Former longtime Crescenta Valley-area resident John Webster Knott died on Nov. 2 at his home in Cave Creek, Arizona from prostate cancer. He was husband to Mary and father to Melissa, Jeffrey, Jason and Melody and grandfather to Alex, Sam, Fiona, Avery, Jacob, Chloe, and Rhiannan. Born in Brownfield, Texas on May 14, […]
Nov. 13, 2016 U.S. Army career soldier and VFW Post Commander Keith G. Mosure died at 82. Sergeant First Class Keith G. Mosure spent 20 years in the intelligence branch of the U.S. Army during some of the most dangerous times in our nation’s history. He served in the Vietnam War and was awarded […]
Sept. 29, 1924 – Oct. 23, 2016 Karna Jane (Deininger) Meese passed away on Oct. 23. Karna was born on Sept. 29, 1924 in Torrance, California to Louis H. Deininger and Maude (Stevens) Deininger of Owatonna, Minnesota. Her parents moved to Torrance in 1922. Karna attended Torrance High School and Long Beach City College. She […]
March 9, 1999 – Oct. 27, 2016 Christine passed away on Oct. 27 in Tujunga. Christine was born March 9, 1999 in Los Angeles, the daughter of Victor and Stephanie Martinez. She is survived by her parents and younger sister and brother. Christine was a senior at Crescenta Valley High School. A closed casket vigil […]
July 13, 1944 – Oct. 15, 2016 Rudolph J. Ramirez, 72, passed away Saturday, Oct. 15 in Sun Valley, California. Rudy was born July 13, 1944 to Rudolph and Carmen (Carmona) Ramirez in Los Angeles. He grew up in La Crescenta and was part of the first graduating class of Crescenta Valley High School in […]
Oct. 12, 1934 – Oct. 14, 2016 Vivian Mary Russell passed away peacefully on Oct. 14 in Glendale. Vivian was born Oct. 12, 1934 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of William Johnstone and Margaret N. Johnstone, both from Scotland. Vivian immigrated to New York in 1956 where she met the love of her life Martin. […]
March 22, 1923 – Sept. 17, 2016 Eva was the youngest of three children born to Grace and Alexander Provance in rural Wisconsin. Eva grew up in crushing poverty, her family barely getting by on what little income her father, an itinerant farm laborer, could bring home. Their economic poverty was punctuated by the fact […]
Oct. 9, 2016 Bill Thomas, the founding principal of Crescenta Valley High School, died Oct. 9 in Palm Desert at the age of 91. In 1960, Crescenta Valley High opened its doors to the first class of sophomores. Bill served as principal for 20 years. A narrative he wrote describing the early days of CV […]
July 19, 1919 – Oct. 5, 2016 Charles passed away peacefully in La Crescenta on Oct. 5. Charles was born July 19, 1919 in Amarillo, Texas to Rose and Charles Hill Sr. The family moved to Witchita, Kansas before moving to California in 1931. They settled in Costa Mesa then moved to Pasadena where Charles […]
Aug. 24, 2016 Former Cresenta-Cañada Rotary Club president and district governor Bill Godbey passed away on Aug. 24. He lived with his wife Roberta at Lake of the Ozarks. Bill served as a Marine Corps pilot in the Pacific in WWII and in Korea during which time he was shot down. He survived at sea […]