Miki Mayeda
Dec 17, 2015
Miki Mayeda, beloved sister and aunt passed away on December 17, 2015. She was 94. She is survived by her sister Kayo Tsuruda, her brother Aki Uyeda and a number of nieces and nephews. She was born in Fielding, Utah, but has lived most of her life in California. She worked many years at New York Life Insurance Co. Miki...
Phyllis Knopke
Dec 16, 2015
Phyllis Knopke, the daughter of Antoinette Ferrantino and Clemente Tucci, passed away December 11, 2015 at the age of 96. She was born on May 6, 1919 in New York and was a long time resident of Palos Verdes Estates, California. Phyllis is survived by her loving daughter Lisa Ann Buchanan; granddaughter, Carrie L. Machacek. Services will be held Monday,...
Sandra Sue Barsby
Dec 15, 2015
Our beloved Mother, Sandra Sue Barsby, passed away on December 10, 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Sandra passed peacefully in her home just one week after her husband, Robert. She is survived by her children, Lori, Todd and Jill and 6 grandchildren. Sandra was first and foremost a loving mother and wife. Sandra was primarily a homemaker...
Mary E. Gray
Dec 14, 2015
Mary E. Gray, the daughter of May Jost and William Datson, passed away on December 14 2015 at the age of 90. She was born on December 31, 1924 in Michigan and was a long time resident of Moreno Valley, California. Mary is survived by her loving children Darlene (Jeffrey) Gidley, Robert (Mercedes) Gray, Ronald (Cindi) Gray, Debbie (Don) Yates,...
Charles "Chuck" Degraffenreid
Dec 12, 2015
Charles Robert DeGraffenreid, age 90, died Saturday, December 12, 2015 at his daughter's home in Huntington Beach, CA. Charles was born January 18, 1925 in Chickasha, OK to Henry Grady DeGraffenreid and Bessie Carson DeGraffenreid, and had 2 younger siblings, Florence and Don. Following the death of his mother when he was 12 years old, he lived in Oklahoma City...
Gonzalo R. Romero
Dec 12, 2015
Gonzalo was born June 25, 1924 in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, the youngest of 5. His mother, a midwife by profession, was a full-blooded Pascua Yaqui Indian although Gonzalo looked very Castilian throughout life, similar to Anthony Quinn with whom he was friends in his teens. He was called 'Talo' (nickname for Gonzalo) as a child, walking across the Sierra...
Marjorie C. Caliman
Dec 11, 2015
Marjorie Lee Cunningham Caliman (also known as "Marje" and "Precious") was born on November 18, 1929 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Ann Emily Ellison and Eddie Cunningham, the eldest of five children. She graduated from Inkster High School in Michigan and Homer G. Phillips School of Nursing in St Louis, Missouri. She received a degree in Public Health in Nursing from...
Michael Makoto Kittaka
Dec 11, 2015
Michael Makoto Kittaka, the son of Hiromi Kume and Takeo Kittaka, passed away December 11, 2015 at the age of 50. He was born on April 25, 1965 in Los Angeles and was a life ling resident of Torrance. Michael is survived by his beloved wife Mika Uematsu Kittaka; mother, Hiromi Kume Kittaka. Visitation will be held Friday, December 18,...
Robert G. Schwarz
Dec 10, 2015
Bob Schwarz, 87, passed away in Torrance on December 3, 2015 surrounded by his family. He was born in Woodland Hills, CA on February 17, 1928 and moved to San Pedro when he was 12 years old. He joined the U.S. Army when he was 18 years old and served in the Motor Pool. He married Shirley Davis when she...
Dennis Arthur Mathews
Dec 10, 2015
Funeral Home: Green Hills Mortuary and Memorial Chapel 27501 S.Western Ave. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA US 90275