August 8, 1924 – May 22, 2020 Canon William B. Rodiger, who for more than 30 years served the Diocese of Los Angeles as a vice-chancellor and as a four-time deputy to General Convention, died May 22 after recent months of illness. He was 95 and resided in Santa Ana. “Canon Rodiger’s incisive counsel and […]
May 10, 1931 – April 28, 2020 The Rev. Canon Robin Underhill, priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and former port chaplain of the Seamen’s Church Institute of Los Angeles (now closed) died April 28 in Scotland after a long illness. He was 88. Survivors include his daughter, Elizabeth Jones, and stepdaughters Katy and […]
January 24, 1934 – April 19, 2020 The Rev. Richard Avery, retired assistant priest at Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Placentia, died in Corsicana, Texas, on April 19. He was 86. A funeral service was held on April 23 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Corsicana. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Wygan Avery; his sons, Bart […]
Canon Francis Banks March 30, 1928 – March 30, 2020 Canon Francis Shelton Banks – treasurer of the Diocese of Los Angeles from 1989 to 1995 and a parish leader at All Saints, Pasadena, and previously St. James’, Los Angeles – died March 30, his 92nd birthday, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. […]
February 10, 1933 – March 7, 2020 The Rev. Christopher Scott Rubel, priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and psychologist, died March 7. He was 87. Rubel served several congregations in the diocese, but was most closely associated with Grace Church, Glendora, where his father, the Rev. Henry Scott “Heinz” Rubel, once served as […]
January 8, 1935 – March 13, 2020 Bishop Edward Mackenzie, former Suffragan Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa and sometime bishop in residence in the Diocese of Los Angeles, died on March 13 in Los Angeles. Edward was 85 years of age. The middle child between siblings Queenie and Philip, he was born to George […]
September 14, 1933 – February 20, 2020 Roy Earl Parker Jr., a monk of the Order of the Holy Cross and former resident at the Mt. Calvary monastery in Santa Barbara, died at the order’s West Park, New York, facility on Feb. 20. In addition to his ministry as spiritual guide and monastic, Parker was […]
August 9, 1934 – January 2, 2020 Adel Maria “Del” Martinez, who gained regional and national recognition as executive director of Neighborhood Youth Association (NYA) from 1972 to 1998, died Jan. 2 at age 85 after many months of debilitating illness. Her life and achievements for NYA, an institution of the Diocese of Los Angeles […]
February 2, 1940 – January 8, 2020 The Rev. Edward Ronald “Ron” Hulbert, retired vicar of St. Richard’s Church in Lake Arrowhead, died Jan. 8 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to which he had recently relocated from Palm Springs. He was 79. Received into the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop J. Jon Bruno in 2012, Hulbert worked […]
June 15, 1920 – November 6, 2019 The Rev. Douglas C. Vest, retired priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and its former canon missioner for ministry, died Nov. 6 at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville, VA , a retirement and care facility where he had lived for the past 10 years. […]
