Gone was the strong, joyful voice that was the center of every party; in its place, a whisper., She cared for me, and all of us [children], said Washington. Large metropolitan centers such as Los Angeles and San Francisco appear to be the hardest hit. The big rig driver had a big, booming laugh that brought a smile to those around him, said his 28-year-old niece, Danielle Lopez. After a successful 18-year run, Rafael and Maria closed Cafe Caliente and opened another Mexican restaurant in Hollywood.

Cordero got his start on Broadway in the 2012 production of Rock of Ages in which he played Record Company Man and Dennis a part he recently reprised in a Hollywood revival of the show. He loved nature and the mountains, and he really loved to garden..

His younger sister, Lisa Agredano, died from the virus last month, five days before her father, Manuel Agredano, died of it, too. Helena said she knew the virus would kill her mother, a longtime smoker, and had her placed on hospice care immediately. On the afternoon of April 15, Lords family saw her for the last time, on a video call. Later she moved to the Autumn Ridge Assistance Living and Compassionate Care Hospice. At first, he used the time to work in his garden. As a toddler, Young picked up some Japanese when the family was stationed in Okinawa, his brother said. In addition to running his own agency, he worked with the Mayors Office of Gang Intervention and Youth Development program to train intervention workers and police officers.

Luz was hospitalized at a Kaiser hospital in Santa Rosa on Christmas and passed away there on Jan. 1. Among all the fathers and grandfathers who ever used the old line about having to walk a mile to school in the snow, few could probably tell it as well, or as honestly, as Edwin Wall. She received a bachelor's degree in education and taught in several parochial schools in the Bay Area. It feels as if they cut off my right arm, his mother said. Young was a retired cabinet maker who worked at Lowes Home Improvement during his final years.

Throughout his life, Chagollan had a way with people, his daughter said.

He was generous and joyful, and he had a lot of life left to live and a lot more to give, and its just horrible thats been taken away when it didnt have to be, said Kano, who worked with Lee at UCLAs student-run radio station. Thats how our phone calls were: What are you eating for lunch? She returned to West Los Angeles, where she met and married Norman Burman. He died Dec. 3 at the age of 75. Somethings wrong, so I drove over and he had the bridle upside down..

Bennett, who had been living in an assisted living facility in Hollywood, died on March 31 of complications from COVID-19. Before Lumpkin tested positive for COVID-19, he was able to live life on his own terms. Church and music were two enduring pillars of Ressie Camerons life. They had been on more than 50 cruises, Rasmussen said, adding that their adventures helped them forge friendships with people "from around the globe. It was torture..

Ibarras health began to decline in recent years, first a stroke and then a bout of breast cancer.

For a few years, she frequented a neighborhood nursing home just to chat with the patients. The geodesic dome can be pillarless. The young woman had started by taking care of elderly patients at a specialized nursing home in Riverside. He continued to help Shirleys charity of choice, Las Candalistas, a philanthropic group of women who raise money for childrens programs in the South Bay. Young and healthy, Bruner-Ringo seemed sure to beat the virus. Greg was a quiet but also gregarious man who loved simple things in life, Garcia said. Kennedy is survived by his wife, Robin Kennedy; children Page Kennedy Rochon, Julia Kennedy Tussing, Cameron Kennedy and Jamie Hamill; and nine grandchildren.

His mind was so clear it was frustrating for him, Mona said of her husbands decreasing physical ability. "She definitely knew what she needed and she was not shy about speaking up," said Erick Miller. Ray Hylton was born on March 20, 1953, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

I didnt know anything..

In college, he met and married Dana Rosado, and the couple moved to Chicago to start a family that would grow to include four sons and three daughters. Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer, and Beatrice Girmala, assistant chief director of support services at the LAPD, who wrote about McAdoo: She left us a hero., In honor of McAdoo, flags at the state capitol building were flown at half-staff. She had a heart for everyone, Lai said. Clarkson died of a single gunshot wound to the mouth on Feb. 3, 2003, just three hours after meeting Spector at the House of Blues, the Sunset Strip music club where she worked as a hostess.

Together, they drove through the night to the Idaho ranch with Scheu in the van. Ramos is survived by his wife, son and daughter, and six grandchildren. Bush offered spiritual services there from 1958 to 1962 as he accompanied Fr. Thats why his children are so devastated. As a bartender at West Hollywoods iconic restaurant Dan Tanas for more than 50 years, he was the one constant amid an ever-changing sea of actors, rock stars, barflies and dreamers.

Seeing him walking down the street towards you, you probably wouldnt think, Here comes a poet, he said. She was 94. Once in the U.S, Antelmo moved to Pasadena and worked as a chef.

