Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

Sep 15, 2018

CDR Robert H. Elkins, USN Retired Robert “Hitch” Elkins passed away unexpectedly at the age of 94 on September 15, 2018, in Long Beach, California. He was born in Los Angeles, January 13, 1924, to Ora and Jenny Mae Reed Elkins. The family (including sister Helen) traveled to the Pacific Northwest, moving frequently between Idaho...

Sep 12, 2018

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Sep 11, 2018

Nestor would like to let you know that his work here is done. He received a call on September 11, 2018 at 10:14 AM for an offer he can’t refuse, for an appointment from which he will not be returning. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with friends he has not seen in a long...

Sep 9, 2018

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Sep 7, 2018

Don (“Donnie”) Wayne McLey peacefully passed from this life in Los Alamitos, California on the morning of September 7, 2018, due to complications of a recent Brain Hemorrhage/Seizures. He was 82. Don was born in Nebraska in 1936 and moved to the Oildale/Bakersfield area in the 1940’s, then to Lakewood, CA with his wife and kids in the 1960’s....

Sep 6, 2018

Sep 3, 2018

Leonard Alfred Welch was born on September 25th, 1932.  He was born in Beloit, Wisconsin to Leonard Harold Welch and Helen Fink. He was the youngest child of three. Audrey and Joyce (Midge) were his older sisters. He moved to California when he was a child, and lived there for most of his life. After graduating from Poly High...

Sep 1, 2018

Lawrence “Dan” Funk, a long time Long Beach resident, passed away with his loving children at his side on September 1st, not long after celebrating his 102nd birthday. Dan was born in 1916 and moved frequently around southern California during his early years, but found stability after moving in with his grandparents in Wilmington and...

Aug 30, 2018

Adriana A. Rosales age 87 passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at her home in Lakewood, CA. She was born on April 28, 1931 in Molina, Chile, South America. Adriana graduated with a Bachelor of Sciences in Public Health Nursing with a thesis in Epidemiologic Studies from the University of Chile, School of Nursing, Santiago, Chile in March of...

Aug 24, 2018

Agripino “Pinong” Mallari passed peacefully in his home on August 24, 2018 surrounded by his large and loving family as they hugged, kissed and sang to him. Agripino was born on June 23, 1925 in Santa Lucia, Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines, to Apolonio and Modesta Mallari. Growing up as one of nine children in a town as small as St....

Aug 18, 2018

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Aug 17, 2018

Joan was born Joan Franklin McConnell in Maracaibo, Venezuela on Nov 18th, 1930 to Bob and Dorothy McConnell. Her father, Bob, worked for the standard oil company in Maracaibo. In October of 1933, Joan’s one and only sibling, her sister Judy, was born. Joan and Judy always shared a very close relationship, and though they lived in different states...

Aug 17, 2018

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Aug 14, 2018

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Aug 9, 2018

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Aug 8, 2018

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Aug 7, 2018

Our mother was born Doris Ann Heckendorf, but our father tells us that she preferred to be called Dorie, saying “Doris is not my name.” She liked “Dorie” because that’s what her “daddy” called her. Mom was born October 27, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, two days before the famous stock market crash, and was the oldest of three children....