Harry Stroud, BHS '44 (1926-2024)

Harrison "Harry" Edgar Stroud
January 26, 1926 - July 7, 2024

In Loving Memory of Harrison Stroud

Harrison "Harry" Edgar Stroud, age 98, passed away July 7th, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his family.

Harry was a remarkable man whose life was characterized by love of his family, love of our country, cherished friendships, UCLA sports, Dodger baseball, growing beautiful flowers and tomatoes in his garden, fishing, playing tennis, and his never-ending appreciation for a long and wonderful life.

Harry was born in Burbank, CA in 1926 to William and Lucia Stroud. He was their second child after his sister Ann. He graduated from Burbank High School.

In 1944, at 17 years old, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was whisked off to basic training in Farragut, ID and then on to Class A Yeoman Training school in San Diego. Harry was a World War II Veteran who served on the USS Kenton in the Pacific. His ship was awarded honorary citations for both the Liberation of the Philippines and the final battle at Okinawa. Harry enjoyed many reunions with his shipmates throughout his life and was the last living survivor of his ship.

Harry graduated from UCLA in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity where he made lifelong friendships with his fraternity brothers. He spent summers working in Yosemite with fraternity brothers where he had such fond memories. Harry was a huge fan and supporter of UCLA sports.

While at UCLA, Harry met Sarah Jane Shiells, a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. They married in 1951 and raised five children in Van Nuys and Newhall.

Harry started his career at Texaco and Sundstrand before landing his dream job in Personnel Administration at TRW, an aerospace company in Redondo Beach. Later in his career, he moved his family to Mentor, OH where he worked at TRW corporate headquarters in Cleveland as Corporate Director of Manpower.

He was especially proud of the work he did with the National Alliance of Business (NAB) in California and Washington D.C. while on loan from TRW. He managed the U.S. program that placed over 130,000 Vietnam Veterans in jobs after the war. At White House receptions, Harry received three commendations from Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford for his many accomplishments with NAB.

Sadly, Harry's wife Sarah died in 1981. After being widowed for several years, he met JoAnn Guenther. JoAnn brought love and joy back into Harry's life, and they were married in 1988. Harry spent his retirement years playing tennis and traveling the world with JoAnn.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Los Angeles Scottish Rite, and the Al Malaikah Shrine Masonic organizations; the Santa Barbara Cosmopolitan Club; and All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, where he had numerous friendships. No matter where Harry went in the world, he always managed to bump into someone he knew!

Harry was preceded in death by his first wife Sarah from Fillmore, his second wife JoAnn from Rolling Hills Estates, and his sister Ann Ankerman from Midway City.

He is survived by his five children: Susan (Richard) Kentro, Linda (Norman) Pick, Dan (Julie) Stroud, Jack (Rita) Stroud, and Alan (Kathryn) Stroud; two step-children: Krista (Tony) Walker and Eric Amend; fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at the All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara on September 21, 2024 at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Transition House at 425 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Bob Jones, BHS '44 (1926-2010)

  

 Bob Jones and his sister Dorothy Jones Ardizzone

 

Jodean Ardizzone Myers sent me the following message along with this article about her Uncle Bob Jones.

Hi Cathy. I’ve always wanted to add my aunts and uncles to the memorial blog all attended BHS. Today in my memories Uncle Bob Jones came up I hope I’m sharing correctly. Passing on information thank you. In his youth picture at Hollywood Palladium Is Bob Jones and his sister Dorothy Jones Ardizzone my Mom. She’s already been shared to the memorial page. Thank you.

Uncle Bob Jones - Mom's brother died 12 yrs ago today. He was in his 80's and a very interesting man. Born in Burly Idaho. Moved to Burbank at the age of 12 he went to John Muir and Burbank High class of '44. At 18yrs old he joined the Navy and there began to think about a career with horses. He purchased the Lazy 3 - a riding academy in Glendale and a hang-out for Hollywood cowboys. Like Jack Fishburn (jockey), Robert Fuller, and Chuck Courtney. He later bought a ranch in Placerita Canyon. He was co-founder of the LA Horse Show Exhibitors Assoc. and served ten yrs as President there. He had a long and interesting life and is missed.

 

 

Patricia Alphin Moorman, BHS '44 (1926-2020)

Shannon Moorman Burns shared these beautiful photos along with this note today, February 7, 2020:
BHS ‘44 alum and class VP and Hollywood actress Patricia “Peaches” Alphin, passed away on 3 February 2020. Peaches went on to marry fellow classmate and football captain Jack Moorman in 1949 and had two children. She is survived by her daughter, 3 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Peaches loved her friends deeply and spoke with her BHS friends often up-to her death. Services will be held at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills in late March. More details to come.







Rest in peace, Peaches.

Harry Bieker, BHS '44, Passed Away Feb 6, 2019

Dianne Marie (Bieker) Long posted on Facebook that her father, Harry Bieker, passed away February 6, 2019. He was BHS Class of 1944.

"Dear friends. Tonight my Father Harry Bieker passed on. Many of you knew him. Some of you knew him since childhood. I was holding his hand when Jesus carried him home. He was 92. He and Mom are together now."

We offer our sincere condolences to the family and ask the Lord to comfort each one.

Dale Harold Goodrich, BHS Summer '44 (1926 - 2013)

Received the following today from Alan Landros...



Photo of Dale Goodrich taken on February 9, 2013, three and a half months before his death. Pictured with Dale is Lois Becken Paul, BHS '55. Lois' husband, Bill Paul, BHS '54, took the picture.

Dale Harold Goodrich passed away from cancer on Saturday evening, May 25, at Atherton Baptist Homes in Alhambra where he had lived for the last 13 or 14 years. His two sons were with him at the time of his death. Dale was in the BHS '44 class. He was 86. He was born in Mapleton, MN on November 9, 1926. Dale's wife, Marilyn Joyce Gerber Goodrich, was in the BHS '48 class. She passed away January 17, 2011 at age 80. They have two sons, Bradford and Brent, six grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Dale was a retired Baptist minister, and also former owner of a printing company in San Gabriel. From the late 1940's (while he was still in seminary) until 1958, Dale was the youth minister at the former First Baptist Church of Burbank at Fairmount and Glenoaks, across the street from BHS. Later throughout the 1980's he was the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of North Hollywood.

Memorial service for Rev. Dale Goodrich will be Saturday, June 8, at 2:00 P.M., at Merriam Chapel at Atherton Baptist Homes in Alhambra, California. Burial is to be next to his wife, Marilyn, at Forest Lawn Glendale.

Alan Landros

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Dale Harold Goodrich
November 9, 1926 - May 25, 2013

Dale Harold Goodrich, 86, born on November 9, 1926, in Mapleton, Minnesota, passed away May 25, 2013. He resided in Alhambra, California at the time of his passing. Arrangements are under the direction of Forest Lawn, Glendale, California.
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