Hugh, called LaVerne, moved with his mother to CA after his father died. He worked in a northern CA Carnation Creamery and married the owner's daughter, Lena Colli. During WWII he worked in the San Diego shipyards. After returning to the Creamery he divorced Lena and moved to San Diego. He built a small vacation home in Baja Californa, Mexico where he and his sisters would go now and then. He had a Jeep and would help American's out of trouble when they got stuck on a road there in Mexico. When they asked if they could pay him something he would say they could give the 'kitty' something. He had a ceramic kitty bank glued to his dashboard. Although he never had children he enjoyed his nieces, Gilberta and Alyce and their children. When his first great niece tried to say 'Uncle LaVerne' it came out 'Uncle Burn' and that's what he was called by all the children who came after. He lived with his sister, Ruth, until she needed a full time caregiver. He moved in with his sister, Vola, until her death, then he lived alone in her house until his death. His ashes were scattered in the Greenwood Cremation Garden.
Hugh, called LaVerne, moved with his mother to CA after his father died. He worked in a northern CA Carnation Creamery and married the owner's daughter, Lena Colli. During WWII he worked in the San Diego shipyards. After returning to the Creamery he divorced Lena and moved to San Diego. He built a small vacation home in Baja Californa, Mexico where he and his sisters would go now and then. He had a Jeep and would help American's out of trouble when they got stuck on a road there in Mexico. When they asked if they could pay him something he would say they could give the 'kitty' something. He had a ceramic kitty bank glued to his dashboard. Although he never had children he enjoyed his nieces, Gilberta and Alyce and their children. When his first great niece tried to say 'Uncle LaVerne' it came out 'Uncle Burn' and that's what he was called by all the children who came after. He lived with his sister, Ruth, until she needed a full time caregiver. He moved in with his sister, Vola, until her death, then he lived alone in her house until his death. His ashes were scattered in the Greenwood Cremation Garden.
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