Timothy R. Rakisits

July 24, 1954 – June 11, 2016 Timothy Rakisits passed away at Verdugo Hills Hospital on June 11 after a short illness. Tim was born in Glendale on July 24, 1954 to Julius and Irene Rakisits. Tim grew up in the Montrose-La Crescenta area and attended local schools. After high school he learned the art […]

Sally Ouellet Foote

Sally Ouellet Foote

1960-2016 Sally Ouellet Foote was born on Dec. 13, 1960 in Amesbury, Massachusetts to Norbert and Doris Ouellet. She passed away at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on June 9 with her husband by her side after a courageous battle with cancer. Sally attended Amesbury High School and graduated from Boston University with […]

Sally Ouellet Foote

Sally Ouellet Foote

1960-2016 Sally Ouellet Foote was born on Dec. 13, 1960 in Amesbury, Massachusetts to Norbert and Doris Ouellet. She passed away at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on June 9 with her husband by her side after a courageous battle with cancer. Sally attended Amesbury High School and graduated from Boston University with […]

Nancy Jean (Wilson) Ellyson

July 13, 1939 – May 24, 2016 Nancy Jean (Wilson) Ellyson passed away at Villa Gardens Health Center in Pasadena on May 24 after a short illness. Nancy was born in Bakersfield on July 13, 1939 to John L. and Grace K. Wilson. The family, including her brother Robert, moved to La Crescenta in 1943. […]

Hajira Ahmed

July 15, 1937 – May 10, 2016 Hajira (Begum) Ahmed passed away in La Crescenta on May 10. Hajira was born in Mysore, India on July 15, 1937. She lived in many places including Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Washington D.C.; Prairie Village/Overland Park, Kansas; Brea, California; and La Crescenta, California. She earned a master’s degree in […]

Paul B. Mekhitarian

Paul B. Mekhitarian

Aug. 1, 1953 — May 16, 2016 Paul B. Mekhitarian was born in Aleppo, Syria, on Aug. 1, 1953 to Nourijan and Ovsanna Mekhitarian. He was the middle child of three siblings – an older sister Silva, and a younger brother Zohrab. In January 1972, he met his wife Madlen. The two were engaged on […]

Lawrence Edwin June

Lawrence Edwin June

July 9, 1940 – Feb. 13, 2016 Lawrence “Larry” Edwin June, 75, born on July 9, 1940, and died on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Verdugo Hills Hospital. He had Parkinson’s and dementia and was in a nursing home and in-and-out of the hospital. At the end he was in hospice care. Larry was born in […]

Dorothy H. Holland

Dorothy H. Holland

          1928 – 2016 Dorothy H. Holland, a longtime resident of the La Crescenta area, died Sunday, May 1. She was born in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Broad Ripple High School in 1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana, she moved to California and received a degree in electrolysis from Los […]

Ernest Victor “Skipper” Pistacchio

1951 – 2016 Ernest Victor “Skipper” Pistacchio, resident of Los Angeles County for over 60 years, died Sunday, May 1 at the age of 64. He was born to Ernest John and Gloria Marie (Rossi) Pistacchio in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1951, and moved with his family to Montrose in 1952. He was preceded […]

Craig Robert Dailey

Craig Robert Dailey

March 4, 1944 – April 20, 2016 Craig Robert Dailey passed away on April 20 at his home in La Crescenta of respiratory failure. Craig was born in San Diego on March 4, 1944 to Florence Pearl Gidley Dailey and Robert Harrison Dailey. Craig was a lifelong La Crescenta resident attending Lincoln Elementary, Clark Junior […]