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David Keseloff

David Keseloff

Jan 5, 2026

declined

Polly Jean Fosler

Polly Jean Fosler

Jan 4, 2026

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Polly Jean Fosler, warmly known to all as “PJ”, who left us peacefully on January 4th, 2026, at the age of 85. Polly was born on March 4, 1940, in Anadarko, Oklahoma. She spent her later years in La Mirada, California, where she made countless friends and touched many lives.

Polly was married...

Alice Griff

Alice Griff

Jan 1, 2026

to be done my famiily

Carmen Sweeney

Carmen Sweeney

Dec 27, 2025

Family will submit

Mary Harder

Mary Harder

Dec 25, 2025

by famlly

Pilar N. Jose

Pilar N. Jose

Dec 25, 2025

For Nanay Pilar's Funeral Mass at Beatitudes of Our Lord on Tuesday January 6, 2026 the family is requesting that everyone wear WHITE in her honor. Nanay Pilar loved life and the color white. 

NANAY PILAR’S LOVE & LEGACY LIVE THROUGH GENERATIONS

Nanay Pilar Navaja Jose, a loving wife, a beloved mother, an ever-caring grandmother and a steadfast matriarch peacefully joined her...

Cecelia Glorud

Cecelia Glorud

Dec 24, 2025

Cecelia Alvares Glorud was born July 15, 1926, in Whittier, CA. She passed on December 24, 2025. She was 99 years old

Cece, as her friends called her, graduated from Whittier Union High School in 1944. She began working right after graduating for an insurance firm in downtown Los Angeles. She worked there from 1944 until 1949. In 1949, she began...

Thomas Lee Theisen

Thomas Lee Theisen

Dec 23, 2025

Thomas Lee Theisen, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2025, at the age of 85. Born on May 14, 1940, in Nebraska, Thomas led a life that reflected not only his keen intellect but also his profound love for his family and the simple joys of life.

A dedicated CPA, Thomas earned his Bachelor's...

Delia Castro

Delia Castro

Dec 20, 2025

Delia Castro passed away on December 20th, 2025, at the age of 69. She was born on November 15, 1956, in Michoacán. Mexico. Delia was a resident of Eastvale, California

Shirley LaRue

Shirley LaRue

Dec 20, 2025

Shirley Ann Jeffreys LaRue June 13, 1939 ~ December 20, 2025

Devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and treasured friend. She now rejoices in the arms of her Savior.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Tom LaRue, with whom she shared 49 wonderful years of marriage. She is survived by her daughter, Cherie LaRue; her grandchildren, Rachel Winfrey and Joshua Winfrey; and...

John Kosareff

John Kosareff

Dec 12, 2025

declined

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