Recent Obituaries in Long Beach
Serving Long Beach, CA and Surrounding Areas
Patricia Ann Magee
August 22, 2015
Patricia "Pat" Magee Patricia "Pat" Magee passed away peacefully of cancer at home on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Born November 3, 1929 to Herbert and Augustus Feeley in Syracuse, NY, Pat graduated from North Syracuse High School in 1948. She married Charles (Chuck) Magee in 1948 and moved to Long Beach, raising daughters, Kathleen and Cindy (Bert) McCarty. She was...
Francisco Bielma
August 21, 2015
FRANCISCO BIELMA 1938 - 2015 (AKA: Frankie, "Mi Negro" "the BOXER") Francisco Bielma born in Ventura, CA in 1938, the son of Manuela Nellie Robles and Louis Acosta Bielma, passed away on August 21, 2015 at the age of 76. He was the eldest of 8 brothers and 1 sister (Louis, Ronald, Ruben, Eloise, Bernardo, George, Rodrigo, and Johnny). In...
Brian William Collette
August 20, 2015
Long Beach police Officer Brian Collette died Thursday after a months-long battle with cancer. Collette, 42, was in the peak of health when he suddenly became ill, said Steve James, Long Beach Police Officers Association president. "It's very difficult," James said. "There's a lot of people having a difficult time with this. He was so healthy." James described Collette as...
Preston Jones
August 16, 2015
Preston Merwin Jones, "Press" to all his friends, was born October 12, 1923 in L.A., CA. He attended L.A. Tech. High School and he had plans to attend U.S.C. but opted to enlist in the Navy at 17 with his Dad's permission. He was in the Navy for 4 years serving and protecting a variety of islands in the Pacific....
Jack G. Gambs
August 16, 2015
Jack Gambs, aka "Capt. Jack", was born in Fresno, CA, November 25, 1941. Upon graduation from McClane High School, Jack joined the Air Force. He served two tours of duty in Viet Nam as an aircraft mechanic, flight engineer and load master. According to Jack's brother Jim, "Jack was a stinker who enjoyed teasing his younger brother, who loved him...
Robert A. Wenke
August 14, 2015
Robert A. Wenke, a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge who presided over an investigation into the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and handled cases involving several Hollywood celebrities during his career, died Friday from pancreatic cancer complications. He was 88. A social innovator on the bench, Wenke, a longtime Long Beach resident, implemented the practice of allowing the...
Max Baxter
August 12, 2015
Max Delbert Baxter was born on September 12, 1933 to Lew Delbert and Myrtle Fackrell Baxter in Trenton, Utah. He passed away peacefully on August 12, 2015 in Long Beach, California, following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. After graduating from high school in Pocatello, Idaho in 1951, Max joined the Navy and served during the Korean Conflict. He received...
William John Murray
August 9, 2015
William John (Bill) Murray of Lakewood, California was lovingly surrounded by his family when he passed on Sunday August 9, 2015, after waging a brief battle with lung cancer. Bill was pre-deceased by his beloved and loving wife Pat (Patterson) of 55 years, eldest son Joseph Keith, brother James, and sister Lois. Bill is survived by his devoted sons Kenneth...
Rosemary Fenstermaker
August 6, 2015
Rosemary (Gold) Fenstermaker was the daughter of John Gold and Anna (Hensel) Gold, born on April 2, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up there with her 2 brothers, John Gold and Bill Gold, and 3 sisters, Helen (Gold) Brinkman, Jo (Gold) Miller, and Pat (Gold) Rood. Rosemary graduated from West High School in Cleveland focusing on Business courses. She...
Kenneth Raymond Baldus
August 6, 2015
Kenneth Raymond Baldus was the most wonderful man. He was intelligent, talented, giving, kind, loving, and a hard-working man who deserves to be honored for a life well lived. Born in Goldfield, Iowa to his German father, Dr. Charles C Baldus and Irish mother, Hazel (McIntyre) Baldus on May 18, 1918. His father was a dentist and farm land owner;...
Donna Rose Halligan
August 6, 2015
Donna Rose Kemeny was born July 25, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio to Helen Thomas and Elmer Kemeny. Her brother Jimmy was born 7 years later. Donna had a wonderful singing voice which landed her the lead role of Dorothy in the Orchard School production of The Wizard of Oz. The family lived a happy life until the untimely death of...
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