Obituaries
Recent Obituaries and Ceremonies at O’Connor Mortuary
William Macgregor Faulds Ii
Jul 31, 2011
William Bill MacGregor Faulds II, age 67, of Mission Viejo CA, passed away on Sunday July 31, 2011.
He was born to the late William and Frankie Faulds, Nov 19, 1943, in Detroit MI. Bill graduated from Groves High School in 1962 and attended Western Michigan University and Oakland University. In 1965 he married Ellen Goral and...
Wilbert Barngrover
Jul 30, 2011
Wilbert Barngrover lives in , passed away at the age of 87. Born on August 11, 1923 and passed away on July 30, 2011.
Jenny Marie Erwin
Jul 30, 2011
Jenny Marie Erwin lives in , passed away at the age of 36. Born on February 17, 1975 and passed away on July 30, 2011.
John Gordon Baugh, Iv
Jul 28, 2011
John Gordon Baugh IV
Jack Baugh, born John Gordon Baugh IV was born to Virginia Alsop and John Gordon Baugh III on May 19, 1929, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Jack was a gentle, caring man with a strong faith in God. He went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 28, 2011.
Jack married the...
Steven Forbes Lewallen
Jul 26, 2011
Steven Forbes Lewallen ‘Daddy’ 4/23/1954-7/26/2011
Steve, as he preferred to be called, was born in Anaheim, California to Ray and Marcella Lewallen and then moved out to Corona, California where he grew up. He spent a few years in Sydney, Australia then returned to California where he went to the UC Riverside and received his Bachelor’s Degree...
Debra Ann De Vore
Jul 24, 2011
De Vore, Debra Ann, born February 25th 1955, passed away Sunday, July 24th after a ten-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Debbie, wife, mother and homemaker, who also worked at the Saddleback Unified School District before retiring in 2005, was known for her devotion to family, quick sense of humor and inner strength. Debbie took great interest in...
Leonard Torkel Fosse
Jul 24, 2011
Leonard Torkel Fosse was born November 10th 1919 in Webster, South Dakota. He lived in Hawthorne, California for many years where he attended the Inglewood Coven Church, and The Hawthorn Christian Alliance Church. He moved to Orange County in 1975 with his wife Wilma Fosse. Wilma died in April of 2000. His son died in 2003.
In...
Michael Louis Burke
Jul 24, 2011
Michael L. Burke, 75, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday July 24, 2011 after attending Mass at Corpus Christi, his parish in Aliso Viejo, CA. He is survived by his wife, Noreen Lyons Burke, retired teacher from the Norwood, MA school system. They were married for 52 wonderful years. He is also survived by his daughter, Mary...
Antoinette Marie Chemlir
Jul 23, 2011
Antoinette Marie Chemlir, 92, was born April 02, 1919 in Lemuy, France and passed away July 23, 2011 at home in Mission Viejo, CA.
She worked in the Accounting Department at Cal Tech in Pasadena, CA for 17 years. Antoinette took tremendous pride in her French and Czech heritage, and had a passion for painting and nature....
Robert Lee Peeden
Jul 22, 2011
Robert Peeden passed away July 22nd of heart failure and after a lifelong battle with Type I Diabetes. He was born in Cincinnati, graduated from Miami State University and worked in the telecommunications industry. He has lived in California most of his adult life, the past 25 years in So. Orange County. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia,...
Walter Rex Mcnay
Jul 18, 2011
Walter Rex McNay lives in , passed away at the age of 62. Born on October 17, 1948 and passed away on July 18, 2011.
John Marcus Haney
Jul 18, 2011
John Marcus Haney, 61, from Dana Point, CA, went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 18. 2011, after a seven-year battle with cancer.
John was born August 13, 1949, in Los Angeles to Landon and Lois Haney. He grew up in Glendale, CA, and attended Culter Academy where he played football and met his future...
David M. Maher
Jul 18, 2011
Maher, David Michael, age 75, went to be with our Lord on 7/18/11 in Mission Viejo.
David was born on 11/9/35 in Toledo, Ohio to Don and Mary Maher and moved to California when he was 11. He joined the Navy as a teenager and met his future wife, Jane at Marquette University where they both attended....
Sue Ruth Peltz
Jul 17, 2011
PELTZ, Sue Ruth After a courageous struggle with cancer Sue passed away July 17, 2011, at her home in San Clemente, Calif. She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Fred R. Peltz; five children — James Peltz, Thomas Deborah Peltz, Joan Chuck Gonzalez, Fred W. Tamara Peltz and Christine Victor Sandoval , and six grandchildren ?...
Anita Marie Armbruster
Jul 17, 2011
Anita Marie Armbruster lives in , passed away at the age of 55. Born on October 05, 1955 and passed away on July 17, 2011.
Robert V. Garcia
Jul 16, 2011
Robert V. Garcia lives in , passed away at the age of 68. Born on September 07, 1942 and passed away on July 16, 2011.
Howard Harmon Fenn
Jul 16, 2011
Howard Harmon Fenn, 81, of Mission Viejo, CA. passed away on July 16, 2011, while recovering from hip surgery. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 10, 1929, the only son of Clare and Agnes Fenn. He married Dorothy Karin Robertson January 31, 1959. She passed March 20, 2010, following a long illness.
A longtime...
Xuesheng Tan
Jul 14, 2011
Artist Mr. Tan Xuesheng, age 90, died peacefully on July 14, 2011 at 9 p.m. in Irvine, California.
Mr. Tan was born and baptized in 1921 at the Presbyterian Mission Hospital in Guangzhou, China. His mother taught music at the Mission's True Light School. His father served as the Director of the Chinese Merchants Services under Dr....
Melva Anne Simonsen
Jul 13, 2011
Melva Anne Simonsen 11/22/38 – 7/13/11
Melva passed into the arms of our Lord at home with her family after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Mel was born in Detroit, Michigan to Hazel and Chester Stokes. She attended Redford high school where she played basketball, field hockey, tennis and softball with Coach Ms. B. and her...
Russ Rametta
Jul 12, 2011
Russ Rametta lives in , passed away at the age of 76. Born on January 31, 1935 and passed away on July 12, 2011.
Obituaries for O'Connor Mortuary
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