This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnett, Pettus, Perate, Davis, Aalders, Kelbart Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1841 Message Board Post: Robert Wesley "Coach" Burnett, of Salt Lake City, passed away with his family around him December 20, 1998 age 83. Robert, second child of Frederick Joseph Burnett and Emma Elizabeth Pettus born August 15, 1915 Oakland, CA He was Varsity men's basketball coach 1942 USU Logan Utah. During World War II, he served as a naval aviator at the rank of lieutenant j.g. and was awarded several medals. In 1949, he returned to Stanford, first as assistant coach and then as head coach of the men's basketball team until 1954. He later worked as a Pac-8 referee, served as commissioner of the West Coast Athletic Conference and pursued interests in the mortgage, savings and loan and restaurant industries. Survivors: his wife, Kathleen L. (Davis) Burnett of Logan UT; his first wife, Pauline (Perate) Burnett of Palo Alto CA; eight children, Ria, Kevin, Melanie, Damian, Matthew, Jonathan, Deborah Aalders, and Kathryn Burnett-Klebart; and 10 grandchildren.