Obituaries

Apr 4, 2022

Mark Kessler, devoted husband, father, son, brother, and friend to many, died on April 4, 2022 at the age of 46. Mark was born in Los Angeles on September 19th, 1975. He attended Brentwood School and followed on to receive his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona. While Mark had many roles in his life, the most important...

Mar 26, 2022

Services Date March 31, 2022

Mar 13, 2022

Terry D. Avchen, a kind and generous soul passed away on March 13, 2022 at the age of 70. He was surrounded by his devoted wife, the love of his life of 41 years, Denise and his cherished son Brian. Born Sept 9, 1951, Terry will be deeply missed by the multitude of people whose lives he touched. Everyone...

Mar 13, 2022

Our family is saddened to share that on Sunday, March 13, 2022, Mark David Spero, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 68.

Mark was born on May 4, 1958 in Astoria, Queens, NY to Robert & Pearl, the second of 3 sons. He looked out for and always supported his older brother, Nathan,...

Mar 12, 2022

Celebrating nearly 100 years of life stretching from South Dakota to Australia and beyond. Lois Schwartz will be missed by many. Leaving behind four generations or Schwartz’s as a mother, grandmother. great grandmother, and great great grandmother as well an aunt and more. Survived by her two sons – David and Kenneth, niece – Debbie, grandchildren – Reid, Jennifer,...

Mar 2, 2022

If one man packed several lifetimes into one and made a difference in the world, it was Michael Stroud, who died March 2 at age 62. A Chinese scholar who learned to speak Mandarin fluently in Taiwan, Michael had a long career in journalism, followed by becoming CEO of an entertainment conference business, and then, in his mid-50s, switching...

Feb 22, 2022

Rita Kun, Kamins, left this earth after a series of long battles with cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She lived a life driven by kindness, compassion, curiosity, and strength, even in the face of the illnesses that shaped, and shortened, the last chapter of her life. She was a child of...

Feb 19, 2022

Services Date May 1, 2022

Feb 18, 2022

Robert G. (Bob) Bornstein Violinist, Arranger, Orchestrator and Copyist Robert Bornstein began his career as the youngest violinist in the New Jersey Youth Orchestra. While still in his teens, he taught himself to transpose and copy the orchestra parts for the songs “Angelina” and “Don’t Squeeza da Banana” for the Louis Prima Orchestra. He began to study arranging and...

Feb 15, 2022

Dr. Saul Kaufman Bloch, born March 18, 1927, in Springfield, Massachusetts, died on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Saul was one month shy of his 95th birthday. Saul is survived by his wife, Jill Jacobson; four children–Diane Bloch, Laura Bloch, Susie Bloch, and Sheryl Bloch; five grandchildren–Rachel Miller, Eden Alper, Noah Price, Isaac Rodriguez, and Sara...

Feb 12, 2022

Dr. Jeffrey Arlan Crausman passed away on February 12 2022,  at the age of 60.

Jeff was born September 20th, 1961 in Los Angeles and spent his childhood in the Beverlywood, Cheviot Hills and Beverly Hills neighborhoods.  He attended Beverly Hills High School, UCLA and Pepperdine, where he achieved his Phd in Psychology.   Known to many as”Doc”...

Feb 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 Accountant, spending his entire career with Ernst & Young (previously Arthur Young & Co.) and retired in 1991. Melvin...

Feb 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 Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest of three brothers. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he...

Feb 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. When Murray was 14, the family drove to Los Angeles so that...

Feb 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 Valley State College, now known as Cal State Northridge, from which she received a...

Feb 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 immigrated to the United States from Germany at the start of WWII.

Karen...

Jan 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 carried on the legacy of the family textile business started by his...

Jan 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 the Linden family, members of the Shine family and her long time caregiver Maria. She died of...

Jan 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 Park on Sunday, January 23rd at 10am in the Large Chapel.

In lieu...

Jan 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 Chicago in 1921 to a musician father Nathan and a homemaker mother Minnie (Norton), a family...