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• Brier, Evelyn "Pinky"    b. April 12, 1909  d. January 20, 2008
  Aviation Pioneer. Nicknamed "Pinky", in 1938 she became the first woman in history to be licensed by the Civil Air Authority as a flight and aerobatics instructor. In 1939, she married Army Air Force pilot Joe Brier and together they opened the Tri-City Airport in San Bernardino, California. For over 40 years, she operated and ran the flying school at the airport. During World War II, she was recruited as a pilot for the US Army's Women Air Force Service Pilots, or WASP. As a flight officer in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
   
• Carreon, Camilo 'Cam'    b. August 6, 1937  d. September 2, 1987
  Major League Baseball Player. He was a catcher making his debut with the Chicago White Sox on September 27, 1959. For eight seasons, he played with the Chicago White Sox (1959-64), Cleveland Indians in 1965 and Baltimore Orioles in 1966. He ended his career with a record of 260 hits, 113 runs scored 11 homeruns, 114 runs batted in, a .264 batting average and a .993 fielding percentage. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Hermosa Memorial Gardens, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
   
• D'Arcy, Roy    b. February 10, 1894  d. November 15, 1969
  Actor. Born Roy Francis Giusti, he attended college at the University of Jena in Germany. He traveled with a gypsy band, singing and dancing, throughout Switzerland, Germany, and Bohemia. He then became a world traveler, working at many odd jobs. He had developed a pleasant singing voice, and he won the tenor lead with several traveling theater troupes. His biggest success was in "Oh, Boy," a musical comedy. He made his screen debut in the movie version of the show in 1919. In 1925 D'Arcy...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
  Plot: Cremated
   
• Dyal, Kenneth Warren 'Ken'    b. July 9, 1910  d. May 12, 1978
  US Congressman.
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
   
• Earp, Morgan    b. April 24, 1851  d. March 18, 1882
  Western Lawman. The brother of Western figure Wyatt Earp, he is best known for the gunfight with Ike Clanton's gang at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Born in Marian County, Iowa, he was the youngest of "Fighting Earps." His father moved the family, to San Bernardino, California in 1864. He married Luisa Houston in Dodge City in 1875. They lived in Butte, Montana until 1879. Morgan moved to Tombstone, Arizona in January 1880 and worked as a shotgun messenger for Wells Fargo. In October...[Read More] (Bio by: Debbie)
  Hermosa Memorial Gardens, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
  Plot: Southwest corner of the cemetery, near a large tree
  GPS coordinates: 34.0743599, -117.3481064 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Fitzsimmons, Frederick Landis 'Freddie'   b. July 28, 1901  d. November 18, 1979
  Major League Baseball Player. Born in Mishawaka, Indiana, he was a right handed pitcher making his debut for the New York Giants on August 12, 1925. For nineteen seasons, he played with New York Giants (1925-37) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1938-43). He was a member of the New York Giants World Series Championship team in 1933 and concluded his career with a record of 217 wins, 146 loss, 186 complete games, 30 shutouts, 13 saves, 870 strikeouts and a 3.51 earned run average. After his playing time...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
  Plot: [unmarked]
   
• Fondy, Dee Virgil    b. October 31, 1924  d. August 19, 1999
  Major League Baseball Player. He played first base from 1951 to 1957 for the Chicago Cubs finishing the '57 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He concluded his career in 1958 with the Cincinnati Redlegs. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
  Cause of death: Unknown
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
   
• Hubbs, Ken    b. December 23, 1941  d. February 13, 1964
  Major League Baseball Player. He was a brilliant second baseman making his debut for the Chicago Cubs on September 10, 1961. For three seasons he played with the Chicago Cubs (1961-63) and received a Gold Glove Award and was named Rookie of the Year in 1962. Before his career was tragically cut short in a flying accident at age 22, he compiled a record of 310 hits, 14 homeruns, 148 runs scored, 98 runs batted in, a .247 batting average and had a .979 fielding percentage. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Cause of death: He died in a private plane crash in Provo, Utah
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
  Plot: Space 5 Section 129 Garden Fairhaven
   
• Maltzberger, Gordon    b. September 4, 1912  d. December 11, 1974
  Major League Baseball Player. The right-hander pitched four years in the major leagues with the Chicago White Sox. He led the American League with 14 saves during his rookie year in 1943, when he was 7-4 with a 2.46 earned run average. He was 10-5 the following year with a 2.96 ERA and a league-leading 12 saves. In 1946 he was 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 19 games and closed his career the following year. Maltzberger's lifetime record was 20-13 with a 2.70 ERA. (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Hermosa Memorial Gardens, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
   
• Miles, Lillian    b. August 1, 1907  d. February 27, 1972
  Actress. Born Lillian Bradley, Miles is best remembered for playing 'Blanche' in "Tell Your Children" aka "Love Madness." (1938) In 1932, Miles had been submitted by Columbia Pictures for the WAMPAS Baby Star honors, but was disqualified apparently because she left the studio before the final selection was made. Miles died of bleeding ulcer. (Bio by: MC)
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
  Plot: Cremated
   
• Pettis, Jerry Lyle    b. July 18, 1916  d. February 14, 1975
  US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 33rd and 37th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1967 until his death in a plane crash on February 14, 1975, near Banning, California. (Bio by: K)
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
   
• Rothrock Sr.., John Huston 'Jack'    b. March 14, 1905  d. February 2, 1980
  Major League Baseball Player. The switch-hitting outfielder had his best season in 1934 when he drove in six runs to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers in seven games in the 1934 World Series. After a lackluster career that started in 1925, he batted .284, led the National League with 647 at-bats, collected 35 doubles, 11 homers, 72 runs batted in and scored 106 runs that season. Rothrock had played for the Boston Red Sox from 1925-32 and hit .300 in 143 games for them in 1929...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
   

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