A service of remembrance for Ronald S. Wu, M.D. will be held on Sunday, Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. at the Vallejo Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church, 300 Vallejo Drive in Glendale. Dr. Wu passed away in his home on Sept. 8, 2020 following a long, heroic battle against lung cancer. He is interred at Forest […]
May 31, 1933 – Sept. 5, 2021 Jackie Stembridge passed away late in the day on Sunday, Sept. 5 after a long and difficult battle with Alzheimer’s, comforted by the loving care of her family in Walnut Creek, California. Jackie was born in El Paso, Texas and raised by her delightfully spunky Mississippi-born mother Hattie […]
March 2,1931 – Sept. 2, 2021 Vince Dundee Jr., visionary restaurateur, businessman and first mayor of La Crescenta and La Cañada passed away earlier this month at the age of 90. Dundee is best known for owning and operating several themed restaurants and liquor stores in the Crescenta Valley foothills and Glendale during the 1950s, […]
Aug. 30, 2021 It saddens us to report that Geoffrey Minturn Taylor passed away on Aug. 30. He had been battling heart disease and did not survive open-heart surgery. Those who knew Geoff knew him as a brother, husband, cousin, uncle, great-uncle and friend. He had many sides to his personality. Geoff grew up in […]
Feb. 4, 1930 – Aug. 29, 2021 Mary Terese Bogust (or Mean Old Mary-M.O.M. to those who love her) was born Feb. 4, 1930 to Francis and Elizabeth Bechely in Los Angeles. She was the youngest of four children: Francis, Joseph and Ellen. Mary was driven and tireless but never let those pursuits get in […]
Dec. 28, 1962 – Aug. 12, 2021 Susan (Pehar) McGowan passed away on Aug. 12 in Scottsdale, Arizona following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was 59. A celebration of Susan’s life, with family and friends, took place in Scottsdale on Sept. 4. Susan was born in Glendale on Dec. 28, 1962 to […]
July 7, 1960 – Aug. 22, 2021 Donna-Jean Spaziano-Shields, 61, of Tacoma, Washington passed away on Sunday, Aug. 22 following a brave battle with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease. Donna was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Robert and Eleanor Spaziano on July 7, 1960. They moved to La Crescenta when Donna was 3 years old. […]
Feb. 4, 1930 – Aug. 28, 2021 Full Obituary to follow next week. An Interactive Memorial Tribute Page for Mary Can be found at: www.CrippenMortuary.com
Dec. 22, 1922 – Aug. 30, 2021 On Monday, Aug. 30, Baker Joseph Shelton passed away in La Crescenta, California. “Joe” was a WWII veteran who served in the Pacific theater as a Corpsman in the US Navy. Joe, or Baker as he was known to his family back east, was born in Buffalo Lithia Springs, […]
July 7, 1960 – Aug. 22, 2021 Donna-Jean Spaziano-Shields, 61, of Tacoma, Washington passed away on Sunday, Aug. 22 following a brave battle with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease. Donna was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Robert and Eleanor Spaziano on July 7, 1960. They moved to La Crescenta when Donna was 3 years old. […]