Canon Peter Lodge Bergstrom 1946 – 2018 A person of boundless curiosity and joy in exploration, Peter Bergstrom was equally inspired by nature and by his fellow humans. As directors for 40 years of Camp Stevens Episcopal Camp and Conference Center in Julian, he and his wife Vicki created what they called “a peaceful place […]
March 17, 1938 – December 3, 2018 The Rev. David Charles Walker — priest, chaplain, organist and composer — died Dec. 3. He served as chaplain and director of pastoral care at Good Samaritan Hospital 1991 – 2003; previously he served a congregations in San Diego, Beverly Hills, and Brooklyn New York. He composed two […]
March 28, 1927 – October 20, 2018 The Rev. Arnold Fenton, former rector of St. Matthew’s Church, Pacific Palisades, died Oct. 20, 2018, in Sandpoint, Idaho. He was 91. Survivors include his wife Barbara Burrows Fenton; his children Arnold A. Fenton, Christopher Fenton and Kimberly Fenton Hesse; stepchildren Deborah Connolly Eggleston and William F. Connolly; […]
June 29, 1928 – July 17, 2018 The Rev. Canon Shirley Rose, former assistant at St. Matthias’ Episcopal Church in Whittier, educator, and past chair of the Program Group on Christian Education and Leadership Training, died July 17. She was 90. A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 2 at St. […]
June 1, 1938 – June 18, 2018 The Rev. Elizabeth Stingley, retired vicar of St. Hilary’s Church, Hesperia, died June 18 in Texas, where she had been living with her daughter. She was 80. Service details are pending; interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery with her husband Patrick Stingley, a career Marine officer who […]
December 9, 1937 – June 10, 2018 The Rev. Canon Richard Alden Wagner, former vicar of St. Alban’s Church, Yucaipa, and a longtime member of Diocesan Council, died June 10 at the age of 80. A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 23 at Trinity Church, 419 S. 4th Street, Redlands […]
October 23, 1948 – May 8, 2018 The Rev. Mitties McDonald DeChamplain, professor at General Theological Seminary, New York; former professor at Fuller Seminary, Pasadena; and former associate priest of St. Athanasius Church at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, Los Angeles, died May 8 in New York City. A service will be held Saturday, […]
March 12, 1918 – April 7, 2018 The Rev. Canon Samuel Robert D’Amico, retired rector of St. James Church, Los Angeles, and founder of its parish school, died April 7 at age 100. A requiem Eucharist will be celebrated by Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce on Saturday, April 14 at 9 a.m. at St. George’s […]
June 19, 1922 – January 9, 2018 Canon Percia Hutcherson, a physical therapist and longtime medical missionary in Eldoret, Kenya, died Jan. 9 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 95, and had been in ill health for several years. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. at […]
August 30, 1924 – December 29, 2018 A service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12 at St Mark’s Church, Glendale, for the Rev. Otto Harold Anderson, Jr., who died on or near Dec. 29. He was 94. Survivors include several nieces and nephews, and many friends. Anderson served on the staff […]