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Obituaries

Laguna Beach Independent Obituaries Section

‘Doc’ Blacketer, Artist-Craftsman, Dies at 96

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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

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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

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  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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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September 7, 1927 - May 28, 2013       Lyle Pickett, after a very long struggle with his health, has left this world for his next...