September 29, 1932 – October 8, 2019 The Rev. Magdaleno Bacagan, retired vicar of Holy Communion Church, Gardena (1983 – 1998), died Oct. 8. He was 87. Service arrangements are pending. Before becoming vicar of Holy Communion Church, Bacagan was assistant treasurer of the diocese for four years. At the same time he began his […]
June 27, 1944 – August 15, 2019 The Rev. Gwynne Marlyn Guibord, founder and president emerita of The Guibord Center – Religion Inside Out, died the morning of Aug. 15. She was 75. Guibord had struggled with cancer for 10 years, and upon learning in June that the cancer had metastasized into vital organs, she […]
June 24, 1938 – July 30, 2019 The Rev. Thomas Beckwith Hubbard, certified financial planner and for some 30 years a volunteer priest at All Saints Church, Pasadena, died July 30. He was 81. A memorial Eucharist will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Decker Hall at Pilgrim Place, 665 Avery […]
1928 – 2019 Canon Dorris Dann, former director of Our Saviour Center in El Monte, died June 29 at her home in San Gabriel. She was 91. The following obituary was provided by the center staff. Dann began her tenure as director of Our Saviour Center in 1987. Our Saviour Center is the outreach program […]
May 26, 1933 – April 27, 2019 Canon Charles Gessler, a distinguished public defender who devoted his career to legal advocacy on behalf of people accused of crimes, died April 27. He was 85. Gessler was a longtime member of St. Cross Episcopal Church, Hermosa Beach, where he served as vestry member, senior warden, clergy […]
October 27, 1939 – May 18, 2019 The Rev. Norman Y. Ishizaki, rector emeritus of St. Alban’s Church, Westwood (Los Angeles), died May 18 at age 79. Survivors include his wife Velda Marie Young, whom he married Sept. 7, 1953; their two children, Lisa M. Ishizaki Wehrly and Craig Ishizaki; and two grandchildren. A service […]
April 26, 1929 – May 6, 2019 The Rev. George R. Mackey, rector of St. Peter’s Church, Santa Maria, from 1985 to 1999, died at his home in Santa Maria on May 6. He was 90. Survivors include his wife, the Rev. Judith P. Mackey, deacon at St. Peter’s, to whom he was married in […]
February 26, 1932 – May 4, 2019 The Rev. Dr. Colin Brown passed away peacefully at home in Altadena on May 4, 2019, age 87, surrounded by his children, closest friends, and dedicated care-givers. He was born in Bradford, England, in 1932. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1958 and became Vice […]
May 30, 1947 – February 24, 2019 The Rev. James Furman, rector of St. Nicholas’s Church in Encino from 1995 to 2007, died in hospice care on Sunday, February 24, after a long illness. Furman had no surviving family, but many friends. Funeral services will be held on March 23, 11 a.m., at St. Mark’s […]
June 7, 1937 – January 12, 2019 Sandy Smock passed away at home in hospice care on January 12, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was 81 years old. In 2013, he had been told he had six months to live. He managed to stretch this into six wonderful years with the help of […]
