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Dee Pollock was born on 24 September 1937 in Alhambra, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Kelly's Heroes (1970), The Wayward Bus (1957) and The Outer Limits (1963). He died on 27 December 2005 in Chico, California, USA.

Brad Gobright was born on 16 June 1988 in Orange County, California, USA. He died on 27 November 2019 in El Potrero Chico, Nuovo Leon, Mexico.

Teal Ames was born on 7 December 1930 in Binghamton, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Nash Bridges (1996), The Edge of Night (1956) and Studio One (1948). She was married to William Nichols. She died on 28 October 2020 in Chico, California, USA.

Richard Headrick was born on 29 April 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Grail (1923), Playthings of Destiny (1921) and The Whistle (1921). He was married to Mary Pauline White Mays and Caterina Fortina. He died on 19 November 2001 in Chico, California, USA.

Harold Lang was born on 21 December 1920 in Daly City, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Musical Comedy Time (1950), The Bert Parks Show (1950) and The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). He died on 26 July 1985 in Chico, California, USA.

Ted W. Lawson was born on 7 March 1917 in Fresno, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). He died on 19 January 1992 in Chico, California, USA.

Frank Wayne was born on 11 May 1909 in Avalon, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Sky Racket (1937), Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) and Code of the Cactus (1939). He died on 5 November 1987 in Chico, California, USA.

Gwen Crawford was born on 5 May 1922 in Elkhorn, Manitoba, Canada. She was an actress, known for Here Come the Waves (1944), What, No Cigarettes? (1945) and It's Your Move (1945). She was married to William Coats. She died on 21 April 2012 in Chico, California, USA.

Lillian Hayward was born on 22 October 1868 in Napa County, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Child of the Sea (1913), Etienne of the Glad Heart (1914) and The Black Orchid (1916). She was married to Francis Boggs. She died on 13 June 1947 in Chico, California, USA.

Jack Bohrer was born on 1 April 1925 in California, USA. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Last Woman on Earth (1960), I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) and The Unholy Rollers (1972). He died on 22 December 1992 in Chico, California, USA.

Ken Duvall was born on 21 April 1932 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Me, Myself & Irene (2000). He died on 22 July 2012 in Chico, California, USA.

Gabriel Peters-Lazaro was born in 1979 in Sacramento, California, USA. Gabriel was a cinematographer and assistant director, known for Why Germany? (2004), One More Shot (2018) and March 2003 (2005). Gabriel was married to Robyn. Gabriel died on 13 May 2021 in Chico, California, USA.

Monica Lane was born on 27 June 1928 in Bogota, New Jersey, USA. She was married to John Springer. She died on 27 September 2013 in Chico, California, USA.

Robert B. Shepard

Childhood, Family & Music: Bob Shepard was born on April 28, 1927, in Phoenix Arizona, to Chester and Dorothy Shepard. He was raised in Riverside, California, from the time of his birth to 1945. He was the eldest of four boys (Bob, Phil, Gilbert and Wayne). His father, Chester, died when Bob was 8 years old. The family was a talented musical family and Bob loved music from a very young age. His mother told how he would, as a little boy, go to the back yard where there was an orchard. He would stand on a crate with a stick and pretend the trees were an orchestra or choir and he was their conductor. As a boy he learned to play the trombone and piano.

Bob's mother, Dorothy, played the piano by ear. She sang as a soloist at church, weddings and clubs. During the silent movie era, she was hired to play the piano in the back of the theater while the movie played. In the early 1940's she sang and played with the Mason Bell Ringers and traveled all over California to different churches to entertain and share the gospel. She taught Bob's brothers, Gil and Wayne, to play hand bells. In 1945, at the age of 12 and 14, they performed at various women's and men's groups like the Elks and Eastern Star. In 1946 they participated in the Horace Heidt Talent Show. They came in first place for 13 straight weeks. They then traveled with the Horace Heidt Show and USO throughout the U.S. and Europe. After high school they performed at fairs and TV shows like Bandstand Revue, Polka Parade, Pinky Lee, Red Skelton and Ed Sullivan.

