Geno Munari posted this sad note on Facebook today... ·
"Sorry to write about the passing of my cousin Gary Casella. Former BHS graduate. There was an article a few years ago about his yearly sales of Christmas trees at Burbank High."
Photo from article: "Casella’s Christmas Trees gets first tree delivery.
Harry Avetisyan, 16, brings a Christmas tree to Gary Casella, the owner of Casellas Christmas Trees in Burbank in back of Burbank High School on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Casellas has sold trees in Burbank for 75 years.
(Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)"
RIP Gary.
A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS...
- So very sorry to hear. May God comfort his family. Rest in peace, Gary...
I’m
so sad hearing this news. I started Jordan Junior High School with Gary
1950. Then we both went to BHS and were in the class of 1956. He MC’d
our 50th reunion too. He was such a great guy. Always so friendly. My
mother knew his dad from shopping at Casella’s market for years and
years. Condolences to his family. A very sad loss for the Bulldog
family. God Bless you Gary
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Loved
having Gary on the BHS campus selling his Christmas trees. He was so
generous with scholarships for BHS students. He will be missed !
So sorry to hear this.
RIP Gary
Rest in Peace
