Son Mike Baxter, also a BHS alum, posted on Facebook...
Gene A. Baxter, class of ‘59, passed away on March 28, 2022. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy, followed by a career at Bell & Howell. He is missed.
Sad note from Larry O'Brien today...
Just received word that Dave Clayton, BHS ‘73, passed away yesterday. Cause of death was probably a heart attack. He recently had knee surgery and prior to that he was being treated for a heart ailment. He was living in Spokane/Loon Lake Washington state.
Dave was born November 27, 1954. He was the oldest of five boys: Dave, Steve, Paul, John and Phill. Dave was married to Wendy L Jenkins, BHS ‘76.
A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS
Barbara Zelenay Berry
🙏 So many gone too soon.
Tia Diton
Ohhh so sad. Condolences to his family .
Stella Hoefflin
I’m so sad
Mike Catalano
Oh no. What a great family. 🙏🏻
Connie Nelson
RIP
Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
❤️🙏🏻
Laurie Rorick
So sad, may he rest in peace! 🙏
Joyce Robitaille
🙏🙏💙😇
Gary Bardakji
I certainly remember Dave. Nice guy. Rest in Peace
Karen Greer Clayton
He looks so familiar. RIP Dave 🙏
Janice Stinson Beimford
So very very sad. His mother is still alive.
Shannon Estes Donathan
So sad.
Nadine Aguirre Lujan
RIP
Vicki Herrin Fields
Rest in Peace ⚘️
Mike Signorelli
I remember Dave he was a nice guy so sorry to hear this, does anybody know what caused his early death? I'll keep him and his family in my thoughts and prayer🙏🙏🙏
Jolenelynette Parkes Torres
Ohh very sad, sorry to hear this.
Susan Rudin
I remember him. I’m sad to hear this. Peace & love to his family. ♥️ 🙏
Betsey Nash
Judy Rhodes- your class.
Martin Lillibridge
RIP Bulldog 🙏
Grace Fogg Miranda
I know his wife and mom well. They are broken hearted. 💔💔💔
Rich Morrison
RIP!
Waneen Cormier Post-Marks
So sorry to hear this. Condolences to his family.
Patti Thuotte Froelich
Dave was a great guy and he will be missed... ❤️
Rebecca Willis
Rest in Peace, Dave.
Corey Fredrickson
Condolences to the family…
Dianne Postal-Simmons
So so sad .. he was a good friend of mine in high school
Michael Ruiz
So sorry to hear this...
Lois Paul
Yes he will be missed
Chris Patterson
So sorry to hear this. He was a wonderful man. Really wonderful to my nephew who worked for him.
RIP…now you’re with Rachael ( his daughter who passed away way to young….16 yrs old ) 🙏
Carrie Diaz-Lathouwers
My condolences to all his family and friends. RIP 🙏
Annette Dinolfo Bennett
🙏🏼💙🙏🏼
Julian Almaraz
So sorry to hear this , I grew up with their family. Always took care of all of us . He will be missed and loved by many 😢 💔 ❤️
Jim Stone
Oh no, so sorry to hear this. He was fortunate to retire recently up to Spokane, though I recently saw him and his son David at Giamela’s and he looked good and seemed very happy. A solid Christian who has seen his faith turned into sight.
Paul Clayton
Rest in peace big brother
Donald Matthews
RIP, Sir
Kate O'Sullivan
So sorry to hear this. Comforting love/prayers to his family…
Louise Good Hernandez
May he RIP. 🙏🏻💔
Christina Vlachos-Peratsakis
Oh no! So sad.
Carol Kinzel
💕and🙏to Wendy and all who knew Dave.
Meradith Stire-Santa Cruz
R.I.P. Dave🙏🙏♥️
Casey Just-Casey
Any relation to Phil Clayton?
Alan Landros
Casey Just-Casey Dave is #1 brother, Phill is #5 brother.
Julie Costanzo
Oh so sad
Chuck Martin
So sorry to hear this news. Gone much too young.
