Phillip Maurice Torf
Apr 27, 2016
Phillip Maurice Torf, age 93, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, April 27th, at his home in Beverly Hills, surrounded by his wife, Millicent, and his two daughters, Bonnie Rose and Victoria Torf. Phil Torf was born in Los Angeles on November 21, 1922, the son of Jude Torf and Elizabeth Bloom. He grew up in Eagle Rock and graduated...
Ann Gail Stone
Apr 21, 2016
Ann Gail (Pyenson) Stone of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, passed away peacefully on April 21, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was 74 years old. Ann is survived by her 3 sons, Gary (Cyndee) of Denver, CO, Jonathan of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Jeffrey (Kimi) of Tokyo, Japan. And her beloved sheltie, Cody. Ann was born in Urbana-Champagne, Illinois, on...
Claire Berman Grossberg
Apr 20, 2016
Claire Berman Grossberg, an exceptionally warm and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, died April 20, 2016 peacefully at her home. She was 83. Claire Carlin was born on August 28th, 1932 in Los Angeles, Ca. to Lillian and Irving Carlin. She had one sister, Ree. She married Neil Berman in 1957 and together they raised two beautiful daughters,...
Richard Mitchell Mosk
Apr 17, 2016
May 18, 1939 – April 17, 2016 Justice of the California Court of Appeal, died surrounded by loving family at his home. Born in Los Angeles, graduate of University High School. Mosk attended Stanford University and Harvard Law School. After military service, he was a member of the Warren Commission staff investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy....
Nitza Niggemann
Apr 15, 2016
Nitza Niemann (1928 – 2016), died peacefully in her sleep on April 15, 2016 in Los Angeles after a brief illness, only days shy of her 88th birthday. Nitza was a highly accomplished and respected classical musician, and was well known from the 1970s until her retirement in 2009 as one of Los Angeles’s top voice teachers. She was...