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Jane O’Reilly Briskorn
Jul 9, 2014
Mary Jane 'Janie' Mascari Penderghast O'Reilly Briskorn
July 18, 1936 – July 9, 2014
Janie Penderghast O'Reilly Briskorn was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 18, 1936 to John and Mary Mascari. Raised in St Louis for her first few years and Chicago for the remainder, Janie Mascari attended Providence High School where she graduated...
Dorothy “Dody” Donahue
Jul 9, 2014
Dorothy “Dody” Donahue lives in , passed away at the age of 76. Born on March 04, 1938 and passed away on July 09, 2014.
Howard H. Wiese
Jul 8, 2014
Howard H. Wiese, 83, of Lake Forest, California, died Monday July 8, 2014 in Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, California.
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Frieda and George Wiese on September 11, 1930. Howard graduated from Tech High School in Omaha in 1948. He served in the Korean War. In 1956, he married Doris Hoffert-Hansen....
Doris Jane Wilcox
Jul 7, 2014
Doris Jane Wilcox, 86, longtime resident of Leisure World in Laguna Woods, CA, died on July 7th, 2014, after a short period of failing health. She is survived by stepchildren Melinda and her son Nick of Phoenix, AZ and Alan, of Austin, TX; and sisters Paula Baldi of Sacramento, CA and Susan Messina of Clarkston, MI, and their families....
Nancy Karen Clark
Jul 6, 2014
Nancy Karen Clark
Nancy Karen was born in Yakima Washington February 7, 1938 to Frank Jeanette (Cummer) and Clarence Olaf Locken. With her loving family by her side, Nancy passed July 6, 2014 in Laguna Hills California.
Nancy is survived by her elder brother David. Children Gregory (wife Linda), Steven, Karen, William (wife Chelsea) and...
Charles V. Irwin
Jul 6, 2014
CHUCK LEAVES FAMILY & FRIENDS JULY 6TH
BY STORMY IRWIN
CHARLES V. IRWIN had his call to leave us in the early morning of July 6th at 1:22 AM due to complications from a stroke leaving him without a voice, some paralysis, poor hearing and God only knows what else. His daughter Victoria had the...
Emma Kiem The
Jul 6, 2014
Emma The January 24, 1918 – July 6, 2014
Emma The, 96, went to the Lord on July 6, 2014 at Hoag Hospital in Irvine. Emma was one of nine children born to Hay Djoen Tio and Siet Nio Ong in Surabaya, Indonesia. She was a cherished mother, wife, aunt, and friend. Emma came to the United...
Mike Babeshoff
Jul 5, 2014
Mike was born on November 18, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA and passed away at his home in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA on July 5, 2014. He was the son of the late William G. Babeshoff and Jennie J. Kosaroff of McKinney, Texas. He is predeceased by his brother Steven and sister Nayda. He is the brother to William...
Selma Gaetz
Jul 5, 2014
Selma Gaetz was born May 12, 1903 in a rural area in central Alberta, Canada, the 6th child of Samuel & Katherine Gaetz. The five older siblings were: Hannah, Ben, Albert, Lydia and Emma, and there were two younger ones: Edith and Bill. She grew up in a farming community and, like all children of that era, learned to...
Douglas L. Grant
Jun 29, 2014
Douglas L. Grant, 91 of Long Beach, CA, passed away Sunday June 29th 2014.
Douglas was a Navy veteran and served his country during WWII.
He is survived by his children: Dale (Margo), Ronald (Martha), Janice, and Joyce (Tim), along with numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by is wife Joan Marie...
Myrtle L. Warnberg
Jun 28, 2014
Myrtle Lorraine Warnberg passed away in her home at age 99 on June 28, 2014. Born March 4, 1915 to immigrants from Norway, she was second youngest of 10 children raised on the family farm in Clayton, Wisconson near the Minnesota border.
As a teenager, Myrtle stayed by her mother's side during her long battle with cancer....
Peggy Barrett
Jun 28, 2014
Marguerite (Peggy) Barrett, 83, of Mission Viejo, died suddenly on Saturday, June 28. Peggy was born in Ossining, New York, to Martin and Vendla Tracey and grew up in that Westchester County town, graduating from Ossining High School and later marrying John D. Barrett, to whom she was married for 65 years. Peggy and John and their family moved...
Serge Edgar Beltran
Jun 27, 2014
A native Californian, Serge Edgar Beltran, was born in Santa Ana to Gabriel and Guadalupe Beltran. He graduated from St. Joseph Elementary School, and from there he was enrolled in the Los Angeles Junior Seminary and then attend the Major Seminar, Our Lady Queen of Angeles. After completing two years as a training and operations specialist for the Army...
Placido Martos
Jun 26, 2014
Placido Martos 5/24/26 – 6/26/14
Placido was born in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, the middle child in a large family of two sisters and seven brothers born to parents who emigrated from Spain. Having lost his father at the age of nine, Placido treasured family and friends. The untimely death of his father was one of the...
Gregory Joe White
Jun 25, 2014
Gregory Joe White lives in , passed away at the age of 67. Born on October 13, 1946 and passed away on June 25, 2014.
Jane M. Lucewicz
Jun 25, 2014
Jane M. Lucewicz lives in , passed away at the age of 87. Born on March 04, 1927 and passed away on June 25, 2014.
Vernon Edler
Jun 24, 2014
Vernon Edler, Jr., age 93, died peacefully on June 24, 2014. Born October 16, 1920, Vern was a long-time resident of Newport Beach and a graduate of Stanford.
Starting his own aerospace company, Vern was both entrepreneur and adventurer. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially through sailing and hunting. Traveling the world, Vern's favorite place remained his ranch...
Enrique V. Vargas
Jun 24, 2014
Enrique "Henry" V. Vargas, age 83, passed away at his home in Lake Forest on June 24, 2014. Enrique was born in Ottine, Texas on January 4, 1931 to Severiano and Carmen (Valdez) Vargas. Enrique earned a Purple Heart for his service during the Korean War. After the war, he moved to California and worked as an optician for...
Kathlyne Wheeler
Jun 23, 2014
A Celebration of Life and Memorial services for Kathlyne (Kathy) Wheeler will be held July 18, 2014 at 10 a.m., at the main campus of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. Kathy slipped away peacefully and is now resting in her Savior's arms.
Born in Germany, Kathy grew up in Texas and attended Texas Tech University, where...
Robert D. Aston
Jun 23, 2014
Aston, Robert Douglas
Robert Douglas Aston, 87, of Laguna Niguel, CA passed away June 23, 2014. "Bob" Aston, son of Richard and Ruth Aston, loving husband of Patricia Ann Aston, was born in Pasadena, CA on June 3, 1927 and passed away peacefully at his home in Laguna Niguel after a year-long battle with esophageal cancer.
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