Oct. 29, 1939 – July 6, 2019 Marvene Larson, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on July 6 a few months shy of her 80th birthday. Marvene was born in Van Nuys on Oct. 29, 1939 on the 10-year anniversary of her parents, Andrew and Frances Olsen. Living nearly all of her childhood […]
June 15, 2019 The Foothills lost one of its brightest smiles near midnight on Saturday, June 15 as Mary Louise Chase went to her eternal home at the age of 92. Known affectionately as “Mary Lou” by her many friends, there wasn’t a restaurant, grocery store, shopping mall or church in the Crescenta Valley she […]
1927 – 2019 Barbara Jean Sherman, a 61-year resident of La Cañada Flintridge, passed away peacefully and gently at her home on June 18. She was 92 years old. She was born Barbara Jean to Thomas and Frances Ryan in San Diego in 1927, and lived with her parents and sisters Patricia, Annabelle and Geraldine […]
Nov. 8, 1956 – May 31, 2019 Richard Lawrence was born in Denver, Colorado and passed away on May 31 at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after a determined and valiant battle for over 2½ years with inoperable pancreatic cancer. His family was by his side. Richard grew up in La Jolla, California, one block away from […]
Sept. 14, 1959 – June 13, 2019 Linda A. Thompson was born and raised in La Crescenta until she graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1977 and went off to college at Arizona State University. She graduated ASU in 1981 and attended law school at the University of San Francisco that same year. In […]
May 30, 2019 Cody, a beloved senior golden retriever lab, passed away peacefully at home in Tujunga on Thursday, May 30, with his family by his side. Born from the puppy boom of stray dogs after Hurricane Katrina, Cody, among numerous others, was sent to Southern California on behalf of an animal rescue organization in […]
Dec. 6, 1956 – May 15, 2019 Chris was born at Glendale Memorial Hospital on Dec. 6, 1956 to his parents Bob and Shirley Western. He was raised in Glendale and attended both Lincoln and Fremont elementary schools and then Rosemont Middle School where he served as class president of both seventh and eighth grades. […]
May 2, 2019 Our beloved mother, Ann Archer, sadly passed away on May 2 at the age of 86. She was a mother and friend to many, leaving her home open to many of her children’s friends when they had nowhere to go, and family and friends who might need a place to place their […]
Nov. 21, 1941 – April 25, 2019 Nicholas (Nick) Whalen, loving husband and father, passed away suddenly on April 25. He spent his last afternoon eating his favorite lunch of hot dogs and working in his beloved backyard garden. Nick was born to Nicholas and Rose Whalen on Nov. 21, 1941 in Manhattan, New York. […]
Sept. 24, 1926 to April 21, 2019 The 62 years that Raymonde Lewis lived in the Crescenta Valley were a radical departure from everything she knew her first 17 years growing up in a tiny village in France. Five of those years the town was under German occupation during WWII. Raymonde spoke no English when, […]