Oct. 14, 1931 – Feb. 10, 2013 Barbara was born in Los Angeles to Hollett and Lauretta Mae Conley, was raised and spent her entire life in Glendale. She worked for the Glendale YMCA for approximately 18 years and enjoyed many a summer working at Camp Fox in Catalina. Employment in later years was for […]
Nov. 17, 1988 – Feb. 22, 2013 Natalie Michelle Carpenter was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She graduated from John Burroughs High School in Burbank. She was born with many gifts and talents. Natalie was a legal secretary/bookkeeper and loved being with friends and family and going to the […]
Jan. 11, 1930 – Feb. 25, 2013 Julietta McGowan was born on Jan. 11, 1930 in El Paso, Tex. and passed away at home on Feb. 25 in Glendale. Julie graduated from El Paso Technical High School in 1948 and later in life moved to New Orleans, La. for several years. During the mid 1950s, […]
1926 – 2013 Hope was born on Oct. 21, 1926 in Gloversville, N.Y. She attended Gloversville High School and graduated in 1944. Her family moved to California in 1950. She met Donald Talmo while vacationing on Catalina Island. They married in 1952 and had three sons, Mark, Blaine and Brent. Hope was a homemaker most […]
April 5, 1919 – Jan. 28, 2013 Anita Rita Manfra passed away peacefully after several years of dementia/Alzheimer’s on Jan. 28. Anita was born in Revere Beach, Mass. in 1919 to Arthur and Ada Avallone who settled in Boston after leaving Italy. She is the second oldest of five children and graduated from Revere Beach […]
July 2, 1924 – Jan. 22, 2013 Paul was born July 2, 1924 in Glendale. He served with U.S. Marines, 1st Marines, 5th Battalion during WWII in the Pacific theater and received the Purple Heart in 1944. In 1948, Paul married Bobbe Jean Beeler. He worked for the City of Glendale for 37 years, 25 […]
June 6, 1921 – Jan. 26, 2013 Harley Albert Bates was born and raised in Coldwater, Mich. He joined the Army in 1941 and married Verna Louise Coats on Oct. 6, 1943 in Tyler, Tex. They moved to California in 1947 where he continued his studies in accounting at UCLA. He worked at Forest Lawn […]
Aug. 24, 1918 –Jan. 16, 2013 Eleanor Pauline Walsh Martinez Birney passed away peacefully at her home in San Gabriel on Jan. 16 at the age of 94 with many of her children at her bedside. Eleanor was born Aug. 24, 1918 in Bakersfield to Genevieve Buletti-Walsh and Joseph Walsh. Her mother passed away when […]
Jan. 4, 1938 – Jan. 5, 2013 Alan was born on Jan. 4, 1938 in Glendale; he passed away on Jan. 5 at home during his sleep. He was the eldest of two sons born to L. Zell and A. Marie Allmon. Alan is survived by his three sons Chris, David and Greg; two daughters-in-law […]
Jan. 22, 2013 Former La Cañada mayor Joan Feehan died Jan. 22. Joan served three terms as mayor: 1988-89; 1992-93 and 1997-98. During her terms as mayor, she led the way for many new projects in the city. Probably the most visible are the bus benches … covered and not covered … that are enjoyed […]