Obituaries
Obituaries for the Van Nuys, CA Area
Fortunata Machi
Mar 13, 2018
Fortunata Antonina Orlando was born in the small Sicilian town of Galati Mamertino on August 16, 1926. Just over 30 years later she was established with her husband Carmelo Machi in Cleveland, OH where they raised their sons, Filippo and Alessandro. She was a skilled seamstress Halle Brothers and then Higbees. She was a skilled cook at home. By the...
Rogelio Adarme
Feb 27, 2018
Adarme, Rogelio Velasquez On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, Rogelio “Roger” Velasquez Adarme, age 75, was reunited with his soulmate Lorda Torres Adarme. He was surrounded by his loved ones at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Panorama City, California at the time of his passing. Roger was a man who made anyone feel welcomed and loved, and his smile radiated throughout the...
Russell Dawe
Feb 23, 2018
Russell H. Dawe passed away at the home he designed and built on Feb. 23, 2018 surrounded by those who loved him. An explorer, Rush is now free to adventure beyond where all his space bound craft have ever traveled. His many nieces and nephews, his two children Rusty and Susan, and three grandchildren, Tara, Tia, and Kyra will dearly...
Paul Velasquez
Feb 7, 2018
Paul Erasmo Velasquez of Lake Elsinore, CA passed away on February 7, 2018. He was born on April 28, 1932 in Van Nuys, CA at the Velasquez family home on Erwin Street. His parents were Jesus Velasquez and Guadalupe Velasquez (Morales). He attended elementary/junior high school at St. Elisabeth School and graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1950. Soon...
James Thames
Jan 24, 2018
James Clyde Thames, Jr. was born October 28, 1942 to the union of James Clyde Sr. and Minnie Merl Thames, in Jackson, Mississippi. James was the first child of five children born to this union. James graduated from Calumet High School in June of 1960. He joined the United States Marines in 1961 and proudly served his country during the...
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