Dorothy “Dot” Louise Chase Clark

Dorothy “Dot” Louise Chase Clark

Dorothy “Dot” Clark, age 92, of Amarillo, Texas died March 23. Memorial services were held at Polk Street United Methodist Church on Friday, March 27 at 2 p.m.  Private burial was at Llano Cemetery that morning by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. Dorothy was born April 2, 1922, in Lexington, Kentucky to Herbert S. Chase and […]

Marion Frances Gustavsen

Marion Frances Gustavsen

May 29, 1922 – March 15, 2015 Marion Frances Gustavsen (Gussy) [McDonald], 92, of Sunland passed away on March 15 in the Verdugo Vista Healthcare Center in La Crescenta. Burial service will be held at the Winton Cemetery (7651 W. Almond Ave., Winton, California) on March 28 at 11 a.m. Marion was born on May […]

Florence Cannella

Florence Cannella, aged 86, passed away on March 13.  Florence was born on Jan. 11, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, the 10th child of Phillip and Grace Palazzola. At the age of 2 her large Italian family traveled by car across the United States and settled in San Pedro. There she spent her childhood by the […]

Francisco “Paco” Soldevilla

Francisco “Paco” Soldevilla

June 25, 1928 – March 2, 2015 Francisco “Paco” Soldevilla passed on March 2 after a brief illness at the age of 86. He lived in Glendale for the last 29 years. He had just moved with his wife to Lake Oswego, Oregon to live with his son and his wife. He was a Renaissance […]

Jerry Roy Taylor

July 6, 1938 – Feb. 26, 2015 It is with sadness the family of Jerry Taylor announces his passing on Feb. 26 at his home in La Crescenta. Jerry was born in Lyons, Kansas on July 6, 1938. He graduated from Lyons High School in 1956 and Sterling College in 1963. After driving a cattle […]

David Simpson Mason

David Simpson Mason

  October 31, 1929 – January 24, 2015 David S. Mason of La Crescenta, California, died peacefully at his home on January 24, 2015.  He was born in Torrance, California, the son of late Thomas Francis and Eva Gay Mason, youngest of 3 children.  David graduated from John Marshall High School located in Los Angeles […]

Richard George Hingston

Richard George Hingston

1928 – 2015 Born in Montrose in 1928, Richard George Hingston passed away Jan. 17 in La Crescenta. He loved Crescenta Valley and never moved from it. “Where else can you live in the mountains and be 30 minutes from the beach and desert?” he’d ask. During WWII he was a student at Glendale High […]

Kenneth Frank Baxter

      It is with much sadness that we announce that Kenneth “Kenny” Frank Baxter passed away at 6:03 pm, Monday,  February 23rd. He was 70 years old. Born to Floyd and Bea Baxter in Los Angeles, June 26, 1944. Kenny worked for the La Cañada Water District for over 40 years. He was […]

Ruth Weathermon Bassett

Dec.17, 1931 – Feb. 18, 2015 Ruth Weathermon Bassett was predeceased by her loving husband of 60 years, Dale Clark Bassett. She is survived by their children Twila Bassett, Carol Lee (Dinnis) and Chad Bassett (Erika); grandchildren Savonne, Kristen and Kyle; great grandchildren Dominique and Ash. Memorial to be held 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. […]

Rita Claire (McKinnon) Nigg

Aug. 24, 1928 – Nov. 2, 2014 Rita, beloved mother and dear friend to all who knew her, was born at Queen of the Angels Hospital in Los Angeles to Clara G. McKinnon and Lawrence A. McKinnon in the summer of 1928. She received her Catholic elementary education in Beverly Hills and attended high school […]