Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

May 5, 2017

Gary Lee Haas

October 6, 1949 – May 5, 2017

Gary was born in Los Angeles to Rose Marie (Franco) and Marion Haas. Mom, brother John and Gary spent the early years with and near grandparents Ted and Alice Franco, and helped in the family restaurant. With stepfather Robert Boswell, the family moved to the...

May 4, 2017

Mary Ellen (Breen) Rowe of Long Beach was born in Los Angeles in 1933 as the second daughter of four to Phillip Francis Breen and Mary Ellen (Grasser) Breen. A tall, vivacious redhead, she was quick to bring laughter and made new friends wherever she went. Loving mother and grandmother, easy companion and quick friend, devoted Catholic, and doting teacher...

May 4, 2017

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April 30, 2017

Dorothy Gertrude Miller Alvey

1921-2017

Dorothy was born January 18, 1921 in Evansville Indiana where she lived with her mother and father Prince Albert Miller and Nora Ferrell Miller and her brother John Miller. She was an...

April 29, 2017

Ernie Kell, Long Beach’s first elected mayor.

By Rich Archbold , Long Beach Press Telegram

Ernie Kell, Long Beach’s first elected mayor, died Saturday. He was 88.

The affable self-made millionaire flew his own plane painted in...