Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

Serving Long Beach, CA and Surrounding Areas

Antonio Talamantes

Antonio Talamantes

December 7, 2020

Antonio Talamantes, age 90, passed away on December 7, 2020, surrounded by his family. He was born on September 8, 1930 in Guadalajara, Mexico to Rosario and Maria Talamantes. He was predeceased by his wife of many years, Darlene. He is survived by his children, Pam (Lee), Marvin (Sunni), Aaron, and Christie (Jeff); Grandchildren, Donald, Monica, Heather, Aubrey, Austin,...

Harold William Whalen

Harold William Whalen

December 5, 2020

Harold Whalen, of Long Beach, CA, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2020. Harold was born in York, North Dakota. Harold was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was devoted to his wife Josie, family, friends and faith. Harold attended the University of North Dakota before enlisting in the USAAC. He was a P-51 pilot in the...

Richard Joseph Higgins

Richard Joseph Higgins

December 3, 2020

Richard Joseph Higgins, 89, died Thursday, December 3, 2020, peacefully in his home, in Cypress, California.

Richard was born on March 20,1931, in Grand Junction, Iowa, to Thomas Luke and Laura Agnes (Kersey) Higgins. While Richard was married to Wilma Jean (Shorey) Higgins, they had 3 children: Theresea Marie (Higgins) Safari Forooshani (Hassan), Diana Sue (Higgins) Riahi...

Owen Caverly

Owen Caverly

November 29, 2020

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James “Owen” Caverly was born on June 24, 1998. He was raised to know our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at Bethany Church in Long Beach, CA. He became a big brother to Miles in 2001. Owen was educated at Burcham K-8, where he achieved the honor of Valedictorian. Owen attended Lakewood...

Gary Raymond Gardiner

Gary Raymond Gardiner

November 27, 2020

Gary Raymond Gardiner was born October 20, 1941 and was a true Long Beach local his whole life. Exploring nature was his passion, from childhood following the disappearing waterways and wilds in Long Beach and Orange County, sometimes returning home with frogs or other critters to surprise his sisters. Passion for the outdoors continued throughout his life. He fished,...

James Howard Heffron

James Howard Heffron

November 26, 2020

James Howard Heffron, born March 6, 1930 in Anaheim, CA, passed away on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2020 at his home in Los Alamitos, CA. He was 90 years old.

Jim, as most people knew him, was one of two children of James Henry and Helen Lucille (Marsh) Heffron. He grew up in Anaheim, attending St....

Margie Beth Gensemer

Margie Beth Gensemer

November 23, 2020

Margie Beth Gensemer, 84, passed away on Monday November 23, 2020. Margie was born on December 14, 1935 in Lincoln Kansas. On September 20, 1953 she married Bill Gensemer, and they raised two children Kathy and Gary. Early in her married life she remained a full-time mother. She loved spending time with her Bluebird Group going on campouts and...

Marilyn R. Armstrong

Marilyn R. Armstrong

November 18, 2020

Marilyn Rudolph Armstrong, 85, passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Sunrise of Seal Beach where she was a resident in Memory Care.

Marilyn was born on March 28, 1935 in Warren, PA, to the late Hannah and Russell Rudolph. She was married on June 25, 1955 to Jack Armstrong at the Presbyterian Church in Warren,...

Gordon Fellows

Gordon Fellows

November 17, 2020

Gordon Fellows passed away on November 17, 2020 in his home in Long Beach after a long battle with cancer. He passed peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He was 76 years old.

Gordon was born in Salem, Oregon, to Georgiann and Oliver Fellows. He was a graduate of Healdsburg High School in 1961. In...

Jason G. Lindsey

Jason G. Lindsey

November 14, 2020

Jason Guy Lindsey born September 22, 1962 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away on November 14, 2020 in Long Beach, California from esophageal cancer. Jason grew up in Albuquerque, graduating from Rio Grande High School. He attended University of New Mexico for short while then decided to go to Europe, ending up in Amsterdam for a year. He met...

Beverly Louise Young

Beverly Louise Young

November 9, 2020

Beverly Louise Young loved Long Beach, CA, her hometown. She was born there on March 15, 1924. Bev actually lived most of her life in Long Beach or nearby, with some years out of state in AZ and CO, and her last four years in Ontario & Montclair, CA.

It was while the family attended the historic...

Patricia Ruth Felts

Patricia Ruth Felts

November 6, 2020

Patricia, aka Tish, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 9, 1940 to Charles and Alice Yeager and was one of four children (Charlotte, Charles & Julia.).

She married the love of her life, William Russell Felts on November 26, 1960 and they moved to California in 1962. She worked as an Inspector at McDonald...

Dallas M. Stejskal

Dallas M. Stejskal

November 3, 2020

Dallas M. Stejskal, 88, passed away peacefully at home on November 3, 2020 in Norwalk, CA.

Dallas was born in Tobias, NE to Louis and Katherine Stejskal on November 21, 1931. He married Shirley Pratt on June 20, 1954 in Tobias, NE. He worked as an Operating Engineer/Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic for Macco and Paramount Pacific for...

Thomas Edward Miller, Jr.

Thomas Edward Miller, Jr.

October 24, 2020

Thomas Edward Miller, Jr.,76 years old, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loved ones, on Saturday, October 24 th , 2020.

Born on December 15, 1943 in Long Beach, California to Thomas Sr. and Marie Miller. He attended Jordan High School and Long Beach City College.

In 1968, he married the love...

William James Elliott

William James Elliott

October 21, 2020

William James Elliott (Bill) was born in Trout Lake, Michigan on May 26, 1941 to Emily Hazel Leona Hughes and Roy Charles Elliott. When Bill was a baby they moved to the town of Rudyard in teh UP of Michigan. His father Roy was a lumber jack and his mother was a chef at the town hotel. Bill had...

Barbara Florence Banks

Barbara Florence Banks

October 20, 2020

Barbara Banks was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She was born in Bell Gardens November 14, 1931 to parents Florence Helen Seddon and Roland Irwin Nisewander. She was the fourth of six children. She grew up in Bell Gardens where she completed all her schooling with perfect attendance. She was raised and baptized in the...

Maria Ioffrida

Maria Ioffrida

October 19, 2020

Maria Ioffrida, age 81 earned her angel wings and was called into heaven on Monday October 19, 2020 after a strenuous battle with lung cancer.  She was born in Roggiano Gravina, Cosenza, Italy on March 28, 1939.  In 1975 she moved to Downey, California after marrying husband Giuseppe Ioffrida.  Maria is survived by her two daughters Antonietta Ioffrida and...

Jose Razo Amezcua

Jose Razo Amezcua

October 15, 2020

Jose Razo Amezcua, nacio el 02 de Marzo del, 1957 en Venustiano Carranza, Michoacan, Mexico.

Sus padres fueron: Manuel Razo Lopez y Maria Del Refujio Amezcua Razo, los cuales procrearon 11 hijos, siendo Jose el mas pequeño de sus hermanos. Todos lo conocían como “El Cheris”

A los 17 años de edad, Jose dejo su...