Ivan Lucin, age 89, passed away on December 22, 2023. Ivan was born on September 15, 1934 on the island of Veil Drvenik in Croatia. He was the son of Bob and Jerka Lucin. Ivan left his homeland and immigrated to San Pedro in February of 1960. He followed in his father’s footsteps as a fisherman and then worked as...
Carmen Galvan was born on March 13, 1937 to Adalberto and Juana Macias. She was the fourth born of eleven children. On December 22, 2023 she stepped into God's Holy presence, preceded by her husband of 61 years, Magdaleno Galvan Jr. She leaves behind a daughter, Sofia Galvan, and three sons, Edward Galvan and his wife Malinda, Mark Galvan and...
A brave, intelligent, faithful, and loving individual, Elisa came to this country in her early twenties, not speaking the language. That took some courage. She prevailed and was soon employed and making a living in Los Angeles. Her work ethic was impeccable, and it didn’t hurt that she had picked up mechanical skills from her father's machine shop. And no...
Edward Jack Cimo, retired 22-year U.S. Army veteran and long-time resident of Long Beach, Ca. died on Dec. 21, 2023 at the age of 88. Military honor services will be held on Jan 11th at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca. at 12pm.
In Fall of 1970 while on a field trip Leticia (Leti) would tell another student who she did not know to “SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP”. She believed the student was provoking a fight with students from another High School. That student was me and we would go on to belong life long partners of 53 years. At the age...
Elia Sanchez Fagan passed away on December 19, 2023 at the age of 80. She was born in Sebastian, Texas on May 20, 1943 and was a longtime resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Our Lady of the Lake University, a private Catholic University in San Antonio Texas. She went on to...
Angela O. McKittrick (Angie) peacefully passed away on December 18, 2023 at the sweet age of 105 years. She was born in Garden City, Kansas on August 2, 1918, raised in Lamar, Colorado and moved to Torrance, California in the 1940s, where she lived a wonderfully long and successful life. She is loved and survived by her children Michael (Karen)...
Christine Meiko Takaki was a romantic, who believed in soulmates, hated to be tickled, and loved for the final time December 17, 2023. Meiko, second of six kids to Noboru and Ryoko Miyao, was born in Yano, Japan May 27, 1947, less than 2 years after and 10 miles away from the detonation of the atomic bomb. Ryoko lived with...