Nancy Curtis Pourzand
Many memories of him at the Phillips home in Burbank. Feeling very tearful. 💜
Julie Williams-Davey
So sorry. RIP
Marvin Stewart Steinberg
Rest in peace my friend
Marlene Amira Hoffman
So sorry to hear this news. I have many memories of him from high school when he and Nancy dated.
Tom Brassil
Sorry to hear about this. God speed Dave.
Marina Hayes
RIP Dave Clayton 🙏💙🙏
Mark Adams
I am so deeply saddened by this. Just talked to Dave a month ago. He was a great friend for many years. We played baseball for many years together since we were very young. I will miss him dearly. Rest in Peace dear friend!
Alan Landros
I remember all four of Dave's grandparents, the Claytons and the Eiseles. Dave's mother, Marilyn, is 88 this year, and doing well in Spokane (until this happened of course).
Sheryl Muskatell
Rest in Peace!
Jeri Morin Valencia
Oh... 🙁 I am so sorry! My heart goes out to his family and my prayers. 🙁
Elizabeth Allen
RIP
Renee King
I’m sorry to hear this. He was such a nice guy. I remember him well my condolences to his family and friends.
Doug Drake
Sad. He used to do plumbing work for my mom's house on Hampton Road.
April Wind
Rest in Peace Dave 🙏🏽
Sending prayers to his family & friends. I remember him as such a nice guy ✝️
Brett Christopher Shapen, age 52, of Temecula, California passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Brett was born in CA. He grew up in Burbank with his younger brother Brian and parents Leon and Patricia Shapen. Brett was a 1989 graduate of Burbank High School.
A funeral service for Brett will be held Monday, May 8, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at St Vincent Ferrer Church, 27931 Murrieta Road, Menifee, CA 92585. A committal service will occur Thursday, June 8, 2023 from 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM at Miller Jones Menifee Memorial Park and Mortuary, 26770 Murrieta Rd., Menifee, CA 92585.
Sadly, we just learned that Bette Lou Rebbe Tillett passed away October 17, 2021.
Her father Mr Rebbe was a math teacher at Burbank High School.
Frank Kallem passed away this morning, April 11.
He had endured declining health for the last three plus years, and now
passed away at age 83. He is survived by his wife, Sharon, daughter
Lori, son Scott, several grandchildren and several more
great-grandchildren. Frank was predeceased by his middle child, son
Mark, in 1981 at age 17, due to a diving accident while with Frank near
the Channel Islands off the Ventura coastline.
Frank Kallem was a
native of Iowa, but moved to California with his family in his early
teens. Frank graduated from Hoover High School in Glendale in 1957. It
was in those years that he met his lifelong best friend, and later to
be brother-in-law, Dave Kemp. The two were winning Cross Country and
Track athletes while at Hoover High. Frank attended Cal State Los
Angeles. In 1962 he began teaching and coaching at Burbank High for the
next 38 years until he and Dave Kemp both retired in 2000.
At BHS Frank taught Physical Science, Health, Safety, Driver Training, and P.E. He coached Cross Country, Track and Swimming. He had several championship teams during his years of coaching, including two CIF Cross Country Championships and numerous League titles in all levels. For 25 years from 1975 to 2000 Frank Kallem was the BHS Athletic Director until his retirement. In 2010 Frank was inducted into the BHS Athletic Hall of Fame. Four years ago, in May 2019, the BHS athletic field, that borders Glenoaks Blvd., was dedicated to Dave Kemp and Frank Kallem, and named "Kemp-Kallem Field" in honor of their dedication to the students of Burbank High School for so many years. Both Frank and Dave spoke at that ceremony, now less than four years ago. Frank attended our BHS '70 reunions in 2010 and 2015. This is a sad day for all of us who knew Frank Kallem.
A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS...
Richard P. Butler
Godspeed
Andrew Reid
Loved seeing the coaches jogging the streets together on there break back in the 80s, fortunate to have had him as a pys ed coach
Pamela Spang
Great guy, teacher RIP sir 😔
Deb Helsley Bush
Rest in peace Coach🥲
Rebecca Willis
Rest in Peace, Coach Kallem.
