Clysta Gaylene Cooper Monsour, BHS 1967

Clysta Galene Cooper Monsour, BHS 1967

Clysta Monsour, 70, of Meridian, died November 2, 2019. Funeral Home: Cremation Society of Idaho

Published by Meridian Press, Meridian, Idaho from Nov. 6 to Nov. 8, 2019. 

Melinda Luise "Lynda" Spaulding Romero, BHS 1964

Lynda Spaulding Romero, BHS 1964

Lynda Spaulding Romero passed away on July 20, 2022. Her sister Sue Spaulding Allen wrote on Facebook: “Yesterday I lost my big sister Lynda. One of the kindest, most generous and loving people whom we got to call. She loved my children and grandchildren and they all loved her. My heart is heavy and will miss her beyond words. Soar high Lynda. I love you.” 

Lynda was a sweetheart and we will always remember her beautiful smile. Our sympathies go out to her husband Robin Romero ’63, her children, and her entire family. Bon Voyage, sweet Friend. 

From Pam and Jon Kirkwood ’64. No other details at this time.

Stanley Adams Cornutt, BHS 1924

 Stanley Adams Cornutt, BHS 1924

 Published in the Reno Gazette – Journal, Reno, Nevada, Wednesday, August 26, 1992

Stanley A. Cornutt, Aircraft and engine repairer

YERINGTON - Stanley Adams Cornutt, 85, died August 24, 1992, at White Pine Care Center, East Ely, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was born September 5, 1906, in Chadwick Ranch, midway between Myrtle Creek and Riddle, Oregon. He moved to Smith Valley in 1956 from Bridgeport, California.

Cornutt attended schools in Oregon until 1922, when he moved to Southern California. He graduated from Burbank High School in 1924. He worked for Union Oil Company until 1927, and then went into the service station business until 1934, when he went into automotive machine trade.  

Later he worked as an aircraft engine mechanic instructor with Aero Industries Technical Institute, a private firm under contract to the Army Air Corps. He spent most of the war years there. He attended Oregon State College, Corvallis for two years and established a mechanics school at Corvallis Airport, teaching there until 1948.

He and his late brother, Wilfred, built a sawmill business in Bridgeport and operated it until 1956, when it burned. In Smith Valley, Cornutt worked as an equipment operator for two years and worked at Anaconda Copper Corp, as a mechanic, machinist and truck driver, retiring in 1972. He also worked at Leviathan Sulphur Mine and did aircraft and engine repair work, at the Yerington Airport, quitting in 1990 for health reasons.

Cornutt was a member of Mason Valley Lodge 34 I.O.O.F., Chapter 1099, A.R.R.P,, Yerington Senior Citizens, Civil Air Patrol and Lion County Search and Rescue, He helped established the Yerington Senior Center.

He was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Lewis, Sr. and one brother. Surviving are his widow, Nevila of Yerington; son Daniel of Ely; and four grandchildren.  A memorial service is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Community Methodist Church.

Cremation is under the direction of Wilson-Bates Mortuary, Ely. Private inurnment will be later. A memorial is being established with Lou Gehrig’s disease, 21021 Ventura Blvd., Suite 321, Woodland Hills, California, 91364

Joyce Trainor Howard, BHS 1958

Joyce Trainor Howard, BHS 1958

Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Friday February 8, 1991

SR woman dies in Mexico air crash

A Santa Rosa woman who makes an annual charity trek to Mexico is reported to have died Wednesday in a plane crash in mountains south of Guadalajara. Joyce Howard, who with her husband, Clayton, live in actor Harry Morgan’s home above Rincon Valley, was killed along with four other people, according to family friends. Friends said she died when their light plane crashed while making medical stops to villages in the area of Lake Chapala. There was only one seat left on the mercy aircraft, so Mrs. Howard took it. She left her husband behind.

Clayton Howard, a retired sales manager for National Controls, reported his wife’s apparent death in a telephone conversation to friend Jean Schulz in Santa Rosa.

The propeller-driven plane crashed close to Jocotic, a village near the border with Jalisco state, state Attorney General Pedro de Leon Sanchez told reporters. De Leon said investigators on the scene believe the plane had run out of fuel or developed mechanical trouble.

