Thomas Carl Asper
Jan 31, 2024
Thomas Carl Asper (December 29, 1937 – January 31, 2024) Our Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, and friend to many passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on the morning of January 31, 2024, on his way to a game of pickleball. Tom was born in Compton California to Vida (Johnson) and Dwain Asper. Together with his older sister Elizabeth (Betty) and younger brother...
Alfonso Martinez Jimenez
Jan 31, 2024
Alfonso Martinez Jimenez, 79, passed away on January 31, 2024, at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center in Harbor City, California. The son of Manuel Jimenez and Sara Jimenez, Alfonso was born on October 31, 1944, in Mexico City. Alfonso and Josefina Aguilar Castillo met in 1967 and married in 1971. They were happily married for over 52 years. Inspired...
June M Rossberg
Jan 28, 2024
Our dear mother, June Rossberg, has left us for her heavenly home, after inspiring so many with her love, kindness, inclusivity, and generosity for over 98 years. June was born in Chicago to Alfred and Claudia Sauer McComb. A child of the Great Depression, she grew up in a one-bedroom flat above her mother’s print shop. Despite the tight quarters,...
Roy Kazuyuki Yamamoto
Jan 28, 2024
Roy K. Yamamoto of Torrance passed away on January 28, 2024, at the age of 86. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and moved to “Mainland” Los Angeles, California in 1956. He is survived by two sons Reid and Eric Yamamoto, a granddaughter Jamie Yamamoto, a sister Carol Among, and best friend/partner Brigitte Drahonovsky. Before retiring, Roy’s main occupation was...
Tony Marabella
Jan 28, 2024
Tony Marabella was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 16, 1924 to Charles and Calogera Marabella. Tony went to Harbor College and got his Automotive Associates Degree. He joined the Army on January 18, 1944 during World War Il. Tony was honorably released from duty in April 12, 1946. On June 15, 1951, he married Theresa Cenatiempo. Tony was...
Michael Roland Hall
Jan 27, 2024
Michael Hall was born on March 13, 1990 in Long Beach California. Michael was loved by two sons Isaiah and Hayden, mother Gabriella Afanador, father Jerry Afanador, siblings Faith Afanador , Raymond Afanador and grandmother Gloria Ansberry. Michael will be missed but this is not goodbye, this is I’ll see you again. Memories will always be there just like the...
Cathleen Isabel Getty
Jan 27, 2024
Cathleen Isabel Getty, 86, of Seattle, Washington, and formerly of Buffalo, New York, passed away on January 27, 2024 in Seattle, following a lengthy battle with dementia. Cathleen was born on April 21, 1937 to Mary Rose Krall and Robert Wesley Getty in Chicago, Illinois, living her formative years with family in Ely, Minnesota. The family later moved to Torrance,...
Gelene Welch-Woods
Jan 27, 2024
Gladys Gelene Welch-Woods, 92, of Harbor City, California peacefully passed away on January 27, 2024. Her transition occurred at the Pacifica House, Hospice of the North Coast, located in Carlsbad, CA. Although her first name was Gladys, she was referred to as Gelene. Gelene was born January 25, 1932 in Evergreen, Alabama to the late Lewis Lazarus Welch, known as...
Mildred Ellen Pedde
Jan 26, 2024
Mildred was born at home in Oklahoma, the 2nd of 3 daughters. Parents, Delsie and Everett Isley relocated the family to Central California, as her father was a builder and work was available there. Following the divorce of her parents, Mildred, her mother and older sister worked in the Canneries. Her mother also housed boarders to help support the family....