Obituaries

Jimmie Gale Allen, 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, at his Laguna Beach home, surrounded by family and loved ones. Jimmie Allen,...

William Joseph (Bill) Odlum, 83, of Laguna Beach, passed away Dec. 24, 2017, from complications due to brain cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. He was born...

April 4, 1954 – Dec. 15, 2017 Steven Paul Duncan passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, at the age of 63, surrounded by his entire...

Catalina Raine Kollock was born with tremendous love at home on Nov. 14, 2017. On the morning of Dec. 16, 2017, she passed peacefully...

Jan. 27, 1994 – Dec. 13, 2017 Ben Rogers passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Dec. 13. Ben was the light of all...

David J. McDonald, Jr. died peacefully of natural causes in his Laguna Beach home on Oct. 29, 2017. McDonald was a professor of drama at...

  Loving matriarch of the passionate Mexican‐American Jones family spanning four generations and two coasts, Leonor Jones died peacefully in her Maine home on Tuesday, Nov. 7....

Penny Parkinson, Laguna Beach resident since 1950, passionate artist, talented teacher, and singular friend, departed this earth for the Great Beyond. A daughter of Ted...

John Abbot Gardiner died of heart disease in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Nov. 24, 2017. He was 70.

Lana Facinelli, a top-producing realtor, started her career in 1976 at the Laguna Hills Tarbell office and stayed loyal to Tarbell until she retired...

John Robert Bergmann, 60, passed away Oct. 3, 2017 in his home in Trumbull, Conn. John was born in Wichita, Kas., to the late B....

1931- 2017 Carlene Joanne Clark Challis was born July 26, 1931, in Los Angeles, to Ruth Marguerite Switzer Clark and Harold Douglas Clark, a cabinet...

May 9, 1928-Sept. 19, 2017 Beverly Ann Duke Tyler died in her Laguna Beach home Sept. 19. She spent the final weeks of her life...

Robert Francis Commagère, 73, left this world with the sunrise on Aug. 22, after a 16-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Known as “Robin” to his...

Judy Katherine Friesen, 74, of Laguna Beach, beloved wife, mother, gramie, sister and friend died on Aug. 4, 2017. Friesen died after a courageous...