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 […]

Thomas Bingham Alcott

Thomas Bingham Alcott

March 14, 1940 – Aug. 14, 2022   Thomas Bingham Alcott, age 82, residing in La Crescenta, passed away on Aug. 14. Affectionately known as “Bing,” Thomas was born on March 14, 1940 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. He grew up on his family homestead in Denora, Pennsylvania. He was an active young man and played Little […]

Charles Hamlin (“Charlie”) Tucker

March 11, 1924 – July 26, 2022   Charles Hamlin (“Charlie”) Tucker was born on March 11, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama to Charles Tucker and Mamie Louise Smitherman. He died on July 26 at the age of 98 in La Cañada where he had lived since 1973. He is survived by his wife Nina Tucker, […]

James Edward Rinder

James Edward Rinder

Dec. 30, 1933 – April 29, 2022   James Edward Rinder 88, a longtime Glendale resident, passed away at his home on Friday, April 29. He is survived by seven beautiful children: Sheryl Bush (69), Victoria Wilmot (66), Jeannie Hunt (63), and their families and four younger children with Kay, who passed in 2018: Lisa […]

Judy K. Morey

Judy K. Morey

March 17, 1947 – March 23, 2022   Judy K. Morey, 75, daughter of the late John Edward and Wilma Walker Strough, was born and raised in Los Angeles and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1965. She lived her entire life in the Los Angeles/Foothills area, marrying her high school sweetheart Stephen Gary […]

Dr. Donald Empey

Dr. Donald Empey

Feb. 8, 1932 – June 23, 2022   Dr. Donald Empey, longtime deputy superintendent of the Glendale Unified School District, died in Glendale on June 23. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Catherine; three daughters: Elizabeth Nepsund (Randy) of San Antonio, Texas, Margaret Laning (Jim) of Hull, Iowa, Jennifer Clem (Mitch) […]