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Note: Dennis was married to Donna A. Bouey & divorced with son Darren prior to his marriage to Robin. He also had two daughters: 1) with bride Maria Maga who was pregnant at the time of their marriage and gave birth to a daughter, Anna Attebery and 2) Dennis also had a daughter as the result of an affair with the wife of his friend who was away in the military. This daughter's name is Trish. After Dennis' death, his family felt it necessary to to tell Trish about her real father.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Valley News (Van Nuys, California); December 7, 1961; page 37 column 1; (Ancestry.com): TWO VALLEY MEN SERVING ABOARD US DESTROYER Corbin I. Newell, seaman USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Corbin I. Newell of 17543 Victory Blvd. and Dennis G. Attebery, seaman apprentice USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard G. Attebery of 5340 Lennox Ave., both of Van Nuys, are serving aboard the destroyer USS Harry E. Hubbard. This ship is a unit of the First Fleet which took part in Exercise Black Bear off the Southern California coast. Involving some 10,000 men and 6 ships, the training operation centered around a fast carrier striking force subjected to air and sub-surface attack. Opposition was provided by jet and conventional aircraft and by submarines, simulating attacks with all types of weapons. During the exercises the striking force was replenished at sea by fleet oilers, stores ships and ammunition ship.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Valley News (Van Nuys, California); August 2, 1968; pages 1 & 14; (Ancestry.com): 7 Arrested as Shots Fired In Melee After Burglary Seven persons were arrested by Van Nuys police after shots were fired, one suspect injured and threats allegedly made with knives and a razor after the reported burglary of fishing equipment from a camper in Van Nuys. Ivan Hill 48, his twin brother Gilbert Floyd Hill Jr. both of 4731 Sepulveda Blvd., and their nephew Donald Lee Alsobrook 21, of 137034 Gault St., Van Nuys, reported that $326 in fishing equipment had been stolen from Alsobrook's and Ivan Hill's camper on Wednesday. Apartment Entered Gilbert Hill and Alsobrook went to the apartment of Lawrence Edward La Forest 26, of 6661 Fulton Ave., Apt. 3 whom they said they had seen loitering about the camper. They reportedly entered the apartment with Hill carrying a gun and Alsobrook a knife. Alsobrook allegedly held the knife at the throat of Cheryle Jeanette Peterson 18, of the Sepulveda Blvd. address, who was in the apartment. Hill recovered part of the property. Alsobrook and Hill then retreated to the truck followed by Dennis Attebery 24, of Lennox Ave. Van Nuys, who was carrying a straight-edge razor, police were told. When Attebery picked up a gun off the truck seat in which the other two men had arrived at the apartment, Alsobrook took a shotgun from the truck and fired one shot after telling Attebery to put down the pistol. Alsobrook and Hill returned to the Sepulveda address. Attebery then appeared and wanted to fight, but Ivan Hill told him to leave, officers were told. Attebery then informed the three men that Mrs. Patricia Ann La Forrest 21, was crouched down in the bushes nearby holding a rifle with a power scope. Police said this was true. Then Charles Edmund Smith 25, of 6751 Valjean Ave., Sepulveda, who had been in the Fulton Ave. apartment arrived and allegedly threatened Alsobrook with a knife. Seven Booked As Smith approached the door Alsobrook fired a rifle twice into the ground but it struck cement. Fragments of the cement struck Attebery in the upper part of the body and he later was treated at Encino Hospital for superficial cuts. As Smith started to leave after allegedly being struck in the head with the rifle, Gilbert Hill reportedly fired a revolver into the air, the report said. Smith and Mrs. La Forrest were arrested in the 4900 block of Sepulveda Blvd. Alsobrook and Gilbert Hill were booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Smith, Lawrence La Forrest, Patricia La Forrest, Cheryle Peterson were booked on charges of burglary from auto.
OBITUARY - Valley News (Van Nuys, California); December 17, 1970; (Ancestry.com):
Bridegroom 26 Killed in Car Crash; Rites Slated Services for Dennis Glen Attebery, a Valley man who was killed in an automobile accident just 10 hours after his marriage, will be conducted today at 12:30 p.m. in the Church of the Hills at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills. According to a California Highway Patrol report, the 26 year old sheet metal mechanic was fatally injured when the car he was driving went out of control and rolled over on highway 58 about 10 miles east of Mojave on Sunday around 2 a.m. Passengers in the vehicle, his bride, the former Maria Maga 20 of Canoga park, and John Ahern 23, of Sepulvada, who had served as best man during ceremonies conducted Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in Las Vegas, escaped with minor injuries. The native of California was born in Burbank and had attended Van Nuys schools. he obtained a high school diploma while serving with the U.S. Navy for three years and subsequently enrolled at Valley College. At the time of his death he was employed by Michael Scott Metal Shaping Inc. in Chatsworth. In addition to his widow, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Attebery of Van Nuys; three sisters Mrs. Darlene Loiler of San Fernando, Mrs Donald Hart of Lakeview Terrace and Mrs. Serge Papayans of Sunland, two sons Darren 6 and Todd 3 by a previous marriage, and grandparents Ida Attebery of North Platt, Neb., and John Kilmer of Arnold Neb.
Note: Family tradition says that Dennis was riding in the back seat of the car (a Volkswagen) when the accident occurred. Apparently his new bride and best man arranged his body to make it appear to the police as if Dennis was driving.
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DENNIS G ATTEBERY CALIFORNIA FA US NAVY VIETNAM APRIL 25 1944 DEC 13 1970
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