Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

June 19, 2017

John (Jack) Cheatham was born on July 26, 1933 in Long Beach, California to Ernest and Orissa Cheatham. He was raised in Long Beach, along with his brother Ernie, and sisters, Patty and Jayne. He attended St. Anthony’s High School in Long Beach, where he not only met his wife, Raylene (Laughlin), but also made lifelong friends that he continued...

June 17, 2017

Jeff was born here in Lakewood on October 24, 1953. He was the third of Bob and LaVonne Lieb’s six children; Michael, Kathy, Jeff, Marshall, Roberta, Bridget. He went to St. Pancratius school from 1st to 8th grade and then to Paramount High. After high school, he went into the Army for 2 years where...

June 16, 2017

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June 15, 2017

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June 13, 2017

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June 10, 2017

C. Olaf Lee of Long Beach, California, passed away June 10, 2017. Olaf was born in New Orleans, LA, July 12, 1938. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve after high school and attended LSU after basic training. He then worked for Freeport Sulphur on an off shore mining rig for a short time before moving to Los Angeles in 1961,...

June 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...

June 6, 2017

June 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...

June 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...

June 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...

June 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...

June 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...

June 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,...

June 3, 2017

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June 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...

June 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...

June 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...

May 31, 2017

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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...