A celebration of life for Jerry Decter at Franklin Canyon Park, Oct. 18
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A celebration of the life of Jerry Decter, a longtime Los Angeles community activist, will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at the amphitheater below Doheny Ranch at Franklin Canyon Park, 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills. Decter, 85, died June 24. Decter helped establish the park’s WiIliam O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom.
With his wife, Betty, Decter documented a series of allegations that pushed City Councilman Louis R. Nowell to resign in the late 1970s. Nowell died July 2 at 94.
At Decter’s request, no formal ceremony is being held but guests are invited to bring their own picnic lunch, “discover” Franklin Canyon and share memories of him, if they are so inclined.
The invitation goes on to spell out a few more “rules” that feel more like practical advice regarding the get-together in the urban park:
Flat or appropriate shoesPlease — no dogs on this dayIf you are a hiker — please stay on the trailsKeep out of poison oak — leaves of three — let it beThere are 3 bathrooms in the lower areaThere are about 25 parking spaces, so carpooling is good
-- Valerie J. Nelson