Paolo G Valenzuela
RIP coach
Gilda Hernandez Sanderson
So sorry to see this. Rest in peace Coach. My condolences to the Kallem family.
Donald Anderson
Great coach, great teacher, great mentor and a man to look up to. RIP
Stella Hoefflin
Nice guy
Mike Signorelli
He was a legend! May rest in peace...🙏🙏🙏
Madeline Mongelli
RIP Coach! My condolences to his family.
Ivan Esquivel
❤🏉👊 fly Coach
Kim Correia Dettman
My favorite picture of Kallem. During the teacher’s strike he coached us from the street during a meet.
Steve LeSueur
Great coach, great man
Jeanine Canedo
I’m so sad to hear this😢 Rest in peace Coach
Sean Andrews
RIP Coach!
Susan Ermer
I have wonderful memories of behind-the-wheel Drivers Ed with Coach Kallem. Adventure and great music! 🚘 📻 🎶 RIP.
Renee King
He was great man on and off the field!
Cheryl Bunch Eubanks
RIP coach!
Larry O'Brien
I remember so fondly, what a great coach and teacher.
Jennifer Rogers Doyle
RIP.
Julian Almaraz
He was great coach person a second dad to all of us. It a very sad day RIP coach you will be missed and you are loved by many 💙 😢 🙏 ❤️.
Jim Stonehouse
Rest In Peace, coach. Thank You for the experience, cross country, 64,65
Alan Landros
I've known Frank Kallem for almost 56 years now, since I began at BHS in 1967. I was with him and Dave Kemp all three years that I was at BHS as their Cross Country and Track manager for each season. Frank was also my Health class teacher when I was in 10th grade (which I got an "A" in the class!). It has been wonderful to stay in touch with both of them over all of these years. Frank and Dave were two of my three favorite teachers at BHS (along with Doris Adams), and two of my four all-time favorites from kindergarten through four years of college! This is a sad day for me, but I am glad for Frank that his suffering these last couple of years has now ended. Romans 8:18 !!
Anne Tackett Williams
RIP Coach Kallem. You were a big part of my high school life. You will be dearly missed. Prayers to the family🙏🏻🥲
Kathleen James
Not only A awesome Coach,& teacher, but just a wonderful human being. 🙏 my condolences to his family
Gary Patrick Trotta
Kallen was a great coach... and teacher.
Susan Rudin
I didn’t know him, but I knew he was a very popular and well loved coach at BHS. I’m sure any one of us could have gone up and started talking to him at any time and he’d be a great mentor. Much love to his family. Thanks for the memories! 🙏
Pam Wright Peterson
RIP coach 😥
Ted Basso
He was my p.e. coach at burbank he his a great person had some much fun with him from 1983 to 1985 RIP COACH KALLEM 🙏 YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED
Ingela Axelson
Very sad. Great teacher and great human being.
JoAnn Hall
To A Great Man
RIP Coach Kallem
Gary Mills
The two best mentors BHS has ever had Dave Kemp on the left and Frank Kallem on the right.My condolences to the entire Kallem family. Two of our second Dads, inseparable coaches Kemp and Kallem. BHS 1976 Gary Mills
Jason Fon Janota
I remember Mr Kallem and Mr Kemp would run every morning before school Rip Sir.
Rich Hunsaker
Great track coach...
Stacie Kidwell Sandoval
Awww man 🙁 one of my faves
Terry Mencuri
He was a GREAT MAN , RIP coach!
Robin Barber
Frank was my cross country coach in 1967 great man.
Cathy Loveless
Rest in peace Mr. Kallem 😔🙏🏻
Christina Vlachos-Peratsakis
I’m sorry to hear this sad news.🙏🏻
Debra Flannery-Dunn
So sad.
Charmaine Chastain
Although I wasn't an athlete, he was was my driver's training teacher. Godspeed Mr. Kallem. Life well lived.
