Obituaries

Dr. Norman Jay Browne, 83, a resident of Laguna Beach for 53 years, passed away comfortably and peacefully on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, surrounded...

Rita Curry Rita Sylvester Curry, also known as Malelo, passed away early Sunday morning, June 19, 2011. She was born in Little Italy of Cleveland, Ohio,...

April 15, 1926 – June 9, 2011 Nancy Jane Tarzian died June 9 at the age of 85. She died peacefully at home surrounded by...

Frank Francone passed away on June 4, 2011, in Laguna Beach. He was 66. Francone was born Dec. 25, 1944, in Los Angeles. He was...

Andrew J. Brislen Andrew J. Brislen, “Drew,” a lifelong resident of the South Coast, drowned Thursday May 26, while free diving off Laguna Beach. Drew was...

Diane Marie Kiesselbach, 79, of Laguna Beach, passed peacefully at home surrounded by her children on May 11, 2011. Kiesselbach was born in Huntington Park,...

J. Michael O’Toole was born Aug. 3, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His family moved to Dublin, Ohio, in 1987 where he attended The...

June 17, 1934 – April 9, 2011 Diana Cox, a longtime resident of Laguna Beach, passed away in Spokane, Wash., after an illness of three...

May 12, 1919-April 21, 2011 Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Eva Schweitzer spent most of her life in Los Angeles and Laguna Beach. She was beautiful, gracious...

Greg Bartz, a 30-year Laguna Beach police officer, died May 1, at his home in Madison, Conn. He was 61. Bartz, who apparently was battling...

John Curtis (“Cactus”) Ware, a Laguna Beach native, passed away Easter weekend. Ware had an unmistakable voice, magnetic smile, and was well-known in Laguna. His family...

Arno Chauvel, a fourth-generation Californian, grew up hiking and fly fishing in the Sierra Nevada and developed a life-long love of all things wild....

Dorothy Prellwitz of Laguna Beach passed away April 19, 2011. She was 87.   Prellwitz is survived by her brother Bob (Marilyn) Prellwitz, sister-in-law Darlene Prellwitz,...

Susan Trager, an attorney who specialized in water law and served on the board and commission of the Laguna Beach County Water District for...

Elinor Nootbaar, wife of Herb Nootbaar of Laguna Beach, died March 27. She was 87.   The couple’s love for Pepperdine University’s School of Law motivated...