Cmdr. Manuel Rodriguez, a duty officer at the Zacatecas state judicial police, said the other victims were tentatively identified as Conroy Frederick Donesky, around 52, no hometown; Alfred C. Moody, around 65, of Neblack, Texas; John Henry Gunn, no age or hometown and John Heary, around 30, a medical surgeon from Fort Worth, Texas.

Howard was reported to be working with the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara to arrange for the return of his wife’s body. Efforts to reach Howard were unsuccessful Thursday.

According to Schulz, the Howards have traveled to Mexico for about the past five years, mixing vacation with volunteer charity work including distribution of clothing Mrs. Howard gathered or made herself over the course of the year. The couple drove down to Lake Chapala, Schulz said, and this year planned to help a medical relief program.

Schulz said Mrs. Howard was invited to accompany a medical team that each Wednesday hop scotches from village to village in the mountains surrounding the lake. She speculated Mrs. Howard wanted to make the flight so she could deliver clothing to the mountain villages.  Howard who is a pilot, said he put his wife on the aircraft and watched it take off in good weather.

Schulz said the Howards have lived in Santa Rosa for about 12 years. Howard is a college friend of Harry Morgan and he and his wife have lived in Morgan’s upper Rincon Valley home for the past several years. 

Mrs. Howard was active in Sonoma County charity events and operated her own cottage industry painting coffee mugs and making clothing. She also volunteered at Charles Schulz Redwood Empire Ice Arena.

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Obituary - Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Tuesday, February 12, 1991

Joyce Howard – Services are scheduled at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Burbank, California for Joyce Howard, the Santa Rosa woman who was killed in a plane crash in Mexico last week.

Howard, 50, was traveling with her husband, Clayton Howard, when she joined a trip by a flying medical service out of Guadalajara on Wednesday. The small aircraft, carrying five passengers, crashed into a mountain. There were no survivors.

She was a native of Rochester, New York, and moved to Burbank as an infant with her family. She and her husband lived in Rincon Valley. She worked for Charles M. Schulz Studios in Santa Rosa.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her parents, John and Mary Trainor; a son, Louis Franco; a daughter, Tamara Quist; a brother, Robert Trainor; a sister Joanne Jansa; and one grandchild, all of the Los Angeles area.

The rosary will be recited today at 7 p.m. at Valley Funeral Home in Burbank. Burial will be at Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills. A special celebration is pending at the Redwood Ice Arena in Santa Rosa, where a memorial bench will bench will be installed in the garden of the complex. Howard was a volunteer and staff member at the Ice Arena.

 

Robert William Strawn, BHS 1960

Robert William Strawn, BHS 1960

May 4, 1941 - January 28, 1960

Published in The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California

Sunday, January 31, 1960

Robert Strawn, beloved son of Mrs. Beverly Strawn and Glen H. Strawn, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Miksak; Mrs. Clorine Hill and Eugene L. Strawn.

Services at 2 p.m. Monday, Bethany United Presbyterian Church, 2707 North Glenoaks, Burbank. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California. Forest Lawn Mortuary in charge.

Find A grave Memorial here.

Susan Irene Booth McCorkle, BHS 1962

Susan Irene Booth McCorkle, BHS 1962

The Chico Enterprise-Record, Chico, California

Monday, December 22, 1975

Susan McCorkle, PARADISE – Services will be at noon Tuesday at Rose Chapel for Susan Irene McCorkle, 31, of Magalia.

Miss McCorkle died Wednesday, at her home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Butte County Coroner’s Office. She reportedly had been despondent over a terminal illness. Born August 16, 1944, in Los Angeles, she had resided in Magalia for five years.

She is survived by her mother, Evelyn Dewey of Burbank; her father, Andrew Booth of Medford, Oregon; and two brothers, Edward Booth of Burbank and James Booth of Banks, Oregon. 

Rev. Louis Langworthy of the Paradise Seventh-day Adventist Church is to officiate tomorrow with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.

