Received this sad text today from Jodean Ardizzone Myers...
Oh this is so sad... we just learned that Pam Grueter Dito passed away unexpectantly this past weekend from a heart attack.
Her brothers are Corby Grueter BHS '65, Bob Grueter BHS '67 (both passed away) and Barry Grueter, BHS '71. Their dad, Robert Grueter, was a teacher at BHS.
Please keep Barry and all the famiily in your prayers.
A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS...
Donna Moore
Heartbreaking! This is truly the saddest news! I was good friends with Pam as we were on drill team together. She was an amazing, kind, and beautiful person. My condolences to her brother Barry who graduated with me in 71
Cindy Barcus Aylward
This hits really hard. Sending my love and hugs to her family and so many friends who adored her (like me).
Dave Drucker
This one hits really hard. So very sorry to hear this.
Marybeth Bell Costanzo
Awwwww. Just so sad to hear of her passing.
Such a beautiful and sweet girl.
Sympathies and prayers to the family.
Barry Grueter. 😘
Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
🙏🏻
Liz Allen
RIP 🙏 and I'm so sorry Uncle Barry Grueter
Barbara Zelenay Berry
So saddened to hear this. She was sweet and kind. She's now with her brothers Bob and Corby. My deepest condolences to Barry. RIP 🙏 😢 ♥
Nadine Aguirre Lujan
Rest in peace.
Vicki Herrin Fields
Rest in Peace ⚘️
Dana Flynn
Oh I am sorry to hear about her passing. Condolences to the family. 🙏🏻😢
Lisa Douglas
So young too soon rip
Deb Helsley Bush
On no 😢. Rest in Peace Pam 😢. My condolences to her family and friends 🙏🏻🙏🏻💜
Don Meredith
Sad news. Prayers for her and family. 🙏🙏
Frank Malgeri
So sorry Bro. Have fond memories of her 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Donna Rowe
Looking at her now in my Ceralbus Too young!!! Rest in Peace 💔
Dianne Postal-Simmons
I remember her more from my brother .. she was always so sweet and pretty rip
Judy Rose
I am so sorry to hear such sad news. Pam was such a beautiful, kind and fun person to know. May she rest peacefully and my sympathies to Barry and all her family. 🙏🥀
Robert Gaston
So sad to hear. 💔
Carol Bliss Sheetz
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear this sad news. Prayers for her family, she was way too young.. 💔
Christianna Rickard
Oh no, what a shock. Rest in peace, Pam. You brought so many smiles to the world. You were just the best. Peace to you, Barry. Its so hard to lose a younger sibling. I'm so sorry.
Nancy McNamara Zambrana
So very sad! She was definitely too young. Rest in Peace sweet lady ❤️🙏❤️
Louise Good Hernandez
🙏🙏
Jacquie Henry
RIP Pam. 🙏💔🙏
Bobbi Kay Gartrell
Ohhhh Darn! So sad. 🙏💕💕Rest in peace!
Cherie Curtis
So so sad to hear this! She was such a beautiful sweet person. My condolences to her family.
Lisa Allen
Oh my! I wasn't "friends" with her but she was always kind and friendly towards me.
I thought she was one of the prettiest young girls at BHS. RIP
Christine Pepe Dorman
RIP
Bruce Fossler
Loved watching Pam and her mother walking down the beach…awesome..
Andrea Clum
RIP dear friend 🙏🏻🩷🩷🩷🩷
Sandy Bryson Gohlich
So sad. I remember she was very popular and nice to everyone. RIP
Annette Dinolfo Bennett
So very sad what a great family that she had . 🙏🏼💖🙏🏼
Debbie Cooper Billiot
R I P
Jodean Ardizzone Myers
Condolences to Pam’s family and friends. Everyone loved her in Class of ‘72.
Mickey DePalo
Rest In Peace.
Pamela Gordon Ryan
So sorry to hear this she was lovely 🙏🏻
Maryellen McMahon
This hurts..the kindest and sweetest soul. My deepest condolences to her family. 💔
Gilda Hernandez Sanderson
Sorry to hear that. Such a sweet person.
Deanna Bergman
Kind sympathies to the family. 🌷
Gregg Wietstock
❤️🙏❤️
Michael Ruiz
This is so sad! Such a great girl! R.I.P!
