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Elena Vides De Echeverria
May 7, 2021
En la tarde del Viernes, 7 de Mayo de 2021, Elena Vides de Echeverria acompañada de sus seres queridos, falleció a sus 92 años.
Elena nació un 29 de Octubre de 1928 en Santa Ana, El Salvador y la hija de Agustine Vides y Elena Aguilar. Su padre falleció cuando Elena tenÃa ocho años. Desde entonces, sintió...
Wendy Jordan
May 3, 2021
Wendy Jordan, 59, unexpectedly passed away on, May 3rd, 2021. Even though Wendy was taken away from this world so young, her loving heart left a beacon of light for all who had the pleasure of knowing her.
Wendy is survived by her mother Patricia, her two sons Patrick, Jerry and her daughter Lindsey. She was the...
John T. Kirages
April 23, 2021
John T. Kirages was born on January 2, 1933, in Dansville, New York to parents Thomas and Afrodite Kirages. John has always joked that he was supposed to be a New Year's baby, but he stuck his head out and it was so cold in the Buffalo area that he decided to stay another day. He was the second-born...
Theodore Peter Theodore
April 21, 2021
Theodore Peter Theodore fell asleep in the Lord on April 21, 2021 at his home in Winnetka, California. He was 93 years old, but in his words made it to 94.
Ted was born July 31, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois to Peter and Venus Theodore. Due to asthma his family moved from Chicago to Tucson, Arizona. His...
Niki Pappas
April 3, 2021
Niki Drogaris was born near the end of World War II in the small village of Arna, near Sparta, Greece. She crossed the Atlantic Ocean by boat and came to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1958 with her mother Eleni, father Paraskevas, and her younger brother Thomas John. In 1966, she married her husband of 54 years, Lambros Pappas. Niki,...
George Varentges
April 2, 2021
George Varentges was born on February 24, 1931 in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was the only child of John and Kalliope Varentges. His father was the owner of a grocery store where George often worked as a young boy. His parents immigrated to the United States from the island of Chios. When he was only twelve years old, his...
Carl Leroy Hansen
March 28, 2021
Carl LeRoy Hansen, 61, passed away away on March 28, 2021 in Long Beach, California. He was born November 13, 1959 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Wayne LeRoy Hansen and Alain Walda (Otteson) Hansen.
He was raised on a farm in Osgood, Idaho and loved his childhood. He graduated from Skyline High School, Class of 1978. He...
Elizabeth K. Smith
March 17, 2021
Elizabeth Katherine Smith passed away on March 17th, 2021, at the age of 92. She is survived by her loving husband Howard, three daughters, Rebecca, Theresa (Rudy), Katherine (Richard), and grandson Nicholas. She also leaves behind many nieces, nephews, grand nieces, grand nephews, neighbors, and friends.
She was born in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin and graduated from St....
Guy M. Anthony, Jr.
March 10, 2021
Guy M. Anthony, Jr. entered this life on New Year's Day 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and departed on March 10, 2021 near Santa Ana, California.
Born the first day of the so-called Baby Boom, Guy Junior looked nothing like his twin brother Ross who was born a few minutes earlier to their parents, Christine H. and...
Peter T. Otis (Hraniotis), M.D.
March 4, 2021
Peter T. Otis (Hraniotis), M.D., F.A.C.P. was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather who passed away peacefully in his home on March 4, 2021, three weeks before his 83rd birthday. Peter was born to Terry and Julia Otis in Boston, Massachusetts on March 23, 1938. He was married to Peggy Otis for 52 years and had three children: Terry, Stevie...
James "Jim" Lyle Fuhrman
March 4, 2021
James "Jim" Lyle Fuhrman, son, brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, engineer and avid model railroader of Garden Grove, CA, passed away unexpectedly on March 4th, 2021. It appeared he had overcome a bout with Covid 19 in February and Jim seemed energetic and in good spirits. However, the virus exacerbated old issues with his heart, causing a sudden heart attack....
Walter Daniel Posey
February 14, 2021
Walter Daniel Posey passed away on February 14th, 2021 at his home in Mission Viejo, CA at the age of 84. He was born on April 6, 1936 to Ruben Raymond Posey and Gladys Sue Hilburn. He was raised on a farm in northern Alabama in a small town called Remlap. He was the oldest of 3 boys, brothers...
George Alexandres
January 30, 2021
It is with sadness, but with joy in the resurrection of Christ and the promise of eternal life, that we share with you the falling asleep in the Lord of Helen Alexandres on the Eve of Epiphany on January 5, 2021 and her husband, George Alexandres, on the feast day of the Three Hierarchs on January 30, 2021.
...Nicholas "Nick" Kyriacou
January 27, 2021
Heaven gained an angel, someone with incredible strength and selflessness, Nicholas "Nick" Kyriacou. Nick, 92, passed peacefully on January 27, 2021 joining his wife, Anna Kyriacou, who predeceased him by 20 months. Nick was born in Ergates, Cyprus, where he was apprenticed to a local barber at 11 years old to learn the trade that he practiced his whole...
Richard "Buzzy" Hovious
January 24, 2021
Richard "Buzzy" Hovious, 85, of California, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2021, at Kaiser Hospital in Anaheim, California. Richard was born October 21, 1935, to Arthur and Maxine Hovious.
He enlisted in the United States Army and served during the Korean War. Richard was a carpenter by trade and retired from the city of Los Angeles...
Theodore Peter Maniatakos
January 20, 2021
Theodore Peter Maniatakos was born on February 19, 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island to Peter and Canella Maniatakos. His sisters from oldest to youngest were Antonia, Rania, Betty, Corinne, and Helen, with Theodore being the youngest in the family. He served in the Navy during World War II as a third class storekeeper. As a young man he was...
George Koudanis
January 17, 2021
George Koudanis, was born in Tripoli, Greece on March 18th, 1936 to John and Eugenia Koudanis. He passed away at the age of 84 on Sunday January 17th, 2021 at Monterey Park Hospital near his home in Monterey Park, California.
Orphaned at the age of 8, George grew up in an orphanage in the Piraeus, neighborhood of...
Demetre Baliotis
January 17, 2021
Demetre was born in Pera, Greece, on March 3, 1945. He was raised by his loving parents, along with five siblings. He was a lovable and friendly boy who captured the hearts of everyone he met. As he grew, so did his curiosity and love of learning. As a young adult, Demetre met a man who was so impressed...
Yorgos Adamis
January 14, 2021
Yorgos Adamis was born in Athens, Greece in 1974. He was a composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and teacher. His multiple experimental music compositions explore the use of extended vocal and instrumental techniques, unusual instrumentation choices (including instruments deriving from different cultures and played in a non-traditional style) and the combination of electro-acoustic and improvised music. Evening length concerts of...
Anthony Bonaparte
January 10, 2021
Anthony Bonaparte was born on July 18, 1964 in Long Beach, California to his parents Alex and Crissi and brother Chris. Tony graduated from Wilson High School and remained in the Long Beach and Lakewood area his entire life until his struggle with cancer ended on January 10, 2021.
Preceded in death by his mother, father, and...
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