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Richard Allen Cowgill

Richard Allen Cowgill

Mar 25, 2019

Richard A. Cowgill October 19, 1943 – March 25, 2019

Richard “Dick” A. Cowgill passed away on March 25, 2019 at the age of 75.  He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Sandra J. Cowgill of 36 years, loving children, Natalie Gooch (Douglas), Neely Hitiris (Angelo), Jennifer Azoulay (Avi), Donald Armstrong...

James Michael Redmond

James Michael Redmond

Mar 24, 2019

James Michael Redmond, age 76, a retired attorney and former Iowa State Senator, passed away peacefully at his home in Dana Point, California on Sunday, March 24th, after a battle with renal cell carcinoma. He was surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his devoted wife Janice (Walker) Redmond of Dana Point, his three beautiful daughters Elizabeth...

Janet Hobson Treat

Janet Hobson Treat

Mar 23, 2019

Janet Hobson Treat lives in Irvine CA, passed away at the age of 87. Born on June 04, 1931 and passed away on March 23, 2019.

Pamela Lee Parry

Pamela Lee Parry

Mar 23, 2019

Pamela Lee Parry lives in Laguna Niguel CA, passed away at the age of 66. Born on April 25, 1952 and passed away on March 23, 2019.

Mary Emma Martha Odierna

Mary Emma Martha Odierna

Mar 20, 2019

E U L O G Y

Dear friends, about my mother Mary Emma Martha Odierna

My mother was born in Transcona, a suburb of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada in the winter of 1925.

She was a good, strong and sensitive woman who lived a long full life that reached just over 94 years.

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Jeannette Joan Grelck

Jeannette Joan Grelck

Mar 20, 2019

Jeannette Joan (Treppa) Grelck

Jeannette Joan Grelck, daughter of Basil Treppa and Mathilda Freda, died on March 20, 2019 in Lake Forest, California two weeks shy of her 98 th birthday. She is the widow of John Gabriel Grelck II (called Jack), having lost him February 2, 2013, after 66½ years of marriage.

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Angel Lopez Rivera Jr.

Angel Lopez Rivera Jr.

Mar 19, 2019

Angel Lopez Rivera Jr. lives in Mission Viejo CA, passed away at the age of 85. Born on December 30, 1933 and passed away on March 19, 2019.

Jessie Don Baggerly

Jessie Don Baggerly

Mar 19, 2019

Jessie D. “The Don” Baggerly August 18, 1959 – March 19, 2019

Jessie Don Baggerly was born in Victoria, Texas on August 18, 1959. He graduated from Rockdale High School in 1977.

Jessie proudly served four years, with distinction, as a Lance corporal (LCpl) in the United States Marine Corps, from...

David Nguyen Locke

David Nguyen Locke

Mar 19, 2019

David Nguyen Locke lives in Laguna Woods CA, passed away at the age of 82. Born on November 13, 1936 and passed away on March 19, 2019.

Adelaida Ongkeko Estanislao

Adelaida Ongkeko Estanislao

Mar 18, 2019

Dr. Adelaida "Delie" Ongkeko Estanislao passed away peacefully in the grace of our Lord in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, on March 18, 2019, at the age of 89.

Adelaida was born in October 1929, in Lagonoy Camarines Sur, Philippines, to Rafael and Ceferina Ongkeko. She was a graduate of the University of the East College of Dentistry,...

Betty Jane Valenzuela

Betty Jane Valenzuela

Mar 17, 2019

Betty Jane Valenzuela lives in San Juan Capistrano CA, passed away at the age of 80. Born on December 19, 1938 and passed away on March 17, 2019.

Richard Turner

Richard Turner

Mar 16, 2019

Richard Paul Turner May 29, 1927-March 16, 2019

Richard Paul Turner, beloved husband of Beverly, father of Janet, Nancy, and Michael, grandfather of Ryan, Laura and Jesse, and loving great-grandfather to Alice and Lucy, passed away Saturday evening March 16, 2019. Richard was born in Chicago, Illinois and was the son of Maurice...

James Joseph Coletti

James Joseph Coletti

Mar 15, 2019

James Joseph Coletti

James was born at Misericordia Hospital in Philadelphia on September 12, 1931 and passed away at his home in Ladera Ranch on March 15, 2019. His parents were Carmela (nee Spagnuolo) of Philadelphia and Anino (James) Coletti, originally from San Donato, Val di Comino, Lazio, Italy.

James lived the first...

Lavonne Margaret Cahill

Lavonne Margaret Cahill

Mar 14, 2019

LaVonne Margaret Cahill lives in Laguna Niguel CA, passed away at the age of 85. Born on February 15, 1934 and passed away on March 14, 2019.

Marilyn Ann Anchell

Marilyn Ann Anchell

Mar 14, 2019

Anchell, Marilyn, passed away on March 14, 2019 at age 68 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her 91 year old mother, Janice Ruth Anchell, loving children, Leslie and Mark and her 2 grandchildren, Jacob and Lauren, big sister Wendy and 3 younger brothers Steve, Doug and James and several nieces, nephews...

Nellie Reeder

Nellie Reeder

Mar 10, 2019

Nellie Reeder lives in Laguna Woods CA, passed away at the age of 81. Born on November 09, 1937 and passed away on March 10, 2019.

Linda Jean Stempel “Dzwonchyk”

Linda Jean Stempel “Dzwonchyk”

Mar 8, 2019

Linda Jean Stempel (Dzwonchyk)

Linda Jean Stempel (Dzwonchyk), 71, died March 8, 2019, of  an 11 year battle with Uterine Cancer that went into remission for about 6 years and returned as a rare Cancer known as Angiosarcoma. Angiosarcoma was believed to be as a result of the radiation treatment used in the original cancer....

Elizabeth Forrest White

Elizabeth Forrest White

Mar 8, 2019

Elizabeth Forrest White lives in Laguna Niguel CA, passed away at the age of 94. Born on February 02, 1925 and passed away on March 08, 2019.

Ronald Ray Ankrom

Ronald Ray Ankrom

Mar 8, 2019

Ronald Ray Ankrom was born January 2, 1937 in Falls City, Nebraska to a 19-year-old Dad (Delbert Ankrom) and a 17-year-old Mom (Lorine Flickinger Ankrom), both of which came from a farming background. Dad and Mom moved us to Des Moines until I was 10 years old and then in 1948 we moved to Long Beach, California. That changed...

Delbert Ralph Kerber Sr.

Delbert Ralph Kerber Sr.

Mar 7, 2019

Delbert Ralph Kerber Sr. lives in Lake Forest CA, passed away at the age of 82. Born on May 06, 1936 and passed away on March 07, 2019.

Obituaries for O'Connor Mortuary

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