San Bernardino County Obituaries

Dorothy Melvina Maxham

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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"Big Bear Grizzly"; Thursday, March 26, 2009 

92, entered eternal life January 2, 2009, at the home of her daughter Linda, in Bend, Oregon. Born May 21, 1916 
in Muncie, Indiana, she and her sister came to California and lived in Roscoe - now Sun Valley, California in their 
teens. She attended Burbank High School. After graduating, she met her future husband Ben. They lived in Burbank 
where they raised two daughters. In 1971 they moved to Big Bear to help their daughter Linda and her husband Glenn 
operate the Boulder Bay Market. She and her husband Ben were active in the community and were members for many 
years of the Big Bear Baptist church. She is survived by her two daughters, Linda of Bend, Oregon, and Joan of 
Issaquah, Washington, and nephew Ray Proctor of Big Bear Lake and Phoenix, Arizona. Funeral services were held at 
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California.