Obituaries

Mar 27, 2017

Ruth Elaine Donnelly Bartos 07.23.25 – 03.27.17

Ruth Elaine Donnelly Bartos of Redlands, California, passed away the night of March 27th, 2017 in Anaheim, California at the age of 91. She was born on July 23rd, 1925 in Augusta, Wisconsin and was one of six children to Rev. William James Donnelly and Margaret Agnes Laurie. While she...

Mar 27, 2017

Anne Tomaiko lives in , passed away at the age of 85. Born on July 17, 1931 and passed away on March 27, 2017.

Mar 27, 2017

William “Bill” Midwood Curtis was born August 6, 1940 in Mineola, New York, to parents Frank Curtis and Rosalind Vreeland. Bill graduated from Wesleyan University and received his law degree from Duke University, where he served as Editor-in-chief of the Duke Law Journal. He began his law career in New York, but moved to California in 1972. He specialized...

Mar 26, 2017

Murrieta, CA – Manoutchehr Ahmadi, age 77, passed away on March 26, 2017, at Rancho Springs Medical Center after a battle with compromising health issues.

Manoutchehr, affectionately known as Mano, was born June 9, 1939, in Iran. He was the son of Ahmad Ahmadi and Esmat Nikdel Ahmadi and was the middle son of a family that...

Mar 25, 2017

Maria Riano Alvarez was born April 16, 1925 to Campo Elias and Rebeca Riano in Bogota Colombia and passed away peacefully in her sleep March 25, 2017 at her residence in Rancho Santa Margarita, California at 91 years of age. She was one of 7 children, Maria is survived by her son Louis Alvarez, her son Alexander Alvarez, her...

Mar 25, 2017

Robert C. Murray, 90, died at his home in San Clemente on March 25, 2017, of Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Ogden Utah, on June 27, 1926, to John S. Murray and Sylvan D’Autremont. He grew up in Malta, Montana and Seattle Washington. Robert joined the Navy in 1944, serving as a Yeoman Second Class. While in the...

Mar 25, 2017

Stephen Douglas Wallace, 74, of Mission Viejo, California, beloved father, husband, and grandfather died on March 25, 2017. Steve died suddenly at home after a heart attack. He was born on September 10, 1942 in Long Beach, California to Ruth and Frank Wallace.

Steve grew up in Long Beach, California and graduated from Millikan High School. He...

Mar 24, 2017

Joseph L. Pollard lives in , passed away at the age of 49. Born on March 15, 1968 and passed away on March 24, 2017.

Mar 23, 2017

Joyce Davis (81) of Trabuco Canyon joined her Heavenly Father on Thursday March 23, 2017 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her daughter Kathi and son-in-law Randy, her son Kevin and daughter-in-law Mary; her five grandchildren: Brittni and her husband Matthew, Kristi and her husband Justin, Cody, Scott and Kenny; her new great...

Mar 22, 2017

Derrick B. Thurbin lives in , passed away at the age of 79. Born on January 18, 1938 and passed away on March 22, 2017.

Mar 22, 2017

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Mary Armenian Church, www.stmaryarmenianchurch.com or Mer Hooys (House of Hope), mer-hooys.org.

Mar 22, 2017

Mary Ellen Heckman lives in , passed away at the age of 69. Born on June 04, 1947 and passed away on March 22, 2017.

Mar 22, 2017

Elizabeth Swope lives in , passed away at the age of 93. Born on November 22, 1923 and passed away on March 22, 2017.

Mar 21, 2017

Billie Jean Flemins, nee Hoffman, 89, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend passed away on March 21, 2017 at Laguna Woods, California.

Billie Jean was born on February 27, 1928 in the west Texas town of Lamesa to Myrtle May Anderson and Robert Benjamin Hoffman. She had one sister, Letha Faye Towns and a brother, Robert Connely...

Mar 20, 2017

Dorothy Jeanne “DJ”, “Dot”, “Dottie” Bode Sieben was born June 8, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the eldest of Bill and Mary Bode’s six children. After graduating from high school at the age of seventeen, she spent six months in Southern California living with her Uncle Bob, Aunt Cele and Cousin Nancy. While in Southern California, she...

Mar 20, 2017

Dorothy A. Rowland (Chianelli), 91, of Trabuco Canyon, California, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2017.

Dorothy, daughter of Louis and Mary Chianelli, was born on April 14, 1925, in Pittsburgh, PA. Dorothy graduated from Pittsburgh Hospital School of Nursing in 1951. She met and married John Rowland with whom she had five daughters. Dorothy’s nursing career...

Mar 19, 2017

Catherine Lynn Parker, 56, was born to George Anderson and Shirley Anderson Dakin on October 17, 1960 in Illinois. Cathy passed away March 19, 2017 at her home in Trabuco Canyon, CA.

She worked for Tuttle-Click Automotive Group as a Senior Bookkeeper for 35 years.

Cathy is survived by her daughter Jessica Parker; her son...

Mar 13, 2017

Mary Anna Eagen (Gardner), a long-time resident of Lake Forest, California, died quietly at home on Sunday, March 12th at the age of 85. She was born in the Los Angeles area in 1931. She is survived by her four children, nine grandchildren, and only sister.

She spent her childhood in Santa Monica, attended Santa Monica City...

Mar 13, 2017

Victor Grant Ponder passed away on March 13, 2017 at the age of 73 surrounded by the love of both immediate and extended family.

Vic was born on November 16, 1943 in Los Angeles. He proudly attended Cathedral High School, earned an Associate’s degree in Electronics Engineering, a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Cal State Los Angeles,...

Mar 11, 2017

Harold Collins lives in , passed away at the age of 85. Born on June 21, 1931 and passed away on March 11, 2017.