‘Doc’ Blacketer, Artist-Craftsman, Dies at 96
By Belinda Blacketer, Special to the Independent
Francis LeRoy "Doc" Blacketer, an artist with ties to Laguna Beach’s early settlers, died in Atwater, Calif., on...
Mary Louise Hart Delaney
Mary Louise Hart Delaney passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 8., at her home in Whitefish, Mont., surrounded by her loving husband Laurence Delaney, daughters...
Andrew Lyon
Ten months after triumphantly crossing into Canada having walked there from Mexico, Andrew Lyon, 24, passed away on the morning of Aug. 30, 2013...
Anne Komarek Mudge
Anne Komarek Mudge, persistent giver, gourmet cook, bonne vivante, New Yorker magazine devotée, dear mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, died Aug. 23, 2013, from...
Wilhelmina Wise
Mina Wise led a wonderful life. She passed away on July 31, 2013, at the age of 93.
She was born Wilhelmina Gordon in Portland,...
Rudolph J. Basile
Rudolph John Basile passed away on Aug. 29, 2013 at his family home in Laguna Beach. He was 86.
R. John or Rudy was born...
John A. Garau
On Thursday Aug. 23, 2013, we lost our father and our community lost one of its most unique characters and longtime citizens, John Aurelio...
Debra Deem
Debra Healy Deem, 58, of Laguna Beach passed away on Aug. 28 after succumbing to injuries received in a tragic bike accident on Aug....
Dr. Harry Bruce Cohen
Dr. Harry Bruce Cohen passed away at 75 in his home in Laguna Beach on Aug. 21, 2013 after a prolonged battle with multiple...
John Jeffrey Thompson
Without a word, a small boy takes my hand, and pulls me gently to where my backpack sits. I pull out a red plastic...
Maureen Olsen
On Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, God reclaimed an angel after a courageous battle against cancer. Maureen (Mauri) Rose Clarke Olsen, 47, of Laguna Beach,...
Obituary: Douglas Greene
Linguist, athlete, world traveler, Army intelligence officer and witness to civil rights history: this is but a partial description of Douglas Walker Greene, who...
Albert Butler
Albert “Monte” Butler, 59, of Mapleton, Iowa, passed away April 20 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Born March 8, 1954, in Onawa,...
Randolph Hargrave
Randolph Leonard Hargrave, 72, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013, at home in Laguna Beach among family and with his dog on his lap....
Lyle “Tiger” Pickett
September 7, 1927 - May 28, 2013
Lyle Pickett, after a very long struggle with his health, has left this world for his next...