He believed that if he caught it, he was going to breeze through it, said Danny Ortega, the seventh child. He was a kind guy, and he could talk to anybody. In her Human Behavioral Organization class, she motivated her students to go out of your comfort zone and explore the world in a different perspective, wrote Ria Uy-Salazar, a former student of Maria's, on a GoFundMe page. In addition to Rasmussen, Barber is survived by sisters Joey Barber of Cathedral City and Rebecca Talley of Desert Hot Springs. A couple of nurses fondly called Florentina Florecer, Spanish for "to bloom. Wernick, who went by Nina, was naturally athletic and enjoyed diving, tennis, swimming and cheerleading, but skating swept her away. Graveside, it was only Justin, his father, the priest and the chirping birds on a sunny morning.

After dedicating their lives to social work, they need a rest, but they are very devoted to storming the heavens with prayer, Sister Patricia McGowan said.

Aguilo started having shortness of breath and a fever on April 6. He died due to complications of COVID-19 on May 14 at the age of 76.

She would paint and spend more time with her grandchildren.

He said, Jessica, why dont you have white hair?, She said it was because she wasnt as old. Pearl was attending UCLA at the time and was a member of the universitys folk song club that produced concerts, including Pete Seegers appearance at the university while he was blacklisted.

A day before his death, Macias posted a warning on Facebook, urging people to wear a mask and practice social distancing.

He accommodated families who couldnt afford to pay tuition in full through payment plans. I know that was something he wanted to do, yet he couldn't.

Baumbach had a "wonderful way" with patients, said Lee Cherbonnier, his friend and colleague of over a decade. They visited Alaska, toured the Midwest, crossed the country to Florida and found their way north to Newfoundland. The couple divorced when the girls were small but remained close. Working on his own time allowed him to be active in his sons life. It was like breathing for him, Hinson said. When I play his music, it makes me feel like hes right there with me, she said.

After retiring from the company in 2018, Pinedo enjoyed spending time coaching youth wrestling. He died three days after being admitted, and, because of the pandemic, the family has not held a memorial service for him or Lisa.

We were best buddies, said Lynne Lerner, 67. The Culps funded their move by successfully investing with a donkey-riding wildcat oil driller whom Ronalds father met at a trading post, said Bruce. By the summer, they had decided to postpone their fall wedding until after COVID-19, but the bulk of the planning was done.

She is survived by her son.

Born in Oakland in 1964, Nicholas Andre Dees worked as a groundskeeper for a golf course on a naval base, but after work, Dees followed the beat of his heart and played drums, cymbals and xylophone with the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps with his brothers.

He had told me to let him be at peace at home and if God takes him, then let him be. Henry is survived by her younger brother, Cass Jackson; her children, Debra Holloway, Natalie Berry and Robert Henry; nine grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Robertson was the kind of guy people felt lucky to know. These programs were particularly important in communities beset by substance abuse, Sage said. Dr. Manuel Ramirez had two strong passions: cooking and medicine. When her health declined, her children encouraged her to retire.

But when the lockdown began, they couldnt visit him any longer and suddenly were unable to reach him by phone. He died from COVID-19 on March 26 at Adventist Health Glendale after a week in the hospital. Valdevieso wrote on the GoFundMe page: Teng was a caring and thoughtful person. She went to volunteer and help at the rink seven days a week, said Bob.

Six months later, the two married. In 1979, she moved back to Big Pine with her young family, where they filled a new house on the reservation and welcomed their third child, son Sage.

It was published monthly in print until about a year ago, and a revamped version is online as Charactermedia.com.

He was 34. In late March, all four members of the Caire family got sick, but none of them had a worse case of COVID-19 than Terese.

The Ash Grove hosted events and was a meeting place for people involved in a variety of causes, including the emerging civil rights movement. On a typical Sunday, Raul would be roaming at la pulga, or the Berryessa Flea Market in San Jose. Perkins was born June 30, 1949, in the Philippines Bulacan province, where his grandmother raised him and an older brother for much of their childhood before they moved to the United States to be with their mother, who had married an American soldier.

He was a dedicated San Francisco Giants fan and was at the World Series game on Oct. 17, 1989, that was postponed because of the Loma Prieta earthquake. So she made certain before the three-hour drives from her home in Tustin to his El Centro nursing home to stop at the doughnut shop to pick up a couple of glazed pastries. She is my inspiration. He was always messing around with tools and seeing what he could do, she said.

That was me..

A member of the Household of Faith, a Catholic charismatic group, Banson was deeply religious.

When he made it back home on the weekends, he would spend time with his family and occasionally take Grace to the movies. And, through her 84 years, Claybaugh was the one who connected the threads of her family, said her daughter, Shirley Weaver. Mark wasnt. He was 38.

Its almost like every problem that I had just goes away..

