She worked as a bus driver with the Fayette County Public Schools for many years and was a lifelong member of Southland Christian Church. In 2010 and 2011, he also performed on the Rock of Ages national tour. Sometimes, Martinez would go to the mall and choose clothes for his wife. He ran twice for the U.S. Senate in the 1970s but lost both times. His son, Vicente Montoya, remembers spending afternoons and nights at Teresas Cafe, walking to his familys restaurant from the nearby library and then waiting for his father to get off work or to eat with the family. After Ellis completed rehabilitation for his own alcoholism, he gave Rosario an ultimatum to do the same or he wouldnt speak to her again. She was a custody services officer for several years, working with inmates. Dont think that you can take care of it on your own. But as the pandemic wore on and Doyle was able to meet his clients' needs the stress turned into satisfaction, said his sister, Kelli Johnson. She was tenacious like that.. In the last years of her active service, Bernuy switched her focus again, this time working as a doula working with infant children in Seattle, which gave her great delight. You only give extra to other people if you know we have something for yourselves.. In addition to Alan Cook and his wife, Jane, the elder Cook is survived by son Fred Cook, as well as two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In Los Angeles, Kass met and married his wife, Wallie, and they had two sons, Larry and Jonathon. When they were still in the office before the pandemic forced them to work from home, Swing would always be the first to offer to close up for the night. Martha Bernabe was about 16 when her father Antonio told his family one day in 2004 that they were going to Sacramento. Instead, she would show others how she added oil to the pan, then flour and chili powder. As Branker walked to the stage, the band relented and agreed to play. Instead, Moya settled in L.A., going on to study radiology. After three years in a long-distance marriage, Ben finally joined Sally in Victorville. He was stern, but he was fun.. At first, he appeared to recover and was taken off the ventilator after a few weeks. Born Oct. 27, 1947, in Schurz, Nev., to two members of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe, Romero grew up in a tiny house in Big Pine, where she lived until the 1970s, when she left to study in North Hollywood. That was his life, Noke said. Hed stand next to the door half-asleep waiting for her sister to finish before they returned to their shared bunk bed. If you asked him to do something, he would try his best to do it.. He was 25. He had underlying conditions known to cause more severe cases of COVID-19, including diabetes and hypertension. Joseph Yamada and Elizabeth Kikuchi were born two days apart, but they didnt meet until they were 11, when both were sent with their families to a World War II internment camp in Poston, Ariz. Then they became mostly inseparable. She died Nov. 15 at age 94. The staff was devastated to lose her because she was such an upbeat person, McGowan said. Foreman spent the last 3 1/2 years at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley in Sun Valley. But on March 14, Lori and Eric were contacted by the assisted living facility in Cypress where Betty was staying. I got the feeling that he always enjoyed music. A cultural warrior, musician and civil rights champion, Montoya marched alongside Caesar Chavez and connected his audiences with indigenous music he played for the United Farm Workers. He worked the fields, climbed power poles to fix cables, and finally arrived at QueensCare Health Centers in East Los Angeles as a security officer. Clark Legacy Center is proud to offer We Remember memorial pages. Martin Luther King Jr., Medinah said. His turntable skills changed the course of his life more than 15 years ago, when his not-yet wife was looking for a DJ to play her upcoming birthday party. Eventually, a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling rendered the proposition unconstitutional. Were just blessed that she didnt have to go through any real type of suffering or anything, Damon said. She died July 31, a little over a month after her 96th birthday, at the Carlton, an assisted living home in Pleasant Hill. Now the kids were old enough to get on all the rides and attractions; we were all together. Martinez performed as a disc jockey under the name DJ V-Funk for more than a decade in and around his hometown of Porterville, providing the soundtrack at countless quinceaeras, weddings and birthday parties. Both were 85 and died due to complications from COVID-19. McAdoo wrote on the Yelp page: We are here to continue to build her [Ruths] legacy with love for our family, passion for cooking and commitment to our goals.. After a few hard years scraping by in downtown L.A., he worked in sales for a doll company, then started his own small business, an import-export operation moving construction materials between California and Indonesia. Even toward the end of his life, as dementia began to rob him of more and more of his memories, he could still recall the places they'd been. They had frequent contact with home health care nurses and were in and out of the hospital in December, heightening the possibility of contracting the virus. A funeral service was held Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, burial was at Camp Nelson with military honors. He always said, You can learn more about an individual by playing one round of golf with them than you could ever in any other circumstance.. Widom and his second wife, Linda Larkin, traveled the world and had a special fondness for New