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Brooks Stewart Talley
Feb 24, 2022
Brooks Stewart Talley
Brooks Stewart Talley passed from this world into Heaven on February 24, 2022. Just as he promised, he ran the race God set before him with perseverance, unwavering courage, immense love and compassion for others, and unshakable faith.
This past year was filled with repeated, and oftentimes painful, setbacks in...
Helen Patricia Herr
Feb 23, 2022
Helen Patricia "Pat" Herr passed away on February 23, 2022 after a three-year battle with breast cancer.
Born on December 6, 1937, Pat O'Brien grew up in Mt. Vernon, New York before attending college at the State University of New York at Potsdam. After graduation, Pat began her career as an elementary school teacher.
In...
Robert Fredric Harrington
Feb 19, 2022
Robert "Bob" Fredric Harrington
Robert "Bob" Fredric Harrington, Sr, peacefully passed away from complications due to aspirational pneumonia on February 19, 2022, shortly after his 83rd birthday, surrounded by his children.
Bob was born on February 10, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, class of...
Teresita “Tess” Bondoc Madlangbayan
Feb 19, 2022
Teresita "Tess" Bondoc Madlangbayan lives in Lake Forest California, passed away at the age of 82. Born on January 13, 1940 and passed away on February 19, 2022.
Herbert Charles Carlson
Feb 18, 2022
In loving memory of Herb Carlson
Date of Birth July 20, 1947
Date of Death February 18, 2022
Services Saturday, March 5, 2022, 11 a.m. West American Rubber Co. Orange, CA
Officiating Jonathan Wright Donovan Olson...
Robert V. Costello
Feb 16, 2022
Robert V. Costello
Robert V. Costello died on February 16, 2022 with family by his side at the Reata Glen retirement community, in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA. The cause was cancer.
Robert "Bob" Costello was born in 1939 in Flint, Michigan and raised in the suburbs of Detroit. He played basketball for his...
Jean Ross Hinkson
Feb 14, 2022
Jean Ross Hinkson
Jean Ross Hinkson, RN age 87 died on February 14, 2022. Jean was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on March 19, 1934 and moved to Laguna Beach in 1959 to work as a nurse at the newly opened South Coast Hospital in 1959. Shortly after moving to Laguna Beach she met and...
Suharto Noto
Feb 13, 2022
In Loving Memory of Suharto Noto
Suharto Noto, 76, of Irvine, passed away on February 13, 2022 from heart disease.
Suharto was predeceased by Tjipto Hario Lanton-Tjeng Liap Liong (father), Lismi-Nio Kwe Nio (mother), Kok Tjang (brother), Kok Gie (brother), Kok Ping (brother), and Kok Oen (brother). He is survived by Dorothea Gertrude Noto-Liem (wife),...
William Sims Yancey
Feb 12, 2022
William Sims Yancey 1935-2022
William (Bill) Sims Yancey, our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at the age of 86 on February 12, 2022. Bill was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 31, 1935 to William and Ellen Yancey. Bill grew up in Memphis, and as a boy enjoyed playing every sport with his...
Bob Davila
Feb 12, 2022
In Memory of BOB DAVILA May 30, 1927 – February 12, 2022
On February 12th, 2022, the former Mayor of Downey (1985-1986), Bob Davila passed away peacefully at age 94 with his daughter and two granddaughters by his side as he joined our Lord and Savior.
Bob was born...
Esther Louise Karlson
Feb 11, 2022
Esther Louise Karlson
Esther Louise Karlson of Laguna Woods, California passed away on February 11, 2022 at the age of 94. Esther was born on December 9, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Carl and Elsa Johnson, one of seven children.
Esther loved the Lord and served in various capacities at a number of...
Richard James Salter
Feb 11, 2022
Rip Salter
Richard James Salter passed away at the age of 94 in Irvine, California, on February 11, 2022. Richard (known as "Rip") was born to Henry and Anna (Homola) Salter in the village of Salineville, Ohio, on December 7, 1927.
As a youngster, he enjoyed baseball and inherited his lifelong nickname that...
Ramona C. Parkinson
Feb 11, 2022
Ramona C. Parkinson lives in Costa Mesa California, passed away at the age of 90. Born on November 04, 1931 and passed away on February 11, 2022.
Robert Eugene Harrison
Feb 10, 2022
Dr. Robert Eugene Harrison
Dr. Robert Eugene Harrison, age 98, formerly of Mission Viejo and Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and most recently of Laguna Hills, California, passed away peacefully early on the morning of Thursday, February 10, 2022, at his home.
Robert Harrison will be remembered for his love and devotion to Jesus...
James Stanley Graver
Feb 7, 2022
James Graver
November 6, 1938 – February 7, 2022
Mission Viejo, CA – James Stanley Graver joined our heavenly Father on February 7, 2022, three years after beginning an inspirational journey with pancreatic cancer. Jim was born on November 6, 1938 to Stanley and Josephine Graver of Bristol, CT. He was...
Robert Joseph Johnson
Feb 4, 2022
Robert Joseph Johnson
“Bob”
Robert J. Johnson, 72, of Mission Viejo, CA, passed into eternal life on February 4, 2022.
Bob was strengthened and comforted by the presence of his family when he passed. Bob is survived by his wife Pamela, his three children: Racheal Yard, Christopher Johnson, and...
David Michael Chereb
Feb 4, 2022
David Michael Chereb September 19, 1944 – February 4, 2022
David Michael Chereb, a brilliant and accomplished economist, U.S. Air Force Captain, beloved husband, father, and Opa, passed away February 4, 2022, at home in Mission Viejo, California.
David was born September 19, 1944, in Port Jefferson, New York, to the...
Edith Lynn Cunningham
Feb 4, 2022
Edith Lynn Cunningham
Born August 28, 1916 in Austin, TX, died February 4, 2022 in Helena, MT
Edith was born August 28, 1916 in Austin, Texas to William Herbert and Lillie Frances (Walden) Cunningham. Edith lost her mother in 1924 when she was only eight years of age. In 1930 the...
Connie Emma Lepper
Feb 2, 2022
Connie Emma Lepper
September 30, 1945 – February 02, 2022
Connie Emma Benning was born on September 30, 1945 in Inglewood, CA to Wanza and Galen Benning.
As a young girl, her and her parents lived in Gardena, CA where she attended Loving Shepherd Lutheran Church. She graduated from...
Sneh Lata Chand
Feb 2, 2022
Sneh Chand, 66, of Mission Viejo, CA passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 2, 2022 at Kindred Hospital in Westminster, CA.
She was born to her loving parents, late Shiu and late Sursati Prasad, July 3, 1955, in Barotu, Fiji Islands. Sneh graduated from Penang Sangam High School and furthered her education at Derrick Technical...
Obituaries for O'Connor Mortuary
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