White Emerson Mortuary Obituaries
Arlene June Gunter
Aug 4, 2010
Arlene June Gunter was born on June 15, 1923 in Kansas to Harold and Velma Potter. She passed away on August 4, 2010 in Pico Rivera.A visitation was held Tuesday August 10, 2010 followed by a private graveside burial service on Wednesday August 11, 2010 at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
Dolores Dee Arnold
Jul 31, 2010
Dolores Dee 'Dolly' Arnold(November 28, 1935 - July 31, 2010)After hanging on for a few days following two heart attacks and stroke, Dolly slipped into the Lord's presence on Saturday evening, July 31, at 8:30pm. A memorial service for Dolly will be held on Wednesday, August 4th, at 2:00pm at Whittier Hills Baptist Church. Brian Wilson, a family friend and...
Tom LaRue
Jul 29, 2010
Tom J. LaRue was born in Oklahoma on January 21, 1932 to parents Thomas and Mable LaRue. He grew up in the towns of Crescent and Guthrie, Oklahoma. As a young man he joined the US Navy in the rank of Pipe Fitter, Third Class. He married his wife Shirley on March 25, 1961. Mr. LaRue lived in Whittier, California...
James Michael Martin
Jul 28, 2010
James Michael Martin was born on August 11, 1957 in Montebello, CA to parents James E. Martin and Peggy A. Terrazas. He grew up in Pico Rivera, CA and attended El Rancho High School. He later moved to Colorado where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding dirt bikes, and just going out shooting with friends. He worked as a truck driver...
Margaret Jane Lawson
Jul 24, 2010
Margaret Jane 'Maggie' Lawson was Born October 30, 1925 passed away July 24, 2010 in Whittier, California.Maggie was born and raised in Missouri to Parents Fred and Irene Jacobs. Maggie worked for 25 years at Quaker City Federal Bank where she achieved the level of Senior Vice President, which was notable as she was the only woman in this position...
Louise Bacon Perry
Jul 21, 2010
Louise Bacon's courtship with Hubert Perry was a one-day, whirlwind event that blossomed into 64 years of marital bliss. When Louise began slipping away with Alzheimer's disease six years ago, Hubert kept her near to him under constant care in the family home on Mar Vista Street until she died Wednesday at age 89. Seated in their den near their...
Shirley Jean Carmichael
Jul 15, 2010
Shirley Jean Carmichael was born March 9, 1923 in Bend, Oregon and passed away July 15, 2010 in Fullerton, California.Shirley was born to parents Glenn Clay McCracken and Mary Ann Scott McCracken. She grew up in Montebello, Ca where she graduated from Montebello High School. On October 7, 1949 in Montebello, Shirley married her husband of over 60 years, Jack...
Lois Louise Book
Jul 5, 2010
Lois Louise Book was born May 16, 1928 at 2:47 a.m. in Whittier, California; at the old Murphy Memorial Hospital, which is now part of Whittier College. She was the third child of Fred and Margaret Bethurum. She had two older brothers, Bob and Ronald. She started school at Lydia Jackson located on Painter Avenue. Her family moved back to...
Olivia Collazo-Najar
Jul 2, 2010
Olivia Collazo-Najar of Whittier, California, died suddenly on Friday July 2, 2010 after complications with an internal infection.Olivia was born in Calexico, California on September 14, 1944, to Ernesto and Margarita Collazo. She retired from the Department of Public Social Services in April of 2007. She enjoyed life's simplicities, such as: watching her novelas at night, catching up with her...
Darlene Engler
Jun 28, 2010
Darlene Engler was born May 24, 1938 in Crested Butte, Colorado to Joseph and Cecilia Schafer. She passed away June 28, 2010 in La Mirada, California.Darlene grew up in La Habra, CA. She attended gradeschool at St. Mary's in Fullerton, CA and graduated from Marywood High School in Anaheim, CA. Following high school, Darlene attended Fullerton College in Fullerton, CA.Darlene...
Lena L. Torres
Jun 23, 2010
Lena L. 'Lucky' Torres was born February 9, 1934 in Los Angeles, California to Jobe and Magdalena Logan. She grew up and went to school in the Old Chinatown area of Los Angeles, and remained in Los Angeles County her entire life. She passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in Whittier, California.In 1951, Lena married Adolph R. Morales, and they...
Donald Michael Ruffalo
Jun 20, 2010
Donald Michael Ruffalo, also known to his family as 'Mick', went to be with the Lord on June 20, 2010 (Father's Day), in La Mirada, CA. He was born August 2, 1923, the first son of Dominico Anthony and Angeline Lee Ruffalo, and was raised in Youngstown, Ohio, where he graduated from East High School. He was wed to Helen...
Hilda Marie Kelly
Jun 19, 2010
In Loving Memory of:Hilda Marie KellyBorn: March 8, 1928Went to be with the Lord: June 19, 2010 Born at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, California to Joseph and Mercedes Baglietto. Graduated from St. Anthony's High School in 1946 where she was a Songleader. It was there that she was named 'Big Sis' to AII-CIF and College All-American Football Player John...
Lucy Armenta Maldonado
Jun 7, 2010
Lucy Armenta Maldonado was born on September 15, 1919 in Los Angeles, California to Jose and Isabel Armenta. She later married Edward Maldonado in Los Angeles, CA. She passed away at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, California on June 7, 2010 at the age of 90.Lucy is survived by her children, Edward Maldonado Jr., Virginia Ochoa, Caroline Medrano, Michael Maldonado,...
Jane Ann (Longwell) Tenopir
May 27, 2010
Jane Tenopir passed away on May 27, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. Jane was born in Santa Maria, California to Clyde James and Neva Mae Longwell. She graduated from Santa Maria High School and Whittier College. Many years of graduate courses in education supported her long and distinguished career as a teacher in the Whittier...
Rosina Hing Chow Kwan
May 16, 2010
Rosina Hing Chow Kwan was born August 26, 1918 in China to Sic and Oi Lan Lee. She passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Alhambra, California.Rosina is survived by her husband, David T. Kwan; sons, Sam and Daniel Kwan; daughter, Esther Kwan Simon; and 5 grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 10:30 a.m....
Ruth Irene DeRomano
May 16, 2010
Ruth Irene DeRomano was born November 14, 1916 in Oklahoma to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baucom. She passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Mission Viejo, California.A graveside service will be held Monday, May 24, 2010 at Olive Lawn Memorial Park, 13926 La Mirada Boulevard, La Mirada, California.You may leave a message of condolence for the family by selecting 'Sign...
Esther Rita Chaidez
May 12, 2010
Esther Rita Chaidez was born November 15, 1919 in Mesa, Arizona to Juan and Virginia (Pena) Dominguez. She passed away Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at her home in La Mirada, California.Esther grew up and went to school in Sacramento, California and later went on to Rio Hondo College in Whittier. She married Richard William Hite, and to that union came...
Ramona Gail Blomker
May 11, 2010
Ramona Gail Blomker - Passed away May 11th in Whittier after a short illness, surrounded by her family. Born in Renwick, Iowa April 8, 1930 to Merlin and Thelma Belt, she was the second of four children. She married Robert Keil Blomker and moved with Roberta and Roger to Whittier in 1957. Preceded in death by her parents, husband, two...
