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) […]

Susan L. Kilpatrick

Dec. 30, 1955 – June 24, 2022   Susan Lynn Kilpatrick died June 24 with her family at her bedside after a brief, but valiant, struggle against illness. Sue was born to Robert and Alice Collier in Glendale on Dec 30, 1955. The family moved to La Crescenta where Sue had a wonderful childhood growing […]

Mary Josephine Nelson

Aug. 12, 1920 – May 30, 2022 Mary was born in Akron, Ohio. She had two younger brothers and one sister who she adored. The family moved to Los Angeles when she was 7. The Depression wasn’t so bad for them because her father had work and her mother was a seamstress, so they had […]

Beverly Ann Frame

Beverly Ann Frame

Dec. 16, 1931 – June 5, 2022 Beverly Frame, 90, passed away peacefully on June 5. Beverly was born on Dec. 16, 1931 in Burbank to parents Vilate and Nephi Anderson. She had three brothers (Howard, Wally and Blain) and two sisters (Martha and Marilyn). When she was 15 her family moved to La Cañada […]

Charles Franklin Fetterhoff Jr.

Charles Franklin Fetterhoff Jr.

July 9, 1929 – June 5, 2022 Charles Franklin Fetterhoff Jr. passed away at the venerable age of 92 on June 5. He was the son of Charles Franklin Fetterhoff and Mary Katherine Daniel. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Elizabeth Cappazola Fetterhoff (Betty). Charles was deeply committed to his […]

Harry Avant

Harry Avant

1934 – 2022 Harry Avant always had something interesting to say and an interesting way of saying things. While working for Aeronutronic, a defense related division of Ford Aerospace, in the 1960s he helped rebuild the electronics at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He worked for the California Institute of Technology at the Jet […]