Rex Dale Pollard

Resident of California

April 17, 1933- March 27, 2012

BRENTWOOD, Calif. • Rex Dale Pollard passed away peacefully after a long illness on Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. at John Muir Hospital in Concord, Calif.

He was born in Rupert, Idaho, and went to Rupert High school and graduated in 1951. He was remembered as a outstanding athlete in his high school years. After high school he worked for Bell Telephone in Burley, Idaho, and also spent time in the Army from 1955 to 1957 in Washington. He also worked at the University of Washington doing telephone work. At the end of his career, he worked on the Alaskan pipeline for approximately 16 years as a communications journeyman before he retired in 1996.

Most of his life was spent in Idaho, Washington, Arizona and Nevada. The things he enjoyed most were his “passion” for hunting, fishing and being in the outdoors. He was most happy doing the things he loved most and that was being in the wilderness with a fishing pole or a rifle. After his retirement, he spent his time in Arizona and Washington with his wife and traveling in their fifth wheel meeting different people and seeing the countryside.

In recent years, he missed his departed wife, Thelma “Annie” Pollard, who passed away Feb. 15, 2009. After his wife’s passing, he moved to California to be closer to his daughter. While there, he liked to watch bass fishing tournament weigh-ins on the California Delta.

He is survived by his devoted daughter, Cami Guercio in California; loving son, Steve Pollard in Virginia; one grandson, Shawn Ertz; four granddaughters, Ashlynn, Jaedynn, Simone and Sarah; and three siblings, Patsy Osborne, Rodney Pollard and Shirley Pearl. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two siblings, Susie Fleming and Bryce Pollard.

A final service was held Thursday, March 29, at the Brentwood Funeral Home in Brentwood, Calif. Those who wish may sign his guestbook at www.brentwoodfuneral.com