Robert Nelson Wiviott
Jan 14, 2017
May 4, 1936 – January 14, 2017 Robert Nelson Wiviott, willful warrior who fought back the inevitable for months on end in his attempt to be with his loved ones one more day, died peacefully at home Saturday morning January 14, 2017. A husband, father, grandfather and friend to all, “Papa Bob” was a man of strength and integrity....
Harold Alden
Jan 7, 2017
Harold (Hal) Alden was an early pioneer in the home textile industry who began his career importing decorative pillows from Japan in 1958. He was a central figure in forging a path for how the world would later trade. Hal was an extraordinary visionary with the courage and spirit of the early settlers, venturing into uncharted territory and imagining...
Leah Fogel
Jan 2, 2017
July 10, 1918 – January 2, 2017 Lena Jaffe was born in South Pasadena on July 10th, 1918 at 10:30 AM at 529 El Centro Street to her Russian parents, Nathan Jaffe and Pearl Lossaf. She grew up in South Pasadena, attending school and helping out her parents in their furniture shop, in which she was the top salesperson....
Joy Adams Kisliuk
Dec 31, 2016
Kisliuk, Joy Joy Kisliuk, an educator and publisher who changed many lives for the better in her 54 years in Los Angeles, died Dec. 31, 2016. She was 89. She was born Joy Rachin on Dec. 27, 1927, in Washington Heights, New York. Joy attended Hunter College in New York, and in March 1950 married Paul Kisliuk, who earned...
