Elsie Cory Sadler, a longtime senior warden of All Saints Church in Pasadena and a former vice president of development at Huntington Memorial Hospital, died Feb. 6 in La Quinta, Calif., where was staying with her daughter Peggy Buchanan after being evacuated from MonteCedro during the Eaton fire in early January. Survivors include Sadler’s daughters […]
The Rev. Canon Richard Estrada – who championed the rights of immigrants and at-risk youth throughout his longtime priesthood, first as a Claretian Catholic and later as an Episcopalian – died March 31 at PIH Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, poignantly on the birthday of his late friend and fellow activist César Chávez. Estrada was […]
Canon Carol Lanning – a former senior warden of St. Matthew’s Church in Pacific Palisades and a longtime assistant to the late actor Charlton Heston – died Feb. 18. She was 95 and had been in declining health. Lanning is survived by her husband, Mike, and her children Phil, Chris, and Dawn, their spouses, six […]
The Rev. Argola “Golie” Haynes – a retired priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and former teacher in Pasadena city schools – died March 29 at age 84. Survivors include her daughter, Tina Ayres; two grandchildren; and two sisters, Anna Parker and Alma Stokes who is a longtime parishioner of All Saints Church in […]
[The Episcopal News] A Sept. 14 11 a.m. memorial service at Trinity Church, Orange, has been set for the late Nancy Houston Guthrie, a lay leader St. Stephen’s in Beaumont and and longtime parish administrator in Orange County congregations, who died Feb. 7 at age 89. Survivors include her daughter, Heidi Fernandez, stepsons Tom and […]
March 23, 1945 – August 26, 2024 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Nancy Sinclair, 79, retired vicar of St. Theodore of Canterbury Church, Seal Beach, died Aug. 26. She passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her family members and loved ones. Survivors include her husband, Donald, to whom she was married in 1967; […]
February 18, 2029 – August 13, 2024 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Bert Anderson Jr., 95, a priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and resident of Ashland, Oregon, died Aug. 13. He served most recently as an assisting priest at Trinity Church in Ashland, beginning in 2002. Anderson was married to Nancy Daniels Anderson, […]
November 11, 1934 – July 19, 2024 The Rev. Gustavo Hernandez – who served as rector of St. Clement’s, Huntington Park, from 1989 to 1999 and most recently assisted at St. Margaret’s, South Gate, and previously at St. Mark’s, Downey – died July 19 at age 89. He is survived by his daughters, Madeleine and […]
[The Episcopal News] Matthew Borsch, one of three sons of the Diocese of Los Angeles’s late Bishop Fred and Barbara Borsch, died June 30, some two weeks after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. He was 59 and resided in Bronxville, N.Y. An accomplished managing director with the Bank of Montreal Capital Markets and Water Tower […]
February 22, 1951 – June 11, 2024 The Rev. Eduardo Roberto Bresciani Undurraga, retired rector of St. Margaret’s Church, South Gate, died June 11 in Santiago, Chile, after an extended battle with ALS. He was 73. Survivors include his brother, Christian Bresciani of Miami, Florida, and sisters Ana Maria Bresciani Underraga and Paula Bresciani Undurraga […]
