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Don Butler
Don Butler was born in Pasadena California in the same hospital in which his mother was born. They lived in Monrovia and were there when Mr. Butler was drafted into the military toward the end of WWII. The family then move to West Covina in 1948 where land was cheaper. Don attended elementary school in West Covina until the 5th grade when several classes were sent to Covina, Lark Ellen school, in about 1949. Don attended Covina Grammar school for 6th and 8th grade and then went on to Covina High. After a short stent in Junior college he went to work for the telephone company and worker for years in the Los Angeles area, mostly around USC. He married Lenora and they had two boys, Eric and Corey.
Stuart R. Bates
1925 - 2021
November 11, 1925 - December 17, 2021 Not many, especially at 96, die of a tennis accident, but ultimately this is what took Stuart. Born in Pasadena, Stu attended Pasadena High, then Caltech, majoring in mechanical engineering.
65th Class Reunion Cancelled
August 2021
Dear Classmates,
The 65th Class Reunion has been canceled because of Covid. Every changing.
Sorry for all the wishy washy but these are strange times!
We are concerned about your safely.
Kit
Sincerely,
Kit Chenault
Covina ‘56
Glenn Reed's Historical Covina
Larry Eugene Whitenack
Larry Eugene Whitenack, 80, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 1, in Yucaipa.
He was born in Houston, Texas to Mae Frances and Fredrick Whitenack on Feb. 15, 1938.
Larry and his brother Tom were raised in West Covina and enjoyed all the sun and fun of being teenagers in the ‘50s in Southern California. He went on to become a pilot, sky jumper and sold Cessnas out of Oklahoma, owned and operated a music establishment in Sandpoint, Idaho for 17 years where he loved to buy old houses and fix them up.
Stephen Iverson
Covina High School Popular Science Teacher
October 14, 1928 - February 15, 2020
