Gilbert Ignacio Garcia

Gilbert Ignacio Garcia

July 2, 1950 – Oct. 3, 2022   Gilbert Ignacio Garcia – devoted and beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, neighbor and friend – passed away very suddenly of natural causes on Monday, Oct. 3 at the age of 72. Gilbert was born in Los Angeles on July 2, 1950 to Ignacio and Lucy […]

Sharlene Faye Grant

Sharlene Faye Grant

Jan. 18, 1948 – Aug. 2, 2022 “And the child born on the Sabbath Day is bonny and blithe and good and gay.” Sharlene Faye Grant (nee) Smith was born on a bright Sunday morning on Jan. 18, 1948 in the city she would love all her life, San Francisco. After completing grade school in […]

Susan Lynn Kilpatrick

Susan Lynn Kilpatrick

Dec. 30, 1955 – June 24, 2022   The community is invited to a celebration of life for Susan Lynn Kilpatrick on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Luke’s of the Mountains, 2563 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta. Those who would like to attend should visit www.suekilpatrick.com and click on […]

Scott Nolte

Scott Nolte

1958 – 2022 Scott Nolte, 63, died in April 2022. Scott was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer in September 2019. He maintained a stoic and positive attitude through the last few years in spite of an initial terminal diagnosis. Scott was born and raised in Pasadena. He was preceded in death by his parents Paul […]

Gertrude (Trudy) Lutherine Lucey

Gertrude (Trudy) Lutherine Lucey

Nov. 21, 1929 – Aug. 21, 2022 Gertrude (Trudy) Lutherine Lucey was born Nov. 21, 1929 in Fargo, North Dakota. She was the eighth child born to Reverend August Hoeger and Amelia Hoeger. Surrounded by family, God called her home at the age of 92 on Aug. 21 in La Crescenta. Trudy grew up in […]

Erma O’Dean Hole

Erma O’Dean Hole

Sept. 7, 1925 – Sept. 20, 2021 Erma O’Dean Hole was welcomed into God’s arms from her bed at home with loved ones Sept. 20, 2021. Born Sept. 7, 1925 in Glendale, she was a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother and a good friend. She will be greatly missed by us […]

Rocco P. Arre

Rocco P. Arre

                          Rocco P. Arre Aug. 25, 2022 Rocco Peter Arre of La Crescenta passed away on Aug. 25. He was 90 years old. He was born and raised in Easton, Pennsylvania as the only child of John and Lena Arre. He earned a […]

Eleanor “Ellie” Baker

Eleanor “Ellie” Baker

Aug. 30, 1938 – Aug. 13, 2022   Eleanor “Ellie” Baker passed away in Glendale on Aug. 13. She was 83. Ellie was born in Los Angeles and in the fifth grade moved with her family – mom Dolores, father Pilar and brothers Michael, Paul and John – to Glendale where she lived her entire […]

Stanley Birchall

Stanley Birchall

  Stanley Birchall died on the morning of July 29 in the Sepulveda VA Medical Center due to liver complications. He was 74. Stan was a true valley guy. He was raised in La Cañada with his brother Don and sister Nancy and, in his later years, bought a house in Tujunga. Stan was a […]

Patricia Martin

Patricia Martin

1936 – 2022 Patricia Martin passed peacefully in her sleep on Aug. 3 after a brief struggle with cancer. Born Patricia Helen Eikenberry, she grew up in Culver City. World War II deeply impacted young Pat as she was left to be raised by her great-grandmother while her father served in the Navy and her […]