Zealand and Switzerland. He was 82. Then, finally, the baby moved. She graduated from Smith College in 1947 and married her husband Robert the same year. I remember him being really happy when he bought it, but also feeling really guilty for splurging on himself, his youngest daughter, Andrea, said. But while he lived, he would talk about them to anyone he met. Like many boxers, Hernandez found it easy to talk about himself. Magallanes said she didnt have Cavalho as her teacher in sixth grade but her reputation as having high expectations for students was well known. Chavez Godinez was hospitalized on March 8 after enduring chest pain and trouble breathing; she died April 5 from COVID-19. Ramirez, 54, had a dry cough, but otherwise felt well enough to go to work as a mortgage broker. You eventually arrive at a point where the only thing that matters are the people in your life.. He wouldnt have wanted me to give up, say this isnt fair and cuss my life out, Evan said. "A group of ministers would walk the strip and talk with young people, and my dad brought a few of them to our house to tell their parents [by phone] that they were safe.". Distance could not stop Roger Santicruz from taking care of his family. Last summer Gerald Shiroma boarded a plane at LAX, and headed to the Big Island of Hawaii. My dad made it seem like we had everything., Every year, he enjoyed watching the Miss Universe pageant, and even went to go see the competition live in Las Vegas one year. The most recent note, which arrived a few days before he died, she said, focused on the strength of women told through the story of Mary. Carol van Zalingen fell in love with Southern California when she moved to the Los Angeles area in 2008 to take a job teaching English at the private Westridge School for Girls in Pasadena. Her old liver damaged from years of unhealthy eating and diabetes, her family says had forced her to retire after about 30 years as founding director of the Pala Youth Center in Pala, one of the loci of life for the Pala Band of Mission Indians, to which she belonged. He was 83. I felt so fortunate that he exposed me to different things, said his son, Marc, who worked with his father for several years. Vega was civic-minded as well. But something also felt naggingly familiar about Carpenter, Ybarra said. He was in good spirits even the doctors told me he was a really chatty, happy person, Estrella said. He worked for four more days, then began to feel worse. He would have his daughter help translate a word in Los Angeles Times stories to make sure he understood them properly. In it, there was a phrase he wrote often: Im really proud to be a carpenter, I'm really proud to work with my hands.. In a conversation amid this uncertainty, his wife, Francisca, pointed to a nearby tree. He was cremated, said Rachel, and I knew we needed some sort of urn. In early March, she attended the birth of a grandchild before traveling to Disneyland in Anaheim to celebrate the birthday of another grandchild. The story goes that he asked his mom to enroll him in El Centros white schools because he wanted a better chance of getting ahead, according to Irma. Vernon grew up in Kansas City, Kan. Lilia De La Fuente said, He liked to work on the East Side because he grew up there: We arrested these gang members and the streets are going to be safer. He never told me any of the bad stuff. She met fellow trucker LaMar Mitchell; their wheels crossed in the early 1970s -- the two quickly became a couple. For a time, Smith was back to her old self again; even though shed retired, she kept showing up at the youth center again, telling the new director who happened to be her daughter, April Cantu how she had done things. When a recession set in during the 1970s, he left engineering to run a Carmel Valley delicatessen with a friend. She steered grades one through eight in Elgin, Neb., finishing in 1944, when she moved 80 miles south to Grand Island to work in an ammunition plant. Sowma spent her entire working life as an industry seamstress, ultimately securing a union job in downtown L.A. He and Mona got married in 1999 after meeting on a dating website, she said. Kennedy's trip came amid intense geopolitical tension yet won over a nation and turned her into a global icon. Wilmore went on to write for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The PJs, an animated series created by Larry and comedian Eddie Murphy. She also wrote poetry and was active as a director on a variety of boards for local government agencies, colleges, museums and foundations. I remember him riding along Newport Ave. he actually rode the bike half the length of the block backwards, said Mark, he wanted to prove to himself that he could still do it and he was satisfied.. Born in Burlington, N.C., in 1924, Lowell Parker Dabbs served in the Navy during World War II, assigned to a destroyer in the Pacific. Agredano died of COVID-19 on Dec. 17 at Memorial Hospital of Gardena. William Ramsey Clark was born on Dec. 18, 1927, in Dallas to Judge Clark and Mary (Ramsey) Clark, whose father was a justice on the Texas Supreme Court and head of the Federal Reserve Bank of . She had lived a beautiful life, marrying her husband, who recently died from cancer, when she was 13 in Zacatecas, Mexico, and later immigrating to California. From the age of 12, he helped his family pick crops in the South, before he decided to move to Los Angeles at 19. