Category Archives: Obituaries

Joan Sather, a beloved longtime resident and a popular realtor with Sotheby’s, passed away on Sunday, March 13. She passed after bravely battling ovarian cancer, which unfortunately took her away from us too soon. Her husband Kent said that even in...

Longtime resident Gretchen Elaine Miller passed away peacefully on January 18 at the age of 80. She had lived in Pacific Palisades on and off for more than 60 years, moving here with her family as a teenager when many of...

Dimitri Margaziotis, a 48–year resident of Pacific Palisades, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on December 1, after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 83 years old. Born on October 14, 1938, in Athens, Greece, Dimitri spent his...

Longtime Palisadian Thomas Merritt Adams, 86, passed away on December 9 from complications following a stroke. Three traits characterized Tom’s life: hard work, leadership and humor. Born September 27, 1935, Tom grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of St....

Dorothy Arline Richards, who was born October 27, 1933, in Garden City, Long Island, New York, passed away on November 25 – Thanksgiving Day. She was in her favorite chair in her home of more than 44 years on Enchanted...

Former Pacific Palisades resident Esther S. Brudo died on August 23 in Watertown, Massachusetts. She was 95 and had been active in the Palisades Senior Alliance and the American Legion Post 283 Auxiliary. Born July 1, 1926, in Philadelphia as...

Alice Ruth Hanks, a resident of Pacific Palisades since 1957, passed away at St. John’s Hospital on October 1 at the age of 95. She was born in LuVerne, Iowa, to William and Molly Hedrick on July 26, 1926. An...

Ruby Evelyn Kuntz, (nee Caplan), of Pacific Palisades was 102 when she died at home November 9, 2021. She was born January 1, 1919. She was predeceased by her parents, David W. Caplan (1891-1955) and Rebecca Z. Fineberg (Meister) (1895-1979),...

Clark Downing McQuay, 97, passed away October 15, 2021 in Pasadena, surrounded by his family. Also known since childhood as Bud, and to his grandchildren as Grandad, Clark was born on April 7, 1924, in Alhambra to his parents Charles...