Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

Serving Long Beach, CA and Surrounding Areas

Dawn L. Olech

Dawn L. Olech

Jun 8, 2017

Dawn Olech, 60, died on Thursday, June 8 at her home in Norwalk, California, after a near three year battle with a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She leaves her daughter, April Sharon Williams; a son-in-law, Donovan Williams; two grandchildren, Drake and Donovan Williams; her sister, Twyla Kreiner; her brother, Robert Replogle, Jr.; and was the aunt for numerous nieces...

Alice Hernandez-Gaona

Alice Hernandez-Gaona

Jun 6, 2017

Alice Hernandez-Gaona passed away at home in Long Beach on June 6, 2017, at the age of 54. Alice, born in Los Angeles, California on May 13, 1963, to Alfred and Emilia Hernandez, was the sixth of seven children. Alice always dreamed of becoming an artist like her father and was always intrigued by his...

Mary Daylor Larkin

Mary Daylor Larkin

Jun 5, 2017

Mary Kathryn Grandfield Daylor Larkin, born March 23, 1922 in Fall River, MA, passed away in her home of nearly sixty years in Long Beach, CA on Monday, June 5, 2017.  Her husband Frank Larkin, her parents, Frank and Kathryn Daylor, and her siblings, Kathryn, Margaret and David preceded her in death. Mary is survived by her brother, Frank...

Ernest Paul Kelemen

Ernest Paul Kelemen

Jun 4, 2017

Ernest Paul Kelemen passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 4, 2017 in his home in Leisure World, Seal Beach.  He was 87.  A long-time resident of Artesia and most recently Seal Beach, he was preceded in death by his wife Patricia, his infant son Matthew and his two brothers Joe and Jim Kelemen.  He leaves behind 9 children, 27...

Marilyn J. Hansen

Marilyn J. Hansen

Jun 4, 2017

Marilyn J. Hansen, age 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 4, 2017 in Cerritos, CA. Marilyn was born December 15, 1928 in Racine Wisconsin to Raymond and Mae Sterr, the youngest and only girl of three children. She moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was four years old.  Marilyn grew up in Los...

Peter David Neill

Peter David Neill

Jun 4, 2017

Peter David Neill was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 5, 1958 to Ivan and Hazel Neill. The family moved to Long Beach, California in 1961. Peter graduated from Lakewood High School and joined the Army in 1976 where he was stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky and met his wife, Vicki. After completing his military service to his country...

Kathryn Louise Miller

Kathryn Louise Miller

Jun 3, 2017

Kitty Miller Kathryn Louise Hawkes, primarily went by "Kitty", was born February 5, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. She and her family then moved to South Gate, California in 1932, where she spent the majority of her childhood. Kitty and her family moved to Paradise, California, her senior year of high school. Kitty moved back to Southern California after she graduated,...

Douglas Eugene Houck

Douglas Eugene Houck

Jun 2, 2017

Doug was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania in 1935. Upon graduation from Berwick High School in 1953, he enrolled at Penn State University. After completing his freshman year, he enlisted in the Army and served as a medic at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He ran for the Schofield Barracks track team and surfed in his free time. He returned to Penn State...

Doreen Irma Hannon

Doreen Irma Hannon

Jun 2, 2017

Doreen Irma Hannon was born on October 15, 1928 in Edmonton, Alberta to Irma and George Fraser. The family eventually moved to southern California.

It was in Los Angeles that Doreen met and married Jerry Hannon. They were blessed with one child, a daughter Jeri.

Doreen worked for Aloha Elementary School in Lakewood for almost...

Geraldine Thomas

Geraldine Thomas

Jun 1, 2017

Geraldine Hoge Thomas, born April 8, 1937 in Eveleth, Minnesota, passed away June 1, 2017 in Santa Monica, California after losing a 4-month bout with lung cancer.

Geraldine was born to Robert and Dora (Tassi) Rajacich. She married Gregg Leroy Hoge September 15, 1963, whom she later divorced in...

Marian J. Blincoe

Marian J. Blincoe

May 31, 2017

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Gerald Alexander Middleton

Gerald Alexander Middleton

May 31, 2017

Gerald Alexander Middleton (“Doc”) September 30, 1934- May 31, 2017 Jerry was born in Staten Island New York to Thomas McCallum Middleton and Elizabeth (Campbell Holmes) Middleton. Jerry’s parents had immigrated from Scotland to the east coast just before he was born and when he was 7 years old his father’s career as a ship...

Paul Joseph Burke

Paul Joseph Burke

May 23, 2017

Paul Joseph Burke was born July 1, 1957 in Long Beach, California to Paul and Tillie Burke and entered into eternal life May 23, 2017. He was one of seven children and attended St. Joseph's Catholic School and later graduated from Millikan High School in 1976. Paul and his wife Laura began dating in 1979...

Marlene Dolores Volta

Marlene Dolores Volta

May 19, 2017

Marlene Dolores Maringo was born October 4, 1932 in West Virginia. Due to the divorce of her parents she lived with her Grandmother. At 14 she went to Honolulu to be with her Mother.  There she worked as a waitress .  At 17 she moved to California to live with family.  At Thrifty's in Pasadena,...

Marion Priscilla Williams

Marion Priscilla Williams

May 14, 2017

We gather here to celebrate the joyous life of Marion Priscilla Williams. It was the sixth day of June 1940 in Bakersfield, California that Willie James and Eunice M. Williams welcomed their beautiful baby girl into the world. As the oldest living daughter, Marion always upheld her duty as the anchor to her siblings. Marion moved to Sacramento, California...

Jeannette Brown

Jeannette Brown

May 8, 2017

Jeannette "Judy" Brown A Life Well Lived Born December 9,1939 She would tell you life really began when she met Dick Brown "the Welder" on a blind date. Sometime later they snuck off to Las Vegas and got married (59 years) 4 children, 7 grandchildren, countless nieces and nephews. All of her children and grandchildren's friends were her friends. Living...

John Andrew Allison, Jr.

John Andrew Allison, Jr.

May 8, 2017

John Andrew Allison Jr. February 13, 1935 – May 8, 2017 Beloved Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Brother, Uncle John was born in New York City, New York, the second child of John and Anne Allison. As a young New Yorker, he witnessed the end of the Great Depression and the drama of World War II. He developed a lifelong love...

Novelle Miller

Novelle Miller

May 5, 2017

Novelle Miller, 82   After a 5-week struggle from complications due to a car accident, Novelle Miller courageously passed away into eternity on May 5, 2017. She was born on June 2, 1934 in Long Beach, CA to Paul and Gladys Waldie also of Long Beach.   Her entire childhood education was completed at St. Anthony’s Elementary/High School. A few years after...