Patty, the fifth child of DeEsta and Elden McFarland, entered the world in La Jolla one month and two days after her Feb. 14 due date. Her mother claimed that had she been born on her due date her name would have been Valentina McFarland! But a baby born on March 16 instead had to be named […]
1937-2024 Joseph “Joe” Leonard Hegenbart passed away on July 17. He and his beloved wife Rosemary made a loving and caring home for their family in La Crescenta since 1968. Joe was born to Mildred and Henry Hegenbart in Los Angeles in 1937. He was the third of seven sons. During his youth he helped […]
June 26, 2024 Peter Theisinger, whose engineering leadership at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory helped make possible the modern era of Mars exploration, passed away on June 26 after a long illness. He was 78 years old. Pete, as he was known to friends and colleagues, worked on spacecraft missions to six planets and managed the […]
July 15, 1946 – July 2, 2024 Sandra Elaine Brownell (Jones), affectionately known as Sandi, passed away on July 2 in Glendale at the age of 77. She was born on July 15, 1946 in Des Moines, Iowa where she spent her childhood and young adult life until her late 30s when she moved with […]
July 1, 2024 Beverly Ann Hansing, a resident of the Montrose/La Crescenta/Whiting Woods area for over 65 years, passed away peacefully on July 1 with her daughters and their husbands by her side. Her extended family had recently gathered to celebrate her 92nd birthday on June 22. Born in 1932 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Walter Albert Bastyr […]
Dec. 24, 1951 – June 18, 2024 Gregory Paul Sheehy, 72, died peacefully at home in La Crescenta a few months after a diagnosis of liver cancer. Greg was the beloved husband to Alice (Lissy) Ziesing, loving father to Edward and Kathleen Sheehy, favorite youngest brother to Maureen Sheehy and John Sheehy. He was one […]
Feb. 2, 1930 – May 21, 2024 Ruby Ann Derksen was a beloved great grandmother, grandmother, mother and wife during her incredible 94 years of life. She went home to be with her Lord and savior on May 21. Ruby was born on Feb. 2, 1930 to Frank and Marian Janzen in Hillsboro, Kansas. She […]
Feb. 28, 1928 – July 5, 2024 On Feb. 28, 1928 Marcy was born to Abe and Mildred Filas in Spokane, Washington. As a youngster her family moved to Butte, Montana where she was often seen toddling behind her two older sisters Beverly and Adele. They found her to be an annoying little sister. As […]
May 10, 2024 Robert (Bob) Randall passed away peacefully at the beautiful Twelve Oaks Retirement Home in La Crescenta on May 10 where he lived for the past two years under the loving care of Denise Gotto – managing director, M.J. – nursing director, and the entire support staff that helps make Twelve Oaks […]
Edward Stone, former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and longtime project scientist of the agency’s Voyager mission, died on June 9. He was 88. He was preceded in death by his wife Alice Stone, whom he met at the University of Chicago. They are survived by their two daughters, Susan and Janet […]