My brother, Joel wrote and told me that that Don Brooks, class of 1954 had died about a year ago. His death was October 26, 2011. He was buried in the Searles Valley Cemetery. Don Worked in Trona for 40 years.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79673144/donald-milton-brooks
Warren “Gene Bradburn” Greenstreet Eagle, passed away on February 20, 2013. Gene was in the class of 1951 but the family left Trona after his junior year. Gene was the son of Kenneth Greenstreet and Doris Hicks. Gene’s father died of pneumonia in 1935 when he was three. Sortly after that his mother Doris married Fred Bradburn. Gene’s brother, Kenneth “Leroy” Greenstreet- Bradburn was in the class of 1952. They had two younger sisters; Linda and Joyce who were born after their father died.
Obituary:
“Warren Eugene Eagle, a resident of McCloud, California, passed away on February 20, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Mount Shasta, California. He was 80 years old.
Gene was born in Elwood, Indiana on November 29, 1932. He moved to Siskiyou County from Pomona, California in 1980.
Gene was a veteran of the US Army. He was a tradesman and enjoyed the outdoors.
Survivors include his wife, Leslie Eagle of McCloud; sons, Randolph Greenstreet of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and Warren Eugene Greenstreet Jr. of McCloud; daughters, Tamara Greenstreet of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and Stacy Otte of Yuba City; brother, LeRoy (and Shirley) Bradburn of Elwood, Indiana; sister, Joyce Call of Sierra Vista, Arizona; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are in the care of Mt. Shasta Memorial Chapel.”
While looking for an obituary for Elton Fox, class of 1945 I found the obituary of his brother, Larry Fox. Larry graduated with the class of 1951. He died May 30, 2012. Larry lived most of his life in Ridgecrest but lived in Trona for a while.
I think I vaguely remember Larry. I think he and his family lived on the west end of Clover Street for a while. My parent knew him and were friends with his father, Joe Fox. When they were first married they lived at what was called the Bowman Hog Ranch which was owned by Joe. Joe also several businesses in Ridgecrest.
According to Larry’s obituary he served in the military during World War II and was responsible for the first teeth being painted on Fish Rock during the 1930s
This is the way Fish Rock looked like in Larry Fox’s artistic days
There is another version of the Fish Rocks story that has Larry Fox’s father Joe as the one that painted the teeth on Fish Rocks see Angling the Fish Rocks Story and High Desert Memories
Lit Brush emailed the names of two of her 1945 classmates that died in 2012. They are: Samuel Downs Jr. and Barbara (Ford) Westbrook. Another 1945 graduate died in 2009, William Elton Fox. They all died all of natural causes.
Barbara Westbrook is listed as Barbara Ford in the 1944 yearbook and and Barbara Ford Merritt in the 1945 yearbook. Lit Brush told me that “Merritt” is the last name of her stepfather. I have used the same name as her obituary.
Barbara (Ford) Westbrook, Class of 1945
Elton Fox Class of 1945
Samuel Downs Jr. Class of 1945
WILLIAM ELTON FOX (Age 82) A resident of Springfield, VA died on December 26, 2009. He was a retired Scientist for the Environmental Protection Agency. He is survived by his loving wife Ruth McCrary Fox; two sons, Thomas and James Fox; one daughter, Peggy Fox; one brother, Lawrence Fox; Five grandchildren, William, Robert and Rachel Fox, Logan Horan and Leah Horan. Memorial Service will be on Wednesday, January 6, 2009, 1 p.m. at Greenspring Chapel, 7420 Spring Village Dr., Springfield, VA 22150.
Arrangements entrusted to Demaine Funeral Home, 5308 Backlick Rd. Springfield, VA, 703-549-0074.
Published in The Washington Post from December 30 to December 31, 2009
I just learned that Cathleen Brock from the class of 1982 died sometime in December of 2012. I was not able to find any information about her death. She was listed in the Alumni Registry as Cathleen (Brock) Sargent living in Cedar City, UT.
Ira passed away very peacefully Monday evening on January 14, 2013. On February 1st there will be a mass said for him at St. Madeline’s church in Trona at 10:30 a.m., followed by a graveside service and then a pot luck get together at the Senior Center in Trona.
Roy G. Hackman was born 13 Feb 1938 in Los Angeles County and died 29 Nov 2012 in San Jose. Roy had been sick with emphysema for several years.
Max Rana, class of 1974 passed away on August 23, 2012 while hiking near Idyllwild. He had a massive heart attack.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98266906
Casey Joseph Kasamis born December 22, 1990 died on June 24, 2012 as the result of an auto accident. Casey was buried in Trona.
Laverne (Moore) Henson, 70, of Cameron died Friday, April 27, 2012, in Fort Smith, Ark. She was born Jan. 11, 1942, at Mena, Ark., to James Cornelius and Gertrude L. (Mills) Moore. She was a faithful Jehovah’s Witness since September 1961. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister Imajene Bryant. Laverne is survived by her husband, Dorsey Wayne Henson of the home; a brother, James R. Moore of Cameron; a sister Norma Evans of Poteau; numerous nieces and nephews; other family, friends and loved ones.