 Igor’s Riviera Real Estate News 
Volume XXXVI No Other Realtor Has Sold More Homes in the Hollywood Riviera Since 2001
The Story Behind
Betty’s Bench,
a Lower-Riviera
Landmark
For those who live in the lower part of
the Hollywood Riviera – or anyone
driving to El Retiro Park and Library --
a familiar sight is the long wooden
bench at the corner of Via La Circula
and Camino Del Campo. A decora-
tive plaque on the bench reads
“Betty’s Bench, In loving Memory,
1920-1998.”
But who was Betty? And who made
this beautiful bench for her?
The answer goes back decades to the
great love between Don and Betty
Marousek. Married in 1944, the
Marousek’s were spellbound by the
Hollywood Riviera and happily settled
into a charming home on Camino Del
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Campo in 1959. It was there that
they raised three children who at-
tended our local schools. Betty was a
principal at nearby Riviera Hall Lu-
theran School on Palos Verdes Boule-
vard, and Don, a former Colonel and
pilot with the Marine Corps, worked
in machine tool sales. In his spare
time Don liked to do wood working,
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a hobby for which he had a special
talent.
Betty noticed that children gathered
school mornings at the corner of Via
La Circula and Camino Del Campo to
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John Wisser (left), Jim Ellingson (right)
wait for the bus to Riviera Elemen-
tary. With nothing to sit on, they
would rest on the ground while wait-
ing for their ride. It wasn’t comforta-
ble, and it certainly wasn’t condu-
cive to keeping their clothes clean.
So Betty suggested that Don build
the students a bench, and around
1989, it was lovingly installed on
their corner. Riviera school children
delighted in gathering at the bench
where they could sit and chat while
waiting for the bus.
When Betty died in 1998, a heart-
broken Don went to work making
the beautiful plaque that adorns the
bench today, a touching memorial
to her life and love of children.
Recently, lower Riviera residents Jim
Ellingson, a retired Torrance fire
fighter, paramedic and hazardous
materials specialist, and John
Wisser, a retired sergeant with the
Redondo Beach police department,
noticed the bench was in bad shape,
eaten away by termites and bat-
tered by the sun. After getting per-
mission from the home’s current
owners, they got to work restoring
the bench to its former splendor.
Jim comes from a family of carpen-
ters and does wood working as a
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hobby, so with the assistance of
John, he expertly sanded, cut and
replaced the worn-down seat boards
and back support. He repainted the
bench the exact same color as the
original, and meticulously restored
the plaque Don had created for Bet-
ty, down to painting the green leaves
that frame the inscription. Thanks to
Jim and John’s hard work and care,
the bench is now good as new.
Though a school bus no longer takes
local children up to Riviera School,
Betty’s Bench still gets regular use
by elderly walkers who need to catch
their breath, mothers taking a break
as they push heavy strollers to El Re-
tiro Park, and couples on an evening
stroll to the Village.
Over the years, Betty’s Bench has
witnessed seasons come and go,
children grow, neighbors move away,
and people pass on. But it stands as
a touching reminder that the sense
of belonging a neighborhood brings
endures the test of time. 
 January 1—June 30, 2019
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4403 Highgrove Ave
4008 Mesa St
445 Camino De Las Colinas
23315 Shadycroft Ave
207 Calle Mayor
419 Camino de las Colinas
5526 Via Del Valle
4079 Bluff St
336 Calle De Andalucia
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333 Via Pasqual
162 Paseo De Las Delicias
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