Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

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Doreen Rosemary Hooker

Doreen Rosemary Hooker

March 13, 2019

Doreen was born December 17, 1924 in New York City, New York and was baptized Doreen Rosemary Housego.

Her father, John, mother, Beatrice, and sister Marion died of T.B. in 1928, so at 4 years old Doreen was sent to Southampton, England by way of ship to live with her mother’s parents.

In 1939, when...

Annamae Hansen

Annamae Hansen

March 12, 2019

AnnaMae Rose Hansen was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on May 7, 1924. She is preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Laura Farley; her husband Lloyd Hansen and her brother Eugene Farley.  She passed away on March 12, 2019, surrounded by her children. AnnaMae is survived by her three children, Keith Hansen (Carol), Karl Hansen (Linda), and...

John Albert Vrba

John Albert Vrba

March 11, 2019

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Daniel Valenzuela Noriega

Daniel Valenzuela Noriega

March 11, 2019

Daniel Valenzuela Noriega was born on February 8, 1925 in Tempe, Arizona. He moved to Los Angeles as a young boy at the age of 10. He joined the Navy at age 18. When he was 22 years old, he married Margaret Valenzuela. They were happily married for 70 years. He worked at Calvary Cemetery when they were first...

Dorothy Ruth De Frates

Dorothy Ruth De Frates

March 9, 2019

Our beloved Mother and sister Dorothy Ruth (Cousins) de Frates entered eternal life on March 9, 2019. Born in Jackson, Michigan, to her parents, Charles and Amelia (Peniston) Cousins on May 20, 1927, as the fourth daughter of six girls, she enjoyed an early life of helping around home, school, playing with her many friends, and going to her small...

James Warren Debeck

James Warren Debeck

March 5, 2019

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Manuel Hernandez

Manuel Hernandez

March 5, 2019

Manuel Hernandez passed away at the age of 95 on the 5th of March 2019 surrounded by his devoted wife, Olga, and their family at Los Alamitos Hospital. Manual was born in Marfa, Texas, son of Paz and Tomas Hernandez. At age 6, his family moved to El Paso, which he considered his home town in Texas and where...

Janet Elizabeth Lerch

Janet Elizabeth Lerch

March 4, 2019

Janet Elizabeth Lerch On March 4, 2019 Janet went to meet her maker at the age of 68. She was born February 28, 1951 in Alameda, Ca to August and Theresa (Ginley) Gouig. She was the youngest of her siblings Steve and Kathy. Janet met the love of her life and husband, Val Lerch, in 1968. On March 20,...

Elaine B. Kragen

Elaine B. Kragen

March 4, 2019

At the age of 82, passed away very peacefully on March 4th, 2019 at home with her loving husband and family at her side. Born on December 3, 1936 in Preston, Idaho.

Elaine married Daniel C. Kragen on July 7th, 1955 and celebrated 64 years of marriage!

She was a special wife, mother and grandmother....

Amy Michelle Green

Amy Michelle Green

March 3, 2019

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William David Ripley Hinshaw

William David Ripley Hinshaw

March 2, 2019

William David Ripley Hinshaw

Born April 14, 1934, Pasadena, CA to the late Hon. John Carl Williams Hinshaw and Wilberta Ripley Hinshaw (Savage), survived by beloved son, William Taylor Hinshaw, (Cynthia), grandfather to adored Cameron and Thomas Hinshaw. Passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 2, 2019. Eighty plus year resident of California; graduate of Sidwell...

John Ronald Ten Berge

John Ronald Ten Berge

March 2, 2019

John ten Berge passed away Saturday evening, March 2, 2019, after celebrating his 82nd birthday with his wife of 60 years. John was born March 2, 1937 in Blesdijke, Holland. In May of 1952 the family immigrated to America settling in Bellflower, California. At that time the family consisted of his parents, John and Louisa, along with his 2...

Celeste Helen Kohnen

Celeste Helen Kohnen

February 28, 2019

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Nicholas Stephen Gandolfo

Nicholas Stephen Gandolfo

February 28, 2019

Nicholas S. Gandolfo, 93. Of Artesia, California, passed away February 28, 2019. With him were sons, Steve and Gerald Gandolfo, daughter-in-law, Laura Gandolfo, grandchildren, Steve Gandolfo, Meredith Bozarth, Natalie Gandolfo and great-grandchild, Garrett Gandolfo. Nick was born July 13, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Nicholas and Palmera Gandolfo. He was the youngest of three children. His...

Doris Bauer Alexander Pelz

Doris Bauer Alexander Pelz

February 25, 2019

Doris Bauer Alexander-Pelz

Born January 11, 1932 – Died February 25, 2019

Doris was born on January 11, 1932 in McGregor, Iowa to John Bauer and Emma Hunter. She married Billy Alexander Sr. in March of 1949 and married Herbert Pelz in November 0f 1977. Preceded in death by her husband Herb Pelz, mother Emma,...

Donna Claire Hitchcock

Donna Claire Hitchcock

February 23, 2019

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Ann A. Paull

Ann A. Paull

February 20, 2019

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Judith Ann Dennis

Judith Ann Dennis

February 20, 2019

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Margaret Hunter Stuver

Margaret Hunter Stuver

February 16, 2019

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Peggy M. Allard

Peggy M. Allard

February 14, 2019

In the early morning hours of February 14th, 2019, fifty-seven years to the day after meeting her husband, Raymond Allard, with whom she spent forty-seven years and raised eight children, Peggy Allard, born Margaret Mary Havekorst, passed away. She was eighty-eight years old. She was the daughter of Walter Benedict Havekorst and Margaret Bostian, born in El Centro and...