Desiderio Leo Acosta
Aug 17, 2014
Desiderio Leo Acosta, the son of Arturo and Mary Acosta, passed away on August 17, 2014 at the age of 55. He was born on February 27, 1959 and was a longtime resident of Gardena, and will be greatly missed. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 28th 3pm - 8pm at Green Hills Mortuary, and funeral services will be held...
Wendell E. Larson
Aug 17, 2014
Wendell E. Larson, 91, of Palos Verdes Estates, CA passed away on August 17, 2014. He was born in Redondo Beach in 1923 to Wendell and Hazel Larson. He spent his childhood in Redondo Beach and moved to the Fairfax area in the 1930's. He attended Fairfax High School where he graduated in 1940. He was a P-38 pilot/instructor in...
Shizue (Sue) Uyeno
Aug 17, 2014
Shizue (Sue) was born in Gardena, CA and relocated at age 15 to the Japanese American internment camps of WWII at Jerome, Arkansas, where she met and later married Noritsugu (Nochio) Uyeno. After the war, the couple made their home in Los Angeles, where Shizue (Sue) worked as a legal secretary for the LA Unified School District until her retirement....
Kenneth Nottingham
Aug 16, 2014
Kenneth Nottingham, born November 19, 1923, passed away peacefully on August 16, 2014 in San Pedro, CA. Born in Adrian, Michigan, his parents moved to San Pedro when he was a little boy. Growing up he loved sports and was proud to have played Catcher on San Pedro High School's Varsity Baseball Team and to go on to also play...
Flavio Bisignano
Aug 15, 2014
Flavio, the son of Salvatore and Sadie Bisignano, was born February 13, 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island and peacefully passed away in his home on Friday, August 15, 2014 with family by his side in Rolling Hills, California where he lived most of his life. As a junior in high school during WWII, Flavio joined the Army to fight for...
Viola Helen Metz
Aug 14, 2014
Service will be held at Green Hills Memorial Chapel on Friday, August 22, 2014 at 1 pm. Funeral Home: Green Hills Mortuary and Memorial Chapel 27501 S.Western Ave. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA US 90275
Shigeo "Shig" Arima
Aug 13, 2014
Shig was born October 25, 1925 in Torrance, California. The Gardena resident passed away peacefully at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica on August 13, 2014 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his loving wife, Susie; children, Cathleen, Donna (Ray), and Patricia; grandchildren, Preston, Elena, Spencer and Garrett; brothers, Kazuo, Yoshito , and Haruto; he is also survived...
Chong Kim
Aug 13, 2014
Chong Kim passed away on August 13, 2014 at the age of 79. She was born on July 21, 1935 in Korea and was a resident of Los Angeles. She is survived by her husband, George Kim, children, David (Tricia) Kim, Gary (Leslie) Kim, Raymond (Ella) Kim, as well as 6 grandchildren. She will be greatly missed. Funeral Home: Green...
Edward "Ed" Theodore Fletcher
Aug 13, 2014
Edward (Ed) Theodore Fletcher, passed peacefully into the arms of his savior, August 13, 2014 at his home in the presence of his family. Edward (Ed) Theodore Fletcher, Jr was born December 5, 1940 in Redlands, California to Edward T. Fletcher, Sr. and Vada Fulbright Fletcher. He attended Redlands University and graduated from Stanford University with Honors in Engineering. After...
Y. Marie Tindel
Aug 12, 2014
Y. Marie Tindel, the daughter of Merritt and Varra Stokoe, passed away on August 12, 2014 at the age of 84. She was born on June 11, 1930 in Bristol, Connecticut, and had been a life long resident of the South Bay area. Marie worked at the South Bay Hospital for over 30 years. She is preceded in death by...