January 18, 1928 – July 9, 2016 The Rev. Edward Powell Allen, a former rector of St. Andrew & St. Charles Church, Granada Hills, died July 9 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was 88, and had been in ill health for about the past year. Survivors include his wife, Alice Jean Pierce Allen; their children, Arthur […]
September 27, 1930 – May 24, 2016 The Rev. Canon Barbara Mudge, a former vicar of St. Francis’ Church, Simi Valley (1986 – 1995), and most recently canonically resident in the Diocese of Oregon, died May 24 at age 86. A service will be held on Saturday, August 13 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s […]
October 3, 1941 – May 16, 2016 The Rev. Floyd “Butch” Naters Gamarra, former multicultural minister for the Diocese of Los Angeles, died in his sleep at his Pasadena home on May 16 after a recent period of illness. Survivors include his four daughters, Gugui, Lizzie, Linda, and Katalina, and his son, Jonathan. Bishop Suffragan […]
May 12, 1940 – February 29, 2016 The Rev. Sione Halapua, former rector of Church of the Ascension, Tujunga, died Feb. 29 in Chico, California. A memorial service was held on March 18 at St. Simon’s Church, San Fernando. Halapua is survived by his daughter, Ofa, and son-in-law, Fenerick Walrus. His wife, Anne Halapua, also […]
May 18, 1929 – March 15, 2016 Canon Peter Mann, a longtime treasurer of the diocese and its missioner for administration from 1983 to 1995, died March 15. He was 86 and died at home after a recent hospitalization. Requiem Eucharist is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at St. Matthew’s Church in […]
March 23, 1921 – September 9, 2016 The Rev. A. Gillett Bechtel, retired rector of St. Francis’ Church, San Bernardino, died Sept. 9. He was 95, and had been living in Yucaipa. Survivors include his sons, Peter and Paul, and two daughters, Karen and Susan. Bechtel’s wife, Betty Harpster Bechtel, died in 2013 after 67 […]
1931 – 2016 Canon Jack Plimpton, longtime executive director of diocesan HIV/AIDS ministries, died on Friday, Feb. 12, in Los Angeles after entering hospice care. He was 85 and had been suffering from congestive heart failure. Requiem Eucharist is set for 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, at the Cathedral Center, 840 Echo Park Avenue, […]
The Rev. Jane Crase, priest-in-charge of St. Joseph of Arimathea Church, Yucca Valley, died Jan. 10 as the result of injuries suffered when she fell from her horse. She was 70. Her husband, Gary Crase, died on May 1, 2014; the couple, who were married in 1983, had no children. Survivors include a brother. Bishop […]
March 23, 1951 – January 4, 2016 The Rev. David Stuart Maurer, retired co-vicar of St. Clare of Assisi Church, Rancho Cucamonga, died Jan. 4 as the result of a brain hemorrhage. He was 64. Survivors include the Rev. Karen Maurer, to whom he was married for nearly 40 years and who served as his […]
January 6, 1934 – December 26, 2015 The Rev. Canon Alfred “Al” Smith, retired rector of St. Columba’s Church, Camarillo, died unexpectedly on Dec. 26. He was 82. He most recently was chaplain to retired clergy of the diocese of San Diego – a ministry he shared with his wife, Stephanie – and priest-in-residence at […]