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy repeatedly sent him to the South to be a point man in the civil rights struggle there, not least because of his Texas drawl. Hed be like Dont ever be embarrassed of who you are, she said. In the studio, Spector awoke pop music from its early-1960s doldrums and crafted a sound that would influence record-making for generations, informing the music of such acts as the Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. Dont get trapped in credit card debt. Abarca, who lived in Garden Grove, was a humble, hardworking man who loved cooking carne asada for his children on his few days off, his daughter Odalis said. Donna and Erica devoted time to supporting their community in Carson. He started a new era of his life working for Los Angeles County, serving as a social worker among other jobs over 32 years. She was a super-amazing, strong, miraculous person, her daughter said, adding: She was my best friend. It sounds easy, said Roger Kirk, assistant athletics director, but if you make a mistake, everyone sees it.. Dont think I forgot, I still owe you money for your yearbook, Murillo said. He was 84. "It only took one person to help you break in, to get you inside, Rogosin wrote in a 2004 memoir. Even in heated family therapy sessions that overmatched soundproof walls and white noise machines, Thompson managed to steer the room to calm, according to Julia Kuck, a longtime colleague with whom Thompson shared office space for their respective private practices. In the mid-1980s, Farrell joined his fathers practice in Downey. I guess they had limited medical capabilities.. I would say, Mom, you know, we dont have very much money. Born April 6, 1940, in Toronto, Sandra Helen Blum moved to Los Angeles with her family in 1952, and grew to love the beach and the Rose Parade. A lifelong liberal who opposed the Vietnam War and disliked President Nixon, Barack contemplated fleeing to Israel or Sweden with his wife and young daughter to avoid becoming a soldier. Called The Moon and the Melodies, it was issued in 1986 by the hip independent imprint 4AD and introduced Budds name to a new generation of outsiders. The Silverado has denied this and provided medical records indicating he was asymptomatic when Bruner-Ringo initially examined him. Her children missed that comfort at the small funeral they held for her in Colma. Born in Washington, D.C., Connelly was orphaned as a child and shuffled through the foster care system. For 25 years, Turnbull committed himself to developing talent and watched as students discovered their careers. In America, the couple decided to pursue careers in nursing even though Sotto Santos had passed the U.S. medical license exams. He grew up really frugally and had to do a lot of things in the U.S. on his own, said his youngest daughter, Vanessa. In the late 60s, he got involved with local politics, serving as the commissioner of the Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services for two years, followed by a seven-year stint as chairman of the L.A. County Housing Authority. After the kids left them with an empty nest, they took advantage of their free time and had traveled to Egypt, Hawaii, Thailand and Beijing. To him, it was more important that they were healed, his daughter said. With his first wife, Peggy, he opened up Wickhams House of Design, a luxury furniture store. During what were then still the early days of the COVID-19 era, the session was not held in person, but on a Zoom teleconference meeting. He was a Western wanderer. It was a passion, and a trade: Cartagena, who died from COVID-19 in Los Angeles on May 17 at the age of 66, was a roll tender at California Community News, where hed walk in the door around 5 a.m., shout hello to his boss, and do a fist pump and a wave. John pointed to a nearby table with all the condolence cards sent by her former students. He eventually served as president of the Sacramento Retirement Association. Now, Sylvia reminisces about Ramos moves, his hardworking nature and the love he had for his grandchildren. Berkeley. Browse Frankfort local obituaries on Legacy.com. He would always say, I cant believe they pay me to do this job., He told me, I cant taste. He got tested and they told him he had COVID.. Bernuys remarkable life unfolded as a series of chapters, said Sister Patricia McGowan. Cordero got his start on Broadway in the 2012 production of Rock of Ages in which he played Record Company Man and Dennis a part he recently reprised in a Hollywood revival of the show. Harris maintained his sharp mind and sense of adventure to the end. But, he was fit and trim until the end. Sometimes students stopped showing up to class and those instruments would be lost. Thats why his children are so devastated. He even began communicating with his other children again. Nelson died on May 14 at Sterling Court of complications from COVID-19. Her family has since praised the heroism of those who helped care for her while the virus spread through the Woodland Hills facility. He had season tickets and played an amateur game at Banc of California Stadium in 2019. A century before, her own father had died of flu during the Spanish influenza pandemic. I wanted to make something personal just for him, so we got wood and made a box and I painted it.. He had such a beautiful smile, and he was good looking, said Sandra, who married into the family when Carlos was in fourth grade. He just guided us.. These kids in the [foster-care] system come from drugs, severe abuse, neglect and traumathey go from one home to the next until they age out of the system, Zoe said. ", "She was very outgoing," said Betsy. Information and advice to help you cope with the death of someone important to you. While she was at Poston, she corresponded regularly with Clara Breed, a San Diego city librarian who befriended many of the youngsters and sent them books, clothing, pencils and other supplies. He used to surprise neighbors with