Sports & Service: Bob was very athletic. He played baseball, football and basketball in high school and college. He loved all sports but especially baseball. As a teen he attended a baseball game at the Tustin, CA Marine Base and saw Joe DiMaggio play. He was so inspired that he taught himself to pitch by practicing against the backstop in the local park's baseball field. In 1945, during his senior year of high school, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds. But, he enlisted in the Navy and served on the U.S.S. Sargent Bay aircraft carrier until 1946. Bob continued to be active in sports throughout his life. He particularly enjoyed fast pitch softball. He was an elite pitcher and continued pitching into his 60's. Through the years he belonged to many leagues both in the Burbank and Chico areas and went on numerous softball mission trips to Mexico with Athletes in Action. He also loved golf, had a single digit handicap and played until he was physically unable in his 70's.

Education & Work: From 1946 to 1950, Bob attended Southern California Bible College "SCBC", in Pasadena (now Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA). He studied music and Bible. After college he continued his music education by attending L.A. City College, and L.A. Pierce College. While at Pierce College, he studied under an African-American professor, where he was introduced to the sound and history of Black Spirituals, which became one of his favorite music genres. He also studied for six years under private tutor, Professor Roy Reid Brignall, FTCL (Trinity College of Music, London). He became good friends with Ralph Carmichael at SCBC. This started a musical collaboration that would continue for several years. Bob worked together with Ralph Carmichael on the TV show, Campus Christian Hour, the first religious show on television. The show won an Emmy in 1949. In the 1940's Bob also worked for Bob Bowman at Far East Broadcasting Company. He also led the music at the Long Beach Youth for Christ working alongside Louie Zamperini.

Music Directing: In 1953, Bob organized the Bob Shepard Chorale. His chorale group performed in churches all over southern California. They also performed on the Phil Kerr Monday night musicals in the Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA, as well as Men and Women's clubs, touring up and down the west coast. In 1957 Bob put out his first album, "Songs of the Shepherd". In 1959 he made his second album, A Cappella". His chorale and brass ensemble took a 3 week trip to Winona Lake, Indiana to perform at a Youth for Christ conference. In 1960-1961 he worked for 6 months as a music director at the Bible conference grounds in Boca Raton, FL. In 1970 he made his third album, "Bob Shepard and the Blue Meadows". He worked as a music director in the 1960's at Eagle Rock Baptist Church and Village Church in Burbank, CA. In 1979 the family moved to Chico, CA, where Bob worked as the music director at Chico Neighborhood Church. Bob gave singing lessons throughout his career.

Arranger: Bob was a talented arranger and did work for churches, universities, producers and various musicians and Christian artists from the 1950's up until he passed away. In his later years he arranged for the groups, The Diamonds, The Chordettes and Deja vu. He arranged at his piano and hand wrote all his arrangements until the age of computers in the 2000's when he began to arrange using software.

Hollywood: In 1961 Bob joined SAG and AFTRA and began working as a studio musician singing back up on album recording sessions and movies. His friend, Jay Meyer, helped him get into the industry. Bob had a beautiful tenor voice. He performed with the Ray Coniff Singers and Anita Kerr Quartet, on albums, at concerts and the Lawrence Welk show). He also performed with the Kay Starr Quartet at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe and on a John Wayne TV special "Swing Out, Sweet Land-Tribute to America". He performed as a caroler on the Ozzie and Harriet 1956 Christmas Special. On Easter Sunday in 1971, at the Greek Theater in Hollywood, Bob conducted the orchestra and Pat Boon the vocals, for a Rock production by Ray Ruff called 'Truth of Truths'. He also sang backup on albums with Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Fred Waring, Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Lorne Greene, Petula Clark, Dean Martin, John Williams, Nelson Riddle, Bobby Darin, Glen Campbell and more.

