Charles Ernest Maier Jr.
Charles Ernest Maier Jr. was born Jan. 12, 1931, in Pasadena, though he grew up in Laguna Beach, attending the public schools there and was active in all aspects of school life. In 1948 he joined...
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Laguna’s First Female Mayor Dies
Above, a recent look at Phyllis Sweeny, and below, aloof at her early campaign literature. Phyllis Sweeney, the first woman mayor of Laguna Beach, died Monday, Dec. 3. Sweeney became active in Laguna...
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Robert E. Roper
Dr. Robert E. Roper, 80, passed away at home in Laguna Beach on Christmas Day, 2013. He was born in Kewanee, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1933, to Dr. Robert Wilson Roper and Florine Effie Roper. He attended...
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Annette Louise Stephens, a longtime resident of Laguna Beach, died Dec. 14, 2013, due to the complications of Widely Metastatic Uterine Cancer. She was 78 years old. Stephens was born in Union City,...
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Enid Patricia Greaves, 91, a 49-year resident of Laguna Beach’s Top of the World neighborhood passed away Jan. 16, 2014 due to a sudden bout with pneumonia. Born on the Mediterranean island of Malta...
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Edward Graney
Edward Graney Edward T. Graney, 84, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11. Born and raised in Illinois, he was a member of the Chicago police force from 1953-63, during which time he helped provide...
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Tracy Neu
Tracy Christine Neu, (Beach girl), Feb. 18, 1964 – Jan. 21, 2014, is survived by her fiancé, Randy Redwine. randy_redwine@hotmail.com Tracy Christine Neu The post Tracy Neu appeared first on Laguna...
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Edward Graney
Edward T. Graney Edward T. Graney, 84, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11. Born and raised in Illinois, he was a member of the Chicago police force from 1953-63, during which time he helped provide...
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Sandi Carter
Sandi Carter Sandi Carter, a longtime resident of Laguna Beach, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 25, 2014, following a recurrence of breast cancer. She was 69 years old. Sandi was born on Oct....
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Flora Schoenleber Taylor
Flora M Schoenleber Taylor Longtime Laguna Beach resident Flora M.Schoenleber Taylor passed away on Feb. 4, 2014. She was born Sept 10, 1920, in Pasadena to Catherine and William Gray, the third of...
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Lionel “Train” Mytinger
Lionel Mytinger Lionel Mytinger, a longtime Laguna Beach resident known to many as “Train,” passed away on Jan. 17 from natural causes. He was 68. Mytinger was a surf legend, a nurseryman, a...
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Helen Jacqueline “Jackie” Nelson
Helen Jacqueline “Jackie” Nelson died peacefully in Mission Viejo on Jan. 23, 2014, at the age of 94. Born to Emelia Hagely and Amos Sapp on Oct. 27, 1919, in Newnan, Ga., Jackie grew up in...
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Ralph Vanderhoof Jr.
Longtime Laguna Beach resident Ralph Wilson Vanderhoof Jr., passed away on New Year’s Eve. Known to his friends and family as Bill or Dutch, he moved to Laguna Beach in the early ‘80s after living for...
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Armen Tigran Gasparian
Nov. 25, 1933 – Feb. 15, 2014 Armen Tigran Gasparian, a contemporary Impressionist painter, was born in Abadan, Iran, on the Persian Gulf of Armenian parents. The family moved to Calcutta, India,...
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William F. Garman
William F. Garman 2/22/34-2/12/14 William (Bill) Francis Garman passed away on Feb. 12, 2014, from Parkinson’s disease in his home in Ocean Hills, Calif. He was 79. William was a Van Nuys High School,...
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Alan Thomas George Bryan
Memorial Alan Thomas George Bryan Alan Thomas George Bryan Alan Thomas George Bryan, poet, song writer, roving minstrel, quantum reader, dog lover, stone mason, seaman, ship’s cook, bon vivant and...
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Stuart Wilson
Dr. Stuart Wilson Stuart Wilson Ph.D., age 80, died Monday, February 24, 2014, in Laguna Beach. Congestive heart failure overtook Wilson in the weeks prior to his death, and in keeping with his...
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Obituary
Barbara Painter 1934-2014 Barbara Painter Laguna Beach icon and longtime resident Barbara Northam Painter passed away peacefully on March 8, 2014, with family and friends. She was born on Dec. 9,...
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Surfing Icon Hobie Alter Dies at 80
Hobie Alter, the former Laguna Beach board shaper who designed the modern catamaran, sailing off Dana Point around 1969. A Doheny Beach race in 2008 marked the boat’s 40th anniversary. Hobart “Hobie”...
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Holden Obituary
Melanie Ott Holden Melanie Ott Holden passed away at her home on March 31, 2014. Born in Evanston, Ill., on May 12,1938, Melanie moved to Laguna Beach with her family in 1941. Her father was renowned...
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