Liz Yamada donated the letters to the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, hoping to preserve an episode in American history she believed should never be forgotten, so what happened to us doesnt happen to anybody else ever again, she told the Union-Tribune. He ultimately settled in the Northern California city of Petaluma, with no legal paperwork, and found work fixing refrigerators and washing machines, and other manual labor jobs, before finding his calling as a craftsman of decks.

Why did you do this?, Danny said his father asked. She was 91. But through the mission, he matured and was at peace with himself.. On April 28, after a few days in the hospital with difficulty breathing, Ramirez died from the virus.

Talbott had taken after the other women in her family. In hopes of better economic opportunities, Echaluce and his wife immigrated to the U.S. in 1978, settling in San Jose where they remained for life.

Rowe died Dec. 14 of COVID-19 at a Kaiser hospital in Los Angeles.

You could give her 20 sums and shed total them in her head sometimes shed correct the bank teller, Morquecho said.

She was one of the kindest women that Id ever know but she was a fighter for kids, Perry said. Harris was born in Los Angeles in 1938. But he did not see it ending this way with Mary, 90, dying of complications due to COVID-19 in a Brookdale assisted living and memory care facility in Tracy, where she was being treated for dementia.

Because of the lockdown rules, Waters hadnt seen any family members since breaking his hip. His why was to make it incredible.

He had a passion for painting and making metal sculptures. She said, Yes, were poor here in Del Rio, at least well have a chance over there, said Jaime Patio, a city councilmember in Union City. He grew up in the 1920s on a farm in Kremlin, Mont., where not even blizzard conditions could convince his strict parents that he deserved to stay home.

It was more valuable to her than a $100 bill. McGihons passion for sports passed down to his children, all of whom played collegiately. She kept asking me why I wasnt in the building, Helena said. And its that closeness so many in Santa Paula already miss. Budds approach expanded on works such as Abandoned Cities (1984) to include darker, more foreboding tones, but he never veered into the ugly or confrontational.

When I was there, I just wanted it to be like any other normal day, but he and my mom would always just make it a big deal, Jose Valencia said.

Friends took turns reciting his work.

Victor DJ V-Funk Martinez knew instinctively how to read a crowd and what to play to get them dancing.

We would take him chocolate malts, or Hershey bars. said Mark, but he just really loved any chocolate, and I mean, he loved chocolate.. An avid reader, Farrell studied philosophy at Cal State Long Beach, and later, having attended est seminars developed by Werner Erhard on human potential, he learned that he was responsible for his own happiness. Im still doing basically the same thing and I love it, he said.

In July, Blair was hospitalized for an infection and was diagnosed with the virus, Blair-Weeks said.

It was very difficult for me to accept myself, and he made me feel proud about myself, Estrada said. Im going to need to find work, but as long as God gives me strength and health, Im going to keep fighting, Flores said.

Ruben drove himself to Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood on Jan. 6.

When I got home from the dance, I woke my parents up and said, I have met the man Im going to marry. I just knew it, Dianne said.

Michelle and Christine left Southern California after college, moving to Chicago and the Pacific Northwest, respectively. So on April 7, when Alfonso lost his two-week battle with the virus, Justin put aside his personal torment and stepped up to lead the family, just as his brother had.

His first symptoms, which struck Easter weekend, were headaches. But then he experienced difficulty breathing. Breed-Rabitoy, who had lived in Reseda since 1982, died of COVID-19 complications on May 10. As a toddler, she survived the 1918 flu pandemic.

He would always push me and tell me, You have so much potential.. This accounts for the neighborliness in his corner of the world, the feeling that alls right with the world when you can walk planet Earth with such as Stan..

My son has a large van, Dianna said. He was 66.

The couple also ran Kings Caf in Lodi for 10 years. Her last words to us were that she loved us and that she couldnt wait to come see us, said Kristie Johnson, the girls mother and Johnsons daughter. I will love you forever and always my sweet man.. "He was as strong as an ox," said his wife of 58 years, Sheila.

She is survived by her husband Raymond, children Emilia, Freddie and Daniel, 14 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild. I felt proud to have a husband who loved me so much..

Mendoza was 43 when he died April 20 from complications of the virus. And I would say: No, hes never serious!. But while he lived, he would talk about them to anyone he met.

She packed tomatoes at Green Valley Farms in Brawley and asparagus at the Abatti Farms in El Centro.It was hard labor something she didnt wish for her children -- but Chavez Godinez took pride in work well done. If there was a woman who proved we can be together while physically apart, Marcia Burnam was that woman, said Senior Rabbi Ken Chasen of Leo Baeck Temple, who presided over the memorial.

It was, he told her, where many people were getting sick. John pointed to a nearby table with all the condolence cards sent by her former students. The PTA mom started as a volunteer, spending hours inside her childrens kindergarten classroom to help teachers with whatever was necessary.

When his mother, then his father, walked out entirely, causing their children to become homeless, Watson knew what to do. The pair were day laborers who often found work one short-term job at a time, and Marcos employer needed another worker.

