Michael Thomas Chusid
May 2, 2022
Michael Chusid, of Woodland Hills, California, passed away on Monday, May 2, of natural causes. A true mensch, he had a huge heart – greeting everyone he met with kindness and compassion – and an insatiable curiosity about the world around him.
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Melvin Tilliss
Apr 28, 2022
August 28, 1928 – April 28, 2022
Melvin Larry Tilliss, 93 a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away at his home on April 28, 2022, with family members present. Melvin was raised in Brooklyn, New York, a Honorable Korean War Veteran, an avid tennis player and sportsman. Deeply loved his family and had a great sense...
Elliott Howard Brunner
Apr 22, 2022
August 16, 1950 – April 22, 2022 Elliot was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended Earl Warren High School, Downey, California, where he grew up. He then received as B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He attended medical school at the Free University of Brussels School Medicine, where he met his wife, and...
Joyce Robbin Powell
Apr 13, 2022
June 2, 1930 – April 13, 2022 Born in Chicago to Victoria & Meyer Robbin, Joyce moved to Los Angeles at age 3 and lived here with her sister Beth and attended Carthay Circle Elementary, John Burroughs and LA High where she was a Dante, a big part of her life where she met many lifelong friends. She met...
Mark David Kessler
Apr 4, 2022
Mark Kessler, devoted husband, father, son, brother, and friend to many, died on April 4, 2022 at the age of 46. Mark was born in Los Angeles on September 19th, 1975. He attended Brentwood School and followed on to receive his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona. While Mark had many roles in his life, the most important...
Terry Douglas Avchen
Mar 13, 2022
Terry D. Avchen, a kind and generous soul passed away on March 13, 2022 at the age of 70. He was surrounded by his devoted wife, the love of his life of 41 years, Denise and his cherished son Brian. Born Sept 9, 1951, Terry will be deeply missed by the multitude of people whose lives he touched. Everyone...
Mark David Spero
Mar 13, 2022
Our family is saddened to share that on Sunday, March 13, 2022, Mark David Spero, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 68.
Mark was born on May 4, 1958 in Astoria, Queens, NY to Robert & Pearl, the second of 3 sons. He looked out for and always supported his older brother, Nathan,...
Lois Madeline Schwartz
Mar 12, 2022
Celebrating nearly 100 years of life stretching from South Dakota to Australia and beyond. Lois Schwartz will be missed by many. Leaving behind four generations or Schwartz’s as a mother, grandmother. great grandmother, and great great grandmother as well an aunt and more. Survived by her two sons – David and Kenneth, niece – Debbie, grandchildren – Reid, Jennifer,...
Michael Leslie Stroud
Mar 2, 2022
If one man packed several lifetimes into one and made a difference in the world, it was Michael Stroud, who died March 2 at age 62. A Chinese scholar who learned to speak Mandarin fluently in Taiwan, Michael had a long career in journalism, followed by becoming CEO of an entertainment conference business, and then, in his mid-50s, switching...
Rita Pamela Kun
Feb 22, 2022
Rita Kun, Kamins, left this earth after a series of long battles with cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She lived a life driven by kindness, compassion, curiosity, and strength, even in the face of the illnesses that shaped, and shortened, the last chapter of her life. She was a child of...
Robert Gerald Bornstein
Feb 18, 2022
Robert G. (Bob) Bornstein Violinist, Arranger, Orchestrator and Copyist Robert Bornstein began his career as the youngest violinist in the New Jersey Youth Orchestra. While still in his teens, he taught himself to transpose and copy the orchestra parts for the songs “Angelina” and “Don’t Squeeza da Banana” for the Louis Prima Orchestra. He began to study arranging and...
Saul Kaufman Bloch
Feb 15, 2022
Dr. Saul Kaufman Bloch, born March 18, 1927, in Springfield, Massachusetts, died on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Saul was one month shy of his 95th birthday. Saul is survived by his wife, Jill Jacobson; four children–Diane Bloch, Laura Bloch, Susie Bloch, and Sheryl Bloch; five grandchildren–Rachel Miller, Eden Alper, Noah Price, Isaac Rodriguez, and Sara...
Jeffrey Arlan Crausman
Feb 12, 2022
Dr. Jeffrey Arlan Crausman passed away on February 12 2022, at the age of 60.
Jeff was born September 20th, 1961 in Los Angeles and spent his childhood in the Beverlywood, Cheviot Hills and Beverly Hills neighborhoods. He attended Beverly Hills High School, UCLA and Pepperdine, where he achieved his Phd in Psychology. Known to many as”Doc”...
Melvin Penner
Feb 11, 2022
Melvin Penner of Thousand Oaks, California passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022 at Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks. He was born on November 23, 1932 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Samuel and Florence Penner. Melvin was a Certified Public Accountant, spending his entire career with Ernst & Young (previously Arthur Young & Co.) and retired in 1991. Melvin...
Norman Levin
Feb 9, 2022
Some men take up golf. Others dive into photography. But Norm didn’t have hobbies. He had two all-consuming passions – medicine and his family – and they proved more than enough for him to create a life of extraordinary richness. Norm grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest of three brothers. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he...
Murray Mendel Perlstein
Feb 6, 2022
Murray was born on December 30, 1926 in New York City to David and Gussie Perlstein. He had an older sister Lil who was 14 when he was born and Gussie’s daughter from a previous marriage. He also had a sister, Jessie, who was 14 months younger. When Murray was 14, the family drove to Los Angeles so that...
Luba Carleton
Feb 3, 2022
Luba Fine Carleton passed away peacefully on February 3, 2022, at the age of 92. She was born on June 15,1929 in Los Angeles, CA to Benjamin and Minnie (Shane) Fine. She graduated from Dorsey High School in 1947 and attended UCLA and San Fernando Valley State College, now known as Cal State Northridge, from which she received a...