Craig Street
Very sad rip
Karen Jackson ·
So very sad, condolences to her family and friends 🥀💔
Bill Vahoviak
R.I.P. Pam. 💐💐
Martin Lillibridge
RIP Bulldog 🙏
Lupe Covarrubias
RIP
Mike Signorelli
I am just heartbroken to hear this Sad news I had such great times with Pam but eating dinner at our reunion we really got to chance to reminisced about are beach trips with her parents and her brother, Barry and Corby and Bob. My heart goes out to my friend Barry...She was beautiful inside and of course outside. I'm praying for her and her family. I'm sure she's dancing on the clouds finging her path to heavens door. Their is an empty spot in all our hearts, love you and God bless you, I will see you on the other side. Mike 🙏🙏🙏
Susan Rudin
I remember thinking she was so pretty and one of the popular girls I admired back then. Very sorry to hear this.
Valerie McMichen
R.I.P. My condolences to her loved one's.
Carol Macias
So sad. Condolences to her family
Danny Rutherford
WOW, this hurts. Pam was one of the best girls to ever attend BHS. Such great memories. God bless her and her family. RIP
Karyn Wyatt Lynn
Beautiful lady inside and out. Always a kind person💔
Waneen Cormier Post-Marks
So sorry to hear this. Condolences to her family.
Curt Kimmins
So sorry to hear this
Sadly we just learned that Mike Ludwig, BHS '72, passed away last year according to his younger brother, Max Ludwig, BHS '73.
Sad news... Raymond Vega passed away yesterday, December 2, 2023, due to cancer according to his classmate Mike Ruiz.
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As a young adult, Ben studied business at Glendale Community College and held various jobs including working at Harveys in Lake Tahoe. Ben eventually went to work for Lockheed Aircraft Co. as a manufacturing control supervisor for the L-10-11 TriStar. He then moved on to working for the studios as a grip, where he eventually retired. In 1990,
Ben married Julie Ponek at St. Finbar Catholic Church. The two made their home in Santa Clarita. The birth of daughters, Shelby and Ally, brought much joy to the couple. As the girls became young adults, Ben took pride in their accomplishments. The family enjoyed many fun times together, which often included trips to the beach and Yosemite. Ben was an avid fisherman, devoted Dodger fan, loved to cook and socialize. During one of his family trips to Crystal Cove he discovered a footballfish that had washed up on the shore. This rarely seen deep-sea creature is now in the National History Museum Ichthyology Collection.
On November 2, 2022, Ben unexpectedly passed away. He was a kind and generous son, husband, father, brother, uncle and nephew. Ben was pre-deceased by his father Jack Estes and nephew, Robert Donathan. He is survived by his mother, Sally Estes, wife, Julie Estes, daughters, Shelby and Ally, brother Don Estes (Ann), sister Shannon Donathan, aunt, Susan Burns, uncle, Peter Pierson and numerous in-laws, nieces, nephews, and close friends. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that everyone who knew Ben pass along the same giving spirit he shared with others. Services will be held at 12 noon December 10, 2022, at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church located at 22508 Copper Hill Drive in Santa Clarita. A reception will follow at a nearby family home.
Sad news posted on Facebook by John Heninger...
Lee whiteside died 1 year ago yesterday class of 1972
RIP Lee.
A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS
Carol Stephenson-Walter posted today the following sad notice and photo of Tom with his daughter, Briana...
"I am sadden to say my brother Tom Thompson passed away this morning at 3:30am. He was waiting for a liver and kidney transplant for 3 years and never was lucky enough to receive what he needed. He was very sick and also made it thru Covid 4 weeks ago. He was 67 and graduated from Burbank High School. In his teen years he worked at Shacky's Pizza. He also served in the Navy. And then became a steamfitter and help build parts of Bush Gardens and part of Henry Mayo Hospital. He loved his motorcycle rides on beautiful days. And just cherished his daughter and grandson. He will be greatly missed. He won't ever be forgotten."
RIP Tom.
LAPD Unravel Murder Cover-Up In Sylmar, Discover Backyard Grave
SOURCE: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/12/10/sylmar-double-murder/
UPDATE
Man who killed uncle, staged mother’s suicide sentenced to life in prison
by: Travis Schlepp
Posted: Apr 19, 2022
A man who killed his mother and uncle in Sylmar and then attempted to stage his mother’s death to look like a suicide pleaded guilty to two counts of murder Monday.
Marcel Gradvohl, 38, was arrested in November 2021 for the deaths of his mother, Maureen Gradvohl, and his uncle, Edward Steckel.
The Los Angeles Police Department began investigating their deaths on Nov. 28, 2021, after Marcel had called them to report finding his mother’s body.
