Recent Obituaries in Long Beach

September 14, 2016

Dr. Myrvin H. Ellestad, a pioneering doctor who founded Long Beach Memorial Medical Center’s cardiology program and is credited with co-inventing the modern-day stress test, died Sept. 14 from a pulmonary embolism. He was 95. “His curiosity, passion and dedication to research and teaching have saved the lives of literally hundreds of thousands of people across the globe,” said Gregory...

September 14, 2016

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September 12, 2016

?Judy Ann Beck was born June 18th 1941 in Toledo Ohio. Her wonderful parents Walter Stuart Beck passed about 5 years ago, but her loving Mother Virginia Olive Beck, almost 99 years old still resides  in Leisure World. At the age of four, along came her baby Brother Larry. Growing up in the Beck house was much like the TV...

September 9, 2016

In Loving Memory of Ellen Marie Schmid Born May 22, 1943 Seattle, WA Died September 9, 2016 Fountain Valley, CA Funeral Mass Thursday, September 22, 2016, 11:00 AM St. Polycarp Church Stanton, CA Ellen peacefully passed away on September 9, 2016 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born to Victor and Phyllis Osoteo in Seattle,...

September 8, 2016

September 4, 2016

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September 3, 2016

Ruth Snowball (94) passed away September 3, 2016. Ruth was married to Morrell Snowball for 66 years, who passed away in 2008. She is survived by her five daughters: Barbara (Davis), Chris (Montgomery), Nancy (Lawson), Cindy (Torgerson) and Betsy (Olson); sister Kathryn Kesler; 22 grandchildren and 51 great grandchildren. Ruth was a devoted wife and mother. Music was an important...

August 31, 2016

Francisca C Romo was born as Francisca De La Rosa Cancino October 22, 1924 in Del Rio, Texas to her parents Refugio De La Rosa and Jesus Cancino. She was the eldest of 3 with her sister Mary Cancino and her bother Jesus Cancino the youngest of the three living on what was a small farm on the outskirts of...

August 30, 2016

Wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend; Born in El Paso, Texas, on September 5, 1929.  Olga left Texas and her 12 brothers and sisters in 1948, at the age of 18, and moved to Los Angeles, California where a year later she would meet her future husband, Frank A. Morales.  On March 31, 1950 they were married.  Two...

August 30, 2016

Lilian died peacefully surrounded by her family August 30, 2016 in Fountain Valley, California at the age of 71.  Lilian is survived by her husband of 51 years Chris, son Alan, daughter Catherine and her husband Seamus, son Dennis and his wife Krista, son Brian and his wife Laurie, grandsons Shane, U.S. Army, Nicholas, U.S. Navy and Colin, granddaughers Sarah...

August 27, 2016

Rose Hubbard was born October 3, 1923 in Kelly Kansas to Rose Lena Metzger and Frank Michael Shump.  The youngest of 11 children, Rose was very proud of her 7 brothers and 3 sisters: Amelia, August, Pauline, Henry, Valentine, Raphael, Peggy, Lawrence, Karl, and Frank.  As a child, Rose grew up on a farm where...

August 27, 2016

Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather Kenneth J. Merkley, (Ken), passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 27, 2016 after an extended illness. He was born in Tridell, Utah on June 6, 1933 to John Golden Merkley and Carrie Macel Swensen. He joined the Navy at the age of 18 years old and served aboard the USS Comstock...

August 26, 2016

Kathleen Marie (Terwilliger) Cleveland peacefully passed away surrounded by her 4 adult children on Friday, 26 August 2016. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dr. Robert W. Cleveland and her brother, Ray Terwilliger.She is greatly and lovingly survived by her four children, CathyBeth Cleveland Hooper (Steve), Jeanette Cleveland (Kevin Murphy), Bobette Cleveland Slawson (Mike), and Robert Walter,...

August 25, 2016

Pauline "Dymphna" Lennon Makinney, (09/28/22 - 08/25/16), is deeply missed by her 3 children, Michael, Katherine and Mark, daughter-in-law, Rosie, and 2 grandsons, Sam and Charlie, along with her brother, Dr. Paul Lennon, and niece, Ann Tomlinson & family. With a great sense of humor, insight and humility, Dymphna was an unforgettable and constant light to all who knew...

August 23, 2016

Patricia Jean Burns was born on November 8, 1927 in Grand Haven, Michigan. She was the youngest of 7 children and was the first to be born in a hospital. Her parents, Elizabeth Robertson Burns and Robert Burns were hard working immigrants from Scotland and England.

Pat enjoyed being outdoors and playing games like stickball with her...

August 22, 2016

Born, Elizabeth Cecilia Evans on May 18th, 1969 at St. Frances hospital in Lynwood, California to Daidra and Thomas Evans, was born prematurely only weighing 4 pounds.  She was so small at birth her father was said to be able to hold her in the palm of one hand.  As a child, she and her father could be seen spending...

August 22, 2016

George Lewis Babi January 11, 1950 - August 22, 2016 Long Beach, California A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, September 18th at the Lakewood Country Club, 3101 E. Carson St., Lakewood, CA 90712, from 11 am - 3 pm. For more information please contact Brigitte Richard at brigieb@aol.com Luyben Dilday Mortuary (562) 425-6401

August 20, 2016

Yvonne Pearl Carol (Carlson) Mirabella was born December 27, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois.  She died in Long Beach, California on August 20, 2016. She was a loving mother to her daughters, Linda Fish, Lynne Charette, Lauren Pantoja and sons, Sam Mirabella and Gino Mirabella.  She was a loving grandmother to eight grandchildren, Nicole Murray, Meredith Standing, Jesse Pantoja, Ryan Charette, ...

August 20, 2016

Edward Chaides

May 25, 1927 to August 20, 2016

Edward Chaides, 89 years old, passed away peacefully in his home among family, Saturday, August 20, 2016. Born in Paso Robles on May 25, 1927, he was the oldest child of Ben and Erlinda, and had 15 younger brothers and sisters, Carmen (deceased), Dolores (deceased), Gloria,...

August 20, 2016