Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

June 13, 2020

On Saturday June 13, 2020, John Charles Vander Horck was called home at the age of 77. While he enters the Kingdom of Heaven, the world has lost a great and loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, uncle, and leader.

John was born to Max Phillip Vander Horck and Doris May Schonnesen on March 25, 1943, in Minneapolis,...

June 12, 2020

Bernard Joseph Cain Jr. was born March 24, 1925, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the oldest of four children born to Bernard Sr. and Eileen Cain. In 1943, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the United States Navy. He proudly served his country in the South Pacific as a radioman until the conclusion of World War II....

June 10, 2020

Robert Jose Puente was born on June 8, 1948 to Joe and Lupe Puente in Los Angeles, CA. He was first of five children. He grew up in Pico Rivera, CA where he graduated from El Rancho High School. He graduated from Rio Hondo College and attended CSULB. He worked for UPS until his retirement.

Even though...

June 10, 2020

John Henry Van Ruiten, Jr., 96, a resident of Bellflower, CA, passed away at peace on June 10, 2020.

John was born in Montebello, CA in 1923 to Dutch immigrant parents, John and Katie (Schweitz) Van Ruiten. He grew up working on the family dairy farm and graduated from Whittier High School in 1942. John joined the...

June 7, 2020

Bruce Kenneth Johnson was born on March 8, 1943, in Mason City Iowa to the loving parents Carrol Julius Johnson and Dorothy Mae (Sperry) Johnson. At the time of his birth his father, known as Bud, was working on Baffin Island on the Alcan Highway (Alaska-Canada Highway). His father went into the Navy and returned in 1945 when Bruce...

June 6, 2020

Maria Martha Perez-Ortiz nacio el 8 de Julio del año 1978 en El Rancho Nuevo, Michoacan, Mexico. Se caso con Benito Ortiz y tuvieron tres hijos; Benito Jr., Eduardo y Roberto Ortiz. Martha era una ama de casa siempre dedicada a su familia, esposa y madre ejemplar. Le sobreviven su esposo, hijos, padres, hermanos y hermanas. Siempre se le...

May 25, 2020

Norah Somerville Ger was born on November 18, 1923, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the 11th and last child of William and Mary Somerville.   She grew up in Vancouver, and on Salt Spring Island. Norah then went on to pursue a childhood dream of attending the School of Nursing at Vancouver Hospital where she excelled getting her degree in...

May 18, 2020

Born March 12, 1948 in Boston, MA and passed away May 18, 2020 in Long Beach, CA. Founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Luyben Dilday Mortuary (562) 425-6401

May 15, 2020

Wanda Mae McWaters, age 78, went to be with the Lord on May 15, 2020, surrounded by family in the comfort of her home.

She was a devoted wife, loving mother, proud grandmother and great grandmother. She is survived by her husband of fifty eight years, Marvin McWaters, and their four children Patricia Feenstra and Ron Feenstra,...

May 12, 2020

Born, March 3. 1969, in Torrance, CA, Kevin passed away May 12, 2020, in Lakewood, CA, at 51 years old. He was the loving and hard-working son of Christopher Harper and Flavia Fraysure and stepfather Victor Fraysure.

Husband and best friend to Peggy Gibson, Kevin was the best father to Ashlee Rose, 31, Chelcee Suzanne, 28, and...

May 9, 2020

Valentine Philip Pecoraro ~

Valentine Philip Pecoraro born November 26, 1934 in Niagara Falls, NY, passed away on May 9, 2020. Predeceased by his sister, Mary Jo (Pecoraro) D’Angelo, and brother Matthew Pecoraro. Val is survived by his nieces and nephews of NY;

Patricia (Joseph) Scarlata, Paula Green, Mark D'Angelo, Joseph & Mark...

April 30, 2020

Romana Lures Pineda was born in City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines on November 18, 1937. She entered Heaven’s gates on April 30, 2020.

A loving mother and homemaker, Romana was a remarkable cook and enjoyed preparing meals for her family, relatives and friends.

She was a music lover. She loved to sing Doris Day...

April 29, 2020

"She lived life to the fullest!"

Barbara “Bobbie” Jean Borba Mendez went into eternity with her savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. She was born in Modesto, Ca. on June 2,1937 to Anthony “Tony” Borba and Katherine “Katie" Coleman. She was the oldest of four sisters including Betty May Borba Donohoe, Bernice “Beanie” Ethyl Borba...

April 28, 2020

Mary Ann (Lacher) Young passed away on April 28, 2020, at the age of 93, from cardiopulmonary arrest and congestive heart failure. She was a longtime resident of Long Beach, California, although at the time of her death she lived at Atria del Sol Assisted Living in Mission Viejo, California. The Young family expresses deep appreciation to the doctors,...

April 27, 2020

Martin Joseph Sherlock was born in Youngstown Ohio on June 18th, 1924. He was the fourth of six children, Anelle, Mary Frances, Stella, Helen, and Sophia. The Sherlock Family developed their love of music from his father, Papa Sherlock, a brilliant violin maker. Marty loved to tell stories, and some of his favorites were of his childhood in Niles,...

April 18, 2020

Ralph Duprey lived all but one of his 98 years in Long Beach. He grew up in the Depression, experienced the aftermath of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and went to war, not because he wanted to but because his country needed him. He came home and, as so many others, fell in love and married, and together he...

April 14, 2020

Mike was born in Roseville Community Hospital in California to his parents James and Annette Ross. He was the youngest of three brothers, including Kenneth Ross and Stephen Ross. Mike and his family spent his first 20 years living in Orangevale, California. In 1981 Ken married and began a family of his own. In 1984 Mike, Steve and their...

April 10, 2020

Henry was born on July 14 th , 1934 in Niagara Falls, New York to George Osborne O’Hara and Margaret Thomas Weber O’Hara. He passed away on April 10 th , 2020 in Pleasanton CA at 85 years old.

Henry (Hank as most called him) moved to Long Beach, CA when he was a senior in high...

April 7, 2020

Known to all as Elaine, she grew up in rainy Portland, Oregon. She loved to tell stories about her life there; the old theaters, her favorite restaurants, and all of her school friends she kept in contact with long after she moved away. She moved to Southern California where she met our dad, James Carter. They started their family...

March 31, 2020

Mary Louise Bellanger Jeffers went home to Jesus on Tuesday, March 31st. She was 92 years young and is survived by her 6 children, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. In this difficult time that the world is enduring, the loss of Mary has deeply affected our hearts and our souls. At this time, sadly, we do not have a...