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Lori Diane Connell-Snider, 60, of Purdy, Mo., entered into eternal rest on Monday, June 12, 2017, at her home after a battle with cancer. She was born in Inglewood on April 19, 1957, to Dave Connell and the late Diane Florence (Plisco) Connell. Lori was united in marriage to...

Carol Elaine Browne, 86, a resident of Laguna Beach for 59 years, passed away comfortably and peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, of pneumonia caused by complications of radiation therapy to treat her esophageal cancer. Carol was born in Colfax,...

1945 – 2017 Kathy Shoemaker, 71, passed away peacefully at home May 18, 2017, in Laguna Beach, following her long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Kathy Betton was born in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 2,1945. She attended Shawnee Mission High School and Kansas State...

April 1932 – May 2017 Monique Daniel passed away Wednesday, May 17, at her home in Laguna Beach. Born on April 12, 1932, in Sherbrooke, Canada, Monique Metivier left home at age 16 to join the Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies, and skated professionally for 15 years. She first...

Milton Douglas Bowler, 77, passed away at home April 15, 2017, in Laguna Beach, following his long struggle with lung disease. Doug was born in Pasadena on Jan. 6, 1940. Doug was raised in Hermosa Beach and Newport Beach where he played football at Newport Harbor and Orange Coast...

Catherine Maydelle Carras, born Sept. 29, 1925, died May 8, 2017, in Yucaipa, Calif. Kay, as she was called by family and friends, was full of life and vigor through most all her 91 years. She had a magnificent singing voice with opera as her greatest love. During the course of...

May 4, 1916 – April 3, 2017 Margaret Flora Shomate Prickitt, the beloved mother of John, Joe and Nancy Prickitt, passed away peacefully at The Fountains at Sea Bluffs in Dana Point on April 3, 2017. Margaret, who was born in Bakersfield on May 4, 1916, and lived in Laguna Beach...

Doris Fox Marcom, 98, a 50 plus year Laguna Beach resident, passed away March 27, 2017. Born in Ballinger, Tex., and raised on a large sheep ranch, she and her husband Roy Marcom Jr. moved to Laguna Beach from Shreveport , La., in 1948 , establishing the Roy Marcom Jr. Insurance...

Jan. 1, 1949 – March 28, 2017   Laguna Beach artist and business owner Dennis Junka died at home on March 28. He was 68. Junka, a native of Ohio, spent most of his life in Southern California. He attended Chouinard Art Institute (now California Institute of the Arts...

Kathleen Reilly Miller, 97, died peacefully at home on Dec. 14, 2016, with family at her bedside. She is survived by her daughters Kathleen Hudson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Liza Glenn of Antigua, Guatemala; grandchildren Alix Jarrard of Laguna Beach, Rodman Primack of Miami...

Laguna Beach artist and business owner Dennis Junka died at home March 28. He was 68. Junka, a native of Ohio, but spent most of his life in Southern California. He attended Chouinard Art Institute (now California Institute of the Arts). Junka’s commitment to Laguna Beach was...

Vernon R. Spitaleri, a longtime Laguna Beach resident, war hero and entrepreneur, died in January at the age of 94. Born Aug. 2, 1922, in Pelham, N.Y., Vernon was the son of immigrant parents Rosario and Martha Spitaleri from Italy, who taught their three children life lessons,...

Aug. 14, 1937 – Feb. 20, 2017 Donald Shoemaker died Feb. 20, 2017, at his home in San Juan Capistrano after a four-year illness. Don was born Aug. 4, 1937, in New Castle, Penn., to Wendell and Doris Shoemaker. In 1971, he formed Shoemaker Films, a production company specializing...

Marilyn B. Schmitz passed away in Palm Desert at the age of 86 on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Known throughout her life as “Minow,” her parents, Lynn and Marie Taylor, settled in Laguna Beach in 1927, the year the village incorporated as a city. Marilyn was born in a bungalow on Aster...

January 7, 1931 – February 17, 2017 Jeanne Marie Stodder (née Anderson) a 33-year resident of Dana Point, left this world suddenly on Feb. 17, 2017. She was surrounded by her seven children and four of their spouses when she left them behind and passed through those fabled gates....