When police arrived at his mother’s home on the 12600 block of Amboy Avenue, they were greeted by Marcel who told police he found his mother hanging in the garage. Maureen was declared dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives began investigating and learned that Marcel had been spotted just a day before digging in the backyard of the property. Investigators later found Steckel’s body buried in the backyard.
During police questioning, Marcel admitted to killing his uncle during a dispute on Nov. 26, 2021. Later that same day he strangled his mother. The following day he buried his uncle in the backyard and the day after that he called police to report his mother’s suicide.
Gradvohl was then arrested and booked for their murders.
On Monday, he appeared in court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder. He was sentenced to 25 years to life plus four years for the use of a handgun in his uncle’s death and 25 years to life plus one year for the use of a rope in his mother’s death.
The sentences will run consecutively meaning he will have to finish serving one sentence before he begins serving the next.
SOURCE: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-who-killed-uncle-staged-mothers-suicide-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
Doug Garbers, BHS ’72, passed away on July 31, 2014 at his home in Lompoc, California, as the result of a residential fire. Doug grew up in Burbank at 937 Uclan Dr., with three older sisters, Jennifer BHS ’67, Sylvia BHS ’68, and Cheryl BHS ’70. Their dad, Art Garbers, was one of the original engineers for Disney, specializing in Mechanical Engineering, HVAC and ventalation. Doug attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary, John Muir Junior High, and Burbank High.
Doug’s mother, D’Anne (Doris Anne) Garbers, was the twin sister of Darrell Shaner who was the father of Stan Shaner BHS ’70, Anne Shaner Hansen BHS 71, and Jeanne Shaner BHS ’76. Both twins passed away in 2020 a few months apart at 99 years of age. Doug’s sister, Cheryl Garbers Henderson BHS ’70, passed away this year in 2021.
Doug Garbers is survived by his older sisters, Jennifer and Sylvia, and their families, and by Cheryl’s family, also. Doug’s dad, Art Garbers, passed away in 1999, his mother, D’Anne, passed away in 2020, and his sister, Cheryl in 2021.
Sadly, we just confirmed the passing of Jerry Dean in 2006. A graduate of the Burbank High Class of 1972, he had married Ellen Michaels (1954-2001), also a 1972 graduate.
Here is the link to his Find A Grave notice. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52646524/jerry-lee-dean
RIP Jerry.
Mark Diaz was born November 17, 1954 and he graduated from Burbank High in 1972.
Sadly, on June 17, 2016, Mark passed away.
We offer our sincere condolences to his sister, Carrie Diaz-Lathouwers and to the Diaz family who also lost their sister, Christie Diaz Hensley, BHS '81, in 2017. May God continue to comfort each of you I pray...
RIP Mark and Christie.
Today Alan Landros posted the following sad news...
Pat Morris Woods, BHS '72, passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at 68 years of age. Pat was diagnosed on April 27th with ovarian cancer, which was only three weeks before her passing. She and her husband, Steve Woods, BHS '70, were married on April 14, 1973, and recently had their 48th anniversary. They moved from Burbank to Colorado Springs 25 years ago in 1996.
At BHS Pat was "Varsity Dog Walker" at the Varsity games, walking "Pleasant" the school mascot bulldog! The fourth photo below is Pat with Steve, walking "Pleasant" during one of the games!
Pat worked for Farmer's Home Mutual Insurance until early 1982, before her daughter and son were born in 1983 and 1985. For the last 15 years Pat worked as a PARA for special needs students at Woodmen Roberts Elementary School in Colorado Springs.
Because of Pat's strong faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, her family is
assured that at 8:20 on Wednesday morning, May 19th, she instantly
entered her eternal HOME in HEAVEN.
Pat is survived by her husband, Steven K. Woods; her daughter, Laura Woods Longhenry; her son, Andrew Woods; son-in-law, A.J. Longhenry; daughter-in-law, Rachel Woods; and four grandchildren, Addison and Jacob Longhenry, and Aedin and Rylynn Woods. All of them live in Colorado Springs. Pat is also survived by two sisters, Dee Dee Morris Sincomb, BHS '74, of Southern California, and her family, and Diana Morris, BHS '77, also of Southern California; and sister-in-law, Penny Woods Austin, BHS '72, also of Colorado Springs, and her family. Pat was predeceased by her parents, Luther and Betty Morris, and by her in-laws, Harry and Irma Woods.
RIP Pat.
MAY 25, 2021 UPDATE