Laura believes Merrick caught the coronavirus while traveling to Los Angeles by plane in early March. During his tenure in the military, he earned his bachelors and masters degrees from USC.

But his health took another turn for the worse, and he was intubated in the last week of January. They performed often as Tevye and Golde in local productions of Fiddler on the Roof..

Always adept at working with his hands, Salmon built intricate models of trains, remote-controlled cars and ships.

Through golf, McGihon forged relationships with some of Southern Californias most notable figures, his children said. He had a lot of people that loved him, and he had a lot of love surrounding him, so I dont think he was lacking for anything., He was a godparent to friends kids and a devoted uncle to Smiths daughters, Peyton and Paige. More often than not, he put his worries on the back burner and focused instead on the good things in life, dancing many nights away with a seemingly endless circle of friends. Cartagenas relentless diligence made such mistakes rare. He attended Mass regularly and for years returned to La Magdalena Tetela, Mexico, for the July 22 feast day of St. Mary Magdalene, the patron saint of his village. After he moved into the home, Mona would bring movies during her visits so the two could watch them together and she often treated him to Chinese takeout, their favorite meal. "I was told to get lost when I asked about bringing more disabled [people] into the industry.". They married, and he remained loyal to her and his family ever since.

Ronald Burdette Culp was known for singing gospel songs in his deep bass, his ability to recreate a cows moo and a roosters crow, and his version of comedian Foster Brooks portrayal of a drunk man, though Culp had never been intoxicated a day in his life, his family said. She even added Salaheyo -- I love you in Korean to her vocabulary.

She just had a knack for cultivating lifelong friendships.. Dreamer is doing really well..

Now, seeing her grandmothers instrument brings back memories from Thomas childhood and reminds her of the unstoppable woman Jones was. When John Paul Marcos was a child, he would accompany his father while dropping off his mom for her night shifts at the hospital.

Before his experience at the Pomona hotel, the single father had worked hard at his job as a registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente to provide for his three children and their grandmother, who lived together in San Dimas.

What flashy, unique outfit would he be wearing this time? My dad never really cared about anything that was material. In addition to his wife, Bendel is survived by his son Daniel Bendel; daughters Beth Rice and Kristie Reden; step-children Carson Green, Dana Zertuche and Ramsey Green; brothers Fred Joe and John; a sister, Ginny Draa; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She is survived by Weaver and a son, Jim Claybaugh; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was paying the cars off and told them not to worry about the payments.

He died four days later. Sisemore worked for several decades at Stollwood Convalescent Hospital, part of the St. Johns Retirement Village in Woodland. Linares told him: Do not make a permanent decision based off a temporary feeling. Andrea said that encounter helped her better understand her husbands work.

Although these projects took up most of his bandwidth, family members said he always carved out time to spend time with them, even if it meant boarding a flight and heading directly to a music recital or a wedding. After her March 13 death in a San Jose hospital from COVID-19, a church member posted on Facebook that Cameron had not too long ago advised her to never stop shoutin and praise dancing for the Lord. How it encourages others. He didnt care who you were, what you did, if you were seeking advice or help to better yourself, his door was open to you..

He met his partner, Ana Barraza, online, and was with her for the last 15 years. Cristofaro also handled the familys finances, and no one was above reproach when it came to balancing the family budget. Its just hard..

Whitmore said they didnt realize at the time how special their climb of the rock formation would be. (His son had already given him four grandchildren.) Its unfortunate that Hollywood didnt keep in touch after that, because Luppi went on to lead a life so adventurous it seemed made for the big screen. She could just take rooms and make them look gorgeous, Ehlers said. If a friend asked Corado to join them on a quick trip to the store, he would agree but only if he could bring his family.

Adeline dedicated her time to raising their three children, but also offered a hand to a local bank teller, babysitting her two children while the teller worked.

He met his wife, Patricia, in 1956 and they were married a year later. For a while in the early 1970s, the quartet was a house band at the Whisky A Go Go and issued an album for ABC-Dunhill Records.

During his 1962 flurry of hits, Spector honed his fabled Wall of Sound methodology. Carpenter spoke Spanish fluently and was passionate about singing and composing corrido-style ballads.

At one point, he also toured Asia as drummer for the 60s psychedelic pop band the 1910 Fruitgum Company. She was a 25-year-old server at a small hotel on Subic Bay, and he was a 62-year-old guest on a two-week vacation in the Philippines. Rarely needing a pattern to guide her, Claybaugh taught herself to fashion leather cushions for chairs, attach suspenders to a ballet dancers tights, create costumes for her three children and doll-sized outfits for their Barbies, and sew bedspreads, prom dresses and even the dress she wore at her 25th anniversary celebration. I want to die at home. Ramos quiet nature shifted once Sandra and Andrew started having their own children.



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