[The Episcopal News] The Rev. John William Conrad, D.Min, rector of All Saints’ Church, Riverside, from 2008 to 2018, died Jan. 16 of pancreatic cancer. Though he and his wife, Shannon, had recently divided their time between homes in Michigan and Mexico, he passed away in Riverside during a holiday visit.
April 30, 1924 – December 28, 2022 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Joseph Austin Erickson, Jr., clinical psychologist and a former rector of St. Mark’s Church, Upland (1954 – 1963), died Dec. 28 at his home at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Pomona. He was 98. Survivors include his wife, Catherine Jo Henley-Erickson, a retired […]
[The Episcopal News] Carmen Elaine “Jetea” Glosson Johnson – a longtime educator and member of the Union of Black Episcopalians – died Oct. 7 at Loma Linda University Medical Center. She was 68 and a resident of Hemet, Calif., where she attended the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Memorial service will be Wednesday, Nov. […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. William McCord “Mac” Thigpen III – whose ministry in Los Angeles from 1988 to 2002 included his appointment in 1991 as the bishop’s liaison to the LGBTQ+ community, a first-ever post within the diocese – died Sept. 20 at his home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He was 67 […]
September 29, 1937 – July 28, 2022 The Rev. Canon Samuel Mortimer (Mort) Ward IV, who served many congregations of the diocese in his long ministry as an interim priest and transition specialist, died July 28, 2022 at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 84. Survivors include Alessandra (Sandy) Ward, his wife of 41 […]
July 19, 1949 – June 29, 2022 Carol A. Grosvenor, wife of the Rev. Marilyn Omernick, died June 29 at their home at the Hillcrest Retirement Community in La Verne after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 72. Survivors include her wife, Marilyn; two sisters, Susan Krienen and Nancy Grosvenor, and a brother, […]
May 10, 1924 – June 28, 2022 The Rev. Donald A. Stivers, retired vicar of Christ the King Church, Santa Barbara (1983 – 1991), died June 28. He was 98. A service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2514 (805.965.7419). Survivors include […]
January 15, 1932 – June 5, 2022 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Faye Hogan, a longtime chaplain at an Oxnard medical center and assistant at several congregations in the northern area of the Diocese of Los Angeles, died June 5. She was 90. Bishop John Harvey Taylor presided at a funeral service on June 25 […]
July 15,1929 – May 23, 2022 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. John Keester, former rector of St. Ambrose’s Church, Claremont (1966-1980), and a longtime teacher at Bloy House (Episcopal Theological School in Claremont, now Los Angeles), died May 23. He was 92. Survivors include his wife, Betty Dennison, to whom he was married in 2014; […]
June 19, 1938 – May 12, 2022 Walter Johnson, a lay advocate in Episcopal and interfaith peace and justice ministries, died May 12 in Los Angeles after recent years of declining health. He was 83 and had resided in Santa Monica with his wife, the Rev. Canon Joanne Leslie, archdeacon emerita of the Diocese of […]
