Laguna Beach Local News

December 14, 1955 - May 9, 2023   Mary lived a full, joy-filled life and was loved by many as a wife, mother, grandmother, therapist and friend. There has been an outpouring of love and support with the news of her passing after a courageous fight with cancer. Born and raised...

Laguna Beach lost a true treasure and humanitarian on May 23rd, 2021 when Genevieve Lucille McMenomy passed away at home at the age of 90. She was just one month and two days shy of her 91st birthday.   Genevieve was born on June 25th, 1930, in Walla Walla, Washington. When...

Anneliese Schools founder Anneliese Schimmelpfennig, a teacher, visionary and entrepreneur, passed away peacefully due to complications from pneumonia, surrounded by her family, on May 4, 2023.  Schimmelpfennig was born Anneliese Krempl on July 17, 1939, in the village of Tüssling in Bavaria, Germany. In her heart and spirit, she nurtured...

June 25, 1929 - March 3, 2023 Born in Gorman, Texas, Ray Pierson spent much of his youth in Modesto before moving to San Clemente, where he met and married Dian Mattai in 1948. The couple moved to South Laguna shortly thereafter. Ray was important in Laguna community life for...

My dearest beloved beautiful wife of nearly 30 years, American Master Artist, “Ruth Marjory Mayer (Holden),” a notable recipient of the Hubbard Museum American Master Award, passed away into the Loving Hands of God on Sunday, March 5 at 4:30 a.m. Her illustrious artistic career spanned over 75 years....

Janet Carol Roper, 93, passed away in Laguna Niguel, Calif., in her sleep early on March 1, 2023. Janet was born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, on December 30, 1929, to Oscar and Hazel Tysdal. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Robert E. Roper.  She is survived by her...

Robert Lawrence Kronquist, of Laguna Beach and Dana Point, passed away at home on Jan. 31, 2023. He is survived by his only child Kaitlin Kronquist of Dana Point, as well as sister Diana Johnson of Tuscon, Ariz.; nephews Mike Johnson of Riverside, Calif. and Steve Johnson of Alabama...

  Louis James Zitnik passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023, at the age of 99, in his Laguna Beach home less than 24 hours after his beloved wife, Jacqueline Irene Zitnik, aged 98, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2023, surrounded by family members. They resided in Laguna Beach...

May 22, 1954 – January 18, 2023 Vivian “Sissy” Caris alias Reynders (née Thompson) passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at home surrounded by her family.   Sissy was born May 22, 1954, in Midland, Texas. After both parents passed away prematurely, Sissy and her brother, Scott, at a very young...