his cheesecakes and make German fruit cake each Christmas. This month would have been their 65th wedding anniversary. The expert salesmanship that Carpenter brought to his peephole business made a lasting impression, even on complete strangers. At Alcatraz, he said, he earned the trust and respect of several infamous gangsters, such as Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen. Villanueva, who lived in Reseda, was a hard worker who woke up at 5 a.m. every day and never took any days off, his daughters said. I asked my dad, Can you still give me away, Daddy? Im glad he was able to get that before he died, Kay said. She was always very thoughtful.. In addition to Zachary and Vanessa, Locklin leaves behind his wife, Bobbie; five children from two previous marriages: James, Heidi, Rebecca, Blake and John; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mother, the post continued, Im going to shout and praise Him even harder now.. When it was clear Echaluce was nearing the end, the doctors asked Melissa if she would like to come see her father to say goodbye. Her grandsons said their goodbyes through the hospital door, but her son was unable, stricken now himself with symptoms of COVID-19. Unsurprisingly, given her previous career as a truck driver, Mitchell felt comfortable on the road and the family would set off on regular adventures. She cared about the things you cared about, but didnt care what you thought about her. Bruce Barack would have turned 80 in April and had no intention of slowing down. And I would say: No, hes never serious!. During presentations alongside other colleagues, Lumpkin often encouraged people to do their best every day to overcome what he described as their own Tuskegee experience.. Hes always been such a unifier and been able to really draw people together, his sister Glenda Adjei said. But Sullivan gave up the job to care for her children, raising two daughters, Shannon and Liz, and two sons, Joe and Tom, mostly in La Mirada. She was an extraordinary woman, her niece said. She was more than a nurse. Her decades of service to the community for shaping young lives will be remembered. Late in his career, Joel Rogosin also helped stage original musicals that he created alongside his brother Roy Rogosin, a musician and composer who founded New Hampshires Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts. He really did Gods work. She was not able to see her father in person again. But, before she was even able to get on the road, he died. His four kids always looked forward to their fathers return from work. A debilitating stroke affected his ability to communicate, and he spent his final years in a nursing home. We lost our guiding light.. In the third trimester, tragedy almost struck when a motorist smashed into the Lopes vehicle. Gone was the strong, joyful voice that was the center of every party; in its place, a whisper., She cared for me, and all of us [children], said Washington. Claire was heading from the field to the press box as a game was about to start when he saw Johnstone in full uniform ordering a hotdog from a concession stand outside the Dodgers clubhouse. Born in the town of El Nayar in Mexicos Nayarit state, Vidal grew up poor on a ranch. She began her career in the Coast Guard, but after several years at sea, McAdoo returned to land and joined the Los Angeles Police Department. Blair remained in Petaluma Valley Hospital as her condition declined. He was a wonderful father, a devoted husband. She tested positive two days later and was intubated that same day. He also briefly hosted a late night television series called In Concert in which he interviewed drummers Keith Moon and Ringo Starr. It was the second marriage for both and each already had two children. Eventually, Doyle mastered the saxophone his favorite along with the clarinet, guitar, piano and bagpipes, the latter of which was a more recent endeavor. I told the people driving the ambulance to put the lights on and the siren. He was 84. She marched to the beat of her own drum, said her daughter, Laura Wernick. He also had a monthly poker group. He had a lot of self-drive to learn things on his own.. From a laypersons perspective, he was perhaps best known for chairing a task force that sought to determine the link between violent video games and aggression in children. My dad went back to the restaurant to share the good news with everyone and Marlon Brando was there, she said. Rowe died Dec. 14 of COVID-19 at a Kaiser hospital in Los Angeles. The couple didnt make a lot of money back in the day, but there began a rich relationship that lasted nearly five decades. Alan Beal graduated cum laude with a degree in mathematics from Santa Clara University in 1961. He really was brilliant, recalled Warren Hein, Beals younger brother. He was a high-energy guy, said his supervisor, press manager Perry Kirkpatrick. In 2011, the year before the program was created, Isaac was stopped at one of the Border Patrol checkpoints that are scattered across the southwestern United States and ended up voluntarily returning to Mexico. Randy Ta arrived with a single suitcase and $40 in his pocket. Ramsey spent his early years in Los Angeles and later remembered becoming fiercely opposed to capital punishment in the fifth or sixth grade. They are so dedicated.. Elizabeth, who went to visit family in the Philippines in December, has been unable to return to the U.S. because of the pandemic. She first worked at the Corner House, an addiction prevention nonprofit in Princeton. He put him in baseball in middle school and high school. What did you do with it? In a recent video, one family member asked him how old he was, to which he replied, 