Movies: Bob sang on many movie soundtracks including Hawaii (Julie Andrews & Richard Harris), Hallelujah Trail (Burt Lancaster & Lee Remick), Finian's Rainbow (Fred Astaire), Green Berets (John Wayne), Hurry Sundown (Michael Caine & Jane Fonda), Extraordinary Seaman (David Niven & Faye Dunaway), Trouble with Girls (Elvis Presley), Summer Magic (Hayley Mills), How to Save a Marriage (Dean Martin), and Taras Bulba (Tony Curtis & Yul Brynner). He sang and acted as a soldier in the movie Camelot (Richard Harris & Vanessa Redgrave).

His own Family: Bob married Clarice Mack in 1951. She grew up in San Gabriel, CA. They met in high school while attending a church camp together. They began dating in college at SCBC. They raised 3 children, (Corinne, Rand and Brett), while living in California, first in Burbank and the foothills of the San Fernando Valley and later in Northern California. Bob and Clarice were married for 53 years. Bob was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma Cancer in 1994. After receiving treatment he went into remission for 10 years. The internet became available during this time and he was able to reconnect with many of his past musician friends. Thankfully, one friend had the equipment to transfer much of Bob's music from his original reel to reel tapes onto a digital format. CD's were created of all Bob's albums just a short time before Bob's death on January 17, 2004. We are fortunate to be able to still listen to his beautiful voice, trombone playing and music he created. He was a talented man and very much missed by his family and friends.

Richard Wendley was born on 8 February 1920 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Combat! (1962), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He died on 21 November 2013 in Chico, California, USA.

Jane Juska was born on 7 March 1933 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. She was married to Joe Juska. She died on 24 October 2017 in Chico, California, USA.

Jeffrey Harsh was an actor, known for Let's Go Camping (2021). He died on 14 October 2023 in Chico, California, USA.

Michael Davis was born on 5 June 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was married to Angela Davis. He died on 17 February 2012 in Chico, California, USA.

Stanley J. Keyawa was born on 15 August 1920 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. He was a composer, known for Rescue 8 (1958), The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954). He died on 26 January 2007 in Chico, California, USA.

Bill Toliver was born in 1937. He was an actor, known for Jade (1995), Lord Help Us (2007) and Terrarium (2003). He died on 5 February 2011 in Chico, California, USA.

Mickey McMasters was a standout wrestler at Whittier High School in Whittier, California; he turned professional and worked the wrestling rings, auditoriums and gymnasiums for several years. By the 1930s, despite working as an embalmer in a Long Beach mortuary, he moonlighted as a wrestling referee; was sometimes engaged as a physical trainer, stuntman, or as a consultant in motion pictures involving wrestling; and would travel to various venues delivering talks on professional wrestling for the benefit of the uninitiated.

Brad Moniz was born on 21 February 1958 in Alameda County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Sudden Death (1995) and Black Dahlia (1998). He died on 22 October 2012 in Chico, California, USA.

Jack Rogers was married to Dorothy. He died on 8 March 1994 in Chico, Washington, USA.

Angela Allaire was born on 7 June 1940 in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. Angela was a production designer, known for Warbirds (1988). Angela was married to Deland Nuse, Richard Mason and Paul Hewitt. Angela died on 4 November 2005 in Chico, California, USA.

Thomas Henry Rea was born May 2, 1898, To John Thomas Rea and Nellie Thurman Rea in Nebraska. He owned and operated the Elm Motel in Chico at the time of his death on April 2, 1957. When he was 16 year old he moved to Los Angeles from Nebraska. Two year later he started working for the Hal Roach, Fox Studios and Universal Studios as a trick-photographer. He held that position for the next seven years, at which time he went into construction work, and until moving to Chico, had been a building contractor in Los Angeles. He was a Mason and a member of Hollywood Lodge No. 355 F. & A. M. and was also a member of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, No. 77 of Paradise, California. He build the Elm Motel in 1946 and operated until his death. He was entombed in the Chico Mausoleum.