Sponsored by:KHS
- Birth
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Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Death
- 23 Sep 1995 (aged 84)
South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Burial
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Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.1838056, Longitude: -118.1493317
- Plot
- Pasadena Mausoleum • Memory Garden Court, Column 109, Row E (middle of West Wall, top row)
- Memorial ID
- 7115794 View Source
Jack Shirar was quite the athlete in high school and junior college. There were several local newspaper sports articles that included his exploits. He played tackle for the Pasadena Junior College football team, and was a guard on the P.J.C. basketball team. He played pickup basketball in his parents' backyard together with the slightly younger Mack and Jackie Robinson brothers who lived about a mile away.
Jack played the saxophone in the John Muir High School band and the Pasadena Junior College "Bulldog" band. Jack travelled with the "Bulldog" band to Utah and performed in the Mormon Tabernacle.
After graduating from P.J.C, Jack served as a Track Coach at Longfellow Elementary School for many years. He was also a basketball referee. He played 2nd Base on the Post Office baseball team in the "Owl League".
Jack worked as Clerk for the U.S. Post Office in Pasadena, California, and retired from there. He served as Secretary and President of the local chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Jack also worked in his father's masonry contracting business. He also became an independent masonry contractor, and performed various jobs on on his own following his father's retirement.
Jack was active in the First Friends Church of Pasadena where he met his 1st wife, "Polly" Pickering, whose parents were Friends ministers.
Wives:
1st Wife: Charlotte Pauline "Polly" Pickering (1914-1969) • Married on 28 Aug 1933, Los Angeles County, California • Became a widower on 26 Dec 1969.
2nd Wife: Maryellen Catherine "Pat" (Kirk) Howe (1915-2005) • Married on 29 Jul 1972, South Pasadena, California.
Children:
Loren Arthur :Lorry" Shirar (9 Feb 1935 - 6 Jun 2017)
Sherryn Kay "Sherry" (Shirar) Case (25 Jul 1947 - )
Jack Shirar was quite the athlete in high school and junior college. There were several local newspaper sports articles that included his exploits. He played tackle for the Pasadena Junior College football team, and was a guard on the P.J.C. basketball team. He played pickup basketball in his parents' backyard together with the slightly younger Mack and Jackie Robinson brothers who lived about a mile away.
Jack played the saxophone in the John Muir High School band and the Pasadena Junior College "Bulldog" band. Jack travelled with the "Bulldog" band to Utah and performed in the Mormon Tabernacle.
After graduating from P.J.C, Jack served as a Track Coach at Longfellow Elementary School for many years. He was also a basketball referee. He played 2nd Base on the Post Office baseball team in the "Owl League".
Jack worked as Clerk for the U.S. Post Office in Pasadena, California, and retired from there. He served as Secretary and President of the local chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Jack also worked in his father's masonry contracting business. He also became an independent masonry contractor, and performed various jobs on on his own following his father's retirement.
Jack was active in the First Friends Church of Pasadena where he met his 1st wife, "Polly" Pickering, whose parents were Friends ministers.
Wives:
1st Wife: Charlotte Pauline "Polly" Pickering (1914-1969) • Married on 28 Aug 1933, Los Angeles County, California • Became a widower on 26 Dec 1969.
2nd Wife: Maryellen Catherine "Pat" (Kirk) Howe (1915-2005) • Married on 29 Jul 1972, South Pasadena, California.
Children:
Loren Arthur :Lorry" Shirar (9 Feb 1935 - 6 Jun 2017)
Sherryn Kay "Sherry" (Shirar) Case (25 Jul 1947 - )
Family Members
- Maintained by: KHS Relative Niece/Nephew
- Originally Created by: William Barritt
- Added: 25 Jan 2003
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7115794/jack_arthur-shirar: accessed ), memorial page for Jack Arthur Shirar (29 May 1911–23 Sep 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7115794, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by KHS (contributor 50871860).
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