A memorial service will take place May 17 for Danton Burroughs, the grandson of “Tarzan” creator Edgar Rice Burroughs and an officer and director for the firm licensing his grandfather’s stories and characters in the media. Danton Burroughs died at his home in Tarzana on May 1. He was 63. The memorial service takes place at 2 p.m. at the Tarzana Community & Cultural Center, 19130 Ventura Blvd, in Tarzana. Danton Burroughs grew up in Tarzana, attended Reseda High School and graduated from Los Angeles Pierce College. He sold real estate in the early 1970s in the San Fernando Valley and Venice. Danton Burroughs is survived by his wife Linda and daughters Jane and Dejah and brother John Ralston and sister Dian. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Danton Burroughs’ Memorial Fund at Parkinson’s Resource Organization, 74-090 El Paseo, Suite 102, Palm Desert, CA 92260 or through their website www.parkinsonsresource.org.
