HE WAS ONE OF MY OLDEST AND BEST FRIENDS. HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT AFTER A TRAGIC ACCEDENT WHILE WORKING FOR EDISON COMPANY. WHILE CLIMBING A UTILITY POLE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN TOLD POWER WAS OFF. WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG KID HE LOOKED LIKE CHUBBY ON THE LITTLE RESCALS. HE GREW UP TO BE A BIG STRONG GUY AND WAS A PERFECTIONIST AT EVERYTHING . FROM HIS CARS TO HIS CLASSIC OLD HOME HE BOUGHT IN SANTA ANA. HE TOTALILY RESTORED IT INSIDE AND OUT I REMEMBER THE FIREPLACE MANTEL AND TRIMMED PERFECTLY. MY HOUSE WAS ON SAME STREET IN SANTA ANA BUT SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY. HE AND I WERE USHERS IN PAUL TAYLOR'S WEDDING. I STILL THINK ABOUT HIM AND GRIN WHEN I REMEMBER SOME OF THINGS WE DID GROWING UP. I LOST CONTACT WITH HIS BROTHER DENNIS WHO WAS ALSO A GOOD FRIEND
Mark Strait (1977)
Norman Gordon Pentz
1943–1977
BIRTH 24 MAR 1943 • Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
DEATH 24 JAN 1977 • Santa Ana, Orange, California, USA
George Loporto (1961)
HE WAS ONE OF MY OLDEST AND BEST FRIENDS. HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT AFTER A TRAGIC ACCEDENT WHILE WORKING FOR EDISON COMPANY. WHILE CLIMBING A UTILITY POLE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN TOLD POWER WAS OFF. WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG KID HE LOOKED LIKE CHUBBY ON THE LITTLE RESCALS. HE GREW UP TO BE A BIG STRONG GUY AND WAS A PERFECTIONIST AT EVERYTHING . FROM HIS CARS TO HIS CLASSIC OLD HOME HE BOUGHT IN SANTA ANA. HE TOTALILY RESTORED IT INSIDE AND OUT I REMEMBER THE FIREPLACE MANTEL AND TRIMMED PERFECTLY. MY HOUSE WAS ON SAME STREET IN SANTA ANA BUT SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY. HE AND I WERE USHERS IN PAUL TAYLOR'S WEDDING. I STILL THINK ABOUT HIM AND GRIN WHEN I REMEMBER SOME OF THINGS WE DID GROWING UP. I LOST CONTACT WITH HIS BROTHER DENNIS WHO WAS ALSO A GOOD FRIEND