Past Stories
Longtime Marina del Rey resident Carol Edelsohn dies
Carol Edelsohn, a 40-year resident of Marina del Rey, passed away peacefully June 2 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis and cardiovascular disease. She was 79.
Edelsohn was born on April 7, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY.
She spe...
Longtime Playa del Rey resident William Lansford, supporter of local environmental causes, dies
William “Bill” Lansford of Playa del Rey, husband of Friends of the Ballona Wetlands founder Ruth Lansford, passed away May 22 from complications of prostate cancer. He was 90.
Lansford was an author and screenwriter who se...
Arthur Stretton, former longtime Westchester resident, dies
Former longtime Westchester resident Arthur Donald Stretton passed away peacefully in Camarillo surrounded by his loving family on May 19. He was 84.
Stretton lived in Westchester from 1956 to 1987 and was a parishioner of Visi...
Westchester resident Ross Nath, World War II, Korean War veteran, dies
Ross E. Nath, a Westchester resident since 1950, passed away surrounded by his children on May 17. He was 89.
Nath was born in Royal Oak, Mich. on May 14, 1924.
He was a World War II and Korean War…
Donald Brandsen, advocate for Santa Monica Airport, dies
Donald Harry Brandsen, who advocated to save the Santa Monica Airport over the last 35 years and served as chairman of the Santa Monica Airport Association Political Action Committee, has died. He was 70.
Brandsen was a man of ...
‘Storytelling memorial’ held for former Venice High coach, teacher Bill Fairbanks
Bill Fairbanks, a former coach and longtime teacher at Venice High School, died peacefully in Santa Monica April 7. He was 77.
Born on May 8, 1935, in rural Spring Lake, Mich., Fairbanks was a U.S. Marine who patrolled the…
Nancy Schneider, Westchester community activist, dies
Westchester resident Nancy Schneider, who for years fought against Los Angeles International Airport impacts on nearby communities along with her husband, Denny, has died. She was 62.
Schneider passed away last month after a lo...
Longtime Westchester resident Edith Gahlbeck dies at 94
Edith Gahlbeck, a longtime resident of Westchester, passed away April 5. She was 94.
Gahlbeck was born in Martins Ferry, OH as the youngest of seven children.
Gahlbeck and her husband, Larry, moved to Westchester in 1956, wher...
Bernard Clendenin, World War II veteran, dies
Playa del Rey resident and World War II veteran Bernard S. Clendenin passed away March 30. He was 87.
Clendenin was born in New York City on May 30, 1925. From an early age living in New York he found…
Westchester resident, Russell Leigh,dies
Longtime Westchester resident Russell Leigh passed away April 14. He was 94.
Leigh was born Feb. 27, 1919 in LaFayette, Ga.
He was a loving father, grandfather and friend.
Leigh was preceded in death by his wife Bertha in 2008&...
