Recent Obituaries in Long Beach
Serving Long Beach, CA and Surrounding Areas
Nellie J. Castillo
Dec 14, 2015
Nellie (Manuela) Castillo
Nellie (Manuela) Castillo passed away peacefully on December 14, 2015 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Long Beach, California surrounded by her family. She was 93 years old. Nellie was born on June 17, 1922 in Jalisco, Mexico to Josefina Jara-Castro and Simone Castro and later raised by Josefina and Manuel Carreon....
Harriet Alma Dekruyf
Dec 14, 2015
Harriet was the first child born to William and Belle Hoogeveen on Dec 5, 1920 in Prinsburg, MN. There would be 10 to come- 2 brothers and 8 sisters. Her aspirations of one day being a teacher were cut short when she had to leave school after 8th grade to help her mother who had given birth to triplet girls....
Stanley Van Amburgh
Dec 10, 2015
Van Amburgh, Roland (Stanley) April 29, 1933 – December 10, 2015
Stanley was born in Inglewood, CA to his parents, Sankey Moody Van Amburgh and Margaret (Dearking) Van Amburgh. He lived in Hawthorne CA with his parents and sister Eleanor before moving to San Gabriel. Friends introduced him to his future wife, Joan Smith during...
Frances Virginia Smith
Dec 7, 2015
Frances Virginia Haughtelin Smith ("Fran Smith") was born on July 31, 1921. Her parents were Leslie and Edith Haughtelin. Frances was the firstborn of four children. She was born at home in Long Beach, CA. She would continue to live in Long Beach for all of her 94 1/2 years. She died on December 7,...
Virginia Eleanor Goossen
Dec 6, 2015
Virginia Eleanor Goossen passed away on December 6, 2015, in West Covina, CA. Virginia was the first of two daughters born to John and Anna Vogel on January 12, 1925, in Los Angeles, CA. Her father immigrated from Germany in 1903 and her mother from Hungary in 1920. Only German was spoken at home and she had to learn English...
Cecil Martin Blasnek
Dec 4, 2015
Cecil Martin (Cec) Blasnek was born in Inglewood California on December 2, 1933 and passed away on December 4, 2015 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Cec is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, his children: Elizabeth, Christopher (Margaret) and Brent (Mary Beth) and five granddaughters: Stephanie Branstine, Taryn, Holly, Alexandra, and Anna Blasnek. Cec graduated from Inglewood High,...
Jean Isabelle Petzold
Dec 1, 2015
Jean Isabelle Petzold September 2, 1917 - December 1, 2015 Jean Isabelle Petzold, 98, passed away peacefully in her home on December 1, 2015 in Lakewood, California. Jean was born the eighth child of eleven to Adolph and Elizabeth Newhouser on September 2, 1917 in Litchfield, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by her siblings; Herman,...
Christopher Donald Blackmore
Nov 30, 2015
Christopher Donald Blackmore born September 25 1963 died Monday November 30 2015 . Chris is survived by his daughter Samantha Jane Blackmore, Parents Donald and Iris Blackmore , Sisters Cari Noble, and Kathyrn Pierce, nephews Reid, Max, Miles, and Trevor, and best friend- mother of Samantha, Christina Sinclair. Christopher was an Amazing Father, Artist, Musician, and loving, kind, caring son,...
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