White Emerson Mortuary Obituaries
Mary Helen Madsen
May 16, 2011
Mary Helen Madsen was born to Ernest & Ruth (Parra) Gallegos in Los Angeles, CA on April 24, 1935. While growing up in Los Angeles, Mary attended Roosevelt High School. On January 29, 1954 she married Richard Clyde Madsen in East Los Angeles.Throughout her life in southern California, she was involved in social services & retail sales. She loved singing...
Ellen Nelsen Smith
May 15, 2011
Ellen Margaret Gertrude (Nelson) Smith was born July 21, 1917 in Omaha, Nebraska to John Christian and Margaret Gertrude (Andersen) Nelsen. She passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2011 in Whittier.Ellen is survived by her daughter, Diane (Michael) Yancy; son, Dennis (Jerrianne) Smith; five grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon W. Smith.A Celebration...
Anna Buffone
May 12, 2011
Anna Buffone was born September 2, 1916, in Carteret, New Jersey to Emory and Anna (Opina) Boynak. She passed away on May 12, 2011 in Whittier, California.Anna grew up in Sagamore, Pennsylvania as the family moved there prior to her first birthday. She attended school in Sagamore,and after her marriage, moved to Beyer, Pennsylvania.While living in Beyer, Pennsylvania, Anna was...
Otila Estela Quiroz
May 12, 2011
Otila Estela Quiroz was born on September 19, 1943 in Tijuana, Mexico. She came to the United States as a young child.Otila attended school in the Los Nietos and Whittier Union High School District. She was in the first graduating class at Pioneer High School in 1961. She later earned her A.A. Degree from Cerritos College. During this time, she...
Jesse R. Salazar
May 1, 2011
Jesse R. Salazar was born April 16, 1946 in Los Angeles, California to Joseph and Tommie (Jimenez) Salazar. He passed on May 1, 2011 in Baldwin Park, California.Jesse grew up and attended schools in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Salesian High School and attended East Los Angeles College.On May 7, 1966 he married Marina Martinez.Jesse lived in the Los...
Bruce A. Larson
Apr 29, 2011
Bruce A. Larson was born March 1, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Ralph Alvin Larson and Hester Eulalia (Fulton) Larson. He passed away on April 29, 2011 in Whittier, California.'Swede' grew up in Southern Illinois, where he attended Murphsboro Elementary and High School.He proudly served our country in the United States Air Force with two (2) tours of duty in...
Daniel Joseph Albert
Apr 25, 2011
Daniel (Dan) Albert was born January 15, 1960 In Downey, California to Ernest and Jeannine (Rodrigue) Albert. He passed away on April 25, 2011 in Downey, California. Dan grew up and attended schools in Santa Fe Springs, California, that included Lakeview Elementary School, Lake Center Middle School and graduated from Santa Fe High School.On October 18, 1986 he married Cheryl...
Henry A. Cendejas
Apr 13, 2011
Henry 'Hank' A. Cendejas was born September 10, 1918 in Los Angeles, California to Jeronimo and Dolores Cendejas. He passed away on April 13, 2011 in Whittier, California.Henry grew up in Los Angeles and attended schools in the Boyle Heights area. With a high intelligence level and photographic mind, Henry was promoted two grades while in elementary school.As a young...
Lewis Shouse
Apr 10, 2011
Lewis 'Jack' Shouse was born June 30, 1922 in Malaki, New Mexico to Eddie Elmer and Devie Ovie (Black) Shouse. He passed away on April 10, 2011 in Whittier, California.Jack grew up and attended school in Whittier and then proudly served our country in the United States Army and was stationed at Camp Roberts.On September 26, 1943 he married Arlene...
Shirley Ann Salter
Apr 3, 2011
Salter, Shirley Ann of La Mirada, CA. The youngest of twelve was born on December 10, 1937. Our Angel has left us on April 3, 2011, and is survived by her husband of 52 years F. Nelson Salter, three sons, one daughter, four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. She will be remembered for her smile, love of life, and selflessness....
