Recent Obituaries in Long Beach
Serving Long Beach, CA and Surrounding Areas
David Lee Elder
November 27, 2015
David Lee Elder was born in Long Beach, CA on August 22, 1959 to Jennie Marie Elder and Philip Irving Elder. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School, graduating in 1977. He continued his education at CSULB earning his BS in Criminal Justice, then hired by the LA County Marshals Department in 1980. He became a Deputy Sheriff after merging in...
Catherine Dorothy Nolan-Trachy
November 26, 2015
Catherine Dorothy Nolan-Trachy (nee McCann) passed away early Thanksgiving morning, 11/26/2015 at Courtyard Care Center in Signal Hill. She was 88 years old and twice widowed. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 27, 1926, 27 or 28 depending what she wanted you to know. Yes, humor had always been her forte. Her parents were George and Edna...
William Edward Bryant, "Bill"
November 26, 2015
William Edward Bryant, "Bill", was born December 9, 1959 at St. Mary's Hospital in Long Beach, CA, and raised in Lakewood, CA. Bill was the oldest of three boys born to Jack and Arcelia Bryant. Â Bill attended Cleveland Elementary School, Demille Middle School and graduated from Lakewood High School, class of 1978. Â He loved the game of baseball, playing Little...
Barbara Jean Westerhoff
November 26, 2015
Barbara Jean Westerhoff passed away, after a short but serious illness, on November 26. Barbara was born on January 6, 1930, in Malvern, Iowa, to Bill and Vanche Chamberlain, the second of two children. Her older brother, Robert, passed away from rheumatic fever when she was only 8 years old. The family moved to Glendale, California, when Barbara...
Dennis Lawrence Papini
November 25, 2015
Dennis Lawrence Papini Dennis Lawrence Papini, loving husband, father, son, brother, nephew, uncle, and friend passed away in his home on November 25 after a courageous four-year battle with cancer. Â Dennis was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 4, 1965 to Alessandro and Elena Papini. He grew up in Long Beach, California, with his siblings Robert, Linda, and...
Rory Anthony-Isidro Lacson
November 25, 2015
Born on February 25, 1971 in Manila Philippines, Rory Lacson began his journey through life. Rory was the second to the youngest child of Rizal Lacson and his wife Soledad Lacson. He never gets to meet the eldest sister Judith because she was stillborn. Rory has an older brother, Eric, a younger sister Marie and adopted cousin, Elsa who helped...
Anna Schmelzer
November 21, 2015
Frau Anna Schmelzer It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Frau Anna Schmelzer. Anna  was born in Mandecevac, Yugoslavia in 1926.  Her parents were Anna Tischmacher and Joseph Merli. She had a older brother, Michael Merli, and older sister Maria Merli. During the war the Merli family lost their vineyards and became refugees in...
Larry Michael Conner
November 19, 2015
Larry Michael Conner "Mike" Â Mike was born September 12, 1966 in Long Beach, Ca. to Davalee (Dee Dee)Conner and Larry Michael Conner Sr. He lived most of his life in Long Beach and attended Southern California Military Academy in Signal Hill, Ca. for 9 years. He moved to Maui, Ha. with his mom 1981 for a year and started High...
Alma Lee Woods
November 16, 2015
Alma Lee Woods, 90, of Lakewood, was reunited with her husband of almost 70 years on November 16, 2015. Members of the family had gathered to say their goodbyes as her brave battle with cancer came to an end. She was born on August 6, 1925, to Thomas and Odessa Ross in Clovis, New Mexico. Lee moved to Long Beach...
Carol L. Skupnik
November 15, 2015
Carol Lee Skupnik 1941 – 2015 Carol Lee Skupnik was born March 6, 1941 to Joe and Pauline Matz in Chicago, Illinois. Carol has two sisters, Pat who is deceased and is survived by Kathy. Carol was a loving, caring, and generous aunt to ten nieces and nephews.  At age 19 Carol married Deacon Ray Skupnik on June 25, 1960...
Victor Wilson Masters
November 15, 2015
Victor Masters was born March 3, 1914 in Lincoln County, Nebraska. Vic was the second eldest of eight sons and spent his youth and early adult years working as a rancher in Nebraska and helping raise his younger brothers. In 1941 Vic, like many of his brothers, enlisted in the Army to serve his country. During World War II Vic...
Eugene Ensch
November 13, 2015
Eugene Ensch, Gene, as he preferred, was born in Long Beach, California on August 12, 1929 at St. Mary's hospital to Neil and Madeline Ensch. He grew up in Long Beach with his three brothers Neil, Don, and Raymond. Gene attended St. Matthew's grammar school and graduated from St. Anthony High School in 1947. He graduated four years later from...
Virgie Tyrene Leal
November 11, 2015
Virgie Tyrene Leal, 90, passed away on November 11, 2015 in Hawaiian Gardens, California. It is not possible to summarize her 90 years of life in just a few paragraphs. A life is not just measured by its accomplishments, but is distinguished by a person's experiences; the things that make them who they are, are etched in their spirit and...
Donna Jean Thomson
November 11, 2015
Love and laughter are the perfect words to describe Donna Jean Thomson. Her selfless love and great sense of humor brought tremendous joy to all the lives she touched. Donna Jean was born in Peoria, Illinois on March 11, 1929 as Donna Jean Folger and moved to Long Beach at the age of four when her family moved here in...
Ilen R. Iwakiri
November 10, 2015
ILEN IWAKIRI May 3, 1925 - November 10, 2015 Ilen was born in White Salmon, Washington and raised in Hood River, Oregon. Ilen met Emi Kamiura in Denver and they married in 1947 in Chicago. They returned to California in 1953 and lived in Pasadena and then Lakewood. He is survived by his wife Emi, sons Glen Alan and David...
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