April 13, 1959 – September 11, 2023 [The Episcopal News] Canon Julie Dean Larsen — vice chancellor of the Diocese of Los Angeles, member of the Corporation of the Diocese, member of the Coadjutor Bishop Search Committee, deputy to two past meetings of General Convention, and member of St. Margaret of Scotland Church, San Juan […]
September 10, 1936 – July 17, 2023 [The Episcopal News] Canon Ruthie Leonard – a longtime lay leader and educator in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles – died July 17 at age 86. A memorial service is set for 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at Holy Communion Episcopal Church, 1160 W. 141st St., […]
May 30, 1964 – July 24, 2023 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Irineo Martir Vasquez, 59, former vicar of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Hawthorne (2001 – 2012), and onetime candidate for bishop suffragan in the Diocese of Los Angeles, died July 24 in his native Guatemala. Vasquez served most recently in the Diocese of Arizona […]
October 1, 1946 – June 15, 2023 [The Episcopal News] Judi Van-Cura Riley, wife of the Rev. Reese Riley, adjunct clergy staff member at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, passed away peacefully on June 15 at home, surrounded by her immediate family. She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Hannah and Fritz; and […]
July 18, 1921 – April 14, 2023 Ruth-Alice Hailwood, widow of the late Rev. Canon Edward E. Hailwood, died on April 14. She was 101. Survivors include John (Jack) Hailwood and his wife Frances, Jennifer Kysor and her husband Steve, and Christine Helwick, along with seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. No services are planned, but […]
June 20, 1946 – March 9, 2023 Nancy Doss, lay representative to Diocesan Council from Deanery 7 and lay leader at Trinity Church, Redlands, died March 9 of cancer. She was 76. Survivors include her husband, Tim Doss. Bishop John Harvey Taylor will preside at a memorial service on Saturday, April 22 at 11 a.m. […]
June 17, 1937 – February 16, 2023 The Rev. Paul Elder, deacon at St. Aidan’s Church, Malibu, and passionate advocate for the poor and homeless, died Feb. 16. He was 86 and had been suffering from cancer. He was active at St. Aidan’s until mid-December of 2022. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Ann Elder, to […]
October 20, 1925 – January 5, 2023 Mimi Simson, retired college professor and widow of the Rev. Canon Everett Simson, former dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, and rector of St. Luke’s Church, Monrovia, died Jan. 5 in Medford, Oregon. She was 97. Survivors include her four children, Michael, Alexander Craig, Shelley and John); […]
[The Episcopal News] Canon Lydia Lopez – who for more than 50 years served the Diocese of Los Angeles and wider Episcopal Church as a lay leader, civil rights advocate, and self-described “interpreter” across cultures – died Jan. 16 at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. She was 80 and until recent months was engaged in […]
November 22, 1934 – December 27, 2022 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. George Six, onetime vicar of Christ the King Church, Palmdale (1995 – 1999), and briefly rector of St. Matthew’s Church, Pacific Palisades (1991 – 1992), died Dec. 27, 2022 in Hendersonville, North Carolina, where he has lived in recent years. He was 88, […]
