Obituaries

Jan. 28, 1922 – May 17, 2012 Margaret Jane (Woodward) Taylor passed away gracefully at 90 in her family home originally built by her maternal...

Longtime Laguna Beach resident Kenneth Rogers was fatally injured on Tuesday, June 5, when his vehicle went over an embankment in Encinitas. Rogers was born...

Name:  Richard Lovejoy Narver Dates:  May 14, 1923 – May 27, 2012     Longtime Laguna Beach and Aliso Viejo resident Richard “Dick” Lovejoy Narver passed away peacefully...

Sonja Thiene 1923-2012   The life of Sonja Thiene was recently celebrated at The Sea Ranch in Northern California. Thiene was a Laguna Beach resident and high...

A memorial service will be held for Edward Drollinger at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St. Ann’s Dr.

John Henry Melnyk, whose research led the way for modern in-vitro fertilization techniques,  passed away at Valley Medical Center, in Renton, Wash., March 12,...

George Frank Ceithaml passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 24, at his home in Dana Point. He was 91. Born in Chicago, he was quarterback...

Lynda Roth, composer and performer and 25-year Laguna Beach resident, died June 2, 2012, at her home surrounded by her life partner Lisa Richter...

The day was too short For all the things there were to do Under a sky of unbroken blue. The song of the surf The feel of the...

Garret Donald McGann Laguna Beach native Garret Donald McGann, beloved son of Susan Pebley and Don McGann and youngest brother of Miles and Grant McGann,...

Don Lowry Laguna Beach has lost an ardent supporter of The Nature Conservancy, The Pacific Marine Mammal Center, The Zinc Cafe, Madison Square and The...

A celebration of Andy Hedden’s life is planned at  Tivoli Terrace on the Festival of Arts’ grounds on Saturday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. In...

Will Taylor Bonsey passed away on May 17, 2012. He lost his seven-year hard-fought battle with a neuro-immune disease. All those who knew Will, will remember...

By Deborah Young “All the brilliant visions, all the multitude of colors, expressed with so much passion and power.”   What perfect words, written by my brother...

Nov. 19, 1939-March 25, 2012 Ken Wood, partner with Fred Lang in the Laguna Beach landscape architecture firm of Lang and Wood, died in Norway...