Russell R. Zuniga

Russell Ruben Zuniga found peace on the morning of April 30, 2012, surrounded by his loving family and friends. After battling for over a month, he finally succumbed to his injuries from brain trauma.
He was born on December 12, 1988 in Long Beach, California. After having lived in San Pedro during his childhood years, Russell moved to Long Beach and attended Woodrow Wilson High School. He graduated in 2007, then moved back to San Pedro to be closer to his friends and family. An avid punk and hardcore music fan, he took his guitar and channeled his energy toward fulfilling his life-long dream of forming a successful band. While employed in Torrance, Russell met his soulmate, Kylie Carswell. She meant the world to him and the two were inseparable. They enjoyed going to concerts together and attending Los Angeles Kings and Dodgers games, his favorite sports teams. Russell went on to become a member of the sales staff at C.A.R.E. Alternative Meds in Long Beach, where he had worked for the past year.
Russell is survived by his father, Victor Zuniga, Jr. of Long Beach; grandparents Martha and Victor Zuniga, Sr. of San Pedro; great-grandmothers Teresa Zuniga of San Pedro and Amanda Portillo of Apple Valley, CA; brother George Niklas Zuniga of Long Beach. He is also survived by his mother and stepfather, Teal and Tommy Kucura of San Pedro; grandmother Tamara Houston Archibald of Grants Pass, OR; his sisters Teanna Gutierrez, Sherry Bandy and brother Tommy Kucura, Jr. of San Pedro. Russell will be greatly missed by his many aunts, uncles and cousins with whom he shared his brief time on Earth with.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 10th from 5-9pm at Green Hills Mortuary and Memorial Chapel in San Pedro. A memorial service will take place on Friday, May 11th at 10am at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro.


Funeral Home:
Green Hills Mortuary and Memorial Chapel
27501 S.Western Ave.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
US 90275