Leonard was born November 8, 1932 and passed away May 10, 2023. Today I noticed that his email address was no longer valid and I decided to investigate. I cannot tell you much about Leonard except that he lived in Ridgecrest and that I was good friends with his nephew, Chuck Terral before he moved to Bloomington, California.

Leonard’s picture wasn’t in the 1952 yearbook so I am assuming he left school to join the Army.

It is better late than never. My condolences to his family.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254432075/leonard-garner-terral

Pailine’s oldest son Larry wrote this about his mother:

I lost my mom, Pauline (Elledge) Stevens Martilla, on the 19th of October 2025 . She was truly an amazing mother. She was born in Trona in April 4, 1943. Pauline lost her mother in 1961.

She rode dirt bikes and had me and then 5 other boys while living in Trona. She was always finding one of our animals from the desert in our drawers or hanging on a curtain rod or hissing at her in the kitchen.  She raised us, mostly on her own, after moving to California City and then to Lancaster.

She put herself through college in the medical field became a laboratory tech in Lancaster at the community hospital. Then she moved to the Ventura, California area where she started doing phlebotomies. After she retired she returned to the Lancaster and Palmdale area.

I love you mom and miss you already so much . I hope you are now smiling with Bob and your son, Steven, now.

Pauline was the daughter Laurence and Marie Elledge. Laurence was the postmaster in Trona in the 50’s 60′ and 70’s. Pauline’s son, Larry, remembers that his grandfather was also a barber in Trona. Her mother, Marie, who had been ill for quite a while passed away a few months after her first son, Larry, was born. Pauline’s third son, Steven, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1989.

Pauline has one sister, Janet Stanley, who is a member of the THS class of 1963.

Kenneth Kozachenko was proceeded in death by his parents and his brother, Peter, class of 1967. Ken also had a sister in the class of 1966.

While at Trona High School Ken played on the Basketball and Baseball teams.

https://www.greenwoodmemorial.com/obituaries/kenneth-kozachenko/obituary

Mickey Dolman passed away March 22, 2025. Her sister, Helen Ann, was in the class of 1954.

https://www.facebook.com/joyce.vagasy/

Helen Ann passed away on August,19, 2024.

The 1954 yearbook says, “A newcomer to the class last year, Helen Ann livened up the cast of Nine Girls, the Junior class play. It is a shame Trona High School didn’t continue the tradition of presenting plays in the auditorium it would have made school much more interesting.

Helen’s sister,  Joyce “Mickey’ (Dolman) Vagasy, was in the class of 1957.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/273840169/helen-ann-cunningham

We recently learned of Ted’s passing. Ted graduated from Trona High School in 1956.

Ted was the son of John and Nettie Hall. He was the last of 10 children. The Hall family lived in Trona from about 1954 to 1960. Before moving to Trona they lived in Tulare County, CA. 4 of the 10 Hall children attended Trona High School. The other three were Harold Hall, class of 1957; Peggy Hall, class of 1959 and Jim Hall, class of 1961.

Ted was married to Sally Klein from the THS class of 1958.

We send our heartfelt condolences to Ted’s family.

Richard A. Stalnaker, class of 1962 passed away August 1, 2025, due to complications after a stroke. Richard was proceeded in death by his wife, Margaret (Downs) on 2020, his father and mother Ralph and Mary and his brother Phil who died in Trona in 1961.

Richard (1903-1965) and Margaret (1913-2007) had three children, all boys, who live in Tucson and Prescott AZ.

Richard’s sister, Gale, was in the class of 1955; His brother, Phil, was in the class of 1960 and his sisters, Marcia and Marilyn, were in the class of 1963.

We are deeply sorry for Richard’s family and close friend’s loss.