Sunday, September 11, 2016

"Bill Powers Memorial Service: Faces In The Crowd", by Harry Varnas

Dateline: Sunday morning, Sept. 11, 2016 at Will Rogers Lifeguard Headquarters, for the memorial service for OLS Bill Powers, R.I.P. The following photos are by & Copyright Harry Varnas 2016 and are used here with his permission.  Per Harry:

"Hey Will,  here some closeups from the Bill Powers memorial. Its great to see the guards from Bill's era.   John Thomas and Norton were in rare form.  Since the crew is so spread out, here are some shots for everyone to enjoy."



Scott Davey


Harold Dunnigan


Tom Katsouleas


Steve Contarsy


Buddy Bohn


Angus Alexander


Greg Bonann


Scott Hubbell


Bill Bischoff


Joel Gitelson


Tim McNulty, Sr.


Phil Topar


Mike Frazer


Mickey Gallagher


Ralph Lee


Chuck Locko


Will Maguire


Rebecca Gilman



Below, at center, Bill's cousin and the master of ceremonies for the memorial service, Bob Prokop, with his mother (Bill's aunt), at right, being presented with the American Flag by the U.S. Army Color Guard.


Norton Wisdom


Richard Mark


Warren Rigby


Below, L2R, Steve Contarsy, John Thomas, and Norton Wisdom


L2R, Joel Gitelson and Adrian Crook


Below, Richard Mark, in profile


L2R, John Thomas with Lifeguard Chief, Steve Moseley


 Below, L2R, Will Maguire and Joel Gitelson


Below, L2R, Section Chief Terry Yamamoto, OLS Tex Ribera, and OLS Rebecca Gilman


Abby Schneider


Jay Hopkins


Matty Mitchell


Greg Pfeifer


*** Many Thanks to Harry Varnas for sharing these spectacular photos with all of us !

Rest in peace, Bill Powers!

Respectfully submitted,

"County Recurrent" News

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1 comment:

Nick said...

RIP Bill Powers sorry I was unable to be there and remember the years I worked with Bill. Great water-man!