Gina Knoll
Apr 1, 2011
Gina 'Jenny' Knoll was born Febraury 3, 1915 in New York City, New York to Paris and Giorgia (Pieretti)Domenici. She passed away April 1, 2011 in Fullerton, California.Jenny grew up and attended school in the San Fernando Valley of California. On June 1, 1935 she married Joseph Knoll in Los Angeles, California. They moved to Whittier in 1950 where they...
Linda Jean Beattie
Mar 23, 2011
Linda Jean Beattie, ne LuskLinda Lusk was born on May 28, 1932, to Fred Edward Lusk and Martha Lusk, ne Raines, of Shreveport, Caddo County, Louisiana. With her younger brother, Fred Jr., she grew up on 14th Street in Seal Beach, California, where her father was a chemist with Dow. She graduated from Huntington Beach Union High School in 1950....
Margaret Gonzales
Mar 22, 2011
Margaret Gonzales passed away peacfully at the age of 91 in Whittier, CA. She was born in 1919 in New Mexico. Margaret married Frank Gonzalez and they had three children.At 91 years, she was a loving homemaker, 'Mom,' 'Nana,' and the world's biggest Dodger fan!She is survived by her children, Mike Gonzales & Debbie Kosareff; three grandchildren, Rod, Vikki six...
Jorge Angel Gelabert
Mar 19, 2011
Jorge Angle Gelabert-Megret was born on October 9, 1921 in Santiago, Cuba to parents Angel Gelabert Viv and Maria Megret. He grew up in Santiago where he graduated from 'Istituto Segunda Ensenanza'. Following graduation he moved to Havana to attend the University from which he obtained his Doctorate in Law - Diplomatic and Government and Ph.D. He went on to...
Margaret Claire Nemecek
Mar 10, 2011
Margaret Claire 'Margie' Nemecek was born on March 6, 1920 in Creighton, Nebraska to parents Edwin Hugh Leslie and Ida May Schmidt. She grew up on a farm in Plainview, Nebraska where her father was a farmer during the Depression. Margaret was the sixth of seven children. She worked as a teacher at a county school house in Nebraska until...
Jason Michael Hagan
Mar 5, 2011
Jason Michael Hagan was born in Long Beach, California on April 25, 1980 to parents Daniel and Pamela Hagan. Jason grew up and lived most of his life in La Mirada, California. He started swinging a hammer at a very young age while still in school. He went on to his career in construction. His favorite thing to do when...
Jack Blair Heitzman
Mar 4, 2011
Jack Blair Heitzman was born March 10, 1943 in Sioux City, Iowa to Jack Harold and Lois (Jacobson) Heitzman. He passed away March 4, 2011 in Whittier, California.Jack spent his early years in Sioux City, moving to Whittier in 1955. After high school, he studied at Rio Hondo College and honorably served his country in the US Army.On April 18,...
Amelia L. Marquez
Feb 16, 2011
Amelia L. 'Molly' Marquez was born on February 14, 1921 in Phoenix, Arizona to parents Ramon and Eloisa Lopez. She grew up in Tucson, Arizona. On December 24, 1944 she married Eugene V. Marquez. Together they raised five children, three sons and two daughters. As a homemaker, Amelia was often the taxi mom who would take the kids to their...
Pete John Popoff
Feb 10, 2011
Pete John Popoff was born November 20, 1919 in Phoenix, Arizona. He passed away February 10, 2011 in Lakewood, California.Pete grew up in Los Angeles and traveled up & down California with his family picking potatoes and other fruits and vegetables as a child. On September 12, 1948 he married Dorothy Nazaroff. They moved to Bellflower then later Montebello. The...
Ronald George Ranson
Feb 4, 2011
Ronald George Ranson Sr., 92, a resident of Whittier since 1957, died peacefully at his home February 4, 2011 after a brief illness.Born in Ogden, Utah in 1918 to George and Eathel Ranson, Ron was the loving husband of Mildred Ranson for 59 1/2 years. Mildred passed away in 1999. Ron leaves his children Ron Ranson Jr. of Leucadia, California;...
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