Joseph Olea
Jul 26, 2018
Joe Olea passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at the age of 93. He was born in Los Angeles, California on May 15, 1925, the fourth of eleven surviving children to Oscar and Rosenda Olea. He served in the Navy during WWII aboard the USS Hornet from May 1943 to April 1946. After the Navy, he moved back...
Joseph B. Gualeni Jr.
Jul 26, 2018
Joseph B. Gualeni Jr. passed away on July 26th, 2018 at the age of 74. He was born on June 7th, 1944 and was a lifelong resident of San Pedro. He was a Vietnam War veteran and worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry. He is preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Mary Gualeni, his wife, Michelle...
Kum Ja "Kelly" Kim
Jul 26, 2018
Kum Ja Kim is survived by her husband of 51 years, Kyung Ho “Kenneth” Kim, daughters Jean (Mike) and Jane (Paul) , grandchildren Bryan, William, Kaetlyn, and Nicole. She was the youngest of eight siblings, three brothers and four sisters. Kenneth and Kum Ja met and started their lives together in 1967 in Seoul, Korea. In 1973 they immigrated from...
Matthew L. "Matty" Matich
Jul 26, 2018
Matty Matich (Matthew Louis Matich, born May 5, 2002) passed away tragically July 26, 2018 at the age of 16. Matty was the Love of our lives and he made a lasting impact in his time with us. He was a true young Waterman who felt most at home on his boat. He was a fearless champion sailor with an...
Shinji Nimura
Jul 25, 2018
Our father was a hard-working man. He worked restlessly until the end to keep his business going. He was an adventurist who was not afraid to take a chance. In his late thirties, he brought us to a new country to start a new life and ultimately a new business. But most of all, we’d like to remember him as...
Max Hernandez
Jul 23, 2018
Max Leon Hernandez, was born in Wilmington, CA on August 31, 1928 and passed away on Monday, July 23rd in San Pedro. He graduated from Phineas Banning High School and soon after, went to fight in the Korean War in the U.S. Army. He returned and met Aurora, his wife who he adored and longed to be reunited with one...
Helen Crooker
Jul 20, 2018
Helen M. Crooker of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2018 at the age of 93. She is survived by her 2 daughters, Patricia Del Monaco and Beverly Nuccio, her son in-law Stephen Nuccio, and her brother Grant Dixon. She also leaves 4 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at Green Hills...