Lynn Wayne Garrison

A service was held in December at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills and Mr. Garrison was buried near his parents at Forest Lawn.

Mr. Garrison was born August 23, 1941, in Peoria, Illinois, to Paul I. and Rose A. (Fenner) Garrison. His father Paul was a teacher in industrial arts and his mother Rose was a schoolteacher. Lynn had one older sister, Lois Hawkins.

He graduated from Hoover High School, in Glendale, CA in 1959 and received his Bachelor’s of Engineering Degree from UCLA in 1964. He met Sharon E. Williams at Glendale Presbyterian Church where they married on March 21, 1964, in Glendale, CA.

Mr. Garrison had grown up in Iowa before moving to California in 1955. He lived for a number of years in Southern California before moving in 1974 to San Jose, CA and later moved to Brentwood in 2002. He was employed by Lockheed-Martin as an engineer for 42 years, retiring in 2007. In retirement, he enjoyed working on his model train collection.

He is survived by his wife, Sharon, of Brentwood; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Matt Dreisbach of Boulder Creek, CA; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Wendy Garrison of San Jose, CA; grandsons, Brian Garrison of San Jose, CA, Sage and River Dreisbach of Boulder Creek, CA, and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Garrison was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Lois (Garrison) Hawkins.

Brentwood Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.