Carmen Cookson, age 94, went to be with the Lord on February 10, 2023, at St. Luke’s Hospice in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Carmen was born in Brawley, California in March 1928 to Ramon Ponce of Cuba and Maria Manzanero Ponce of Spain. She grew up in Denver, Colorado and Coachella, California. Carmen was crowned the first […]
Feb. 1, 2023 Regis Raymond Coyle passed away early on Feb. 1 after a four-year battle with cancer. Regis, 66, was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and moved to Bakersfield in the summer of 1969. He graduated from Highland High School where he was a standout football player. He formed some of his lifelong friendships during […]
June 13, 1935 – Feb. 4, 2023 Alicia Rivas, aka Alicia Flores Murillo, passed away on Feb. 4 at Glendale Adventist Hospital ICU after having developed bilateral pneumonia. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her daughter María-Alicia, granddaughters Tabitha and Samantha, son-in-law Craig Jerpseth, and her nephew/godson Luis-Ruben Reyes. Alicia was born in Tacámbaro, Michoacán, Mexico on […]
Dec. 8, 1924 – Jan. 10, 2023 Kathleen Teresa (Terry) O’Sullivan was born to Roland and Kathleen Cooper on Dec. 8, 1924 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. She met her future husband, Timothy, who was stationed at the nearby U.S. Army Air Corps base at Grafton Underwood, and the couple married in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1946. […]
Tom Gilfoy of La Cañada Flintridge passed away at home on Jan. 12 at the age of 90. Tom lived a long and fruitful life with the overarching themes of family and adventure. He was born in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 1932, but lived his first few years in La Cañada. The Great Depression […]
Dec. 6, 2022 Longtime resident of La Crescenta, winning CVHS gymnastic coach, creative dance choreographer and devoted mother of five (Day, Dawn, Durette, Darren and Damon), Laree Martin took her final bow and made her exit peacefully at her Mohave Valley, Arizona home on Dec. 6. She was 81 years old. Being the oldest […]
April 14, 1936 – Dec. 11, 2022 Jerrie Ann Marson was born in Tonopah, Nevada to Raymond and Virginia Germain. Following in her parents’ footsteps she moved to Reno, Nevada to attend UNR and pursue her degree in education. She married Max Goble. Max and Jerrie moved to El Paso, Texas where Max worked […]
Glenda was born in Los Angeles to Glenn and Ellen Bryant. She was the youngest of three children. She was a loving wife to Bob for 67 years and a loving and protective mother of their nine children. She was an avid book reader, loved to garden and was an extraordinary baker. She was proud […]
Aug. 21, 1967 – Jan. 1, 2023 Kirk Smith, owner of Smith’s Produce, died on Jan. 1 following a battle with cancer. He was 55. Kirk was born at Glendale Memorial Hospital. He grew up in La Crescenta and graduated from Crescenta Valley High School where he played on the basketball team. Smith’s Produce served […]
Jan. 18, 1941 – Sept. 28, 2022 Barbara Anne Burrus Bowser Vaughn Rodrigues was born on Jan. 18, 1941 in Winfield, Kansas to 25-year-old William Clarence Burrus and 19-year-old Mabel Frances Davenport. Brother James Roy was born Jan. 3, 1944. In 1945 the family packed up all of their belongings in their 1935 Ford, two-door […]