Obituaries
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Services Planned For Elaine Goodyear
Elaine Goodyear's celebration of life will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 4427 Overland Avenue, Culver City, this coming Saturday, July 16 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers donation can be made to a...
Elaine Goodyear Passes Away
On June 4th, 2016, at 10:25 am Elaine Goodyear passed away at her home on Motor Avenue in Culver City. Her caregiver and her son Greg were at her side. Elaine had been in failing health for the past...
Holocaust Survivor & Iconic La Developer Dies At 88
Jona Goldrich, founder of Goldrich & Kest, a 60-year-old real estate development and management firm with residential, commercial and other projects in California has died at 88. A holocaust survivor who escaped the Nazi invasion of Poland with his...
Local Resident Sczesniak Dies at 80
Nettie "Chris" Sczesniak passed away on Sunday, April 24. She was born at home in McAlester, Oklahoma on December 29, 1935 to Francis and Nora Rollings. She had two older brothers. The family moved to Northern California when she was five years old...
Former Culver Resident Rosita Gottlieb Zucker Passes Away
Artist Rosita Gottlieb Zucker, a one-time resident of Culver City, has died at age 85. She was best known for images inspired by rainforest conservation in her native Costa Rica. Rosita painted professionally for more than 50 years and mastered the...
Longtime Culver Resident Katherine Klemic Dies
Katherine Klemic, who has been a Culver City resident since the 1950's died at home last month following a massive stroke. Arrangements are under the direction of Gates, Kingsley & Gates Smith...
Mary Ann Bradford Dies at 77
Mary Ann Bradford (nee Lealy), 77, passed away Wednesday, March 2nd at her home in Oakdale, CA with family by her side. Mary Ann was born in Los Angeles to Pete and Mary Lealy on February 20, 1939. She was reared in Culver City and graduated from...
Marguerite Sylvia Grunseth Wild
Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother Marguerite Sylvia Grunseth Wild age 93 died peacefully in her sleep on Valentine's Day in Culver City,where she had lived since 1946. Marguerite was born...
Lesa Longstreet
The life of Lesa Longstreet will be celebrated Saturday, February 27 at 1 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, 4427 Overland Avenue. Although she was married four times she found the love of her life in 1999 when she met Greg Goodyear, a teacher at Mountain...
Helen Kent Dies At 92
Helen Hirsch Kent, age 92, resident of Culver City, died peacefully at her home, surrounded by family, on Saturday, November 28. The cause was congestive heart failure. Born September 3, 192, in...
Beloved Neighbor Gone Too Soon
Leah Nico of Carlson Park, passed away unexpectedly on October 1. She was 37. Leah was well-known and loved as a people connector and community-builder in Culver City. She is missed by her husband,...
Culver Resident Silverstein Dies at 94
Lester Silverstein, 75-year resident of Culver City, passed away peacefully at the VA Hospital on September 30 after a brief illness. Lester was born 94 years ago in St. Paul, MN and grew up in...
Betty Gutierrez Dies at 78
A longstanding resident of Culver City, where she raised five children on Wagner Street in the Vets Park neighborhood, Betty Gutierrez died fittingly on Mother's Day, peacefully with her family by...
Doris Sayer Dies at 91
Doris Elizabeth Sayer was born May 22, 1923 in Middletown, NY, the only child of Frederick Winfried Posl and Gladys Caroline LaRue. God called her home on April 26, 2015 from Lantana, TX after...
Community Leader Fecho Dies at 91
William Fecho, a treasured member of the Culver City community, passed away on April 29. He was 91. Bill was born on June 11, 1923, in Linden, New Jersey. He was known on the football field as "Iron...
Services Held For Estel Reed
Estel Reed, a 68 year resident of Culver City, died April 4 at the age of 94. Estel raised three children and was a quintessential mid-century homemaker for her family, including husband Westel "Wes"...
Former Culver High Grad Langley Dies
Arthur Langley Jr. was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Arthur and Margaret (Bailey) Langley. In 1950 the family moved to Los Angeles, where he was among the first graduating class at Culver City...
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Services Held For Train Advocate Ken Ruben
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher The graveside services were held last Sunday morning for Ken Ruben at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Commerce. Ruben, a train buff and longtime advocate for public...
Service Planned For Linda Motyl
Linda L. Motyl passed away on February 17, 2015 at Southern California Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 50 Years, Vince Motyl, her children, Debbi Catallini (Jeff), Theresa Todd (Mike...
Services planned For James Johnson
Anita Savage-Johnson worked in the Finance Department at City Hall for over 30 years before retiring in 2013; lost her beloved husband, James Johnson, on February 18, 2015. James had a rare gift of lighting up the room with his sparkling personality...
Longtime Culver Resident Polokoff Dies at 84
Beverly Polokoff, 84, died Nov. 28, 2014. She was born May 3, 1930, to Morris and Fanny Polokoff in Kansas City. Beverly had an interesting and unique life, living in Culver City for the majority of...
Lenny Rubien, Decorated Vet and Fixture of Sunkist Park, Passes Away
By David W. Myers, Contributing Editor Leonard "Lenny" Rubien, a decorated Army Air Force veteran of World War II and longtime resident of Culver City' Sunkist Park community, has passed away. He was...
Lifelong Culver Resident Esquival Dies At 53
Thomas Castenada Esquivel, Jr, 53, passed away on November 17. He was born on October 6, 1961 in Santa Monica to Thomas C. Sr. and Maria Rachel Esquivel, both deceased. Thomas lived in Culver City...
Services Planned For Culver Quadruplet Kevin Villaros
Kevin Lee Villaros of Culver City died on November 28 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Kevin and his brothers made nation headlines when he and his three brothers were born on June 1,...
Darla Gorman
Born June 18, 1941 in the Bronx, New York Darla Gorman passed away in Culver City October 20, 2014. She attended Mark Twain Jr. High and Venice High School, class of 1959. She lived 60 years on the...
