1987 at Church of the Hills, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, California. 

Dennis Lee Hawkins, BHS 1964

Dennis Lee Hawkins, BHS 1964

Iowa City Press – Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, Tuesday, December 29, 1988

Dennis Hawkins, 43

Dennis L. Hawkins, 43, of Washington died Sunday at Washington County Hospital. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with burial in the Elm Grove Cemetery. The Revs. Fred Bichart and Kelly Ellard will officiate.

Visitation began today. Friends may call on the family from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be left at the funeral home.

Mr. Hawkins was born July 28, 1945, in Glendale, California, son of Arthur and Isbel Mehrens Hawkins. He married Kathleen West November 3, 1972, in Sepulveda, California. He worked as an accounting technician for J.M. Swank Company in North Liberty. He served in the United States Navy for four years. He was a member of the Brean Fellowship Church.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Dennis Jr. and David, both at home; one daughter, Andrea, at home; one sister, Mrs. Barbara Wagner, of Simi Valley, California; and stepmother, Augusta Hawkins, of Burbank, California. Find A Grave Memorial

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.  

Michael Buren Bass, BHS 1986

 Michael Buren Bass, BHS 1986 

June 13, 1968 - April 18, 2017 (aged 48) 

Mike was a very kind, easy going, loyal, and likable person. He was a very good electrician. He worked for his brother, Kevin, at KB Electric for many years. It is unfortunate that we lost Mike at such a young age.

Dr. John Richard Hushaw, BHS 1954

 Dr. John Richard Hushaw, BHS 1954

San Bernardino Sun, Sunday, February 6, 1983

2 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

INDIO, CA – Authorities are investigating a weekend plane crash that killed an ophthalmologist and his nurse as they returned from a clinic.

The victims were Dr. John R. Hushaw, 45, and Nancy June Duncan, 30, both of Palm Desert, Riverside County Coroner’s Investigator Bob Drake said. Hushaw had offices in Palm Desert and Yucca Valley and flew every weekend to the latter office, said Drake.

The bodies were recovered from Hushaw’s twin-engine Beechcraft Baron Saturday after an aircraft in the area picked up an emergency transmission, Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Keith Stinson said. Stinson said Hushaw and Ms. Duncan were returning from Yucca Valley to Bermuda Dunes Airport outside Indio when the crash occurred. They were last heard from about 1:30 p.m. Friday, when Hushaw radioed the Palm Springs airport tower that he had Bermuda Dunes in sight.

Orville Mercury Register, Orville, California, Monday, February 7, 1983

BODIES FOUND AFTER PLANE CASH

INDIO, CA – The bodies of a doctor and his nurse were found early Saturday, about 8 ½ hours after their plane crashed into the surrounding foothills Friday night, a Riverside County sheriff’s spokesman said. Dead are Dr. John R. Hushaw, the plane’s pilot, and Nancy June Duncan, 30 both of Palm Desert, said Keith Stinson. The victims and the twin-engine Beachcraft Baron were discovered at 3:30 a.m., 12 miles north of Bermuda Dunes Airport, Stinson said.

Deputies were notified of a possible plane crash at about 7:10 p.m. Friday by Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, which received a report of an emergency transmission from the plane, Stinson said. A plane from the Civil Air Patrol was dispatched to search for the plane and pinpointed the general area of the signal’s origin at about 9 p.m.

With electronic detection equipment, a ground patrol was sent into the area and eventually found the bodies. Weather conditions in the area were cloudy with a slight drizzle, Stinson said. Hushaw, 45, was an ophthalmologist with offices in Rancho Mirage and Yucca Valley. The cause of the crash was unknown and is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration.

HUSHAW Obit

Desert Sun, Palm Springs, California, Tuesday, February 8, 1983

A memorial service was planned at 1 p.m. today at Palm Desert Community Church for Dr. John Richard Hushaw who died Friday in an airplane accident near Desert Hot Springs. A Palm Desert resident, he was 45. The Rev. Dean Miller was to officiate over the service.

A native of California, Mr. Hushaw had lived in Palm Desert for 14 years. He was employed as an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, with practices in Rancho Mirage and Yucca Valley.

He is survived by four children, JohnD., Michael L., Christopher S., and Michelle L., all of Palm Desert; his father, Dale Hushaw of Arcadia; his mother, Hazel Hushaw of Palm Desert; one brother, Walter Hushaw of Boulder City, Nevada; and one sister, Dorothy Hekel of San Diego.