South Pasadena, San Marino, Pasadena OSG In Memoriam

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My Brother  who left us in the Flesh in 1973 

South Pasadena HS awards an  Art  Scholarship in his name every year  

Bob Lived in South Pasadena all of his life and was was a Freshman at UC Santa Barbara at the time of his untimely  death with his roomate in a small airplane crash in 1973 .  

Freddie on my right went home to be with the Lord in 2025 

Freddie attended South Pasadena Schools and finished HS at Blair  in 1972. 

Freddie was a devout Man of Faith and was a joy to be with. Freddie Like my Brother Bob was a Tallented Artist and Graduate of UCLA and Otis Institute of Art.  Freddie was the proud owner of Agape Plumbing at the times of his passing 

Jerry left us in January of  2026 

South Pasadena High School  Alum 1970

Jerry was  key member of the South Pasadena Tigers CIF Championship  Football Team in 1969 that finshed the season unbeaten with a record of 13-0 . 

https://www.sphsaa.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=1576417

Jim West  So Pas Legend left us too soon While competing as Professional Motocross Dirt Biker 

 Michael West

1975 Saddleback Trans-AMA. My brother and I were standing right there at the jump when he crashed. While the crash looked bad, Jim didn't look that hurt. He never lost consciousness, crawled off the side of the track and was still conscious as the lifted him into the ambulance. Unfortunately, they took him to Chapman General Hospital, which was the closest hospital to the track. They didn't realize the extent of his internal bleeding until it was too late. I always wondered why the didn't take him to Western Medical Center, which was only two exits farther up the freeway and was a Level 1 trauma center. We were shocked to hear the next day that he died.

Ray Solari 

South Pasadena High School  Teacher /Coach 

Led to  Tigers to 4 CIF SS Football Championships 

1959, 1963, 1966 & 1969 

World Traveler 

Real Estate Professional 

Left us in 2025 

So Pasadena Alum Class of 1969 

https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/west-covina-ca/paul-dejoseph-12397392

South Pasadena Tiger Alum 1981 

Went on to set passing records as  QB for Chadron State in Nebraska and Led the Birmingham Bulls with  European Football Title in 1995 

Was saddend to hear "Mo" left us in April of 2026 just 63 years old 

https://www.medinafuneralhome.com/obituaries/John-Marris-Riggs?obId=48199276

Anne left us in 2024 

Annie loved her Music Friends and was a proud Graduate of So Pasadena HS 1972 

https://www.sphsaa.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=1535110

Rick Booth 

South Pasadena Tiger Class of 1970 

CIF Player of the Year  on the 1969 South Pasadena Tigers 13-0 Team  

2A CIF SS Champions 

https://www.sphsaa.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=1352308

Rick pictured on the right  left us in 2025 

Rick was one handsome fellow who lived life to the fullest  

Graduate of So Pasadena HS 1973 

https://www.sphsaa.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=1535110

Kim as I knew him left us  in 2026  another Tiger legend from the great South Pasadena Football Team of 1969 that was undefeated  and won the 1969 2A CIF Championship  by beating Bonita HS 10-0. Kim was preceded in death by his Brother Terry another South Pasadena resident  who was killed while serving the Armed Forces in Vietnam 

https://www.classcreator.com/South-Pasadena-CA-South-Pasadena-Senior-1907-2020/class_profile.cfm?member_id=1575679

In Memory of all those we knew and remember in our OSG who have left us in the flesh.  
May they Rest in peace and as we believe with our Christian Beliefs  that to be abscent from the Body is to be present with the Lord !   Their spirit lives on in eternity and peace forever we pray. 

If you would like us to post  a person from the OSG who has went home to be with the Lord and their eternal  home.   

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Kathryn Anne Fiscus (August 21, 1945 – April 8, 1949) was a three-year-old girl who died after falling into a well in San Marino, California. The attempted rescue, broadcast live on KTLA, was a landmark event in American television history.

Rescue attempt

On the afternoon of April 8, 1949, Kathy was playing with her nine-year-old sister, Barbara, and cousin, Gus, in a field in San Marino when she fell down the 14-inch-wide (36 cm) shaft of an abandoned water well. Her father, David, worked for the California Water and Telephone Co., which had drilled the well in 1903. He had recently testified before the state legislature for a proposed law that would require the cementing of all old wells.

Within hours, a major rescue effort was underway with "drills, derricks, bulldozers, and trucks from a dozen towns, three giant cranes, and 50 floodlights from Hollywood studios.  At one point a rope was lowered to her but she could not maintain her hold on it and fell even further down the well. After digging down 100 feet (30 m), workers reached Kathy on the night of Sunday April 10.

It was immediately apparent that Kathy was dead. It was impossible to move her because of the position of her legs. A rope was lowered from the top of the well and tied around her to gently pull her into a different posture from which Dr. Robert McCullock, one of the Fiscus family physicians, working from the lateral shaft, was able to free her. Contractor Bill Yancey brought her to the surface.

credits Wikipedia 

Saddened   Titan San Marino HS Class of 1973 Mike Moore has left us 2025.  He was married to my Classmate at South Pasadena Jan Moore pictured  along with "JB" publisher  of OSG. Mike Played Football and Baseball at San Marino  HS  and earned  all CIF  Honors  in Football as  a Linebacker . I remember the So Pasadena  San Marino Football Game  at San Marino HS  in 1972  Mike nailed me pretty good on of all  3  of my run out the clock 2 yd runs  in our Victory against the Titans in 1972.   

Homecoming Queen 

San Marino HS Class of 1971  .

Shocked all of us in the OSG when we heard Leslie Left us in 1971 

due to Suicide 

1953-2014 

San Marino HS Class of 1971  .

Met Rick duirng my career in the Printing Indutry.  Ricks Dad was the Sales Manager for Welsh Graphics.  Rick owned a very successful Ink manufacturing Business In LA InkMakers. 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/rick-mills-obituary?id=17204942

South Pasadena 

Last time I met with my OSG Childhood friend  was at our SO PAS Tigers Class of  1973 

30 Year Reunion in 2003 

Doyle left us a year or so after  

In Memory of all those we knew and remember in our OSG who have left us in the flesh.  
May they Rest in peace.  We believe with our Christian Beliefs  that to be abscent from the Body is to be present with the Lord !   Their spirit lives on in eternity and peace forever we pray. 

If you would like us to post  a person from the OSG who has went home to be with the Lord and their eternal  home.   

please  email 

jbgriffin@jbgmg.com 

or Call 

562.810.8881