Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

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...

April 27, 2017

Priscilla Marie Merritt was born in Los Angeles on November 30, 1942 to Ruth and Louis Merritt and was the oldest of 8 children. She attended St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School and went on to Temple City High School. After high school she attended two years of college while also working. She joined a young adult group at...

April 25, 2017

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April 24, 2017

Irma Leffel (nee Molina) Irma died April 24, 2017, at her home in Indio, CA. She was born in Tucson, AZ. She was the second of seven children of Delia (Dee) and Manuel Molina. Her mother, father, sister and a brother moved to Los Angeles, where her father began his career in the jewelry business. In Los Angeles two more...

April 23, 2017

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April 21, 2017

April 20, 2017

Our beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother “Wanda Jo Cue” passed peacefully on April 20th 2017 in Anaheim, CA at the age of 90 years. Wanda Jo leaves behind many who loved and admired her and her spirit including six children, fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.  Wanda Jo as she was affectionately called was born in 1927 in...

April 19, 2017

Cordell Wiser, 75, Long Beach, CA. passed away Wed., April 19, 2017, due to complications of cancer. Cordell was born in Utah to Samuel Glenn and Emerett in 1941.  He married his wife Ruth in 1965.

Cordell is survived by his wife, Ruth, 3 sons, 2 daughters-in-law, his 2...

April 18, 2017

Michael John Zytowski

July 21, 1968 – April 18, 2017

Michael John Zytowski was born in Inglewood, California, the only child of Norbert Zytowski and Suzanne Zytowski. Michael attended St. Hedwig Elementary School in Los Alamitos and St. Anthony’s High School in Long Beach, and graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a...

April 16, 2017

Robert Eugene Neary, 89, went to be with our Lord in Heaven on Easter Sunday April 16, 2017. Bob, as he was commonly known, was born on December 12, 1927 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. He was the youngest of three boys.

He graduated from Emmetsburg Catholic High School in 1946 and attended the Hamilton School of Commerce in...

April 14, 2017

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April 12, 2017

Dorothy Carolyn Ellis Ricketts was born at home in Warren, Arkansas on May 16, 1928, the youngest child of George and Mary Ellis and baby sister to George Jr. and Bob Ellis.  Being the only girl, she was doted on by her father.  She led an idyllic childhood surrounded by loving...

April 10, 2017

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April 4, 2017

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