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February 11, 2022
Melvin Penner of Thousand Oaks, California passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022 at Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks. He was born on November 23, 1932 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Samuel and Florence Penner. Melvin was a Certified Public Acc...
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February 9, 2022
Some men take up golf. Others dive into photography. But Norm didn't have hobbies. He had two all-consuming passions - medicine and his family - and they proved more than enough for him to create a life of extraordinary richness. Norm grew up in Po...
February 6, 2022
Murray was born on December 30, 1926 in New York City to David and Gussie Perlstein. He had an older sister Lil who was 14 when he was born and Gussie's daughter from a previous marriage. He also had a sister, Jessie, who was 14 months younger. Wh...
February 3, 2022
Luba Fine Carleton passed away peacefully on February 3, 2022, at the age of 92. She was born on June 15,1929 in Los Angeles, CA to Benjamin and Minnie (Shane) Fine. She graduated from Dorsey High School in 1947 and attended UCLA and San Fernando Val...
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February 2, 2022
Karen Joan Rosenthal passed away peacefully in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 2. Karen was born in New York City on October 10, 1946 and was the only child of her beloved father, Werner H. Rosenthal and mother Dagmar Rosenthal, both of who had im...
January 30, 2022
It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that the family of Steven Goldinger share the news of Steve's sudden passing January 30, 2022 at the age of 69 years. Steven Harry Goldinger was a loving father, son, brother and friend to many. Steven ca...
January 23, 2022
Emilie "Boots" Shine Emilie passed at the age of 96 on January 23,2022 in Encino where she had resided for many years. She had an illustrious career as an Tele-communications executive with AT&T until her retirement. She is survived by members of th...
January 18, 2022
Elaine Edelstein passed away on January 18th at the age of 99. Deeply loved by her family and friends, Elaine lived a long, wonderful life. A Memorial Service honoring and remembering the Life of Elaine Edelstein will be held at Hillside Memorial ...
January 15, 2022
Rita Chotiner passed away on January 15 at the age of 100. Deeply loved by her children, grandchildren, friends, and colleagues, she passed peacefully from a life of joyful dedication. And it was a life well-lived. Rita Leavitt was born in Chica...
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January 7, 2022
Randy passed away peacefully at Kindred Hospital South Bay in Gardena, California on January 7, 2022, at age 84 from natural causes. Randy was born in Lorain, Ohio to John and Bessie (Yankelewitz) Roth. He was a classical music lover and a piano pl...
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January 7, 2022
Born in Brooklyn, NY on December 18th 1937, Mary Brill lived a long, wonderful life. From humble beginnings, Mary believed strongly in education, putting herself through school while helping to raise her younger brother, George. As a striking young ...
December 29, 2021
It is with great sadness that the family of James Okun announces his passing. He is survived by his loving wife, Jan, his children Gregory Okun, Lauren Silvers (Elliot), and Sam Shepherd, his cousin Tina Bousquet, and two beautiful grandsons. Se...
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December 27, 2021
January 28, 1935 - December 27, 2021 Beverly passed away quietly at Adventist Health Center in Simi Valley, California on December 27, 2021, at the age of 86 from natural causes. Beverly was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Mortimer and Sylvia Steel....
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December 26, 2021
Robert C. Lesser, age 90, passed away on December 26, 2021 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Bob is survived by his loving wife of nearly 70 years, Johann (Green) Lesser, as well as his daughters Sheri and Susie and his grandchildren Sacha (Laura), No...
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December 25, 2021
May 4, 1948 - December 25, 2021 Helen Louise Meyer passed away quietly in her home on the morning of December 25th 2021 surrounded by her children and family. She was the beloved Mother of Steve (Eri) Keros, Rachel (Eric) Slowik and Jennifer (Samuel)...
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December 17, 2021
Burt Prelutsky was born in Chicago, in 1940, and raised in Los Angeles. He was known for his humor, quick wit, talent and wisdom. He was a humor columnist for the L.A. Times and a movie critic for Los Angeles magazine. As a freelancer, he had writte...
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December 14, 2021
Renee T. Seidner, age 84, passed on December 14, 2021, and observed her birthdate on March 28th. She was the wife of Jack H. Seidner (deceased), daughter to Ana and Wolf Tyberg (deceased), sister to Dity Driz (deceased) and brother-in-law Mario Driz ...
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December 13, 2021
A distinguished Beverly Hills physician of over 52 years, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at UCLA for over 30, a philanthropist and active community participant, Dr. Sonnenfeld served on the medical board of Cedars-Sinai and Brotman hospit...
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December 12, 2021
May 5, 1944 - December 12, 2021 Micke (Michelle) Bubis passed away in Los Angeles on December 12, 2021. She was born in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 2. Before getting married, she worked as a script girl for MGM Studios. After that,...
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December 8, 2021
The very bad news is that Los Angeles lost its own P.T. Barnum on Wednesday. Al Franken died at age 96. (No, not that Al Franken. Not the comic who became a senator from Minnesota and was tossed out of that prestigious job because of doing some st...
November 26, 2021
EARLY YEARS Around 1917, Theresa's parents emigrated to the United States from Lukova (Yiddish name for Lukow) which is near Lodz in Poland. Theresa's father was a tailor. Her mother was a dressmaker. Her grandfather (her mother's father) was a ko...
November 22, 2021
ROSALYN R. SHOSTAK HEYMAN Rosalyn R. Shostak Heyman is a community leader, philanthropist and lifelong professional educator having served as teacher, consultant, principal, and assistant superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Sh...
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November 19, 2021
Richard LeWinter passed away peacefully on November 19, 2021 in Marina Del Rey, California at the age of 95. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 2, 1926, but Los Angeles was his home for more than eight decades. Richard created a life where...
November 17, 2021
It is with great sadness that the family of Anne Mills announces her passing. She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Dr. Harold Mills, her daughters, Adele Mills (Paul Reinstein) and Linda Mills (Peter Goodrich), as well as granddaughter Mariss...
October 28, 2021
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