Hugo Rodriguez
Very sad news RIP Coach K
Margie Turner
I am a grad. 76' he wS so cool. May he rest in peace.
Libby Macris
I remember him so well
Darlene Culotta
I remember him after looking at the younger picture of him.
Nancy Curtiss
I was in his sophomore Biology class, which i loved. He taught me to drive in driver's ed and I was in his summer health and safety class with my sister. These were in, about, 1964. During the health and safety class my mother passed away. He let me sister and I stay out a few extra days and still finish the class. We both passed all the tests and assignments. He was the most caring teacher I ever had. A fun memory is he was on a TV game show and won a big fur coat for his wife. These were definitely popular in the 60s.
Sue Flynn
I'm so sorry
My heart goes out to his family and friends
Lynette Vogt Ballas
So sad! Such a wonderful dedicated inspirational teacher!
Becky Parrish Burras
RIP coach. ❤️
Louise Good Hernandez
😢🙏🏻 I was not athletic, but I definitely remember this coach. 
Carrie Diaz-Lathouwers
My condolences to all his family and friends. He was a great coach. RIP 🙏
Kimberly A Worsley Thom
Very sad news. I remember him as a teacher and a coach! RIP
Kevin Capper
Loved Coach Kallem!! May he rest in peace.🙏🙏
Eric Fischer
He was my dads coach in the late 60s and was still there when I went in 89-92
Scott Cox
Great coach, better person. You will be missed but certainly loved.
Tim Ekeberg
A great all around Coach, Father, and man.
I had family difficulties while at my first year of High School at BHS. I had committed to running cross country, not that I was any good at it, but I was too distracted. However, Coach understood my dilemma and allowed me to transfer into regular PE.
His son was in my grade and though I had moved away, I was saddened to hear of his diving accident.
As a Father and Grandfather, I just can't imagine what Coach Kallem went through.
R.I.P. Coach.
Nicole Peterson
Rest in Peace, Coach. Say hey to my Uncle Merle for me. 🙏
Andrea Robinson
We invited him to our reunion last Oct- I talked with him on the phone for a bit- he said “When we retire, we are invisible, like we don’t exist, he was so happy to be invited. What a kind and friendly man. His wife was too sick to attend so they didn’t make it. We were so ready for him! Rest In Love Sir.”
Terri Aaseth
RIP Mr. Kallem. I think of you everyday as I navigate the LA Traffic, wishing that every person on that freeway could have taken your driver education class and how much safer the freeways would be if they did!🙏🙏
Michelle Bledsoe
My greatest high school memories were made under the mentorship and coaching of this great man. Thank you! You built a legacy of unending dedication to many. Kim’s picture above is a perfect memory and representation of his dedication and caring coaching.
John P. Johnson
He was a great coach!!
Patti Dobrowolski
He was so caring. He helped me thru some difficult times. RIP
Jodee Bennett
He is loved by so many! Lucky we had him in our lives 😎❤️
Carol Bliss Sheetz
Great teachers are never forgotten. He gave a piece of himself to so many, it's no wonder he was so loved. A life well lived Coach Kallem, RIP.
Cecilia Olga Aguirre Sheehan
RIP Coach Kallem.
Christine Hill
Such a fun Driver Ed teacher! Made you feel at ease and comfortable behind the wheel. Condolences to his family.
Patsy Raymundi
RIP couch nice to all of us at Burbank High 1974 class sorry for your familys loss. Bless and Prayers
Lisa DeHaven
RIP Coach
On September 4, 2019, Susan Peña MacCarthy posted on Facebook...
"It’s with a broken heart I have to announce the passing of Ed Ballard class of 75, married to Dawn Marcione Ballard (75), and brother of Michael Ballard (73) and other family members."
Besides BHS, Ed attended Thomas Jefferson and John Muir Junior High sclhools.
There was a celebrate Ed Ballard’s life on January 18, 2020, at DeBell Golf Club in Burbank.
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