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Paradise Post, Paradise, California, Friday, Dec 26, 1975

McCorkle

Funeral services were held Wednesday at Rose Chapel for Susan Irene McCorkle, 31, of Magalia, who died December 18, 1975 at her home reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Lewis Langworthy, chaplain at Feather River Hospital, officiated at the services. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills. Born August 16, 1944 in Los Angeles, Mrs. McCorkle was a Magalia resident for five years. She last worked as a secretary for a local insurance company for two years.

Surviving are her parents, Evelyn Dewey of Burbank, Andrew Booth of Medford, Oregon; and two brothers, Edward Booth of Burbank and James Booth of Banks, Oregon.

Patricia Margaret Hamilton Clark, BHS 1943

Patricia Margaret Hamilton Clark, BHS 1943

Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 22, 2017

Patricia Margaret Clark, April 13, 1926 – September 29, 2017, 91, of Aliso Viejo, California, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 29, 2017 at her home. She is survived by her children, Stephen Clark and his wife Susan, daughter-in-law Margaret Clark, Timothy Clark and his wife Shirley, Daniel Clark and his wife Cynthia, Scott Clark, and Rebecca Clark Kane and her husband Stephen. She is preceded in death by her husband E. H. (Hubie) Clark, Jr. and her loving son, Kenneth Clark. Patty was the loving and dedicated grandmother to fourteen and great grandmother to nine.

Patty was born April 13, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois to Donald Hamilton and Leona (Jackson) Hamilton. The family moved to California in 1942, where she attended Burbank High School. It was while attending high school in 1943 that she met her future husband, Earnest Hubert Clark, Jr. Patty and Hubie were sweethearts for the next four years while Hubie attended California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech). Upon his graduation, Patty and Hubie got married and started a life together that spanned 68 years. 

Patty was a perennial volunteer, always ready to step in and help her community. Though she was raising a family of six children, she found time to generously give many volunteer hours to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Grammar School. Plus X High School, the Downey YMCA, and other charity events. She was the Chairperson for the successful Celebrity Tennis Tournament held in Downey for the benefit of Downey Community Hospital. She was tireless in her efforts to better the lives of others.

 Patty’s greatest passion was to spend time with her family and share annual “family” vacations that took the Clark Clan to, many destinations, both near and far. She was an avid scuba diver, logging more than 900 dives, and continued diving into her eighties. Patty was also an accomplished tennis player and enjoyed going to tennis tournaments with Hubie and friends from Downey Tennis Club.

Patricia “Patty” Margaret Clark will be remembered as a loving wife, a devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother, a dedicated friend, a tireless volunteer, and a proud American.

Ralph Di Bari, BHS 1954

Ralph Di Bari, BHS 1954

Published in South Florida Sun Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Monday, April 9, 2012

Ralph Dibari, 76, of Margate, Florida passed away on April 7, 2012. Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Pompano Beach, handling arrangements. No other details at this time.

Flossie Short Hutchins, BHS 1921

Flossie Short Hutchins, BHS 1921

Published in the Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, Tuesday, January 26, 1937

Mrs. Hutchins Funeral Services Will Be Held

BURBANK, Jan 26 – Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Colonial Garden Chapel of the Powell Mortuary for Mrs. Flossie Short Hutchins, 36, of Fawnskin, California. She died Saturday at Covina.

She leaves her husband, Roland Hutchins; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Short of 544 N. Olive Ave., Burbank; two sisters, Mrs. Verna Moore and Mrs. Alma Short of Burbank, and two brothers, Melvin Short, Jr., of Burbank and Robert Short of Los Angeles.

The Powell male quartet will sing several numbers. The Rev. Harry Hill of the Christian Church of Burbank will officiate. Interment will be made in Grand View Cemetery.

Visit her Find A Grave memorial here.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47536033/flossie-fern-hutchins

Daniel Griesmann, BHS 1964

Daniel Griesmann, BHS 1964

We are sad to tell you that we lost Dan on October 2, 2020. He got sick with digestive issues, had his gall bladder removed, and was in and out of the hospital a few times before his kidneys started to give him trouble. He was sent home, but then took a turn for the worse. Soon, he was back in the hospital on a ventilator. 

He passed peacefully and is no longer in pain. Thank God! His sons Brian and Todd Griesmann were with him when he passed. Danny was always friendly and well liked. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him. God Bless Danny. (From Sharon Griesmann, sister)