Barbara Anne Burrus Bowser Vaughn Rodrigues

Barbara Anne Burrus Bowser Vaughn Rodrigues

Jan. 18, 1941 – Sept. 28, 2022 Barbara Anne Burrus Bowser Vaughn Rodrigues was born on Jan. 18, 1941 in Winfield, Kansas to 25-year-old William Clarence Burrus and 19-year-old Mabel Frances Davenport. Brother James Roy was born Jan. 3, 1944. In 1945 the family packed up all of their belongings in their 1935 Ford, two-door […]

James McGrath Ransford

James McGrath Ransford

May 18, 1939 – Dec. 27, 2022 Written and spoken words cannot express the sadness and void left by the passing of Jim Ransford. He was a man of high moral character who did right simply because it was right. He was kind, generous and profoundly loved and was loved by his family and friends. His deep […]

Gayle Denise Lundquist

Gayle Denise Lundquist

Sept. 20, 1949 – Jan. 1, 2023   Gayle Lundquist passed peacefully on New Year’s Day. She was foremost a loving grandmother, mother and wife. Gayle was born and raised in La Crescenta and was a 1967 graduate of Crescenta Valley High School. Gayle worked in the banking industry for more than 40 years. She […]

Douglas Frank DiGiurco

Douglas Frank DiGiurco

On Friday, Dec. 16, Douglas Frank DiGiurco, a devoted and selfless husband and father, passed away. He was 65. Born to Frank and Patsy DiGiurco, he was raised in La Crescenta and moved to Placerville where he met and married his high school sweetheart Dani Henter. He worked in construction and maintenance most of his […]

Ken Biermann

Ken Biermann

Oct. 30, 1940 – Jan. 5, 2023 Ken Biermann, a teacher/coach to thousands, a mentor to many, a family member who was cherished and a friend to all, died Jan. 5 in Glendale from complications of COVID. He, and his twin sister Judy, was born on Oct. 30, 1940 in Los Angeles to parents Evelyn […]

Saralyn (Suedmeyer) Goldsworthy Kismann

Saralyn (Suedmeyer) Goldsworthy Kismann

March 8, 1933 – Dec. 8, 2022 Saralyn (Suedmeyer) Goldsworthy Kismann was born on March 8, 1933 in Arapahoe, Nebraska as the 13th child of the local mayor, farmer, grain elevator operator and Lutheran minister Wilhelm Suedmeyer and his wife Blanche. Saralyn spent her days singing songs with her sister Sheila and going to the […]

Mufid (Muneer) Faddoul Kawar

Mufid (Muneer) Faddoul Kawar

Aug. 22, 1938 – Dec. 11, 2022   On Sunday, Dec. 11 , at 11:26 a.m., Mufid passed away from complications of stroke while surrounded by his wife, daughters and family at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. He was 84 years old. Mufid was born in Haifa, Palestine on Aug. 22, 1938. He was the […]

Angela Jaime Fyke

Angela Jaime Fyke

Nov. 25, 2022   It is with terrible sadness that the family announces the passing of Angela Jaime Fyke, 76, on Nov. 25 due to further complications from a stroke she suffered in 2011. In 1965 Angela married Jim Fyke, who’s own parents – Rolland and Dorothy Fyke – lived on Rock Castle Avenue in […]

Jacqueline Ann Mickelson

Jacqueline Ann Mickelson

Oct. 23, 1938 – Nov. 13, 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of longtime Crescenta Valley resident Jacqueline Ann Mickelson. Jackie passed away on Nov. 13 with her daughter Terri and son-in-law Matt by her side. Jackie was born in Glendale on Oct. 23, 1938 and grew up in La […]

Dorothy Jean Murphy

Dorothy Jean Murphy

Dorothy Jean Murphy, 93, of Lindsborg, Kansas passed away Oct. 30 at Sunflower Terrace, Bethany Village, Lindsborg. Dorothy Jean Youngquist was born March 10, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois to Gustav Norman and Alice Mitchell Youngquist. After graduating from high school in Rockford, Illinois, she attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa where she majored in […]