Webmaster design for 'Oliver'

Fagin

Performed by

Barry Pearl

As webmaster for Barry Pearl I designed a tribute page to 'Oliver'. In 1963 Barry Pearl was a workhouse boy and one of Fagin's gang on Broadway.

This was followed years later with Barry Pearl as Fagin

November 30 – December 31, 2006 

Oliver! Shatters Fulton Theatre Box Office Records, LANCASTER, Pa.

large cast of some of the cutest kids and live animals — a real rat (!) and a charming bull terrier playing Bullseye — is outdone only by a tremendous Fagin, played by Lancaster native Barry Pearl, who nearly pickpockets the show.

This project was truly fun to do and you can enjoy a bit of the performance with a click on Fagin.

My Childhood Idol

Leon Maurice Gensler

He was my father. 

Birth:  Jan. 4, 1904

Fresno

Death:  Apr. 27, 1989

Fresno

1916-12 years old, delievered shoes for Reliable Shoe Store, with bicycle he bought himself.( His father, Myer, was the manager of the Fresno store.) Also served as button boy -changed buttons on high top shoes to fit ladies ankles.

1917-moved to San Francisco. Went to Healds and studied electricty at night school. 13 years old was usher at Little Edison Theater on Powell Street just off Market Street. Then to Lincoln Meat Market wrapping meat.

1918-Then to Dinkelspiel Wholesale Men's Furnishings to run elevator, one year $50.00 a month. He also helped fill orders. Finished grade school 8th grade at Mission Grammer. Worked for Wolf & Shelton Battery, overhauling & charging batteries for a few months.

1919-August his mother died. Lived with Uncle Scott Wright and Aunt Ruth.

1920-16 years old. Spent two weeks vacation in moutains. P.O.Avery, Uncle Lou's ( Louis Cousins, Leon's 1st cousin) ranch two miles above Avery, CA

1921-Went back to moutains to live.

18-19 years old, Bellhop at Sequoia.

1923- married Iva  

After Iva died he put the children into foster homes until he married Iva's sister Wardie.

Wardie & Leon lived in their home until their deaths in 1989.

My father earned his living as a radio repair man until circa 1940 at that time he took work as a repairman for a company called 'Service Amusements' repairing 'Pinball Machines'.

Stolen Memories Chapter III

Scott Leif Gensler

Scott Gensler passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2008, in Los Alamos, California. He was born on April 25, 1958 in Santa Barbara, where he lived until buying a home in Los Alamos. 

Scott attended San Marcos High School before taking the GED exam to exit high school in 1976. 

Scott was employed by the Raytheon Corporation for 22 years. His last job title was Principal Supply Chain Specialist.

Scott enjoyed fishing, shooting in the mountains of West Camino Cielo, off roading, and watching NASCAR. 

Scott was an amazing son and brother. He touched many lives with his caring spirit and love for life. He was well known and loved in the community and any outing with him would involve stopping to greet the many people that he knew in Santa Barbara, Los Alamos and Santa Maria.

Scott was my youngest son and a joy to be with. He is missed and thought of everyday. He was sunshine and laughter.

Robert Lawrence Gensler (Robby)

Was my fourth child and second son. He lived with our family eight weeks until his 

sudden death. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected, sudden death of a child under age 1 in which an autopsy does not show an explainable cause of death. Symptoms: There are no symptoms.

Stolen Memories Chapter II

My Mother

Iva (Neese) Gensler

Daughter of Ida (Stafford) & Alfred Neese

My mother died when I was 7 years old and I have only vague memories of her. I know she was a telephone operator before she married and she had 3 sons and 1daughter. She died in the hospital of Peritonis. It is a sad fact that all I know about my mother is written in this paragraph. The links lead to recorded information.

Stolen Memories

Kenny Neese was one of the most respected pilots in Alaska at the time he left in 1941. He had logged 9,302 hours in his logbook, more than any other pilot in the territory. He was very particular about his equipment, and it showed in his safety record. He served as manager of Star Airlines for several years. Star eventually became Alaska Airlines.

During World War II many of Alaska's pilots and mechanics left to join the war effort. Among them were Kenny Neese and Don Goodman.
Neese, whose career traced to the airline's founding as McGee Airways, departed in 1941 to fly bombers and transports. He was killed in 1942 on what was to be his last scheduled mission.

Kenneth Neese was my mother's brother.

Pilots

The bush pilots who flew in the 1930s were a most important element in the development of air services in Alaska, and indeed in the development of Alaska itself. They flew single engine aircraft all over the Territory, with no weather reports, no navigation aides, no radios in aircraft, not even good maps, and there were very few landing fields. The pilots took the risks and their contributions to the inhabitants of Alaska were of enormous importance. The bush pilots who flew for McGee Airways were:

• Estol Call
• Roy S. Dickson (1901-1958)
• James M. "Jim" Dodson (1902-1969)
• Ed Fageros
• Don Glass (d.1943)
• Don H. Goodman (b.1909)

• Gordon MacKenzie (1894-1963)
• John W. "Johnny" Moore (1907-1988)
• Kenneth W. "Kenny" Neese (1903-1944)
• Murrell Sasseen (1906-1974)
• Dan Victor (1901-1942)
• Oscar Winchell (1903-1987)