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Anna B. Daniel

Anna B. Daniel

Jun 7, 2018

Anna B. Daniel lives in Mission Viejo CA, passed away at the age of 101. Born on November 23, 1916 and passed away on June 07, 2018.

Mary E. Ketcham

Mary E. Ketcham

Jun 6, 2018

Mary E. Ketcham lives in San Juan Capistrano CA, passed away at the age of 71. Born on November 28, 1946 and passed away on June 06, 2018.

Catherine Collins

Catherine Collins

Jun 5, 2018

Catherine Collins lives in San Clemente CA, passed away at the age of 56. Born on August 29, 1961 and passed away on June 05, 2018.

Dr. Ronald Steven Bull

Dr. Ronald Steven Bull

Jun 5, 2018

Dr Ronald Steven Bull, DDS “Steve” was born to Bethel and Robert Bull on July 18, 1950 in Salt Lake City, UT and passed away in Mission Viejo, CA on Tuesday, June 5th, 2018. Steve is  survived by his five children, Heather Hart (Brendon 19, Landon 14), Cindy Rangel (Kya 8), Melanie Stevens (Derek, Brooklynne 6), Scott Bull and...

Ludwig Tony Erzen

Ludwig Tony Erzen

Jun 5, 2018

It is with the heaviest of hearts that I announce the passing of my father, Ludwig T. Erzen on the evening of Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 at the age of 88, at South Global Medical Center in Costa Mesa CA.

I just saw him that day in the hospital, and for the first time ever he told...

Dawn Cherie Orrick

Dawn Cherie Orrick

Jun 5, 2018

Dawn Cherie Orrick 11/26/1960 – 06/05/2018

Our beloved mother, Dawn Cherie Orrick passed away at her home in San Juan Capistrano on June 5, 2018. Born Dawn Cherie Hall to Diane Lambert and David Hall on November 26, 1960, she grew up in Fullerton CA where she attended Troy High School.

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Howard M. Rupp Md

Howard M. Rupp Md

Jun 5, 2018

Howard M. Rupp MD lives in San Clemente CA, passed away at the age of 94. Born on May 09, 1924 and passed away on June 05, 2018.

Patricia Ann Mathias

Patricia Ann Mathias

Jun 4, 2018

In Loving Memory of our Mother

Patricia Ann Mathias

December 10 th , 1933 – June 4 th , 2018-06-20

The life of our mother, Patricia Ann Mathias, was a life filled with such joy, love, and giving of her heart to her family and friends.  From...

Cassandra Esperanza Guerrero

Cassandra Esperanza Guerrero

Jun 4, 2018

Our Beautiful Cassandra Esperanza Guerrero, age 23, passed on Monday, June 4, 2018. Cassandra was born on February 23 rd , 1995 to Alfonso Guerrero and Rosemary Handley Nelson and current Father Richard Nelson.

Cassandra is survived by her Fathers Alfonso Guerrero & Richard Nelson, Rosemary Nelson, Brothers William-James Guerrero, Luis Guerrero, Alex Guerrero, Marco Guerrero and...

Lois May Cooper

Lois May Cooper

Jun 4, 2018

Lois May Cooper lives in Laguna Woods CA, passed away at the age of 92. Born on May 05, 1926 and passed away on June 04, 2018.

Phyllis Roberta Tilden

Phyllis Roberta Tilden

Jun 3, 2018

PHYLLIS TILDEN 1935-2018

Phyllis Roberta Pahl was born in South Babylon, NY on September 1, 1935

She was raised by her Aunt in Hempstead, NY and loved music, playing second violin in the high school orchestra. In her senior year of high school the orchestra played in Carnegie Hall in New York City....

Susan Irene Rusk

Susan Irene Rusk

Jun 3, 2018

Susan Roan Rusk

Susan was born in Westerly, Rhode Island the 25 th of April 1949.  She left this world too soon, on the morning of June 4, 2018.

Susan and her family moved to California when she was eight years old.  Susan was always a voracious reader.  As a girl one summer,...

Luis Carlos Melendez

Luis Carlos Melendez

Jun 3, 2018

Luis Carlos Melendez July 16, 1943 – June 3, 2018

Luis “Guero” Carlos Melendez, 74, reluctantly died in the early hours, June 3, from metastatic melanoma. Guero was born in Los Angeles on July 16, 1943.

He married the love of his life, Jo Ellen “Josie” (Myers) Melendez on March 26,...

Eric Walden Johnson

Eric Walden Johnson

Jun 2, 2018

Eric Walden Johnson, 69, of Mission Viejo and Castro Valley, CA passed away on June 2, 2018.  He was born in Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota, the eldest of 4 children of Walden and Helen Louise Beishir Johnson.  His family later moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he graduated from Walker High School in 1967.

He then studied at...

Peifang Xu

Peifang Xu

Jun 1, 2018

Our beloved mother, Peifang Xu, passed away at the age of 80 on June 1 st , 2018. Peifang was visiting her family in Irvine, California.

Peifang Xu, was born in Beijing on October 18th, 1937. She graduated from the Girl’s High School associated to the Beijing Normal University, and later attended Beijing Medical College where she...

Mark Loyal Pankretz

Mark Loyal Pankretz

Jun 1, 2018

Mark Loyal Pankretz lives in Laguna Beach CA, passed away at the age of 63. Born on March 16, 1955 and passed away on June 01, 2018.

Mary Butkus

Mary Butkus

May 31, 2018

Mary Butkus lives in Mission Viejo CA, passed away at the age of 95. Born on August 24, 1922 and passed away on May 31, 2018.

Ronald Yokley

Ronald Yokley

May 31, 2018

Ronald Yokley lives in , passed away at the age of 72. Born on April 19, 1946 and passed away on May 31, 2018.

Terri Ann Bovberg

Terri Ann Bovberg

May 31, 2018

Terri Ann Bovberg passed away on Thursday, May 31″ her 65 th birthday. An educator, career counselor, and librarian for 28 years in the Huntington Beach Union School District, she focused her efforts on troubled teens at Wintersburg High School” a continuation school next door to Fountain Valley High School, where her beloved, late husband John taught American History....

Lusarbe Mubahiagian

Lusarbe Mubahiagian

May 30, 2018

Salpi Antebian was born on March 25, 1939 in Aleppo, Syria to Garabed and Seeranoush Mubahiagian. She was one of four children, her siblings being a brother Koko Mubahiagian who recently passed away, a sister Maral Sethian, and another brother Shahe Mubahiagian. Salpi attended Gilligian School and Immacule Secondary School where she became proficient in French and studied Culinary...

Obituaries for O'Connor Mortuary

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