202! and laughed. At that ceremony, Trumblay gave Bush an alb, a ceremonial tunic-like vestment worn during services, that he had made in prison. Hylton and his family left Guatemala to take up farmworker jobs near Vancouver when Hylton was about 18. People would sometimes ask, Wait, is he serious? his daughter, Sandra, remembered. "Within six months, he was playing everything really well.". Alisha lvarezs mind is filled with thoughts of her fathers happy spirit and the stories he told. As the years went by, his walking became less ambitious but more social. Now theyre in heaven together forever and thats what makes me happy. But the single number Chavez Godinez was most proud of? He wanted to put up a boxing ring to serve the youth of East L.A., said Aguilera. An avid reader, Farrell studied philosophy at Cal State Long Beach, and later, having attended est seminars developed by Werner Erhard on human potential, he learned that he was responsible for his own happiness. She has a list of friends and family members shes been wiring money, Kevin said. But his generosity didn't end there. The family spent a lot of time fishing at the Redondo Beach Pier. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and an ardent supporter of Hubert Humphrey, who served as vice president under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Taurinos casket was lowered first, and then his wifes on top of his. Blanks had asthma as a child, but didnt exhibit symptoms or require treatment as an adult, according to his family. As he became more responsive, Robinson began to repetitively lift his leg. Merrick coached several of Lauras youth soccer teams, endearing himself to kids with his British accent and sense of humor. Theres proof, too. Palos health complicated and worsened after suffering from a fall from her wheelchair on April 26. In addition to Dianna and his four children, Scheu is remembered by three grandchildren, his sister, two brothers and his entire extended family. They pored over the stash of documents he left behind and connected with Kratzs old military friends to piece together his distinguished career. Daughter Jillaine Danis said Patterson was savvy about setting a budget and didnt like to join tour groups, preferring to plan itineraries herself or just wander around. His children and grandchildren werent allowed to visit him in the hospital as he battled COVID-19, but he was able to speak with them on the phone two days before he died. They would light a Christmas tree and Aguilar would be Mrs. Claus and read to the children and give them gifts, Duran said. Margaret Romero was the picture of grace and elegance. Coffee was a lifeblood of our relationship, laughed Tesa. He was also comfortable with most parts of construction work and put his skills to good use around the family home. Once, on or about Christmas, he got a call that a woman he mentored through Teen Challenge had been stabbed. He had taken my oldest to a couple of concerts. As a married couple, the two took trips almost every spring and autumn, including visits to see the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., and the leaves change in New York. The next day, continuing to power through his emotions, he filmed and streamed his brothers burial service. Alongside other union workers, she fought with the hospitals administration over worker safety. Zack was also able to see his father one last time. Ramsey Clark, who championed civil rights and liberties as attorney general in the Johnson administration, then devoted much of the rest of his life to defending unpopular causes and infamous people, including Saddam Hussein and others accused of war crimes, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. At home in San Pablo, the Bay area suburb where Guilln last lived, his family mourned his loss. He dedicated more than 20 years of his retirement to weekly volunteer guitar shows at the Jewish Home for the Aging in Los Angeles, where he played and sang in four languages: English, Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew. He touched a lot of lives, a lot of young kids had looked up to him, said Shawn. Lourdes loved to research family ancestry on the internet and kept a notebook containing the names of ancestors dating to the 18th century. In late April she contracted COVID-19, likely from her son who worked as a caregiver for people with disabilities in a nursing home. Thats what his personality was like, Dey said. They were married 49 years, the last five of which she spent caring for him as his condition deteriorated. They were hungry, We were always living paycheck to paycheck, but she always wanted to help. The couple moved to Van Nuys and had four children. It happened so quickly.. The family home in Clovis was busy. The deadliest American epidemic of the 1950s was polio, which killed thousands of children and paralyzed tens of thousands more. But that treatment was just experimental at the time, and her offer was rejected. He and his new wife moved to Eagle Rock, where they grew Thai basil, lemongrass, mint, lemons and limes in a side yard for authentic Thai meals. Vidal is survived by his wife, Norma; sons Juan, Richard and Benjamin; multiple siblings (his son isnt sure how many), and three grandchildren. He played football for the University of Kentucky, a member of the "Thin Thirty" team, and the Ashland Tomcats including their 1958 undefeated season. She deserves our love and gratitude.. Deep down inside he was just a big marshmallow, Bruce said. The grandkids brought out a whole different Artemio, Sandra said, adding that she would set her youngest son, who lives with special needs, on his lap and he would sing him Mexican lullabies.