Aug. 1, 1953 — May 16, 2016 Paul B. Mekhitarian was born in Aleppo, Syria, on Aug. 1, 1953 to Nourijan and Ovsanna Mekhitarian. He was the middle child of three siblings – an older sister Silva, and a younger brother Zohrab. In January 1972, he met his wife Madlen. The two were engaged on […]
July 9, 1940 – Feb. 13, 2016 Lawrence “Larry” Edwin June, 75, born on July 9, 1940, and died on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Verdugo Hills Hospital. He had Parkinson’s and dementia and was in a nursing home and in-and-out of the hospital. At the end he was in hospice care. Larry was born in […]
1928 – 2016 Dorothy H. Holland, a longtime resident of the La Crescenta area, died Sunday, May 1. She was born in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Broad Ripple High School in 1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana, she moved to California and received a degree in electrolysis from Los […]
1951 – 2016 Ernest Victor “Skipper” Pistacchio, resident of Los Angeles County for over 60 years, died Sunday, May 1 at the age of 64. He was born to Ernest John and Gloria Marie (Rossi) Pistacchio in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1951, and moved with his family to Montrose in 1952. He was preceded […]
March 4, 1944 – April 20, 2016 Craig Robert Dailey passed away on April 20 at his home in La Crescenta of respiratory failure. Craig was born in San Diego on March 4, 1944 to Florence Pearl Gidley Dailey and Robert Harrison Dailey. Craig was a lifelong La Crescenta resident attending Lincoln Elementary, Clark Junior […]
April 16, 1938 – April 28, 2016 The Griffin family lost their family matriarch on Thursday. Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Griffin passed into the Kingdom of Heaven on April 28. She is survived by her husband John Griffin; her children Patti Roberts, Susan Bacon, Bill Griffin, Cindy Hall, and Sherri Strunk; her siblings Richard Barry, Brenda […]
Sept. 14, 1947 – April 17, 2016 Melvin Kent Kunz of La Crescenta passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 17 at the age of 68. Born in Montpelier, Idaho, Kent moved to Los Angeles with his family at age 4. Kent grew up in La Crescenta where he graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in […]
1929 – 2016 Alan Dearman, beloved husband to Bobbie, passed away peacefully on March 30 at his home in La Cañada. Alan was born to Emma and Edward Dearman in Sheffield, England where he was raised with two sisters, Barbara and Sheila. He immigrated in his mid-20s to the United States through Canada and then […]
May 19, 1972 – April 22, 2016 Mark Richard Sanderl, 43, of Glendora, passed away suddenly on April 22. Mark was born on May 19, 1972 to William and Elaine Sanderl in Pasadena. He graduated from La Salle High School in 1990, received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Saint Mary’s College of California […]
Sept. 1, 1938 – April 5, 2016 Richard “Dick” Clark Coffin passed away Tuesday, April 5 with his wife Margie at his side at Solheim Lutheran Home where he received loving care through the final stages of Alzheimer’s. He was 77. Born in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 1, 1938 to Barrett and Judy Coffin, Dick […]