Open-Space Advocate Merrilees Dies at 83
Jeannette York Merrilees, age 83, died on Oct. 14, 2013. She was a resident of Laguna Beach since 1973.
Jeannette was born (Jeannette Faas York)...
Robert French
Dr. Robert E. French, a prominent Orange County orthodontist, passed away peacefully On Saturday, Oct. 12, with family members at his bedside. The cause...
Katherine McGilvray Pitts
Katherine Pitts passed away peacefully Sept. 13, 2013, in Newport Beach’s Hoag Hospital after a 48-day illness. She was 66.
Kathy was born in Pasadena,...
Richard S. Clark
Richard S. Clark, longtime resident of Laguna Beach, died peacefully on Sept. 22, 2013.
Clark was born in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Feb 13, 1923. He graduated...
Margot Seeholzer
Margot Seeholzer, resident of Laguna Beach of over 40 years,
passed away suddenly in her home Saturday, Sept. 14.
Born in Germany in 1942, her wanderlust...
David Campbell Winckler
David Campbell Winckler passed in peace and comfort on Wednesday, Aug. 21 from Alzheimer’s dementia. Born in Long Beach on Feb. 4, 1937 to...
‘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...